During its 14-season run, Blue Bloods remained a procedural a bit different from the others. Yes, it focused on the weekly cases worked by the NYPD, but at its very core, it was a show about family. The CBS series followed Tom Selleck’s Frank Reagan, who is carrying on the long-running tradition of holding a position in law enforcement — a career trajectory that his children Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), Jamie (Will Estes), and Erin (Bridget Moynahan) have also pursued. After the well-performing title received the axe last year, it was announced that Frank’s eldest son, Wahlberg’s Danny, would receive his own spin-off titled Boston Blue.

Since its very first reveal, fans have wondered who, if any, familiar faces might cross over to meet up with Danny on his next adventure. While speaking with Fox News Digital, Wahlberg gave an incredibly promising update for those hoping for a Reagan family reunion down the line.

“Now, it’s just Danny going to this new world, but I can’t say a lot about it — but I could say, if he’s a Reagan, it will never be just Danny. There’ll always be a Reagan a phone call away. And the traditions that the Reagans have, Danny wouldn’t abandon those traditions.”

As for his experience in the original series, Wahlberg says that, quite like fans, he and the rest of the cast and crew were just as shocked that the TV show — which was one of the network’s top performers — wasn’t picked up for Season 15. Sharing that he and the other folks involved “fought so hard” to keep the show on the air, the actor also admitted that he was “in denial” about ending things, adding, “When it ended, we thought, ‘Okay, some of the network’s gonna come and say, let’s keep going.’ And nobody came, and it was kind of like we were all in denial about it,” he said about Blue Bloods.

‘Blue Bloods’ Second Chance at Life

Despite not receiving another shot at a different network, Blue Bloods will continue its story in Boston Blue, which will follow Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan to a new chapter in the titular New England city. Even though he felt guilty about seeing his character continue while the others were put on pause, Wahlberg said he knew this was his only shot at keeping the Reagan family’s story going strong.

“It was definitely a challenge to take on this opportunity, but I kept saying to myself, you know, if I’m really sincere about wanting ‘Blue Bloods’ to carry on, here’s an opportunity to do it… It was heavy, you know? It’s, like, how do I do this? Like, how does [his character] Danny Reagan carry on? You know, how do we create this new world for this character and how do we do it in another city, not in New York?”