Line #8 Trivia/BlueBloods


1	* ActorAllusion:
2	** Frank's mention of being a Marine with service in Vietnam. Creator/TomSelleck's previous major role as the title character of ''Series/MagnumPI'' was also a Vietnam veteran (a former Navy intelligence officer) and often wore a cap with the legend "VMO-2", which was a Marine Forward Air Control squadron out of Da Nang.
3	** This isn't the first time that Creator/DonnieWahlberg [[Film/SawII played a cop with a female partner, all with a family]]. However, where Eric had been divorced with his wife and had one son, Danny's had been killed in the show and had two sons.
4	* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: [[spoiler: Amy Carlson did not come back for Season 8, so Linda Reagan was KilledOffscreen.]]
5	* CaliforniaDoubling:
6	** Averted. The show is set and filmed on-location in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.
7	*** A teeny-tiny case with Frank and Henry's home, which is in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs that make up the city. The exterior that is shown is of a house in Bay Ridge, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, a different borough.
8	** The pilot had some interior scenes that were shot in Toronto, although exteriors used New York City proper.
9	* CastTheExpert: The show's technical advisor, Detective First Grade Jim Nuciforo (ret.) plays Frank's security guard.
10	* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Lenny Ross succumbed to cancer right before the third episode of the final season. This follows on from the death of his actor Treat Williams in July of 2023, who was killed in a car accident. The episode was [[InMemoriam dedicated to his memory]] with a production photo of him and Tom Selleck prior to the credits roll.
11	* CreatorBacklash: [[spoiler: Amy Carlson did not approve of Linda being the victim of a BusCrash. It was her decision to leave the show, but she assumed she'd be invited back to give Linda a proper exit.]]
12	* TheDanza:
13	** Abigail Hawk plays ''Abigail'' Baker.
14	** Jim Nuciforo plays ''Jim'' the security guard.
15	* DiedDuringProduction: In the French dub, Tom Selleck's voice actor (Creator/JacquesFrantz) died in March 2021, after the dub of Season 10. He was replaced by Creator/MichelPapineschi. The Season 11 premiere was [[InMemoriam dedicated to Frantz]].
16	* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/DonnieWahlberg (Det. Danny Reagan) directed "Manhattan Queens."
17	* FakeAmerican: Canadian actor Len Cariou plays retired New York City Police Commissioner Henry Reagan, an Irish American.
18	* FridayNightDeathSlot: The current king of aversions; 12 seasons in the can and airing its thirteenth as of October 2022, all on Fridays.
19	* TheOtherDarrin: Nicky was played by a different actress in the original pilot.
20	%% * PlayingAgainstType: Michael Imperioli as an attorney instead of [[Series/TheSopranos a mob Capo]].
21	* SpinOffCookbook: ''The Blue Bloods Cookbook'', a collection of Irish type dishes that one could imagine being at the Reagans' table, written by series star Bridget Monyahan.
22	* RealLifeRelative:
23	** Jack and Sean Reagan, Danny's two boys are played by real-life brothers Tony and Andrew Terraciano.
24	** In "Drawing Dead," Creator/AidaTurturro plays the shopkeeper questioned in an officer-involved shooting. She is a real-life cousin of Nicholas Turturro, who plays Sergeant Renzulli.
25	* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
26	** Creator/JenniferEsposito has coeliac disease and due to the condition, could no longer keep up with the grueling filming schedule required for her character. While the show writers were willing to work around it, [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jennifer-esposito-leaves-blue-bloods-381475 CBS was not]] and told the show to write her out, a decision she was ''not happy'' with.
27	** "Quid Pro Quo" was shot shortly after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City. The episode has Danny pay a visit at one point to a detective friend of his in the Rockaways, the part of the city hardest hit by Sandy. The shots of course being done on location in the Rockaways.
28	* YouMightRememberMeFrom: Creator/TomSelleck's role as Police Commissioner Frank Reagan is his first major role in quite a while, apart from a string of TV movies based on the ''Literature/JesseStone'' book series. He mentioned in an interview on ''Series/TheTalk'' that he took the job partly because the script made him cry.

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