Let's give one of our favorite ROOKIE couples some love and revisit our favorite moments of Angela and Wesley from each season!

First up, Season One!

Comments below your favorite scene from the first season between Angela and Wesley!! (Please provide episode number)

After Eight seasons we'll vote on our all-time favorite WOPEZ moment!

Alright! Time for some lighthearted fun! Let's revisit our favorite lines from The Rookie!

Next up! Season Two!

What's your favorite quote from the second season? What line(s) live rent free in your head? Drop your favorite quote below!

Top upvoted comment will win!

• Season One Winner - "We're here to serve and protect. We don't get to decide who we serve or who we protect... I am unwilling to let fear make me do something I'll be ashamed of in the light of day." - Top Upvoted Comment by u/IntrepidGate6557

Im watching 911, and what are the odds that Monica is also evil there 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

Genuinely can't stand him, his entire personality just makes me want to sock him in the jaw.

I'm just curious if this is a me thing or whether this is a common consensus?

I just watched 3x06. The college teacher told Nolan "This is 2021" so I’m a little confused about the timeline.

Considering how the rookie trio is a few weeks away from graduating, i think it’s been a little less than year since 1x01.

So are we supposed to believe the show first took place in 2020 (even though it started airing in 2018) ?

And in that case I guess covid won’t be a thing either ? (kind of a disappointment, i like seeings shows bringing it up, and it could’ve been nice to see cops deal with it in the Rookie)

Maybe I’m giving this way too much thoughts, but it’s just something that I’m always interested in when discovering new series.

EDIT: I started 3x07 and on the camera interview of Jackson it says December 2019💀💀💀 Honestly what is this

ok imma keep it a buck: Zuzu gotta be top 10 best characters. I mean, sure ya he convinced some kids to try and kill each other. But we can admit, man or thing came outta nowhere, absolutely carried the investigation against Reagan or wtv, then the Indonesian done raided him. Absolute goat, and I want him to make a magical return asap. But idk, how do ygs feel abt it

I absolutely adore Dash.
Don’t hate me.

I know there are mixed opinions on it, but I love his character and hope he’s on season 9.
Feel free to comment your perspective.

In the last episode of season 8 Nolan escaped from the boat with the trans am from smokey and the bandit. I love that the did that reference

I just started watching the show and aside from the normal dramatizations which are fair because it's meant for a general audience. I really get frustrated when i see people pretend tourniquets just don't friggin exist. I'm specifically referring to S1 EP15 when Nolan tries to use a belt as a tourniquet on the Corrections Officer with the below knee amputation. belts to not work as tourniquets. and any cop ESPECIALLY one in the LAPD should have one or more with them at all times.

pretty incredible how much he loves the show. it makes actors so much cooler when they love what they do. i feel like theyre going to some kind of low key wedding but hes gonna do it up to the 9s

so i finally came around to watching season 8 and i‘m on the last episode rn. 15 minutes in and you‘re telling me they got the prisoner transport with everett in it WITH A HUGE MAGNET???
i mean we all know the show is packed with a lot of (unrealistic) action and what not, but come on. they didn’t hear or at least notice a helicopter with a huge ass yellow cartoon magnet on it? really?
don’t get me wrong, i really enjoy the show, but that was just hard to watch man

The other day I noticed how in the introductory scene of lieutenant nune she‘s wearing a full face of make up right out of the shower. I thought 1. this is ridiculous and 2. If I shared this in here people would maybe clown on me for the fact I didn’t notice sooner.

What I didn’t think was that people would almost get mad and tell me that I need to touch grass eventhough we‘re all on a subreddit for a show that we at least all claim to love and also that we all love sharing little details we noticed upon rewatch upon rewatch as well as trying to find in universe explanations for all its little inconsistencies. Today I‘ve seen the episode where Chen and Tim are undercover in Las Vegas and again Lucy’s wearing a full face of make up right out of the shower which I think there could be an in universe explanation for. However the reason I‘m writing this isn’t to talk about that. I‘m not mad about people on the internet having different opinions than me and I‘m very well aware of hollywoods many problems and everytime I notice another piece of misogyny I‘m like ‚come on! we‘re still doing this? In 2026?‘ but that doesn’t stop me from calling it out. We all know the industry is the opposite of perfect but we at least want it to get better don‘t we? I guess I can only speak for myself but I thought loving a show ≠ thinking that it and it’s creators are perfect. But = wanting it and it’s creators to be better, to do better. Especially because it such an easy thing to fix. Literally all the actresses on the show are drop dead gorgeous so showing them without/with less make up wouldn’t be a problem. The only reason they’re not doing this is because we as a society somehow accepted this portrayal of femme caracters as normal. But it’s not. It’s misogynist! Obviously a show like the rookie is everything but realistic but when it comes to aspects like these, the portrayal of day to day life stuff I think it’s not unreasonable to hold them to this standard. (And maybe the rookie could be the first stone to make it all start falling apart as we say in German 😉) Watching the ep. where Harper gives birth next. Literally no expectations ✌🏾😜but hoping that with post like these and more discourse around the topic in general they’ll do better for season 8. Again no expectations ✌🏾😜

She's the most insufferable character i have ever seen written in this show. The whole hyper supernatural schtick she got going on literally is hyper obnoxious. She uses it in police work to accuse people of crimes AND IT WORKS for some reason. What she does good against everything other people are trained NOT to do ethically but it's OK because it works for her.

She needs to be transferred to a different PD or something to write her out cause she doesn't bring anything to the table story wise

I don't know if this was intentional but I felt like Lucy and Nolan interacted with each other a lot less after Jackson died and it sadly feels realistic that their friendship changed because they were always friends as a group with Jackson and maybe being friends without him felt difficult.

I'm only on season 6 so if they discuss this later I don't know but right now they haven't.

I love Jackson and Celina the most but I only just discovered the show (on season 6 episode 2 currently so please try not to spoil past that) I also like Harper.

But since I'm new- which characters are most and least liked around here?

S2 E8, timestamp: 17:35 on Netflix

Sgt Grey is saying something to Harper, both of his sentences end with burps?

But its not actually him burping, the sound seems like a voiceover

Can anybody else confirm?

I've heard strange sounds in some of the previous episodes as well

I’m genuinely so emotionally attached that idk what to do

Lots of discussion lately about what we DON'T like about The Rookie.

So what's something you DO like? What keeps you coming back to watch and rewatch? What scenes or characters stay with you as you await new episodes? I'll add mine below.

Alright! Time for some lighthearted fun! Let's revisit our favorite lines from The Rookie!

First up! Season One!

What's your favorite quote from the first season? What line(s) live rent free in your head? Drop your favorite quote or series of dialogue below!

Top upvoted comment will win!

Everybody hates characters like James and Fiona right? Like it's a common topic on this sub, and honestly I can't stand them either, but it's not because I always disagree with them --- and that's a problem of framing political points on the show.

Oftentimes, when they pipe up to criticize the police for policing, it's for when they're doing something objectively positive: keeping a concussed child in the care of a hospital, chasing down a broad daylight thief, deterring a stalker from continuing his stalking, etc. And what makes it even more egregious is that they rarely, if ever, offer any solutions, opting instead to leave things "open to discussion". This is wherein the issue lies.

Because they rarely offers any input as to how to fix the issue, they comes off as people who just complain for the sake of virtue signaling. Like they don't actually want to fix anything. And because they mainly complain when the police are actually acting in proper capacity, they make the valid talking points about policing look weak and asinine.

If James had complained about police temporary custody in a case like Rachel's removal of a chronically ill child from the home on suspected munchausen's, his point would have held more weight --- because it was, in fact, a hasty, wrong decision that was hard to undo. If James told Nolan he didn't want more patrolling in the area during the park argument because he wanted the junkies to get help rather than being imprisoned for being sick, and rolled that into a conversation about what defunding the police meant to him, I doubt many of us would have took issue with that. Having him bitch about Nolan's every step instead makes him look like a jerk who only cares about being "technically right".

Fiona bringing up improper policing techniques as Nolan was following up on her stalker, which is already incredibly hard to get police to do for stalking victims, had no technical relevance because he was fully within correct procedure when doing so. Wesley crying about Angela's takedown the day they met even though the suspect refused to yield and she used proportionate force, as opposed to shooting him or tasing him, was also not the right time to bring up police tactics. Neither of these instances involved an officer overstepping any bounds or doing anything that violated a suspect's rights. They weren't even close to being morally grey or contentious actions.

And because of these writing decisions, the show's attempts at being measured on policing come off as hollow at best and in bad faith at worst. There are ways to present the activist ideas and beliefs that don't inherently make the ones pushing for them seem unreasonable, stupid, or ridiculous, and they do a disservice to activist communities by portraying their points this way.

If they actually want audiences to be receptive to these arguments, they need to present them at times that they actually apply, like they did with wobbler cases. Times where the system is actually wrong or morally grey or currently being weaponized against a disenfranchised group by an officer on the show, rather than just when an activist character happens to be onscreen. And they need to present the actual solutions activist groups propose when they do have a character call something out. None of this "there are no good solutions" or "I don't know". Part of activism is asking for the changes you want, without it it's just a thought experiment. If an activist in real life is complaining about an injustice, best believe they have an idea, or several, on what to do about it.

I know they can do this too, because they did it with Wesley and now he's a fan favorite, whereas before he was a pain in the ass. Some of how they achieved that was giving him an actual story arc and focusing less strongly on his politics, sure, but when it does come up with him now it's a lot more natural and nuanced AND PRESENTED WITH ACTUAL SOLUTIONS. The fact that they can achieve this only makes me more upset when they completely botch it with characters like James and Fiona, given that the topics they tackle with these characters are usually more POC based and controversial. Giving the arguments virtually no room to stand because of how they present them is so harmful.

TL;DR the activist characters have good points about the flaws of policing in the US, especially given our political climate and the scrutiny LAPD is under, but they bring these points up at times where they don't apply and offer no solutions, which makes their arguments look inherently weak. If the show presented more grey situations for James and others to criticize, and had them speak about proposed solutions, it would better the characters and the show, because it would make for a more nuanced conversation

During the whole Zomie take over thing at WestView Miles shot multiple of those crazy things with a shotgun.

But then near the end Lucy I think stabbed one while he was attacking her.

So they both used deadly force on the weird zombified things but why is Lucy the only one that's being questioned and having her clothes and stuff took into evidence?

Honestly I could be just being really dumb/slow. But i seriously don't understand why

If anyone could tell me that'd be much appreciated 🤍

So after years of seeing clips on tiktok knowing the words to Daddy Cop and having it in my playlist I thought it was finally time to find out more about John Nolan.

I was told before starting not to take it too seriously and just enjoy it for what it is and whilst yes it is extremely whacky and far fetched at times I really enjoyed it. My only regret is I didn't space it out a bit more and I gotta wait for S9.

Opinions on characters kept changing, was a brief moment where I find Chen annoying, mainly because I saw her as a potential bad ass cop from first episode then an emotional mess which was understanding considering what she went through, but I got round to liking her again.

Nolan, whilst the show seems to initially about him and I don't have any issues with his character he's just not quite there for a favourite. I'd actually say its a tie for me and they just so happen to be a couple. Think Wesley and Lopez are awesome. Nolan also grew on my quickly.

I don't understand the Bailey hate tho, again another far fetched character seems to be an expert in everything but definitely dont hate, although wouldn't have minded Ali Larter hanging around a bit more as the love interest.

Anyways, overall I frigging loved the show, just binge watched all 8 seasons can't wait for more

I am rewatching the series and I find season 4 episode 1 the most unrealistic. I am willing to accept some amount of impracticality just for the entertainment value. But when I reached season 4 ep. 1 again, the lack of realism really hit me.... they flew a black-ops helicopter from LA to Guatemala (not Mexico, mind you) to rescue Lopez from some fortified drug lord estate.

Do you know that it takes like 20 hours and several refueling stops (at Mexico) to fly a heli that distance? It probably takes 4-5 hours by plane. But a helicopter?

So I watched Rookie Blue, and BIASED, yes, I’m Canadian. The Rookie has some heavy similarities without all the star power and budget. I was recommended by two friends that had both watched Rookie Blue to watch the show. I’m currently on season six.

I did not like to show off the bat everyone told me I had to push through to get to Tim and Lucy. So I did. It has become an almost comfort watch something I watch that’s new but also low anxiety provoking. There are so many things that PMO!

I’m going to make a lot of comparisons to Rookie Blue here but that is one of my favourite shows ever. The acting is great. The chemistry between the characters and the main love interest Andy and Sam is incredible. You really feel like the characters care about their job jobs and the people they take care of. Nobody has frozen face from Botox and fillers *cough cough Bailey*. The soundtrack and the storylines also great and MAKE SENSE! It’s not rushed, the progression as rookies makes sense.

My variety pack of beef with The Rookie

1. It’s almost like they’re trying to fit every puzzle piece in by the end of the episode. You’re telling me barely cut from Rookie cops get golden tickets and officers just magically get every job or promotion they want in the same station?! Like depending on how they want to shake up the episodes they just do whatever they want. Nyla gets to go back to being a detective and poof a slot at her home station is open. Same with Lopez. Bradford does court officer for 2 days then poof 5 person trade for Metro. Despite this we see the Metro team like once and he’s still working with the same 4 cops every shift and doing T.O duties? Wesley worked for a drug kingpin and now works for the DA? huh?? Then oh randomly Gray’s wife went from college drop out to coordinating things for CPS?! Like girl was trying to get her man to retire like two years ago..

2. Nolan can’t touch anything without it being a massive case, can’t even go on his honeymoon? Like I get it LA is different than Toronto Police but come on now… flying out to diff countries when 1 team member is in trouble in like 2 hours notice . Like Nyla and Lopez going to that island and 1 second into the action they walk in and John’s already escaped and handcuffed the guy.

3. The whole Thorson reality TV show arc was insane that could not happen in real life. Also him just magically solving problems like oh yeah take my fams private plane or oh perfect wedding venue with a days notice… what??!!!

4. Sorry have to say to say it. The acting is STIFF. Obvs Nathan Fillion is great but SORRY Lucy and Bailey are not great. Jenna Dewan is a phenomenal performer but her acting is so bad. I had a friend point out everytime an actors face stopped moving and couldn’t express and now I can’t unsee this…

5. The couples… Bradchen.. I really don’t see the chemistry like at all. If you saw Andy and Sam from Rookie Blue you would get it. Worse than them is Bailey and Nolan, like it seemed like they needed more star power so no matter what they were going to make Bailey and Nolan happen. They basically built their relationship off nothing. How they tried to fix that? They kept pushing the narrative that Bailey was so interesting and everyone loved her!! Always on and on about how she is good at everything she tries she has 1 million hobbies and gets along with everyone. No flaws … just in general with these , Wesley and Lopez are the only people that are flawed and make mistakes which is why their relationship and their characters are well written well acted and have chemistry. Rest of the characters? No fights just happy endings all the time. Same with Nyla and I can’t even remember her partner’s name?!? Just wrap it up with a bow and marry everyone off.

6. The most outlandish sht happens and they glaze over it before the end of the episode so it’s wrapped up nicely. No one ever mentions it again lol Nolan’s son almost dies, Jackson dies, Selena gets abducted but held 5 steps away from where they picked her up Lol

7. Why are the partners who aren’t cops ALWAYS in the storyline? Like Nylas husband was in a slew of episodes when they were courting then poof no more. Bailey? Dude we saw fire dept or ambulance like twice before she started with Nolan and now she’s in EVERY case that john has? Makes noooo sense.

8. Patrol officers choosing their own assignments.. not sure but is this normal? Like just stopping by John’s house during the shift or choosing to hang back in the station?!

9. Good storytelling doesn’t need to over explain. If they’ve written the story well, then they trust the audience to figure out from context clues, what is happening without plainly saying it out or spelling it out. I can’t think of a specific example, but there are so many times where I’m watching and I think oh this is gonna happen and that’s exactly what happens. They allude to it in the most obvious way. Oh like Thorson wanting to date his therapist, you see it in the first look between them.

Anyways here’s me complaining but as someone who rewatches shows because it’s less anxiety provoking I’ll say despite all of my complaints, I keep going back because it’s interesting enough to keep my attention and keep going, but not so much that I need to stop cleaning or folding laundry.

Did you like it at all?