“Blue Bloods” wrapped up 14 seasons on CBS last night.
The episode was modest, with no fanfare. No two hour episode, no flashbacks, no big weepy moments.
Mostly last night’s story was about a cop killer who also shoots the mayor. Tom Selleck — aka Frank Reagan — and clan are the only ones who can dig up the culprits and bring them to justice. All the main characters get a little spotlight.
It’s only toward the end of the episode that personal stuff comes in. Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny finally asks Maria (the under appreciated Marisa Ramirez) out for pizza. They’ve been flirting for like 8 years. Bridget Moynihan proposes to her ex husband (Peter Hermann).
Quick cut to a final and short dinner at the Reagans’ dining room table. Jamie and Eddie announce they’re pregnant. They’ve also been married for much of the run. No one discusses the fact that Selleck and Len Cariou, who plays his father, are only a few years apart. No one asks Cariou about winning the Tony Award for “Sweeney Todd.”
And it’s over.
Or is it? They played this episode not like a series finale, but a “to be continued…” If the show returns — as Tom Selleck has begged, pleaded, and demanded — the segue would be seamless. They should have called the episode “Never Can Say Goodbye.” See you on Netflix.
Tomorrow we get the not-series ending of “Yellowstone.” I told you a week ago the show would go on. Then on Wednesday came the story vultures pretending like it was their exclusive. “Yellowstone” will come back with a new antagonist to ruffle Beth’s feathers. The show will be called “Yellowstone” because the brand is branded into our brains.
