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This week on "Follow-Up Day," "The Rookie" calls in comedic back-up. "SNL" star Pete Davidson guest stars as Officer John Nolan's long-lost half-brother.

Whatever it is, she comes off as slightly – evil. ABC/Gilles MingassonThe most cringeworthy aspect of the episode, however, is the LAPD's shaming of Officer West (Titus Makin Jr.) for his relationship with his actor boyfriend Sterling (Daniel Lissing) I don't care how progressive you think your precinct is, shaming the gay rookie in public about[...]

"The Rookie" is back, Chen is buried alive, and the team races to save her. But with an episode title like "Day Of Death," who will make it out alive?

In "The Rookie" fall finale "The Dark Side," the team cajoles a serial killer into revealing where she hid her victims, while a more immediate threat looms.

In the winter finale of "The Rookie," "The Dark Side," a member of the team is destined to fall victim to a serial killer. But who?

Additionally, rookies John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), and Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) just can't seem to win two weeks in a row In this week's episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Breaking Point," the rookies and their training officers find themselves in a whirlwind of trouble The Rookie, however, finds its balance[...]

She has been a cop for a while now, it is past time for O'Neil to put a little bit more power behind Chen's words. THE ROOKIE – "Clean Cut" – ABC/Rick Rowell Poor Officer West (Titus Makin Jr.) He survives his quarter-life crisis, moves up with his rookie class, and is set to get an award[...]

Grey rides patrol with Officer Harper after she requests an early annual evaluation." November sweeps continue! This week on The Rookie we see famous geek guest stars! Nolan is in another shoot out! Detective Harper (Mekia Cox) jumps through hoops for her custody case! And Officers West (Titus Makin Jr.) and Bradford (Eric Winter) get awards for…showing[...]

Maybe Harper can teach Chen not to walk into a bomber's house. THE ROOKIE – "Tough Love" – ABC/Byron Cohen Officers Bradford and West (Titus Makin Jr.) start out the day in good form Bradford manages to stop a high speed chase by rolling his truck out of his driveway Then, he and West get to hang[...]

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 Los Angeles Rams, as well as actor Kevin Daniels, will guest star as fellow program volunteers It is possible that there are a lot of dual[...]

Admittedly, I have never been a big fan of Nolan and Russo's relationship, but this episode made me start to dislike her as a character. THE ROOKIE – "Fallout" – ABC/Mitch Haaseth While Chen (Melissa O'Neil) and Bradford (Eric Winter) are day drinking and plotting how to ruin a wedding, Lopez and West (Titus Makin Jr.) are[...]

This week on ABC's "The Rookie," "Fallout," California braces for the big one but instead of an earthquake, its an impending missile strike to Los Angeles.

Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), still deep in his quarter-life crisis, finds his confidence in an unlikely place "Tough Love" is the first show this season to earn the "dramedy" label, showing the ups, downs, twists, and turns of police work The Rookie has finally hit its sophomore stride. Light sprinkling of spoilers below. https://youtu.be/dvhifYr3OkYVideo can't be loaded[...]

It will be interesting to see what Chen's mom makes of Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), Chen's new roommate Aren't Chen's parents both psychiatrists? Maybe Mommy Chen can give West some free therapy. THE ROOKIE – "Tough Love" – ABC/Byron Cohen Nolan has a lot on his plate He balances his work, his love life, rebuilding his house,[...]

This week on ABC's "The Rookie", John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) meets walking contradiction Detective Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox), his new training officer.

This week on "The Rookie" Nolan is finally going to meet his new training officer, Detective Nyla Harper, played by "Once Upon A Time's" Mekia Cox.

"The Bet," the third episode of The Rookie's sophomore season, makes an effort to pull the show out of the dramatic doldrums. And it almost succeeds.

But with the high level of drama on the show lately, there are no guarantees. THE ROOKIE – "The Bet" – ABC/Eric McCandless SEAMUS DEVER, NATHAN FILLION If Nolan is riding with Lopez, who will West (Titus Makin Jr.) be riding with? Has his crisis of police career faith led him to a new training officer? In[...]

Again, this storyline introduced an unnecessary amount of drama to the episode. (ABC/Eric McCandless) Finally, West's (Titus Makin Jr.) downward spiral continued this week as he deals with his quarter-life crisis After arresting his landlord, West ends up in need of immediate new housing He gets close to moving into the bachelor cop trailer park in the[...]

Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.) almost failed his rookie exam, told high school kids to skip class, and got busted back down to long sleeves Additionally, Bradford (Eric Winter) and Lopez (Alyssa Diaz), the two remaining training officers, are having trouble keeping their personal lives out of their work lives With this many loose threads,[...]

One would expect that actual rookies: John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil), and Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), would act as such But their training officers, sergeants, and significant others spent the season premier proving that experience does not equal maturity The cast of The Rookie has gone through a lot in the[...]

Nolan and his fellow rookies, Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) and Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), navigate personal and professional relationships while learning to be cops Training officers Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) and Angela Lopez (Alyssa Diaz), as well as Sergeant Wade Grey (Richard T Jones), are responsible for training the rookies – and keeping them[...]

Nolan and his fellow rookies, Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) and Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), are likeable but flawed enough to feel like real people Afton Williamson is a stand-out star as Nolan's training officer Talia Bishop Eric Winter (as Bradford) and Alyssa Diaz (as Lopez) round out the main cast as the training officers[...]

What do you do if you are the season's best new show, but you reach your season finale without having been renewed for a second season? You bring in the big guns… Walking on shift in the beginning of ABC The Rookie's season 1 finale "Free Fall," rookies Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Chen (Melissa O'Neil), and West (Titus[...]

The freshman season of ABC's The Rookie has been a whirlwind ride-along with Mid-Wilshire LAPD rookies Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil), Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), and John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) In this week's episode "The Checklist," the rookies are preparing for their six month exams and moving to the next phase of their training But[...]

It seems like a bit of a cop-out (pun intended). https://youtu.be/DCboywjiuGoVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Nolan's Young Lawyer – The Rookie (https://youtu.be/DCboywjiuGo) If you can remember all the way back to "Manhunt," you would remember that an escaped convict told rookie West (Titus Makin Jr.) some pretty shady stories about his father, internal[...]

How about they try the groundbreaking depiction a man that is proud to be a supportive and loving partner to a kick-ass woman? https://youtu.be/VARXwVYz8fAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Nolan and Russo Get Cozy – The Rookie (https://youtu.be/VARXwVYz8fA) Also seen in "The Shake Up": Chen (Melissa O'Neil) fighting with her therapist father (Jim Lau) about[...]

While Bradford and Chen (Melissa O'Neil) deal with celebrities, West (Titus Makin Jr.) and Lopez (Alyssa Diaz) discover a small boy desperate to save his sister who has overdosed The kid's story is heartbreaking and not yet over, and it makes the whole IA exercise seem childish and unnecessary. (ABC/Richard Cartwright) The rest of the plot is[...]

Spread thin, everyone has to step up and make some hard calls. (ABC/Eric McCandless) After the first round of escaped prisoners are rounded up, West (Titus Makin Jr.) takes the one he and Lopez (Alyssa Diaz) captured back to lock-up Coincidentally, West's escaped felon actually knew Papa West (Michael Beach) back in the 1990's, and boy does[...]

Over the course of The Rookie's first season, we have seen 13 episodes of Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Chen (Melissa O'Neil), and West (Titus Makin Jr.) learning how to be cops Through making mistakes and being gently (and not so gently) corrected by their training officers, the three rookies have found their footing "Plain Clothes Day," however,[...]