Ever since we met the late Joe Reagan’s son, Joe Hill (Will Hochman), we’ve seen the affect that it had on the complete household—particularly on him.
It was extra evident than ever within the newest episode of Blue Bloods. Joe’s case intersects along with his uncle Danny’s (Donnie Wahlberg). At first, Joe is extra targeted on his a part of the investigation, however when it got here to selecting between serving to Danny and a sufferer and letting a suspect get away with proof, he selected the previous. When he stated that what mattered was the girl serving to them was alive, Danny remarked on his private progress and Joe stated he discovered it from him. TV Insider turned to Hochman about how Joe has modified and the top of the present.
Given Joe and Danny’s final dialog and the quip about private progress, how has Joe modified as a cop since he’s gotten to know the Reagan facet of his household and the extra instances he works with Danny and Jamie (Will Estes)? What has he discovered from every of them?
Will Hochman: Since Joe first met his Reagan household, he’s gone by way of a gradual whirlwind of change and, importantly, progress. The extra instances he works along with his household, the extra he learns not solely in regards to the job however about himself. He has, fortunately, matured. There was much less to show and extra to offer and a lot of that progress has come from working with Danny and Jamie on the job, and from the significant conversations they share in these in-between moments.
What are you able to preview about how the present ends generally and for Joe?
I’m undecided how a lot I’m allowed to say. However I’ll supply that the 5 seasons that Joe has been a personality on Blue Bloods has been a mandatory journey for him. Joe had a lot to be taught. So did I. The present ends with Joe having arrived extra absolutely into his personal life, feeling grateful for this group of individuals he lastly will get to name his household. He will get to assert them as his personal and be claimed as certainly one of theirs.
What was your final day on set like?
It was a sizzling, sunny, June day. I bear in mind sweating quite a bit and feeling an exquisite mixture of pleasure, presence, and gratitude. Everybody was there. Everybody. Arms had been held. Jokes had been made. Tissues had been supplied. It was one of the best.
Discuss filming that final household dinner.
I joined the present a couple of weeks earlier than the Covid pandemic started. Now, right here we’re 4 years later and one of many few issues that remained within the midst of navigating that point was getting to assemble across the Reagan desk and produce household dinner to life. I’ll miss it. The ultimate household dinner had a unprecedented really feel to it, possibly even a sort of sacred feeling. After 14 years, this was the final one. This was it. I did my finest to be as current as potential and to take all of it in, to look folks proper within the eye and to be there collectively.
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