In its final season on CBS, Blue Bloods brought back so many guest stars to help viewers say goodbye to the Reagan family.
Ahead of the 14th episode of season 14 on Friday, November 8, it was announced that Lori Loughlin would be returning to reprise her role of Grace Edwards.
Lori, 60, first appeared as Grace on Blue Bloods in 2016. Grace is the wife of Martin Edwards, a police officer who died in the line of duty. After Martin’s death, Grace tried to enlist Tom Selleck’s character Frank Reagan’s help to try to convince her son not to join the police force. But he was honest with her, saying that the job will always come with risks.
Now in 2024, Grace is back with a vengeance it seems. Danny Reagan, played by Donnie Wahlberg, is up for an award for his work as a detective, but in a promo for the episode, it seems like Grace is not too thrilled about it. The episode is titled “New York Minute.”
The official synopsis of the episode was released: “Danny and Baez [Marisa Ramirez] scrutinize an art gallery suspected of selling counterfeit pieces after a detective investigating the establishment is murdered. Also, Eddie is conflicted when she discovers her former partner turned social worker, Rachel Witten (Lauren Patten), crossed the line to get a mentally ill client much-needed help; and Frank is upset when an award Danny was to be honored with is rescinded by Grace Edwards (Lori Loughlin), the widow of an NYPD officer killed in the line of duty.”
It seems like Grace is out for vengeance and Danny is her target. “My son is a decorated cop and fine family man,” Frank said in the preview, to which Grace responded, “He’s also from New York’s most visible cop family and enjoys a reputation as a very loose cannon.”
There’s only a few episodes left of the series, so there’s no telling how Grace’s animosity will impact Danny’s career and the ending for the character.
Lori’s latest role comes five years after her involvement in the college admissions scandal with her husband, Mossimo Giannulli. Now, she’s looking at life with a new lens after returning to acting.
“Every day we’re met with different obstacles, but it’s all in how you approach things,” she told First for Women in April. “For me, it’s just persevering and as an actress, I hear “no” a lot, so I just have to be myself and persevere and try not to let in negativity.”
“My advice is to just keep moving forward. Everyone has good times and bad times. That’s life,” the Full House alum added. “I think you just have to pick yourself up. Nobody said life was going to be a breeze. There’s beauty in life, but there’s also hardship in life.”
Lori also reflected on how she was dealing with the negativity coming her way.
“It isn’t always easy to put your best foot forward,’ she told the outlet. “But I think it starts with being kind. If you meet someone and they’re having a bad day or are a little prickly, rather than going toe to toe with that person, or feeling negative I try to meet them in a different way.”
New episodes of Blue Bloods air on Friday nights on CBS at 10:00 p.m. ET.