The Rookie - US-Pace- ABC (**Spoilers**)

Agent Coulson

“We got some new blood this morning. Officer Bishop – you get to ride with the 40-year-old rookie.”

That rookie is LAPD Officer John Nolan, played by Castle alum Nathan Fillion, in ABC’s upcoming drama series The Rookie

The series, inspired by a true story, focuses on Fillion’s Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD who realizes that starting over isn’t easy as he pursues his dream of being an LAPD officer following a life-altering incident.

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

ABC has lured Nathan Fillion back into a life of crime-solving, tapping the ex-Castle star to headline the cop-themed dramedy The Rookie.
According to Deadline, The Rookie — which nabbed a straight-to-series order from the network — reunites Fillion with onetime Castle showrunner/EP Alexi Hawley and finds the TV fave playing John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD. At an age where most are at the peak of their career, Nolan cast aside his comfortable, small town life and moved to L.A. to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies twenty years his junior, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, humorous and unpredictable world of a “young” cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.

Source TV Line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dQHhvwSaE

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9K06dCP-lc

At an age where most are at the peak of their career, John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) casts aside his comfortable, small town life and moves to L.A. to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies twenty years his junior, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, humorous and unpredictable world of a “young” cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.

Nathan Fillion back on tv even if not in Firefly is a good thing

CastorTroy

Expected something along the lines of Castle. This appears to be more serious

JP Liz V1

CastorTroy wrote: »

Expected something along the lines of Castle. This appears to be more serious

Yes looks to be a mix of Rookie Blue and Southland

Agent Coulson

Given a start date of Tuesday October 16th.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson

Starts tonight in the States.

https://twitter.com/NathanFillion/status/1051805502496227328

Bandana boy

I love Nathan Fillion the actor but even playing 40 is a push for him these days !

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Really enjoyed it. I love Nathan Fillion and Melissa O'Neil so had high expectations anyway, but it still managed to surprise me. Really charismatic and well rounded cast, good balance of comedy and drama. The only negative for me was

the junkie wife

because it just felt a bit out of place, but otherwise all good.

Agent Coulson

I enjoyed that a nice mix of humor and action along with a good cast and as always Fillion is so Damm watchable.

JP Liz V1

Bandana boy wrote: »

I love Nathan Fillion the actor but even playing 40 is a push for him these days !

Does he wear a wig?

Heckler

Its ok I guess. A police version of 9-1-1. All well and good in its own right. Bit crowd pleasing.

Southland IMO was one of the best (and underrated) police shows ever done and may have ruined any future ones for me. (and yes I am old enough to have watched Hill St. Blues, NYPD Blue, Homicide:Life on the streets etc).

I go to Chicago P.D. for (mostly) brainless, hero cop stuff. At least Hank is interesting. The rest of them look like they walked out of a hipster gin bar after a model shoot ffs.

FreudianSlippers

I actually really enjoyed it for a pilot episode. It'll be interesting to see if there will be any significant changes in episode two.

California Dreamer

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Yes looks to be a mix of Rookie Blue and Southland

I watched the first episode this week and was looking for a description and that sums it up perfectly. It wants to be as gritty as Southland but still PC enough as Rookie Blue.

Overall not bad but the ratings in the US suggestion that it might be a one season wonder.

The Black Oil

Threads merged.

punisher5112

Watched it myself, liked castle so as acting goes I find him good.

Seems like a good cast and 1st episode was interesting so I will be continuing to watch.

I really loved Southland and it's a pity it ended so soon.

Third watch was another I found quite good.

Agent Coulson

It's been given an extra 7 episode back order taking it to a total of 20 episodes for the season.

Mr E

I like it so far. Fillion is always very watchable.

FreudianSlippers

Definitely finding its feet - it's all a bit neat and clean when viewing the LAPD (I'd wonder if the LAPD PR department has thrown a few quid in the finance) but it's enjoyable. Surprised they took this long to introduce the landlord/best friend.

PS: I'm almost positive that 'Officer Nolan' accidentally called 'Officer Lucy Chen' "Melissa" once in episode 5 and it made the edit for some reason

GSRNBP

Yeah, I'm also enjoying it. Makes me miss Castle a lot though, no comparison between the two shows. It's doing quite well in the ratings against New Amsterdam on NBC, so I'd expect to see it renewed. Is it more of a summer show though?

Agent Coulson

That was a really really good mid season finale.


Two cliffhangers.

Tom Mann Centuria

Harmless, easy viewing, just as Castle was, the supporting characters are all interesting enough too. I felt sure he had won the lottery or something (as the lottery is mentioned odd time during couple of episodes) and was his own landlord. Detective I ain't it seems.

Mc Love

That was a very good ending!

Tom Mann Centuria

Well they threw everything and the kitchen sink at that episode. What a way to come back after a break.

Agent Coulson

Cracking entertainment.


Nathan Fillion always seems to get a great cast around him where he doesn't try to take the spotlight of them.

Compare that to someone like David Boreanaz (who I like) whose shows and cast mostly focus on him.

FreudianSlippers

Honestly that was amazing. If someone told me the show moved to Netflix mid-season I wouldn't have been surprised; huge production quality, almost non-stop action, great pacing and very well written storyline in the episode. This should absolutely be renewed or, failing that, picked up at Amazon/Netflix.

Mr E

Yeah that was fantastic. Well acted, well directed, and the best action I've seen on network TV in quite a while.

Mc Love

It was a great episode, he's well able to keep a lie! Great acting!

Tom Mann Centuria

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cracking entertainment.


Nathan Fillion always seems to get a great cast around him where he doesn't try to take the spotlight of them.

Compare that to someone like David Boreanaz (who I like) whose shows and cast mostly focus on him.

Hadn't really thought about it that way but you're dead right, and I like Boreanaz too.

Really enjoying this series, hopefully it'll get renewed.

Bandana boy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cracking entertainment.


Nathan Fillion always seems to get a great cast around him where he doesn't try to take the spotlight of them.

Compare that to someone like David Boreanaz (who I like) whose shows and cast mostly focus on him.

That's not at all fair to DB
Angel was an ensemble with loads of focus on Wesley ,Cordelia and Gunn .
Bones was an ensemble cast with the focus on Bones not him
Seal team he is the star but a good bit of focus has gone on his team with Ray and Clay getting their own stories last year and Sonny getting his story this year .

I could argue that DBs support get far more air time than the two detectives in Castle whose names I cannot even remember .

GSRNBP

Bit of an interesting one this week, very enjoyable but a little off that these cops keep getting shot so much!

Agent Coulson

Damm that was a cracking episode this week the last third was great.

California Dreamer

Still on the bubble about cancellation though.

FreudianSlippers

I think The Rookie will be fine - it's a network owned show and it's doing quite well considering it's in a bad slot. I think it'll be renewed and moved (or something better preceding it) but it'll have to perform better next season to stay alive after that.

California Dreamer

I would hope so. Plus from reading other sites Nathan Fillion's star seems to shine bright with ABC

Mc Love

Is it not annoying anyone that most of LA seems to live in the same apartment complex?

JP Liz V1

It starts on Thursday the 21st of March 2019 on Sky Witness

FreudianSlippers

This show is just getting better week on week in my books. Really seems to be finding its feet with the characters too.

Agent Coulson

Damm this show really is bloody good this weeks episode was great.


The drama when it hits mixed with the humour is top drawer.

FreudianSlippers

Can't agree more. Loved the episode this week. Even Bradford has gone from annoying the hell out of me to just a mild annoyance.

Agent Coulson

Sarah Shahi

Top class drama again in the closing 3rd.

California Dreamer

I see their numbers went up this week. Still a 50/50 for cancel/renew but it is looking better.

FreudianSlippers

I don't think it's 50/50; it's doing very well on +3/+7 - it's likely to be renewed I think.

California Dreamer

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

I don't think it's 50/50; it's doing very well on +3/+7 - it's likely to be renewed I think.

The TV Grim Reaper is a cynical bastard!!!! :D:D

FreudianSlippers

Yeah, but awful lead-in and bad night and it's still pulling 0.73 with strong +3/+7 (for context it's basically the same live ratings and better +3 as the premiere and second episode of Whiskey Cavalier which is a new highly advertised show!) and it's owned by ABC tells me that they will give it a second season with either a new lead-in or on a new night.

Agent Coulson

A truly amazing 42 minutes of TV this week.

FreudianSlippers

I think it's also now a firm contender for renewal with a new day or stronger lead-in. Live ratings and viewership is still dwindling around the same level as Whiskey Cavalier (which it sounds like I'm picking on it, but it's really the only comparator on ABC at the minute) but it's at least doubling both its viewership and ratings in the +3 figures.

Personally, I'd also be genuinely gutted if it wasn't renewed!

FreudianSlippers

Agent Coulson wrote: »

A truly amazing 42 minutes of TV this week.

HOLY ****.


Nooooooooo.:eek:

That was honestly super unexpected!

Mr E

Jesus that was a tough watch. I cried.

Stellar TV.

Tom Mann Centuria

Yet another great episode but very, very sad and unexpected. Especially

after she avoids drowning. Actually I felt angry watching that scumbag kill her, which is silly I know because I know it's not real, but I liked her character