Blue Bloods Sets Date for Final-Season Jennifer Esposito Encore
Blue Bloods Sets Date for Final-Season Jennifer Esposito Encore
Blue Bloods fans will get at least one more visit from original cast member Jennifer Esposito, when her Jackie Curatola resurfaces early on during the series’ farewell run.
As previously reported, the family/cop drama’s final, 18-episode season will be spread out across two batches of episodes — one of 10, premiering this Friday, Feb, 16, with the final eight landing next fall.
In the second episode of the season, titled “Dropping Bombs” and airing Friday Feb. 23, Danny and Baez join forces with Danny’s old partner, Jackie, when a serial killer reappears.
Elsewhere in the episode, Eddie faces backlash whens she tries to help a woman who accuses a sergeant of rape; Jamie clashes with Joe Hill (returning guest star Will Hochman), when his nephew interferes with Jamie’s undercover operation; and Frank is blindsided when Mayor Chase publicly suggests bringing back a Commission of Police.
Esposito was a mainstay on the family drama/procedural for its first two seasons, then exited early in Season 3. The TV vet most recently reprised Jackie in Blue Bloods‘ Season 13 finale, when Jackie, Danny and Baez teamed up to investigate a murder that had all the earmarks of serial killer Dr. Leonard Walker.
Abigail Hawk was asked about what sort of storyline she herself would write for her onscreen counterpart during a 2021 interview with Starry Mag. And the actor didn’t hesitate to answer that she’d love to see “Blue Bloods” spend a little more time exploring Detective Abigail Baker’s life outside of her desk job. Specifically, Hawk wants to see what Baker’s home life is really like. “Well, I think I would love to know more what her home life is like – even if it is just in a snapshot,” Hawk stated, adding that at this point in the long-running series, Abby has been developed enough to spend a little more time with her recently injured police officer husband and her two children.
Given that one of the primary focuses of “Blue Bloods” is family, Hawk’s desire to learn more about Baker’s own home life feels spot on to the point that one has to wonder why the series creatives haven’t already developed that storyline further. And of the character’s life away from the job, Hawk noted there’s surely no shortage of drama to explore. “I have to imagine it has to be so difficult,” she said. “She’s at [One Police Plaza] at the crack of dawn. She’s the last one to leave … So, what does that do to her home life?”
Specifically, Hawk really wants to see more of her character’s marriage, with the actor claiming, “I would just love to know a little bit more about the person she has chosen to have as her life partner.” And it’s safe to assume longtime “Blue Bloods” fans would enjoy seeing more of that particular relationship as well.
