The Rookie – Pilot

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The Rookie - Pilot television review

As the show opens, contractor and recent divorcee John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is lost. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he helps stall a bank robbery long enough for the police to arrive. Fast-forward nine months later and Nolan is on the other side of the country as Los Angeles’ oldest rookie cop. Although the harsher tone of the show limits the amount of jokes Fillion can come off with (this certainly isn’t Castle 2.0) its a good role for actor who is easy to root for despite the obstacles put in his way, first for being a rookie, and secondly for being an old rookie. Nolan isn’t the only new rookie in the department, the “Pilot” also introduces us to Nolan’s secret girlfriend Officer Lucy Chen (Dark Matter‘s Melissa O’Neil) and the smart, but not very street savvy, Officer Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.).

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