A Blue Bloods spinoff is within the works, however it gained’t be what most followers hoped for.
No offshoot of Blue Bloods might come shut. Most of what’s on our want checklist is principally one other season of the unique, and CBS already nixed that concept.
Nonetheless, there’s some trigger for hope with Boston Blue, the brand new spinoff coming subsequent 12 months, even when there are additionally some severe continuity points.
Donnie Wahlberg’s Participation Is Very Good Information
Danny was by no means my favourite character. That can ceaselessly and at all times be Jamie. That mentioned, I’m thrilled that Donnie Wahlberg has signed on to the brand new Blue Bloods spinoff.
Wahlberg is second solely to Tom Selleck in his ardour for the unique present. He fought exhausting for it to stay on the air and expressed remorse that he couldn’t do this for the followers.
Most significantly, so far as Boston Blue is worried, Wahlberg mentioned he would solely signal on to a by-product if it retained the household values very important to the unique.
So, if he’s all in, the sequence will doubtless have the identical core values.
Sadly, although, that household won’t, for essentially the most half, be the Reagans.
In response to the brand new sequence’ description, Danny strikes to Boston and is partnered with a detective from a outstanding cop household.
Whereas we gained’t get the Reagans, we are going to most likely get an identical household — and Danny will match proper in.
Nonetheless, that’s extremely disappointing.
Boston Blue’s Premise Appears to Contradict The Blue Bloods Collection Finale
Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 18 wrapped issues up fantastically, however it additionally provided some new tales that would have been addressed in a reunion film — till now.
Jamie and Eddie are having their first child, supposedly due June 13 of this 12 months.
That may nonetheless be a part of Boston Blue, in fact. Danny might often see the child over video chats or go to New York sometimes.
Nevertheless, Danny’s last storyline is more durable to clarify away now that he’s moved to a brand new metropolis, presumably alone.
Through the Blue Bloods sequence finale, Danny lastly admitted that he was lonely and wanted somebody to come back dwelling to. After that, he requested Baez out for pizza.
Whereas that brief scene wasn’t a assure that he and Baez would find yourself collectively long-term, it nonetheless appears to conflict with the concept of Danny shifting to Boston.
He’s doubtless leaving for a contemporary begin, too. Does this imply he and Baez broke up?
I actually hope not.
That might suck for Danny/Baez shippers like me, primarily as a result of the outline of his new feminine associate coming from a household like his makes me assume the writers will push them towards romance finally.
Danny’s additionally not typically the sort to run away, so leaving city to get away from dangerous reminiscences isn’t his model.
If that’s his excuse for going to Boston, it’ll twist his character off form, which isn’t a great way for the brand new Blue Bloods spinoff to start.
Alternatively, Danny appeared burned out throughout the previous couple of episodes of Blue Bloods, a lot in order that I guessed (wrongly, clearly) that the sequence would finish with him taking early retirement.
By the tip, his lack of enthusiasm wasn’t actually defined, though his hidden loneliness might have been the rationale.
So perhaps he wants a contemporary begin. Nevertheless, for the brand new Blue Bloods spinoff to work correctly, it have to be defined correctly.
Danny Is The Most Probably Of Frank’s Kids To Transfer To One other Metropolis
Danny had a number of tales on Blue Bloods through which he labored with some random character as an alternative of Baez.
A few of these episodes, like those with Lyle Lovett, passed off in different states the place Danny shouldn’t have had jurisdiction. Thus, it’s not an enormous stretch to imagine he would transfer to Boston or that he’d slot in simply.
It additionally makes extra sense for Danny to maneuver than Jamie and Eddie, though I might have cherished a Jamie and Eddie spinoff the place the couple moved to Lengthy Island to boost their new child in a extra peaceable setting.
Since they’ve a child on the best way, they aren’t going too far, and definitely not out of state.
I’d really feel higher about Boston Blue if it had initially been meant to be Danny’s story.
It wasn’t. The showrunners submitted a pitch for a present the place an officer who transfers to Boston should take care of a associate whose household consists of all cops.
Someplace alongside the best way, somebody determined that the premise would work nicely if Danny have been the officer in query, and the primary Blue Bloods spinoff was born.
It’s simple to grasp why that call was made. This new sequence had a built-in cop household that wasn’t the Reagans.
CBS doubtless figured this was a very good trade-off. Though there most likely gained’t be any Reagan household dinners, there is perhaps new household traditions that the viewers will take pleasure in.
I’m undecided that may work in addition to the showrunners anticipate.
Boston Blue Runs the Threat of Being Too Completely different From Blue Bloods
Boston Blue is headed by a artistic group totally different from Blue Bloods, so it stays to be seen in the event that they perceive what made Blue Bloods so particular.
It’s not so simple as including a dinner scene or giving Danny’s associate a household.
The Reagans’ household values shone by way of each episode. The sequence wasn’t a police procedural as a lot because it was a sequence a few household of Irish-Catholic cops.
The Reagans’ spiritual religion and perception that household ought to at all times come first have been necessary elements of the present that distinguished it drastically from different procedurals.
The sequence’ secondary purpose was to point out the NYPD in a optimistic however truthful mild.
Blue Bloods was particular to many former and present NYPD officers as a result of it was as real looking as potential, and so they weren’t afraid to help cops even when public sentiment had turned in opposition to them.
Boston Blue isn’t even set in New York. It can most likely be filmed on a soundstage in Los Angeles, which is cheaper than filming on location.
Can it do for the Boston PD what the unique did for the NYPD? Can it share its extra conservative values whereas permitting individuals to make up their very own minds about problems with the day?
With new writers, a brand new location, and a brand new central household, it’s exhausting to foretell whether or not Boston Blue will resemble Blue Bloods apart from Danny’s character showing in each.
Nonetheless, I’m prepared to offer the brand new sequence an opportunity.
A Blue Bloods spinoff is best than nothing, and perhaps, if we’re fortunate, the Reagan household will make cameos occasionally.
Spinoffs don’t must be precisely like the unique to work. I didn’t assume I’d like Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage, however it’s turn out to be considered one of my favourite exhibits.
Over to you, Blue Bloods fanatics. Are you trying ahead to Boston Blue? Do you propose to observe the brand new Blue Bloods spinoff?
Pontificate within the feedback.
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