The final Sunday dinner was one to recollect.
After “Blue Bloods” aired its sequence finale on Friday, Donnie Wahlberg, who performed Detective Danny Reagan, took a second to replicate on fourteen seasons of the CBS police procedural — and pen a love notice to the present’s loyal followers.
“Dearest Blockheads,” the actor, 55, started on Instagram. “There is, in fact, a disappointment in saying goodbye to #BlueBloods. But what a heck of a journey we had collectively! You all have been actually a part of the Blue Bloods household! Not simply on Friday nights (trending #BlueBloods each single week that it’s been on the air), not simply in your influence on the Ratings (which was large), you all made yourselves an precise a part of the crew,”
Wahlberg added that everybody on the set “knew you, appreciated you and was comfortable to see you.”
“None — greater than me. Of all of the recollections, highlights and moments, that I’ll look again on fondly from the final 14 years of filming #BlueBloods in New York City, your set visits shall be one thing that I’ll cherish perpetually,” he stated.
The New Kids On The Block member went on to share recollections from filming the present along with his loyal followers being there each in particular person and in spirit.
“You introduced smiles, presents, cupcakes (despite the fact that I used to be staying in form for NKOTB excursions), sweet (too many Coffee Crisps and Kinder to say), hugs, indicators, inspiration and naturally love. Some guests — didn’t miss a season,” Walhberg stated. “Some guests — we now miss so dearly.”
“I hold closing my eyes, and seeing your faces, as I’m penning this. I’m so grateful to you all. Please know that my coronary heart is full. I can go on perpetually, about you, however it’s time to cease writing and to easily let these recollections dwell. I thanks. I really like you. I respect you. I salute you,” the star continued earlier than writing a candy sign-off.
As Wahlberg put it, “My Blockhead/BlueBloods Family. See you on the following journey. Coming quickly.”
Alongside the prolonged submit, the “Blue Bloods” alum added a smiling shot of himself trying off digital camera.
Wahlberg’s different half, Jenny McCarthy, praised her husband on her personal web page alongside a number of photographs, together with one of many actor and co-star Tom Selleck.
“14 years. Fourteen unimaginable years of dedication, ardour, and onerous work. Watching you pour your coronary heart and soul into Blue Bloods has been nothing wanting inspiring, Donnie,” the 52-year-old gushed. “You’ve introduced a lot depth, grit, and like to Danny Reagan, and it’s clear how a lot the position — and the present— imply to you.”
Looking again at being by Wahlberg’s facet since they tied the knot in 2014, McCarthy added: “I’ve seen the late nights, the early mornings, and the unwavering dedication you give not solely to your craft however to your solid, crew, and the followers who adore you. It’s who you might be — at all times giving 110% of your self to all the pieces you do.”
She concluded her touching tribute, “I couldn’t be prouder of you, not only for what you’ve achieved on display, however for the kindness, humility, and gratitude you carry with you on daily basis. You don’t simply gentle up the display — you gentle up our lives.”
“Here’s to 14 wonderful years and the legacy you’ve constructed. I really like you endlessly and am so proud to face by your facet by means of all of it.”
Sami Gayle, who portrayed Nicky Reagan-Boyle, daughter of Erin Reagan-Boyle (Bridget Moynahan), additionally shared a farewell submit on the social platform.
“Tonight marks the ultimate episode of @bluebloods_cbs … a sequence which I’m proud to have been part of for half of my life,” the younger star wrote. “To everybody who watched me develop up — on display, behind the scenes, and round our dinner desk — thanks. This expertise was the reward of a lifetime and I’m perpetually grateful.”
“Blue Bloods” aired its first episode on September 2010, following a New York City household that labored in legislation enforcement. The star-studded solid contains Selleck, Wahlberg, Moynahan, Will Estes and Len Cariou because the tight-knit household.
The drama stored devoted viewers coming again yr after yr to look at the Reagans navigate private obstacles and the legal justice system — whereas nonetheless making it to their weekly household dinners.
The sequence finale, titled “End of Tour,” introduced the sequence complete to 293 episodes.
On Friday, audiences adopted the Reagans one final time “as they race to cease lethal mayhem within the metropolis when the gangs of New York unite collectively to demand amnesty for the discharge of their imprisoned members and people awaiting trial,” per the press launch.
“Miami Vice” and “Battlestar Galactica” star Edward James Olmos was a visitor star.
Meanwhile, Wahlberg not too long ago shed gentle onto filming the present’s remaining dinner scene.
“I feel after we completed the ultimate take of the ultimate dinner scene, everybody simply sort of sat there in silence,” he informed The Post earlier this week. “Secretly, we hoped somebody would stroll in and say ‘it was a joke, there shall be 14 extra seasons!’”
