BOSTON HERALD: Gun play
Donnie Wahlberg & ‘Blue Bloods’ take serious look at crime aftershocks
By Bill Burke
January 29, 2012
Donnie Wahlberg was surprised when he got his first look at the script for this week’s episode of CBS’ “Blue Bloods” (Friday at 10 p.m. [on CBS]).
“There’s this very intense situation where (his character) Danny and his wife and kids come across a violent crime on the way home,” the Dorchester actor/singer said from the set in New York. “That was jarring enough, but then the episode takes a turn.”
Instead of Danny Reagan — the cop on the warpath doing things his way — viewers get an emotional look at how a police officer prepares his family for the potential of violence...
Cast of Blue Bloods: Will Estes, Len Cariou, Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan and Donnie Wahlberg
... “It’s an inevitable moment for any cop who keeps a firearm in the house,” Wahlberg said. “He has to discuss it with his wife and kids — and for me, doing that scene was powerful.”
The episode, and the family element to the plot, left Wahlberg with a new “profound respect” for police officers...
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