Boston Blue addressed stress between Donnie Wahlberg‘s Danny Reagan and his onscreen son as they struggled to stay collectively.
Throughout the Friday, November 14, episode of the Blue Bloods spinoff, Danny confided in Lena (Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced) about his points with Sean (Mika Amonsen).
“The sandwich was for Sean. We have been purported to have breakfast, and he stood me as much as go for a run,” he defined. “I’m all for the child staying in form, however I’m making an attempt to spend time with him.”
Lena identified that residing in the identical house can create issues. Danny, nevertheless, disagreed with that evaluation, saying, “It’s going nice, and we’re having a good time. So I figured why not keep longer so we will keep shut?”
Later within the episode, Sean admitted to companion Jonah (Marcus Scribner) that there have been rising pains — particularly after they fought over Danny making his grownup son’s mattress.
“I can’t [ask him to move out]. He uprooted his complete life for me, and it’s good spending time with him,” Sean mentioned. “However I simply want he would go away on the finish of the night time.”
Sean finally determined to carry up the subject when he apologized to Danny for the way “tense” issues had been at residence.
“I’m the one who must be sorry. I’m crowding you,” Danny replied. “I believe it’s time I bought my very own place.”
The daddy and son duo have been in a position to come to a compromise, with Sean transferring in with Jonah whereas Danny remained in his house. The Reagans have confronted ups and downs since Danny moved to Boston from New York.
Danny’s journey in New York was featured on CBS’ Blue Bloods, which ran from 2010 to 2024. The spinoff, which premiered in October, kicked off with Danny visiting Boston after Sean ended up in a coma. This model of Sean regarded a bit totally different after the position was beforehand performed by Andrew Terraciano.
Coshowrunner Brandon Margolis later broke down the choice, telling Selection final month, “We love Andrew and the work he did through the years on Blue Bloods. Actually, it got here all the way down to we’re telling a brand new chapter in each of their lives.”
Margolis continued: “It’s not simply Sean who has joined the household enterprise because it have been and is popping over this new leaf, however it’s additionally now Danny Reagan is the daddy [of] a cop, which he’s by no means been earlier than.”
The screenwriter referred to as the change “an natural alternative to usher in a brand new efficiency with a brand new vitality, to assist dramatize that change.” The writers’ room was trying ahead to “new storytelling lanes to discover” with the spinoff sequence.
“It’s the identical character, it’s the identical relationship, however it’s additionally fully totally different,” Margolis added. “We love what Mika has delivered to Sean, this vulnerability, but this need to show himself. It’s simply been nice to look at it come to life.”
In a separate interview with TVLine, Margolis famous that he “liked” watching Terraciano “develop up on TV,” including, “It creatively made sense to seek out an actor with a distinct vitality.”
Margolis concluded: “And to your level, yeah, it was a chance to open the present on a brand new face — two new faces, really — however the story required us to like him straight away. Opening with that heroic second that has a tragic finish was the best solution to pull Danny Reagan into this world.”
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET.
