Starting over isn't easy, especially for John Nolan who, after a life altering incident, is pursuing his dream of joining the LAPD. As their oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from those who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz and Richard T. Jones
Full Cast: Melissa ONeil, Eric Winter, Titus Makin Jr., Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore, Afton Williamson, Mercedes Mason, Brent Huff, Jan M. Janssen, Ali Larter, Harold Perrineau, Zayne Emory
Episode Guide
Season 4
May 15, 2022Episode 22 Day in the Hole
May 8, 2022Episode 21 Mother's Day
May 1, 2022Episode 20 Enervo
April 24, 2022Episode 19 Simone
April 10, 2022Episode 18 Backstabbers
April 3, 2022Episode 17 Coding
March 13, 2022Episode 16 Real Crime
March 6, 2022Episode 15 Hit List
February 27, 2022Episode 14 Long Shot
January 30, 2022Episode 13 Fight or Flight
January 23, 2022Episode 12 The Knock
January 9, 2022Episode 11 End Game
January 2, 2022Episode 10 Heart Beat
December 5, 2021Episode 8 Hit and Run
November 14, 2021Episode 7 Fire Fight
November 7, 2021Episode 6 Poetic Justice
October 10, 2021Episode 3 In the Line of Fire
October 3, 2021Episode 2 Five Minutes
September 26, 2021Episode 1 Life and Death
Season 3
Season 2
Season 1
Best The Rookie Episodes
Top 20 (Ranked)
March 19, 2019
9.3 1250 votesS1E16 Greenlight
9.3 1250 votesS1E16 Greenlight December 11, 20188.9 958 votesS1E8 Time of Death
8.9 958 votesS1E8 Time of Death February 23, 20208.8 737 votesS2E11 Day of Death
8.8 737 votesS2E11 Day of Death December 8, 20198.8 729 votesS2E10 The Dark Side
8.8 729 votesS2E10 The Dark Side May 3, 20208.7 587 votesS2E19 The Q Word (1)
8.7 587 votesS2E19 The Q Word (1) February 26, 20198.6 747 votesS1E14 Plain Clothes Day
8.6 747 votesS1E14 Plain Clothes Day April 9, 20198.6 694 votesS1E19 The Checklist
8.6 694 votesS1E19 The Checklist April 26, 20208.6 555 votesS2E18 Under the Gun
8.6 555 votesS2E18 Under the Gun January 15, 20198.5 776 votesS1E10 Flesh and Blood
8.5 776 votesS1E10 Flesh and Blood December 4, 20188.3 808 votesS1E7 The Ride Along
8.3 808 votesS1E7 The Ride Along October 6, 20198.3 679 votesS2E2 The Night General
8.3 679 votesS2E2 The Night General October 20, 20198.3 652 votesS2E4 Warriors and Guardians
8.3 652 votesS2E4 Warriors and Guardians The Rookie Trailer
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User Reviews
As an active police officer of 25 years, I'm currently 54, it was like watching my own body cam footage from the last few months! I am hooked on this show! P. Ball
At first I thought "no please, not another cop show" and I wasn't sure about Nathan Fillion as a cop. But I must say, the directing is spot on, and the writing is refreshing - especially the relationships of the rookies and their T.O's, their relationship with each other, the conflicts they have to deal with, and the use/views of the body cams. Also surprisingly, Fillion is perfect for this part and nails his role, and all other actors were perfectly cast and also are great in their roles. I especially appreciate seeing the various parts of L.A. and the different people/conflicts the LAPD has to deal with - outside and within the force. So far so good, let's hope the writing progresses as good at the pilot was throughout the season. A well deserved 8/10 from me.
EDIT: 4/2019 - upped my score from 8 to 9/10... the writing has vastly improved; more realistic (and original) drama, and much less cliched cheese. Keep it up guys!
I have genuinely enjoyed this show and would rate the first two seasons at a solid 8. The plot and characters have been interesting and enjoyable overall.
Season three, only a few episodes in, is a huge disappointment. Does every tv show and movie have to bend the knee to the so-called 'woke' agenda and relentlessly bombard its audience with political messaging? I can watch CNN for that.
Come on, Hollywood, I want to be entertained, not indoctrinated. I'm sure you can come up with a more original storyline for this season.
For this year, at least, I'm out.
I heard this would focus on BLM but all the guy in the second episode did was piss me off. Blaming cops for trying to help his community and not getting his own community together to stop drug dealers and vandals from ruining it.
The guy used a bike lock to close a playground because used it for either dealing or doing drugs. That's like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound.
Getting tired of shows pushing political messages instead of just being entertaining
I really liked the first 2 seasons. But the 2nd episode feels like the first real episode of this season because the first was the end of the second season and you can tell the narrative has changed.
This show has changed from genuine optimistic trying to do the right thing. To super manipulative plots with an agendas now. These situations seem so forced and unatural.
I might give this another chance but will change my review if this drastic cramming stuff down our throats changes my whole view of this show.
Sorry love me some Nathan Fillion.
I really liked the first two seasons but season three is only agenda tv. I'm a groven adult and i don't need, again and again political teachings in a tv show.
Seasons 1 and 2 are worth the watch, but season 3 has really dropped the ball here.
It's clear the show-runners have decided Season 3 will focus on educating viewers of political talking points, which would be fine if it was subtle about it and if it didn't detract from the show we know from seasons 1 and 2.
Unfortunately it fails both of those tests.
Episode 3 update: Same deal. It's like I'm watching clips from /r/AmIFreeToGo but it's a TV show.
Please bring this show back for a second season. Nathan has many fans, not to mention the rest of the cast is great. Pls pls pls.
First two seasons were decent. Season three is agenda tv. Automatic 1 star.
Season 1 and 2 were great, season 3 i am choking on biased political agenda. Get enough of that on Social Media and on the news. I tried to muscle through but i can't even finish episode 3. I will not be continuing to watch this show if it is going to continue down this path.
Wow what a difference from last season. Now every sub story is about social injustice. I understand putting some social injustice in the story line but this is way way over the top. Every sub story is now about social injustice. Can we just have an entertaining show. It was well written series before the BLM movement this summer. But now I guess the writers feel the need to put his story line in every sub story in every episode. Yes I agree there is much social injustice, but we don't need to have this pushed on us every time we want to just watch TV. I live here in LA the home of Hollywood. I am a true So Cal native, so I understand but give me a break. We hear what you are saying but can you do a better job of writing and not make the message and agenda you are pushing so obvious? I would like to be entertained. ENOUGH WITH THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE story lines. Put it in but it does not have to be the point of every episode!!!