Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue returned with an episode full of highs and lows — including a cameo from Boston Celtics player Jaylen Brown and a shocking shooting involving a main character.
During the Friday, April 3, episode of the CBS series, Rev. Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson) was shot outside of his church. He was taken to the hospital — and later discharged — but not before the entire Silver and Reagan family expressed their concern.
Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Lena (Sonequa Martin-Green) investigated the shooting, which they traced back to a complicated past of one of Rev. Peters’ associates. While working on the case, Danny was making himself a cup of coffee in the break room when Brown, 29, appeared to ask which of the pots was decaf.
Danny said it was the orange one, which is his “favorite color when it is combined with blue.” He wasn’t, however, a fan of green, and Brown quickly realized that Danny is a Knicks fan. The athlete jokingly apologized for Danny’s “loss” in basketball teams before sharing a sweet moment with Lena where viewers learned that the Boston police detective regularly hangs out with Brown.
Wahlberg, 56, previously teased the fun cameo in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, saying, “I [also] had a call with Jaylen Brown and he said, ‘Get me on the show.’ I told our EPs, and they wrote a scene for him to film.”
At the time, Wahlberg reflected on how devoted he has been to the spinoff after making the move from CBS’ Blue Bloods.
“I had to go through the process of saying goodbye to our crew and the cast and reconciling the fact that [Blue Bloods] could now be in my rearview mirror,” he recalled in February. “I had to let go of Danny Reagan and Blue Bloods. So when this came along, I had to reevaluate. It wasn’t just a snap decision.”
Wahlberg shared what made him want to keep playing Danny.
“It became an easier decision as I got to work on the pilot script with the Brandons [creators Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier],” he said. “I found ways to make it authentic to Danny, make it plausible that he would go to Boston, and find ways to really make Danny a fish out of water.”
He continued: “The challenges of playing Danny in a new world help me enjoy the character more. Yeah, Danny moves to Boston and they all have different accents and everyone will root against the Yankees. It’s not just a tough New York guy who moves to Boston and argues with everyone about what’s better. It’s [about] surrendering the driver’s seat and being in the passenger seat. He’s a guest at somebody else’s table.”
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.
