How will ‘Blue Bloods’ end? The final scene is obvious
Blue Bloods is coming to an end after 14 seasons, with two seasons, airing in the winter (starting February 16) and fall 2024. And this is a show that we have a pretty good idea of when it’s coming to an end. How to finish (and we have no complaints): along with family dinner.
The Meal is a staple of the CBS procedural, taking place at some point in each episode (sometimes at the end), almost always at the home of Frank (Tom Selleck) and Henry (Len Cariou) (though rarely while elsewhere), with all the Reagans who could make it – previously only family, although some have received special invitations in recent years – attending. And it’s impossible to imagine the show ending with anything other than Reaganites gathered around that table, saying kind words and moving on to some topic of debate or conversation, perhaps reminiscing about the past, when everything fades to black.
You knew that the last meal on screen would have Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Erin (Bridget Moynahan) confronting each other about something. All the kids (not really kids anymore – Nicky (Sami Gayle), Jack (Tony Terraciano) and Sean (Andrew Terraciano) – have to attend, even if they’re in town for an event. special or not. Joe Hill (Will Hochman) should be there, with a line or two of dialogue in memory of his father, the late Joe Reagan. Something should also be said about Danny’s late wife, Linda (Amy Carlson.) And what better way to do all that than in the show’s final scene?
Sure, it could end up at the commissioner’s office instead. Maybe it was just the end of another ordinary day, as Frank looked out over the city before going home to bed. Presumably this is his last day at the office, and the series ends with him turning out the lights and the office emptying. It’s too early for anyone in the family, like Jamie (Will Estes), to step up and take over, unless there’s a time jump, but if there is and it happens, things could be over. ends with that person becoming a commissioner.
But none of that carries the same weight as a family dinner. Because yes, it’s a procedural drama about cops and lawyers, but more importantly, it’s also a drama about family. And that’s the note on which it should end.
Sure, it could end up at the commissioner’s office instead. Maybe it was just the end of another ordinary day, as Frank looked out over the city before going home to bed. Presumably this is his last day at the office, and the series ends with him turning out the lights and the office emptying. It’s too early for anyone in the family, like Jamie (Will Estes), to step up and take over, unless there’s a time jump, but if there is and it happens, things could be over. ends with that person becoming a commissioner.
But none of that carries the same weight as a family dinner. Because yes, it’s a procedural drama about cops and lawyers, but more importantly, it’s also a drama about family. And that’s the note on which it should end.
