The Rookie - US-Pace- ABC (Spoilers)

17-10-2022 11:22pm

Everything to do with Bailey is contrived.

Her unit got the dispatch, she takes the ground floor, she doesn't see the tarp, and falls in fully.

They constantly have to twist logic to inject her into the story.

Muller1991 · 18-10-2022 9:00am

That was a great episode. The only negative is the way the ending I was a tad surprised, Honestly thought the story Arc would have went on until at least the mid season break.

Mr E · 20-10-2022 12:15pm

Meanwhile, the Rookie: Feds episode to close out the story was pretty poor. Felt like a bad Criminal Minds episode.

Frank Grimes · 20-10-2022 9:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119770030#Comment_119770030

I decided to give the spin-off a go against my better judgement, the first 3 episodes were mediocre at best but that last one was really bad. I might give it another one or two episodes to see if it improves in any way otherwise I'll call it a day.

EoinMcLovin · 21-10-2022 8:02pm

https://tvline.com/2022/10/21/the-rookie-feds-full-season-1-order-22-episodes-abc/

Feds has had an additional 9 episodes ordered giving it a full 22 episode season

Frank Grimes · 21-10-2022 8:19pm

Given it is a spin off from The Rookie I wasn't expecting any sort of realism but the whole 'I was a guidance councillor for 20 years' thing is really grating. I'm hoping they at least drop that before I call it quits, it might be somewhat tolerable without that.

Muller1991 · 24-10-2022 9:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776942#Comment_119776942

Yep, Thats her "Thang". Nolan only mentions the odd time he was a builder lol.

Going to give Feds another episode or 2 before I give up on it. A Spin off probably would have worked better in a different police department i.e. The Rookie NYPD etc

Muller1991 · 24-10-2022 10:41am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119786122#Comment_119786122

Yeah he was for years apparently somewhere in the midwest lol.

For some reason the original is more believable even if the stories are far fetched. Better acting too.

24-10-2022 1:19pm

Oh christ the new rookie is still with this psychic shite.

Bailey is still terrible

Theboinkmaster · 26-10-2022 1:59pm

I'm up to date and the show is terrible, probably going to stop watching - it's not going to suddenly improve. As bad as blue bloods IMO.

Theboinkmaster · 26-10-2022 8:49pm

I agree it was switch off brain easy watching tv - like seasons 1 and 2 of lethal weapon.

but quality took massive dip last season so now it’s almost unwatchable.

14-11-2022 11:11pm

And a month long break to kill any momentum they had.

Bringing back Rosaline, just to kill her, was a massive mis-step. Did they do it JUST to give Feds a launchpad?

Muller1991 · 15-11-2022 9:41am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119875214#Comment_119875214

Is it actually a month we have to wait ? I never understand why American shows have such a sporadic schedule 3 weeks in a row and then nothing for a month another 3 weeks and then gone again.

Mr E · 15-11-2022 11:28am

Longer. The next episode is January 3rd, so there is a 2-month gap between episodes (November 6th was the last).

EoinMcLovin · 05-12-2022 10:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119876453#Comment_119876453

There were actually 2 new episodes last night

Mr E · 05-12-2022 10:54pm

Yep looks like they moved around the schedule a bit.

OmegaGene · 09-12-2022 9:45pm

Is John going to bench his fire fighter girlfriend for the new woman on the scene I wonder, they seem to get in very well and she’s calling him for help already

GreeBo · 10-12-2022 7:05pm

Jeeze this is getting really hard going.

Bailey is awful, shoe-horned into every episode, a master of every profession known to (wo)man, and the hair and dress sense of a girl 25 years her junior.

The new physic rookie for Nolan is also torture.

Nyla is also torture in every scene, she is just so cool.

Chen has the largest rear end since Shergar.

Lopez clearly has a warehouse somewhere with random t shirts on one wall and Miami Vice jackets on the other.

Someone said its nearly as bad as Blue Bloods...I think thats very harsh on BB.

12-01-2023 10:31am

I used to love this show but it's taken a massive dive, in quality, in the past 2 seasons.

Last episode:

Nolan is now acting as an rent collector enforcer, while dressed as a cop

Major drugs bust; lets send a TO, Boot, and 2 detectives. No armed support, no advance scouting, no peremiter covering.

Oh my sweet Korean Jesus: Celina and her fecking supernatural nonsense is now spreading to the entire cast

Finally found a profession which Bailey is crap at, totally inconsequential mind, in that she is just too gosh darn nice a landlord.

Writers "Hey, everyone, we love Bailey. Here's some fluff about how she is totally a nice one so we're going to need you to get all the way off our backs on this character"

Exclamation Marc · 12-01-2023 11:54am

I think that its hit the point in the last two seasons of being completely devoid of its original charm and is now a bog-standard procedural where it wouldn't matter if you missed an episode. It was the same thing that made me switch off Blue Bloods; no overarching plot, episode-to-episode stories (more often than not), no tension with any story and worst of all characters that have devolved into huge caricatures of their former selves.

I remember the first season when John was a rookie and the other characters were three dimensional and the storyline where the original captain was caught with John and ended up being killed. Proper heart-in-mouth stuff. Obviously they can't kill off characters routinely but that whole storyline had far reaching consequences and was so well written. The worst part about it now is that they occasionally have a great episode and then follow it up with 4 or 5 stinkers. It's not meant to be "gritty and real" but some of the plots are so unbelievable I end up rolling my eyes.

It's a shame as I really want to love it again, but I think I'm done with it.

OmegaGene · 12-01-2023 12:46pm

I bailed on the last episode

the Lucy Chen story is pathetic

seeing the woman with the phone still to her ear while looking at the phone stuck on the body was daft

Mr E · 19-01-2023 12:19pm

The last Rookie episode was OK, but I turned off Feds after 10 minutes. Awful rubbish this week.

Two more of each this season.

Muller1991 · 19-01-2023 12:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120128505#Comment_120128505

I've only watched about 30 mins of the first FEDS episode. I just cant buy it. I think the character is far too OTT.

JP Liz V1 · 22-01-2023 10:40pm

Season 5 is on Sky Witness 2nd of February 2023 at 9pm

30-01-2023 4:50pm

RIP Rosalind

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0130/1352610-24-star-annie-wersching-dies-aged-45/

Muller1991 · 02-02-2023 1:23pm

This week's episode wasn't too bad. A Bailey incident shoe horned into the storyline again. Have to say I'm enjoying the Wesley storyline too.

Mr E · 02-02-2023 1:34pm

Feels like high stakes for sure. I wonder if everyone will survive the finale next week?

Mr E · 22-03-2023 12:17pm

God both episodes were awful this week (Rookie and Feds).

Those documentary episodes can feck off and die, they are truly the worst.

I managed about 10 minutes of each before switching off.

Frank Grimes · 22-03-2023 1:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120387018#Comment_120387018

I haven't watched them yet but the previous ones were terrible. I got the impression the writers think they're being clever with them but they can't pull it off - I assume these are the same.

JP Liz V1 · 22-03-2023 10:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120128666#Comment_120128666

Yes Niecy is too much as lead plus two other agents look barely 18 ( Britt and Kevin )

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