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Suicide is one of those things that's vital to talk about, but most people tiptoe around it because it makes them uncomfortable.

Police departments really do have a suicide epidemic on their hands, though, and Blue Bloods Season 10 Episode 12 had the courage to address it.

Frank's dilemma after Rosemary Martin blamed him for her husband's suicide made for a powerful hour of television, especially juxtaposed with the other storylines.

It's hard to write stories about suicide well. It's too sensitive a topic and writers run the risk of either being melodramatic or writing unrealistic nonsense that makes it harder for viewers who are contemplating suicide to seek help.

Fortunately, Blue Bloods did neither.

Frank: Mrs. Martin, I'm so sorry. I -

Rosemary: Save it. I don't want to hear it. How many officers have to die before we admit the truth that nobody has their back out there? You killed him.

In 1990, when Richard Parker faced an accusation that he'd burned down a cabin he was renovating for another couple, attorney Jon Setzer believed in his son-in-law's innocence and helped to defend him. "He felt that the suggestion that Richard had been guilty of arson was not justified," attorney George Cate said of his former longtime law partner, in an interview with the Associated Press. "He was supporting his son-in-law at that time." In a plea deal, Parker eventually was given four years' probation and paid $40,000 restitution. But the cabin's owners, Danny and Rosemary Martin, never forgot that incident - and...