What happens in the series finale?

What happens in the series finale?

It’s the end of an era.

After fourteen seasons on the air, the CBS police series “Blue Bloods” has come to an end.

How did it all end in the series finale? With a death and a birth.

Spoilers for the series finale “End of Tour.”

“Blue Bloods” premiered in 2010. The police procedural revolves around the Reagan family, including NYPD Commissioner Frank (Tom Selleck) and his son, NYPD detective Danny (Donnie Wahlberg). The cast also includes Len Cariou (PC Henry), Will Estes (Sgt. Jamie Reagan), Vanessa Ray (Officer Eddie Janko) and Bridget Moynahan (ADA Erin Reagan).

Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods. CBS via Getty Images

After 14 years of TV reign, the broadcaster announced last year that the hit show would end in the fall.

Selleck was vocal about his dissatisfaction with CBS ending the show. The series finale aired Friday, December 13 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

Wahlberg told The Post that the final scene made everyone cry, in part because Selleck said a few words to the rest of the cast.

Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jackie (Jennifer Esposito) in “Blue Bloods.” CBS via Getty Images

“He said a poem. He did that from time to time. He would have had these old poems,” Wahlberg recalled.

Selleck read the poem “The Man in the Arena,” originally written by Theodore Roosevelt, Wahlberg said.

He said it had become a “tradition” for Selleck to read the poem “every now and then.”

“Of course he did it” after filming the final “Blue Bloods” scene, Wahlberg said.

Linda Reagan (Amy Carlson), Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), Erin Reagan-Boyle (Bridget Moynahan), Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) and Nicky Reagan-Boyle (Sami Gayle) in “Blue Bloods.” CBS via Getty Images

During the episode, several high-profile New York figures, including the mayor (Dylan Walsh), are attacked. He survives the shooting, and when Frank visits him in the hospital, he tells Frank to ignore the usual chain of command about who should take over when the mayor is out of action.

“I’ll give you the keys; You drive. Get us out of here,” he says to Frank.

Meanwhile, Eddie Janko (Vanessa Ray) is distraught after her partner Luis Badillo (Ian Quinlan), who has been on the show since season 12, is killed.

Afterward, Danny tells Eddie that she needs to take care of herself, but she snaps at him and tells him not to “babysit” her.

Tom Selleck as Frank in Blue Bloods. CBS
Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), Linda’s (Amy Carlson), Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), Erin (Bridget Moynahan), Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck), Jamie (Will Estes), Jack Reagan (Tony Terraciano) and Sean Reagan, ( Andrew Terraciano) on “Blue Bloods”. CBS via Getty Images

Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) reconciles with her ex Jack Boyle (Peter Hermann) and decides they should get married again.

“This time everything would be different. Party for two, town hall? “Will you tell everyone about this afterwards?” she says.

Meanwhile, Danny meets with his grandfather, who reminds Danny that he always told him not to take his job home with him, but “the problem now is you don’t have anyone who won’t take it home with you.” brings… Promise me, when this case is over, you will find someone.”

At the end of the episode, after Danny heroically saves a little girl from her criminal father’s suicide, Danny turns to his work partner Det. Maria Baez (Marisa Ramirez) and says, “I was thinking about something my grandfather said to me . Do you want to eat a pizza?”

So his love life ends on a hopeful note.

Marisa Ramirez and Donnie Wahlberg in “Blue Bloods.” GC images

After catching the perpetrator, everyone attends Luis’ funeral. They present his mother with the department flag, and Frank says to Luis’ surviving family: “Take a good look around, Luis’ whole family is with you today,” pointing to all the police officers who have come to pay their respects.

At the end of the episode, the Reagans sit down at their long table for one of their famous family dinners. Someone remarks that these dinners are more about the company, and Frank agrees, saying, “It’s never about the food.”

Eddie and her husband Jamie Reagan (Will Estes) announce their pregnancy.

Danny jokes, “Who’s the father?”

Will Estes as Jamie Reagan, Vanessa Ray as Officer Eddie Janko, Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan, Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan and Len Cariou as Henry Reagan in “Blue Bloods.” CBS via Getty Images
Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods. CBS via Getty Images

Eddie tells everyone that she’s glad to have announced the news because “we’re going to need all the parenting advice we can get,” while everyone expresses how excited they are to “have a little one running around” and how ” What makes a child happy is being part of this family.

Before Eddie spoke, Erin had said she had an announcement too – she hinted that she would tell everyone that she had remarried Jack. But after Eddie’s message, Danny asks Erin what she has to say and she downplays it, replying, “It’s nothing.”

The episode ends with Frank looking around the table and saying, “You know, we have a lot to be thankful for. And as I look around this table, I have to say I couldn’t be prouder or more grateful.”

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