TVLINE | Donnie Wahlberg has stated it was by no means a query of if Danny would be part of Boston PD, however when. Why was this the appropriate second to drag that set off? Was there ever inside debate about holding it for later within the season?
MARGOLIS | All of it type of began after we realized we have been gonna be transitioning Danny from NYPD to BPD — that is earlier than the [writers’] room started — and what that course of would seem like. As a lot as we wished to simply type of skate previous it and be like, no matter, he is BPD now, let’s not deal with that, there was the fact of what a tenured profession on the NYPD would seem like, and you’ll’t simply choose up and go.
Having the ability to be a contractor with BPD or to be on a joint process drive, if you’ll, was how the present began. However we acknowledged we nonetheless owed some tales round making that alternative — and, particularly, we may make it an emotional alternative for Danny. It is arduous to acknowledge that he must hand over his protect.
As we have been taking a look at emotional tales and when is the appropriate time to go that baton, we acknowledged that till he is carrying it, he cannot run lead. Technically, Lena is the one arresting anyone in these episodes — or, at the very least, the one who can press expenses as a Boston police officer. So in an emotionally charged case, just like the one we get in Episode 10, the place anyone whose title is Silver will not be allowed to work the case, we acknowledged that that will be a really impactful second for Danny to step in and step up for his newfound household and say, I can lead this now as a result of I’m Boston PD and the time has come to take that mantle.
SONNIER | With all the things on the present, it goes again to household. This was a second to step up for his discovered household. For the household he sits across the desk with in Boston, he wanted to make that transfer.
What I will additionally say is that we do honor the “Blue Bloods” legacy of attempting to be true to the police process and the reality of the police work, so we do point out in Episode 10 that he’s accepting this badge, however there will probably be a number of extra steps alongside the way in which to finalize his switch.
TVLINE | How will that process play out on display screen?
MARGOLIS | There will probably be a few tales within the again half of the season that talk to the method — by way of really utilizing his Boston badge versus the protect. Particularly, he mentions that there is a requirement that he must serve a shift in uniform, which is one thing we positively plan to discover as an episode concept within the again half of the season.
