Spoilers forward for Season 14, Episode 14, “New York Minute.”
Blue Bloods is continuous its closing season run for the 2024 TV schedule, and it’s already getting emotional. There’s nonetheless no telling precisely how the sequence might be wrapping up its remaining episodes, however even the forged’s preliminary goodbyes after filming wrapped over the summer time had me tearing up. The most recent episode struck a touching twine by paying tribute to the late fictional member of the family Joe Reagan, and star Bridget Moynahan shared her ideas.
The fourth Reagan sibling, Joe, was killed within the line of responsibility off-screen previous to the beginning of Blue Bloods‘ epic run, however the household has continuously introduced up their fallen relative, particularly when it got here time to introduce his long-lost son Joe Hill in Season 10. The most recent instance, as seen within the episode “New York Minute,” got here after Danny obtained a service award from the Irish Society, however had the invitation pulled. Henry thought it was a good suggestion, as he perceives the accolade to be cursed, seeing as how Joe obtained the consideration simply earlier than he died, with the ceremony scheduled for 2 days after his dying.
Within the midst of the forwards and backwards with Frank and Jamie pondering Danny ought to get the award, and Henry and Erin pondering he shouldn’t, the 5 Reagans met up at Joe’s favourite restaurant, because it was his go-to selection when tasked with choosing a spot. Ultimately, Danny revealed that he was good to simply accept the award after Frank talked with Lori Loughlin’s Grace, however turned it down because of the truth that he suppose catching the unhealthy guys is the precise reward, and in addition as a result of he thinks it belongs to Joe. Bridget Moynahan advised TV Insider what he considered the episode, saying how a lot she loves when the sequence takes it again to Joe:
I believe that it was all the time actually candy after we may convey that character of Joe Reagan again. It was all the time actually attention-grabbing to have storylines the place they introduced Joe Reagan again as a result of he’s a part of the household, and but we by no means met him on display as a result of he had handed away earlier than the pilot. And it’s simply one other method that we Reagans received to bond over one thing that we cared about, we liked, and one way or the other, the viewers additionally realized to like Joe through the years. In order that was actually a touching second for us.
It’s one factor for a sequence to name again to a personality that actually resonated with followers earlier than dying in the course of the present’s run. Nevertheless it’s one other factor fully to maintain the callbacks going for a personality that wasn’t even on on-screen a part of the present to start with. Nonetheless, that is simply how highly effective the Reagan household is that audiences can really feel like they miss Joe in the identical method his kinfolk do. With only a handful of episodes left, it wouldn’t be stunning if Joe comes up once more, particularly in the course of the finale.
Since followers haven’t been correctly launched to Joe and solely know him by the tales that the Reagans have advised, it could be good if there was some kind of flashback in one among these closing episodes. Nonetheless, there are reportedly Blue Bloods spinoffs on the way in which, so maybe a kind of can focus squarely on Joe and the Reagan household previous to the occasions of Blue Bloods, which might a blast to see. One can solely hope.
As one of many many reveals ending and canceled in 2024, Blue Bloods is popping it up for the ultimate episodes, between the feelings and the motion, there’s a lot happening. There’s additionally the ultimate Reagan household dinners that followers have been seeing, and little doubt, the final household dinner goes to make everybody cry, particularly if it contains extra tributes to Joe. New episodes of Blue Bloods air on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.