Spoilers lie forward for the Blue Bloods sequence finale, “Finish of Tour.”
Blue Bloods lastly ended after 14 seasons amid the 2024 TV schedule, and the finale featured one final Reagan household dinner. These scenes had been highlights throughout the present’s run, and secrets and techniques of the dinner scenes have been surfacing over time (together with the explanation why the forged ditched actual silverware). On that word, I simply realized that there was really a contest happening whereas these beloved scenes had been filmed.
The Reagan household dinner scenes are maybe one of the best a part of every episode, and Tom Selleck even commemorated the ultimate one with a heartfelt poem. Most of the clan’s dinners will be humorous, whereas some contain rigidity between the characters. Now, it might appear that there was a special sort of rigidity going behind the scenes. Blue Bloods author Jack Ciapciak gave up extra household dinner secrets and techniques whereas talking with Us Weekly. A attention-grabbing tidbit is the truth that administrators would have competitions to see who may lower down their filming time probably the most since engaged on them used to take round six hours:
It did reduce, time-wise, by the tip, I feel the quickest one got here in underneath three hours, which was exceptional … Most of our crew was with the present since day one and so they discovered the best way to shoot these scenes economically. And fortunately, they did. The time it took did go down over time, and it turned a contest amongst the visiting administrators.
It is surreal realizing {that a} scene that lasts just a few minutes can take a lot time to movie although, in fact, productions do want time to movie the required protection. All in all, it sounds just like the forged and crew bought into rhythm and managed to study the ropes for the dinners. The truth that the administrators had been capable of finding a enjoyable technique to lower down their shoot instances can be cool. And, primarily based on the feedback Jack Ciapciak shared, these adjustments had been vital:
Getting these scenes proper was all the time the trickiest. Simply how do you make that scene pure and entertaining and actual? That was by far the trickiest.
Between the meals preparation, the forged, the necessity to movie totally different angles and sure different components, the household dinners are actually tough production-wise. But, contemplating how lengthy the present was on air, it is comprehensible that the crew would be capable to ultimately work out learn how to trim down filming and get right into a groove. It is bizarre to assume that followers will not see anymore of these dinners, however the remaining one was actually an all-timer.
The ultimate Reagan household dinner included particular company comparable to Erin’s daughter, Nicky (Sami Gayle), Danny’s eldest son, Jack (Tony Terraciano), Joe Regan’s son, Joe Hill (Will Hochman), and Erin’s ex-husband/soon-to-be husband once more Jack Boyle (Peter Hermann). On high of these appearances, there was a particular announcement. Jamie and Eddie revealed that they’re certainly anticipating a bit of Reagan and, in fact, everybody was so excited over the much-needed completely satisfied information.
Regardless of the administrators’ strategies of decreasing the shoot time, what’s been mentioned in regards to the remaining dinner would recommend that everybody wished to remain within the second. I’m curious to understand how lengthy it took to movie the ultimate dinner, and I would not be shocked if it was a considerably longer shoot.
There could also be no extra Reagan household dinners, however folks can relive them by streaming episodes of Blue Bloods utilizing a Paramount+ subscription. Within the meantime, I am hopeful that some extra BTS details concerning the communal meals will come out and supply followers with extra cool perception into the manufacturing course of.