The Blue Bloods sequence finale airs tonight (December 13) and can reveal how 14 seasons of tales will come to an finish. Forward of the finale, the celebs of the CBS procedural pitched alternate endings for his or her characters that reveal what gained’t occur within the final episode. Right here, we theorize what’s going to primarily based on these solutions.
Right here’s the outline for the Blue Bloods sequence finale, titled “Finish of Tour”: “It’s all palms on deck for the Reagan household, as they race to cease lethal mayhem within the metropolis when the gangs of New York unite collectively to demand amnesty for the discharge of their imprisoned members and people awaiting trial.” Showrunner Kevin Wade advised TV Insider that they wished the entire Reagans and their allies engaged on the identical case for the ultimate episode to create as “propulsive” a plot as attainable. He elaborated on what to anticipate.
“Within the first act, we see violent crimes and tried murders, which don’t appear in any respect linked till Assistant District Legal professional Erin Reagan [Bridget Moynahan] and [her investigator] Anthony [Steve Schirripa] are performed a recording that can clarify that the crimes are an orchestrated effort to create chaos in New York Metropolis. Then it turns into the Reagans’ job — police commissioner Frank [Tom Selleck], detective Danny [Donnie Wahlberg], sergeant Jamie [Will Estes], and patrol Eddie [Vanessa Ray] — together with Erin and Anthony, to haul in all of the nets and discover out if they will remedy the crimes. Gang chief Carlo Ramirez [Manny Perez], who needed to flee the nation, is integral to the felony plot. He has a really identifiable goal of vengeance and comes again to wreak havoc and reclaim his little one.”
Wade additionally revealed that Frank can be given the chance to behave like a cop once more after years away from the motion as police commissioner and that whereas a cheerful ending is a “subjective” time period, he hopes that longtime followers can be happy with the conclusion.
Between Wade’s preview and the forged’s alternate endings drummed up for Leisure Weekly, right here’s what we expect might occur to every character within the sequence finale.
Frank Reagan
“I thought of that. I didn’t actually have enter in the place the present was going for a closing episode. I feel in my alternate ending, the end result on the viewers can be that Frank Reagan stays a person alone, who by no means wished the job he had, that has a hyperactive sense of duty, and I feel he’d be commissioner until he drops,” Selleck advised EW.
That final line makes it sound like Frank might retire as police commissioner. Is Frank receiving the keys to the town a symbolic gesture meant to honor his lengthy years of service? Or maybe it simply signifies that Frank might start contemplating leaving his submit and imagining a extra enjoyable life. One factor’s for certain, Selleck’s feedback suggest that Frank can be alive on the episode’s finish. That was predictable, as killing off the primary character within the closing episode can be a wild bounce. Nevertheless it’s good to know that Frank seemingly hasn’t “dropped” by this episode’s finish.
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Danny Reagan
Wahlberg mentioned, “I’d have Danny Reagan stroll proper into his subsequent chapter of his life, perhaps in a special place doing an identical job and maybe with somebody from the present forged. However I need him to not be too removed from the household in order that he might nonetheless see them and spend time with them, however perhaps to see what life has in retailer for him now that his boys have gone off and he’s empty nesting and his spouse’s gone.” He teased, “Does that sound like a tease for a derivative?”
This feels like Danny goes to finish the sequence in his similar place as detective, however maybe the occasions of the finale will shake him awake, in a way, and make him understand that he’s lived alone for too lengthy. He might then think about how a change of surroundings — be it by means of a brand new job or a brand new location — might make some constructive adjustments in his life.
Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes didn’t present alternate endings, however we expect that, like Danny, these two Reagan siblings can be wanting in direction of the long run when the present concludes. Erin might rethink her choice to not run for DA and determine to strive in spite of everything. And Jamie might be trying to increase his household with Eddie whereas probably contemplating a profession change to a much less harmful place, if our under concept in regards to the episode’s funeral is right.
Henry Reagan
Pictures from the sequence finale present Cariou’s Henry on the funeral with the remainder of his household, so we all know that the Reagan patriarch gained’t go away within the episode. Cariou implied that Henry can be left with some experiences nonetheless left on his bucket checklist.
“Frank had promised me that I’ll get to the Vatican and meet the Pope. My ending can be to satisfy that promise,” Cariou mentioned. If Frank does retire, perhaps Henry will see this as a possibility for he and his son to perform this journey aim that the sequence didn’t have the time to point out onscreen.
Eddie Janko-Reagan
Ray joked that she needs a better life for Eddie and Jamie. “Blue Bloods: Boca. Eddie and Jamie have had sufficient of the NYC winters and scratchy uniforms. In order that they relocate to Boca Raton, Florida (with the household’s blessing, in fact, it’s a three-hour straightforward flight house!), the place Eddie will get promoted to detective and moonlights performing her one-woman present ‘You Have the Tight to Stay Fabulous: A Cop Cabaret,’” Ray advised EW.
If Ray is fantasizing about simpler occasions for her character and Estes’, this has us pondering that Eddie goes to have a tough time within the closing episode, additional including to our concept that her companion on the drive, Badillo (Ian Quinlan), is whose funeral they’re all attending.
Maria Baez
Ramirez’s alternate ending additionally fantasizes about simpler occasions for her character and teeing up a possible spinoff. Notably, she additionally imagines Danny and Baez happening trip with Jamie and Eddie. A pair’s journey, probably? No matter occurs, Ramirez is clearly envisioning a future the place Danny and Baez are nonetheless linked. Might this imply that the followers’ long-held need to see these two get collectively could also be a chance within the closing episode?
“Perhaps Baez decides she actually needs to be a steerage counselor at a college in California, but it surely finally ends up being a college of misfits and he or she wants Danny’s assist,” Ramirez mentioned. “Or Danny, Baez, Jamie, and Eddie determine to go on an island trip, however they run into bother there and determine to remain on the island for a bit. So some ways to spin this sequence off into the sundown however nonetheless preserve it round.”
Abigail Baker
Abigail Hawk‘s alternate ending brings up Frank’s attainable retirement. “When Frank lastly retires (on his phrases and timeline), Baker turns into the youngest police commissioner and ushers in an period of belief and unity between police and the communities they serve,” she mentioned. “She goes on to steer probably the most numerous division in NYPD historical past, carrying the knowledge and charisma Frank instilled in her.”
Is that this additional proof that Frank might determine to retire within the closing episode? It appears that evidently Baker will finish the sequence in her similar place within the commissioner’s workplace however dreaming of extra. Robert Clohessy and Gregory Jbara every joked about their alternate endings, envisioning comedically heroic ends for Gormley and Moore. However we expect that, like Baker, they’ll finish the sequence of their present positions on the drive.
Joe Hill
Will Hochman can also be envisioning a attainable spinoff for Joe, it appears. He began off by saying, “Off-duty, on the bar, and laughing with uncles Danny and Jamie in regards to the wild adventures that they’ve shared collectively, Joe feels in his coronary heart that he lastly, actually, belongs.” We predict that Joe will nonetheless get an identical ending to this, simply by means of the final Reagan household dinner (which Wade advised us goes to characteristic some shock friends for a dinner so huge they needed to construct one other leaf for the desk).
Hochman then needs Joe to go off to California on a particular mission delivered to him by a good looking girl on the bra on this alternate ending. “The trickier information: she lives in California. The surprising information: she got here to New York to recruit Joe for a covert project out west,” Hochman mentioned. “She will be able to’t inform him an excessive amount of, and in no way can he ever focus on the project — not even together with his household — but it surely’s essential for nationwide safety that he settle for the mission.”
Blue Bloods, Collection Finale, Friday, December 13, 10/9c, CBS