Melissa O'Neil

ABC's cop dramedy The Rookie has been more drama than comedy lately. So, for the show's next episode"Follow-Up Day," Nathan Fillion and friends have called in some comedic back-up. Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson will guest star in this week's episode as Officer John Nolan's long-lost half-brother. The surprise family reunion will involve a death, […]

ABC's The Rookie blasted back onto the network with the daring rescue of Officer Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) in "Day of Death." This week in "Now and Then," Chen is back to work and everyone is dealing with the aftermath of her abduction. In fact, the entire team is sorting through their own personal drama, and […]

After a record two-and-a-half month winter hiatus, ABC's The Rookie returns on Sunday February 23rd with its Spring Premier "Day Of Death." For viewers without a elephant's memory, the December fall finale ended with Officer Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) being kidnapped by a serial killer. The premier picks up right where the finale left off: Chen […]

This week, ABC's The Rookie definitely brings the drama in their fall finale "The Dark Side." While the team cajoles serial killer Rosalind Dyer (Annie Wersching) into revealing where she hid her victims, another threat looms. Unfortunately, no one spots the larger danger until it is too late. As predicted, the episode ends on a […]

This week is the winter finale of ABC's The Rookie. The show has been heavy on drama all season, and "The Dark Side" will be no different. If the episode preview is to be believed, one of the team is destined to fall victim to a serial killer. But who? And how? Who decided to take a […]

To be perfectly honest, the Mid-Wilshire precinct of the LAPD is a bit disaster prone. They have more shootouts, murders, and police chases in one week than most precincts see in a year. Additionally, rookies John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), and Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) just can't seem to win two […]

Thus far, Season 2 of ABC's police procedural dramedy The Rookie has been all about the drama. While some episodes featured lighter moments, each successive week has introduced even more drama to the show. In this week's episode, "Clean Cut," the eighth of the season, The Rookie finally rediscovers its sense of humor. Restoring balance to the police […]

Calling all Browncoats! This is a red alert! Blood red, as a matter of fact. Alan Tudyk is guest starring in this week's all new episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Clean Cut." Not only will Nathan Fillion be reunited with his Firefly costar, but they are going to be working a crime scene together. Well, to be […]

On this week's episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Safety," the rookies face a hard reality. Despite all of the physical and emotional safety precautions the officers take each day, they are never fully protected. The vests, weapons, gloves, and professional distance may keep the rookies alive. But knives, drugged out homeless men, jewelry thieves, and break-ups still […]

Last week on ABC's The Rookie everyone thought the world was going to end. What does the show have in store for fans this week? Football, apparently. This week's episode, "Safety," will feature Officers West (Titus Makin Jr.) and Bradford (Eric Winter) helping out with a community football league. Eric Weddle and Robert Woods of the […]

This week's brand new episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Fallout," has all of the drama of a disaster movie. For a show that usually aims for lighthearted and wholesome, "Fallout," is disaster porn for the masses. In an echo of the 2018 incident in Hawaii, the LAPD takes to the streets when everyone is notified of […]

This week on ABC's The Rookie, California braces for the big one. Instead of an earthquake, however, they receive a warning about an impending missile strike to Los Angeles. The rookies, the greater LAPD, and the good people of Los Angeles have no idea if the threat is real. But, understandably, panic ensues. Ripped from the […]

Even the best television police officers sometimes give themselves a little bit too much credit. They take responsibility for everything good, and bad, that happens around them. In this week's episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Tough Love," the rookies learned how little control they actually have. All they can do is make the best decisions […]

In Season 2 of ABC's The Rookie, main character John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is dealing with a lot. His new training officer, Detective Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox), keeps putting him in dangerous situations. Jessica Russo (Sarah Shahi), his girlfriend and occasional coworker, wants her own custom closet in his house. And his long lost college […]

In this week's episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Warriors and Guardians," everyone is introduced to Detective Nyla Harper, portrayed by Once Upon a Time's Mekia Cox, Harper is definitely not a denizen of Fantasyland. Like a hand grenade to the precinct, Harper's first day leaves no one unscathed. The character has issues. Not small issues, but […]

Exciting new developments are coming this week on ABC's The Rookie! Star Afton Williamson left the series during the hiatus after alleging harassment and discrimination behind the scenes. This left Nathan Fillion's rookie John Nolan without a training officer onscreen. After training with various other officers in the first three episodes of the season, Nolan is finally going […]

ABC's police procedural dramedy The Rookie won hearts, minds, and viewers in its first season. The show had the perfect storm of comedy, drama, and attitude. John Nolan, Nathan Fillion's forty-year-old rookie brought life experience and a quirky sense of humor. But Nolan's irreverent perspective is balancedby the drama of his cases and the matter-of-fact perspective […]

Bring on the drama! It is "Cast from the Past" week on ABC, and Nathan Fillion's former Castle co-stars are making trouble for John Nolan on The Rookie. Both Seamus Deaver and Jon Huertas from Castle will be guest starring in "The Bet," the third episode of the season. Hopefully, the guest stars will inject some much-needed […]

Last week, the season premier of ABC's The Rookie pulled in the highest ratings in three years for its new Sunday 10PM time slot. The premier, "Impact," set several character-centric plots in motion, but both the show and the characters felt unsettled. In the second episode of The Rookie's sophomore season, "The Night General," the show's […]

As The Rookie rolls into the second episode of Season 2, "The Night General," everything is unsettled. John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is without a permanent training officer, though not for long. Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) just called her training officer a hypocrite. Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.) almost failed his rookie exam, told high school […]