Editor’s Word: The next comprises spoilers for The Rookie Season 8, Episode 7.It is all the time a constructive factor when procedurals can reference previous occasions to determine extra character growth. The Rookie is adept at incorporating earlier storylines in order that its characters can heal and develop. This week’s episode affords us much more perception into Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil) when she’s pressured to recollect particulars of her kidnapping from Season 2. When Lucy will get concerned with a case that reminds her how not all younger ladies survive what she went via, viewers are allowed even deeper into her therapeutic journey. These kinds of storylines assist the present really feel extra genuine, and it makes this Season 8 episode all of the extra highly effective.
‘The Rookie’s Lucy and Nyla Take On a Harmful Mission
The start of the episode opens with the Mid-Wilshire gang coming throughout a lady lined in blood in a darkish alley. She has been stabbed a number of instances, and regardless that Nolan tries to manage medical support, she dies. Minutes later, they uncover one other feminine sufferer who’s already lifeless. Lucy and Nyla Harper (Mayor Cox) decide that these two ladies have been buddies and have been residing of their van. They have been doubtless drug mules for a cartel operating product between Mexico and California. Lucy admits that she additionally tried out the ‘van life’ for 9 months after graduate college, and due to her previous trauma, she fights to go undercover to get justice for them. Lucy clearly feels similarities between herself and these ladies, who aren’t alive to battle for themselves. Her ardour for the case will get an undercover operation accredited for her and Nyla. They pose as lovers and head to the identical seashore the place the 2 ladies had frolicked.
The operation is meant to take 4 weeks, and whereas it is exhausting for Nyla to go away her household and for Lucy to go away Tim Bradford (Eric Winter), the ladies know this is a crucial mission. We do not typically get scenes with Nyla and Lucy collectively, so this partnership is a compelling one. We study that Lucy give up graduate college after having a panic assault and realized that she wanted to make her personal choices in her life, and Nyla has all the time simply wished to be a cop. For the investigation, the ladies meet a useful man named Chase, who lives on the camp.
In addition they meet a person named Rafael Navarro, who affords them $1,500 to take a small package deal throughout the border to Los Angeles. The endeavor is profitable, and Navarro tries to up the ante by asking them to hold much more medicine into the U.S. We’re meant to assume that Navarro is the killer, however it is only a purple herring. As a substitute, we study that Chase was really in Los Angeles through the time of the murders, and was caught on CCTV driving away with blood on his face. He finally ends up confessing, and Lucy is totally overcome with emotion after discovering justice for the victims. The undercover operation was profitable, and it is all the time enjoyable to see these cops step exterior their consolation zone and attempt on new personas.
‘The Rookie’ Season 8, Episode 7 Is Centered Round Miles’ Unhealthy Selections
The secondary storyline in Episode 7 focuses on Miles Penn (Deric Augustine). Though it is smart that Miles nonetheless has quite a bit to study as a rookie, the man simply retains messing up, and it is getting type of exhausting to observe. John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and Miles are tasked with a surveillance project to discover a harmful felony nicknamed “Hamster.” The 2 cops go on a stake-out, and Nolan provides Miles the recommendation that he ought to by no means go policing off-duty and may give attention to his duties whereas his companion is with him. Earlier than they’ll efficiently apprehend Hamster, he’s on the run. Miles makes a mistake through the chase, and Hamster is as soon as once more within the wind.
As a result of Nolan is upset in him, Miles makes the extremely silly resolution to indicate he is a very good cop and decides to go on one other stake-out off-duty (which is strictly what Nolan advised him to not do). Showcasing much more dangerous decision-making, Miles additionally decides to take Seth Ridley (Patrick Keleher) with him to be careful for Hamster. This simply raises the stakes since Seth is now a civilian. I am by no means all that thrilled to see Seth come againand this inclusion of his character appeared implausible. In a later scene, we study that Miles and Seth have been conducting this stake-out for a full two weeks! Lastly, Hamster arrives, proper when Seth has gone to get meals. The felony pulls a gun on Miles, however fortunately, Seth comes again in time to see what’s taking place from afar. Hamster forces Miles right into a automobile, whereas Seth calls Nolan for assist.
As they drive away, Seth finally ends up throwing himself in entrance of the automobile to cease them. I do know we’re speculated to assume Seth has modifiedhowever this nonetheless would not make me love him. Backup arrives, Seth is unhurt, and Miles is rescued, however he is in deep trouble. Bradford even goes as far as to fireplace Miles. Nolan nonetheless has Miles’ again, although, and has satisfied Bradford to offer Miles two weeks’ depart and a six-month extension of his coaching program. In the long run, Miles is extremely fortunate that he simply must be a rookie for a bit longer as a substitute of getting to clean out of this system fully.
A number of {Couples} Truly Get To Be Comfortable in ‘The Rookie’ Season 8, Episode 7
There was a lot strife within the romance territory of The Rookie these days. It was good to see scenes with Nyla’s husband, James (Arjay Smith), being supportive of her undercover mission. We additionally shut out the episode with Chenford reunited, and it is a good signal that their time aside hasn’t brought about any issues. After which there’s Nolan and Bailey Nune (Jenna Dewan), who have been virtually headed to Splitsville. This episode options Bailey leaving for her DC work project for a trial run of 5 days, and she or he even orders items for Nolan whereas she’s gone. This episode was fairly darkish in any other case, so it was a very good factor to haven’t any couple fights occurring.
The one irritating side was that Episode 7 relied fairly closely on montages to indicate the passage of time and as an example motion taking place in a number of completely different storylines. The issue is that they did not all the time match collectively, and a few interspliced scenes of Nolan and Bailey have been meant to signify how a lot he misses herhowever did not make sense within the context of the time-frame. Hopefully, future episodes of The Rookie will keep away from using these montages an excessive amount of. In any other case, the present can be good to incorporate extra undercover operations sooner or later, particularly ones the place Lucy can maintain addressing her trauma in a sensible manner.
New episodes of The Rookie air on Monday nights on ABC, with episodes accessible to stream on Hulu within the U.S.