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The following contains spoilers from the Dec. 13 series finale of CBS‘ Blue Bloods, now streaming on Paramount+.
TVLine readers have thus far given the Blue Bloods series finale a very impressive average grade of “A-.” But if there is one bone that some have to pick with the ending, it has to do with one more chair that could have been pulled up to the final family dinner.
asked longtime partner Maria out on a date, she, too, should have been a part of Sunday dinner.
Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade, though, says that the idea of adding in Baez “didn’t really come to the forefront” when plotting out the family/cop drama’s grand finale.
For the Reagans over 14 seasons, “every victory had to come with a personal loss or defeat,” Wade recounted.
There are spoilers from the December below. Blue Bloods’ 13th season finale is currently available to stream on Paramount+.
The Blue Bloods series finale has received an extremely high average rating of “A-” from TVLine readers thus far. If there is one thing that some people find disappointing about the conclusion, it is that there was an additional chair that could have been brought to the last family meal.
Erin, along with her ex-husband Jack and their daughter Nicky, Danny, along with both of their sons, Jack and Sean, Joe Hill, and soon-to-be parents Jamie and Eddie, joined patriarchs Frank and Henry for the packed milestone dinner.
Nonetheless, some fans argue that Maria, Danny’s longtime partner, should have joined in on Sunday dinner since he had just (and finally!) asked her out.
However, Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade claims that when planning the grand finale of the family/cop drama, the idea of including Baez “didn’t really come to the forefront.”.
Wade told our sister site Deadline, “[A]t the end of their last scene together, there was a hint of a whiff of a promise that they were going to leave that squad [room] and go off to dinner and end up at one or the other’s house, yes.”. “But it felt like a big leap, with only two minutes left, after 14 years, to introduce them [as a couple] like that at the dinner” — and the Season 8 finale featured Jamie and Eddie in a similar manner.
To formally couple them up at Sunday dinner just a few scenes later was “too fast,” Wade said, adding that “it felt like we had plenty of tarmac” to get to that point (albeit off-screen with the series ended). “.”.
Why a Regan did not die while Badillo did.
Wade discussed the decision to have Eddie’s partner Luis Badillo die in the series finale, which was triggered by a string of brutal gang shootings, in an interview with Deadline.
Instead, had the creatives thought about falling for one of the Reagans’?
Simply put, no.
“To be honest with you, I thought the audience would have hated it,” Wade said. “I don’t think [viewers] wanted a dead Henry or a dead Frank,” and “the entertainment is Friday night at ten o’clock.”. “”.
Nevertheless, someone had to leave in order to add more weight to the significant victory, in which every Reagan was involved.
According to Wade, “every victory had to come with a personal loss or defeat” for the Reagans over the course of 14 seasons. We therefore gained that dimension from having to attend Eddie’s partner’s funeral. “.”.
