Donnie Wahlberg comes home for ‘Boston Blue’

NEW YORK First there was Blue Bloods on CBS Friday nights at Now seasons later there is Boston Blue same time same channel This spin-off sees Donnie Wahlberg s NYPD detective Danny Reagan changing cities to become a Boston Police detective He s partnered with detective Lena Silver Sonequa Martin-Green the eldest daughter of a notable Boston police family Wahlberg initially solicited himself Do I really want to do a spin off I didn t know But this idea he announced Tuesday at a post screening discussion at Paramount s Manhattan headquarters was just really good the script was really good I saw the possibilities of weaving the Blue Bloods world into it and I saw a chance to play Danny in a different way I didn t consider what it would be like for Danny Reagan to have a son Mika Amonsen s Sean Reagan on the job And have him suddenly having to worry when he s never had to worry about that You know Danny s consistently had a sibling then another sibling and his sister was a D A and his grandpa they were all on the job But he never had a son on the job That suddenly changed everything It was like now there s a whole new world It s not only Danny with a new partner meeting this new family It s Danny being a dad and worrying about his son making sure he gets home safe every day And teaching him the job the way that his family taught him the job As to the process of honoring the Blue Bloods world while ensuring that Boston Blue is its own show There are a large number of procedures to do that Wahlberg noted Various will jump out at you and a few of them will be more subtle What I mean is with this show everybody longed to know what was going to happen with Danny and his romance with detective Maria Baez played by Marisa Ramirez You re finding out now in an early Blue Bloods scene I mean to me that was something that had to be addressed It was like Well Danny gets a call at a m Who s with him Is he alone And I was like Let s write it And we wrote it and Anthony Hemingway the episode s director suggested we do it with no shirt on So that I can stay in shape He s like We ve gotta know you re really in a relationship More sit-ups Sorry There are other obvious means Like a few of my Blue Bloods cast mates like Bridget Moynahan gracing us with her presence and being a part of this Bridget by the way just directed an episode as well so she s one of the unsung heroes in this journey Boston Blue premieres on CBS Oct streaming on Paramount Donnie Wahlberg left and Sonequa Martin-Green on location in Boston during the filming of Boston Blue Michele Crowe CBS via AP