Following its 14-season, 293-episode run in December 2024, Blue Bloods was given a ceremonious Finish of Watch name to honor its CBS finale. Removed from the final time followers can witness police officer Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) patrol the crime-ridden streets, the brand new spin-off Boston Blue will observe the character to the Massachusetts capital.
As Reagan relocates from New York to Boston and meets his new Boston PD colleagues, he buts heads along with his new accomplice, the eldest baby in a proud household of Boston cops who know way more in regards to the metropolis and its criminals than Reagan does. Between the premise, casting, improvement, and potential launch date, it is excessive time to tug out the magnifying glass and examine all there may be to find out about Boston Blue up to now.
‘Boston Blue’s Premise & Growth
Boston Blue didn’t start as a conceived Blue Bloods spin-off. In keeping with Deadline, a challenge titled Jamaica Plain was pitched by writers Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier, named after the Boston neighborhood. The premise concerned an LAPD officer transferring to BPD and the following tradition conflict.
With CBS intent on conserving Blue Bloods round, Boston native Donnie Wahlberg urged the producers to switch Danny Reagan to the town as an alternative. The concept was fleshed out extra as soon as CBS greenlighted the premise. The prolonged plot considerations Danny relocating from New York to Boston, the place he clashes with Detective Lena Peters, described by CBS because the oldest daughter of Boston’s proudest legislation enforcement household.
For Danny, who spent years in New York with the consolation of his blood kin as his co-workers, the brash Boston native will witness how Lena operates inside her household of lifelong legislation enforcers. The shoe is on the opposite foot for Danny, a transparent focus of Boston Blue‘s narrative. With far much less company than he had again house, navigating the brand new BPD and its geopolitical machinations will additional complicate Danny’s switch.
In Blue Bloods‘ finale, Danny labored up the nerve to ask Maria Baez out for pizza, one thing his grandfather had urged because the dying of Danny’s spouse in Season 8. With out trafficking in an excessive amount of conjecture, Maria could enterprise to Beantown to be near Danny in Boston Blue.
Discussing Danny’s arc transferring ahead, Wahlberg informed Leisure Weekly:
“I’d say I’d have Danny Reagan stroll proper into his subsequent chapter of his life, perhaps in a distinct place doing an identical job and maybe with somebody from the present solid.
However I need him to not be too removed from the household in order that he may 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 is empty nesting and his spouse’s gone. Possibly he can see what the longer term holds for him on his personal. So long as he can go to the household typically. Does that sound like a tease for a derivative?”
Visiting household is a precedence for Wahlberg, begging the query of which Blue Bloods characters will return for Boston Blue.
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‘Boston Blue’ Casting & Launch Particulars
Though CBS has but to provide Boston Blue a selected 2025-2026 launch date, casting tidbits are value exploring. Firstly, the character of Lena Peters has not been solid but. Nevertheless, Tom Selleck has publicly said he is open to returning in some capability as Frank Reagan, Danny’s father and the proud household patriarch. In keeping with Parade, Selleck said:
“[I’m] open to options as a result of I like Frank Reagan.”
Selleck added that he didn’t foresee New York Metropolis Police Commissioner Frank Reagan retiring and settling down in a small city, which means his big-city return is extra believable than not. Then once more, Selleck was fairly crucial of CBS’ resolution to cancel Blue Bloods regardless of stable scores and evaluations, so he may keep away from the spin-off to make some extent.
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As for Maria Baez, actress Marisa Ramirez beamed in regards to the likelihood to reprise the function, stating:
“[I] would like to proceed giving life to Maria [Baez] for one more 15 years…I’d by no means flip down one thing like that. It might be a blessing, which I’d settle for with open arms.”
In the meantime, Vanessa Ray and Steve Schirippa have voiced their want to reprise their characters in Boston Blue, however nothing has been made official. In keeping with CBS, Boston Blue will debut someday in 2025-2026.