Boston Blue Brings Back CSI Legend Marg Helgenberger, Yet Its Biggest Problem Remains
Helgenberger Joins the Cast
Marg Helgenberger, known for CSI, is returning to CBS in Boston Blue. She will portray Gwen Silver, the estranged biological mother of Sarah Silver, played by Maggie Lawson.
Helgenberger is scheduled to make her series debut in the Season 2 episode “Bloodlines” on November 13. Her casting brings an Emmy-winning television actor into the Blue Bloods spin-off.
Two Stories to Balance
Boston Blue continues and spins off from Blue Bloods, following the Silver family, a multigenerational family of law enforcers. Danny Reagan, played by Donnie Wahlberg, and his son Sean, played by Mika Amonsen, connect the two series.
Danny moved to Boston to mentor Sean as a police officer while pursuing new career opportunities himself. The show has struggled to balance Danny’s story with the Silver family’s.
The Reagans at Shabbat Dinners
The series presents a multi-ethnic Jewish family celebrating Shabbat in weekly broadcast television. The account also notes that the Roman Catholic Reagans are frequently present at the dinners, describing this as strange.
Key points
- Marg Helgenberger will play Gwen Silver, Sarah Silver’s estranged biological mother.
- Helgenberger is set to debut in “Bloodlines” on November 13.
- Boston Blue follows the Silver family and continues the Blue Bloods story.
- The series has struggled to balance Danny’s career with the Silver family’s narrative.