The Rookie’s Season 5 finale is setting up a deadly game of cat and mouse. Per TVLine, the synopsis for Season 5, Episode 22 “Under Siege,” suggests that a deadly conclusion could await Nathan Fillion’s John Nolan and his squad. “After one of their own is shot, the team suffers a series of close calls…
One of the best slow-burn relationships on TV now is The Rookie’s Chenford. Fans watched Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford slowly fall in love over the course of the show and are finally able to enjoy the couple’s newfound romantic relationship in Season 5. However, Chenford isn’t the only epic slow-burn relationship depicted on TV.…
The Rookie is unique among police procedurals. Most series try to be as real as possible, and some of them — like Dick Wolf’s FBI, One Chicago and Law and Order universes — are pretty good at portraying realism. However, The Rookie isn’t always worried about that. It normally prioritizes its characters’ personal dilemmas rather…
The Rookie’s “The Con” takes John Nolan and his fiancée Bailey Nune to his hometown to go through his mother’s things after her passing. While the episode involves some over-the-topic antics one expects from John’s mother — even after her death — it also fortifies John and Bailey’s relationship. Equally so, it confirms that John…
The cast of The Rookie is changing once again as the show heads into its seventh season, and while it will be difficult to say goodbye to Tru Valentino’s Aaron Thorsen, one tidbit about the upcoming episodes eases the frustration. Valentino is exiting The Rookie ahead of season 7, meaning the season 6 finale was…
The Rookie season 7 is primed to introduce several new characters, which is a good sign for the upcoming outing’s big story promise. ABC’s police procedural follows the career of 40-something cop John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) — the oldest rookie at the LA Police Department (LAPD). Since 2018, the series has churned out six uneven…
The Rookie fans, it looks like it may be a little while before we step back into the doors of LAPD Mid-Wilshire. Just one month after ABC renewed the procedural drama for season 7, the network shocked viewers when they released the official lineup for the Fall 2024 TV season. Amid seeing new seasons of…
A day after news broke that Tru Valentino will not be returning to The Rookie as a series regular for the popular ABC drama’s upcoming seventh season, the actor took to his IG story to comment to his departure. Not elaborating over the circumstances surrounding his exit, he looked back at his time on the…
The good news is that The Rookie has been renewed for season 7; the bad news is that more episodes indicate that one fan-favorite duo won’t rekindle their romance until after the season 6 finale. The ABC procedural drama television series, created by Alexi Hawley, debuted in 2018 and has run for six successful seasons,…
The Rookie just reported back for Season 5 duty and immediately gave the people what they wanted! And then possibly ripped it away again. In short: Long-flirty colleagues Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil) and Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) finally acknowledged it wasn’t just the L.A. heat between them during an undercover operation just as serial killer Rosalind…
