This Friday at 10/9c, CBS‘ Blue Bloods will report for duty one last time — and TVLine has an exclusive look at a behind-the-scene video which also offers a glimpse at some moments from the family drama’s swan song.
In Blue Bloods‘ series finale, titled “End of Tour,” it’s all hands on deck for the Reagan family as they race to stop deadly mayhem in the city when the gangs of New York unite together to demand amnesty for the release of their imprisoned members and those awaiting trial.
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica) guest-stars as the imprisoned father of the Ace Double Treys gang member who has orchestrated the aforementioned series of violent shootings.
In the exclusive featurette above, Donnie Wahlberg shares why he very early on predicted Blue Bloods‘ success, while scene partner Marissa Ramirez talks about how viewers for 14 years have been able to ‘relate” to the “real, genuine human beings” among the Reagan clan and those in their orbit.
Vanessa Ray weighs in on how the Sunday family dinner — featured in all 293 episodes — is very much”the heartbeat of the show,” after which scene partner Will Estes promises “closure” for fans this Friday, as they bid adieu to characters they’ve “grown to love.”
The video above also features snippets from Friday’s very final episode, including a passionate plea from a hospitalized Mayor Chase (Dylan Walsh) to NYPD commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck)… a bit of the Reagan family patriarch’s final Sunday dinner spiel… and one character not-insignificantly asking another to grab some pizza.
Blue Bloods this fall is averaging 7.1 million viewers (including delayed playback), regularly leading Friday night in total audience and ranking No. 6 among the 12 dramas airing on CBS.