‘Boston Blue’: First Look at Donnie Wahlberg & Sonequa Martin-Green in ‘Blue Bloods’ Offshoot

Danny Reagan is back, and he’s got a new partner. TV Insider can exclusively debut the first looks at Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green in Boston Blue, the Blue Bloods offshoot coming to CBS this October.

Boston Blue stars Wahlberg as he reprises his role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan. In this new series, Danny takes a position with the Boston Police Department and is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. The Silver family is comprised of Boston District Attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben), Boston PD Detective Lena Silver, Police Superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Marcus Scribner), and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson). As Danny settles into his new city, he also hopes to reconnect with his younger son, Sean (Mika Amonsen), who is beginning his own career in Boston.

This Boston Blue first look shows Wahlberg and Martin-Green behind the scenes of the procedural, which splits its filming time between Toronto and Boston (Wahlberg’s home town), and in character as Danny and Lena. Danny has swapped his usual suited-up work attire for a leather jacket and grey tee in one of the photos. Lena, meanwhile, is looking sharp in a grey (should we say silver?) suit. They’re also seen on the scene of a crime on a Boston street. Based on the American and Pride flags hanging from the windows of the brick townhouses, it seems as though Boston Blue kicks off in June/July.

Get your first glimpses of Danny and Lena below.

Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green as Danny Reagan and Lena Silver

Danny and Lena at the scene of a crime in Boston

Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green behind the scenes of Boston Blue

Boston Blue premieres on Friday, October 17, at 10/9c on CBS (Blue Bloods’ old time slot). The series premiere will feature Blue Bloods star Bridget Moynahan reprising her role as Erin Reagan. Wahlberg has hinted it’s likely that more of the Blue Bloods family is going to appear on the new series.

Boston Blue aims to highlight new law enforcement families through the Silvers while showing the next chapter of Danny’s family story.

“We are obviously standing on the shoulders of the Reagan family, the culture that was already established,” Martin-Green said in a video with Wahlberg introducing their show. “And I love it because we’re going to get close with another family, the Silvers, which is also a prominent law enforcement family, and that’s where Lena Silver is from, and it’s very similar to the Reagans. I mean, they couldn’t be more different, but they are also so similar. Here we have Boston, which is a character in and of itself, and you have Danny, who understands a family like this. It’s crime. It’s doing the right thing. It’s sacrifice. It’s all those things that we’ve loved with Blue Bloods for a long time.”

“No matter who was a fan of Blue Bloods, they all could relate to the family,” Wahlberg added. That concept will be at the heart of Boston Blue.

Boston Blue, Series Premiere, Friday, October 17, 10/9c, CBS