[Captain Peter Blood]

True except his character had been in the Korean War and for the show to make sense you would have to suspend reality for Marty to be 97 or 98.

Of course they do that on Blue Bloods anyway, Tom Sellecks father’s character is in his 90’s.

[Albion Wilde]

his character had been in the Korean War and for the show to make sense you would have to suspend reality for Marty to be 97 or 98. Of course they do that on Blue Bloods anyway, Tom Sellecks father’s character is in his 90’s.

You answered your own objection. In real life, Len Cariou is 81, and Tom Selleck who plays his son is 76, but playing a character less than retirement age.