To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d<\/a> and the end of the Reagan family are greatly exaggerated.<\/p>\n Despite a new cast and setting, CBS\u2019s \u201cBoston Blue\u201d<\/a> has all the bones of the original series. There\u2019s no sign of family patriarchs Frank (Tom Selleck) and Henry Reagan (Len Cariou) in the first two episodes of the Donnie Wahlberg starrer, but there are enough Reagans and familiar situations to get this spinoff series off to a decent start.<\/p>\n One change that had to happen for the show\u2019s plot to be effective is that Danny Reagan\u2019s son Sean, had to grow up. The character has become a victim of TV\u2019s (slightly) rapid aging syndrome meaning that the \u201cyounger\u201d Sean played by Andrew Terraciano, has moved to Boston permanently, completed the police academy and is now a rookie officer, played by Mika Amonsen. When Sean is hospitalized after being critically injured in a fire, Danny rushes to Boston to be by his side. There he finds that Sean\u2019s best friend and fellow officer Jonah Silver (Troy Scribner, \u201cBlack-ish,\u201d \u201cMixed-ish\u201d and \u201cGrown-ish,\u201d franchise) also comes from a family of law enforcers.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n The groundwork is now laid to introduce Jonah\u2019s family, the Silvers. Mom Mae (Gloria Reuben) is the district attorney while his sister Sarah (Maggie Lawson, \u201cPsych\u201d) is police superintendent and his other sister Lena (Sonequa Martin-Green, \u201cStar Trek: Discovery,\u201d \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d) is a Boston PD detective. Mae\u2019s father is the only one not in law enforcement. He is the Reverend Peters (Ernie Hudson), minister of an old and very prominent Baptist church. He acts as patriarch of the family in ways similar to Frank. Mae is a widow and dotes on her dad\u2019s wisdom, friendship and sage advice in ways similar to Erin (Bridget Moynahan) and Frank. All these \u201csimilarities\u201d are there to make the sequel transition painless.<\/p>\n Yet a few small things stick out: those family dinners. Very quickly there\u2019s a family dinner table scene. There are two in the first episode. It\u2019s as if to say, \u201cHey we are just like \u2018Blue Bloods,\u2019 see how we all sit down to eat just like they did?\u201d Plus, the first family dinner invite to Danny comes while Sean is still in a touch-and-go situation in the hospital. Would a sit-down dinner be what was on the mind of a parent if their son was in the hospital? One would think it would be a kind \u201cNo but thank you, another time,\u201d before heading back to the hospital. Perhaps Frank could have at least taken a call from the hospital regarding the condition of his son, but no.<\/p>\n Also like \u201cBlue Bloods,\u201d Danny and Lena fall into an easy rapport of banter and strong teamwork while working on a case. This rapport is how things started with Danny and Maria Baez (Marisa Ramirez). By the way, what happened to Danny and Baez\u2019s romance? Will she be forgotten and will Lena take her place as his partner and his heart? All will be revealed but the point is that \u201cBoston Blue\u201d is following the exact formula as \u201cBlue Bloods,\u201d for better or worse. Whether the show has the success of its predecessor will depend on the emotional factor of the crimes and criminal cases the characters face in their law enforcement work.<\/p>\n![\"boston-blue-sonequa-martin-green-donnie-wahlberg-ernie-hudson-marcus-scribner-cbs\"](\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8edc9bd158f33aa577943fa9640b6fa6.jpeg\")