Donnie Wahlberg, Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, and more reflect on their favorite Blue Bloods memories

“Those relationships and those bonds, they’re eternal, but the proximity and the going to work together every day is not, and I’m going to miss it. I already do.”

The Reagans are hanging up their badges.

Blue Bloods airs its finale tonight on CBS, and to celebrate 14 seasons, the cast of the police procedural — including Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, and Donnie Wahlberg — are taking a trip down memory lane.

Entertainment Weekly asked the Blue Bloods cast to share their favorite memories from working on the show, as well as what they’ll miss the most about the series. Read all the actors’ responses below.

My favorite Blue Bloods memory: Directing an episode was really incredible for me. I think that experience, while I was prepared to direct it, also really let me into the other side of television. I got to sit in with the writers and to sit in with all the different departments and see the show from a different perspective than what an actor typically views it from, and that was very eye-opening. It taught me a lot and it gave an even greater appreciation for a lot of what the other departments do on the show.

That first dinner scene is always something that’s going to stand out for me, too. It really was a test for all of us because it was the first scene we ever did together. So we’re supposed to be this family that’s been together all of our lives and most of us didn’t know each other. Fortunately, I knew Bridget really well, and my biggest conflict as Danny Reagan in the scene was with her, so we were prepared to do that. But no one’s prepared to sit there and yell across the table at some other person while Tom Selleck is sitting at the head of the table scowling at you. We had to all jump right into the deep end and just let go and not hold anything back in that first dinner scene. We had to be as if we had always been a family, and in committing so hard right out of the gate, I think it set the tone for us. In hindsight, had that dinner scene not been first, I don’t know where the show goes. I don’t know that it has the same result or journey.

What I’ll miss the most: Being on set with our crew. It was so fun to go to work. We had long days, oftentimes in horrible weather, and we just really supported each other and laughed and had as much fun as we can within the confines of the set or the confines of the city. New York was an amazing place to shoot —super challenging for the crew — and they always rose to the occasion no matter what the situation, and I will miss them a lot.

The camera could be rolling on a scene. They say “Cut.” I start speaking to a camera operator and learn that his mom is in the hospital and struggling, or the sound guy’s son is leaving for college and it’s going to be the first time he’s alone in his house and he’s heartbroken. He’s not going to see his son for a few years. There’s so many things that we experience off-camera with the crew and with the cast as well, but for me, I think the crew is really the part that’s going to be the hardest for me. Those relationships and those bonds, they’re eternal, but the proximity and the going to work together every day is not, and I’m going to miss it. I already do.