I watched every episode of Blue Bloods, and I enjoyed the show. However, I have to admit that the show became stale during the last few seasons. Therefore, I wasn’t that upset when it was cancelled.
So when they announced that Donnie Wahlberg was going to lead the spinoff, Boston Blue, I was curious what it was going to be like and whether it would be as good.
After watching two episodes, I have a lot of faith in the future of this show.
The show still has a family all over the law enforcement spectrum who work together, and they will include Danny and his son, Sean (Mika Amonsen).
Sean has moved to Boston to follow in his family’s footsteps and become a cop. One night, while walking the streets with his partner, Jonah (Marcus Scribner), they see a fire in a building across the street and rush to rescue the people inside. The two of them see something that convinces them it is arson.
During the rescue, Sean is injured and he is hospitalized in a coma. Danny rushes to his son’s side to be there with him.
But Danny can’t just wait around for his son to wake up, so he goes and investigates the scene. While he is there, he notices someone suspicious. After he confronts the suspect, the suspect runs, and Danny runs after him.
Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green) witnesses what is going on and chases after them. Since she doesn’t know Danny, she thinks he might be involved in the crime she is investigating.
So when she finally catches up to them, she only catches Danny, who has to identify himself and explain why he is looking into the crime.
When he tells her Sean is her son, she tells him Jonah is her younger brother. And with that, they decided to work together to solve the crime.
When they get back to the station, Superintendent in the Boston Police Department, Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson), says that she spoke with Commissioner Reagan in NYC and that Danny is on loan to Boston to work the case.
Yes, Sarah and Lena are stepsisters, and Jonah is their half-brother.
Lena’s mom, Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben), is the District Attorney of Boston. Mae was married to Sarah’s father, who was a circuit judge before he was gunned down outside the courthouse a year beforehand.
Just like the Reagans, they are a very close-knit family who have dinner every Shabbos. They are joined by Mae’s dad, Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson), who sits at the head of the table.
The Silvers spend their Fridays at the dinner table and their Sundays in a Baptist church with the patriarch of the family.
Because of everything that Danny has been through, they invite him to be part of their family, something they already invited Sean to do.
So even though the Reagans are 200 miles away from home, they feel like they are at home. And that is a good thing, especially since Danny decides to stay in Boston to be with his son.
Danny and Lena team up as partners, and it is the best partnership that he has had in the franchise. The two actors play off each other really well.
Plus, this show is much more light-hearted and less serious, and that makes it more enjoyable. They are still solving crimes, but things just don’t feel as heavy. Wahlberg gets to show off his playful, comedic side, something we did not get enough of in Blue Bloods.
Because he is not back in Manhattan with his dad as the boss, Lena is able to give him crap and call him out on things. Don’t worry, he will do the same. And that is what makes them a great team.
And they will be there to support their rookie relatives, Sean and Jonah. Unlike Jamie, neither one of them has a stick up their ass.
You get where I am going with this. Blue Bloods was more on the uptight side, while Boston Blue is much more relaxed.
So it feels like someone unplugged the show, then plugged it back in. Thus, making it more enjoyable for the viewer again. Just because it was a drama doesn’t mean it had to be so dramatic.
I, as a viewer, found myself really enjoying the show, and I can’t wait to see what else they have up their sleeves.
I love the dynamic of it all; it works for the series. Plus, you want to be at dinner and church with the Silvers. Their family might have an unconventional start, but that is what makes them so special.
I think that Blue Bloods fans will have no problem sticking around to see where it goes. And I believe that people who never watched an episode of Blue Bloods, will be finding this show and tuning in every Friday at 10p.
CBS cancelled Blue Bloods, but fans still wanted more. So they gave Donny Wahlberg his own show, Boston Blue.
Today, they shared the first video look, and I think fans of the father show will check out the spinoff.
BOSTON BLUE stars Donnie Wahlberg as he reprises his role as NYPD detective Danny Reagan in a universe expansion of the long-running top drama BLUE BLOODS. In this new series, Reagan takes a position with the Boston Police Department and is paired with detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. The Silver family is comprised of Boston district attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben), Boston PD detective Lena Silver, police superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Marcus Scribner) and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson). As Reagan settles into his new city, he also hopes to reconnect with his younger son, Sean (Mika Amonsen), who is beginning his own career in Boston.
Donnie Wahlberg will be back on CBS this Fall with the Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue. Little by little, CBS announced who will be joining him on the series. Today, they made a shocking casting announcement.
Andrew Terraciano, who played Danny Reagan’s son, Sean, for all but one episode, will be replaced by Mika Amonsen in the new show.
Sources told Deadline, “The recasting stems from the character taking a new creative direction on Boston Blue as he follows the Reagans’ career path into law enforcement. Meanwhile, the addition of Sean to the offshoot helps explain Danny’s move from his native New York to Boston.”
I don’t know about you, but I think that is so fucked up. When someone plays the role for 14 seasons, you don’t kick them to the curb for someone else.
If you watched Blue Bloods, then you loved their weekly dinners at the Reagan dinner table. It made you want to sit alongside them and be part of their family chats.
While you can’t sit next to Tom Selleck, you can sit at the table.
Donnie Wahlberg announced that he took the table he sat at for 14 years and was going to have it tour the different Wahlburgers. And he kept to that promise.
The table made its debut at Wahlburgers St. Charles, and now it is waiting for you to make a reservation. You and six of your friends can join Donnie Wahlberg for a meal or you can reserve it for you and 5-7 of your loved ones! Then, you can order from the menu and dine with tableware that the Reagans enjoyed eating with during every episode.
Not only are you helping yourself to a night you will never forget, but you will be helping others. Net proceeds go to NYPD’s Detectives Endowment Association – Widows and Children’s Fund and Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor!
Does this something you want to be part of? Don’t wait too long because it will only be at that location for a short time. Then it will be traveling to the other Wahlburger’s around the country.
In November 2023, CBS made a shocking decision to cancel one of its most popular shows, Blue Bloods. However, today, the network announced something to sort of rectify their choice.
There have been rumors that the police procedural would be getting a spinoff, and now we know it is true. Donnie Wahlberg is getting his own series.
In Boston Blue, a universe expansion of the long-running top drama Blue Bloods, Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston PD. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
It will be interesting to see how Danny’s character survives without his family, which was such an important part of the series’ dynamic.
Another thing I am curious about is how will Boston-born Wahlberg will handle playing a proud New Yorker in Boston. For those of you who are not from the North East, both cities have a long rivalry going on since there were only 13 colonies. Therefore, Wahlberg will still have to be a Yankees fan who hates the Patriots.
