List of The Rookie episodes

The Rookie is an American police procedural television series created for ABC by Alexi Hawley. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is produced by ABC Studios and Entertainment One; it is based on real-life Los Angeles Police Department officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s. In May 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season which is set to premiere on September 26, 2021.^[1]^[2]

As of May 16, 2021, 54 episodes of The Rookie have aired, concluding the third season.

Series overview[]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	20	October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)	April 16, 2019 (2019-04-16)
	2	20	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)
	3	14	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)	May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16)
	4	TBA	September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)^[3]	TBA

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2018–19)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Liz Friedlander	Alexi Hawley	October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)	101	5.43^[4]
John Nolan is a 45-year-old divorcé who, after witnessing (and foiling) a bank robbery in his small town, packs up his entire life to move to Los Angeles and becomes a cop. His assignment to the force is met with skepticism from his fellow officers, particularly his watch commander, Sergeant Wade Grey, and his training officer Talia Bishop. Nolan's first few days on the job are marked by a domestic dispute that quickly escalates out of hand (during which Nolan witnesses his first death), an unbalanced father who leaves his child in a locked car on a hot day, and an escaped felon who quickly tests Nolan in ways he never expected. Also joining Nolan as rookie officers are Jackson West, son of a high-ranking LAPD officer and eager to live up to the family legacy, and Lucy Chen, who became a cop against the wishes of her therapist parents and is carrying on a secret affair with Nolan despite the risk it poses to her career. Grey informs Nolan that he will do everything in his power to discourage him from continuing to serve, as he fears that Nolan's inexperience and age will endanger the lives of his officers. Nolan tells Grey that he believes being a cop might be his calling. Grey responds that if that is true, nothing Grey puts Nolan through will deter him.
2	2	"Crash Course"	Adam Davidson	Alexi Hawley	October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23)	102	4.54^[5]
Nolan prevents a woman from killing herself after she tries to jump off of the Hollywood Sign after her wedding does not go as planned. West is questioned as to why he didn't fire his weapon, but Lopez covers for him. She then forces him to handle the arrest of a man on PCP, which he pulls off. Nolan and Bishop arrest an addict for possession of drugs, but then learn that she stabbed a teenager dead in an argument. Chen is stuck with a lazy new training officer while Bradford recovers, and winds up arresting a man for shoplifting. Nolan continues to face difficulties in navigating between his civilian instincts and how they affect his actions as a cop. West is able to subdue a suspect without assistance. Nolan is assigned a rusty old car as punishment for damaging his vehicle. A kidnapping victim is rescued, and Nolan and Bishop obtain a lead on the kidnapper. While apprehending him, Bishop stops Nolan from beating the suspect in a rage. Captain Andersen thanks him for his success, but reminds him that it is not his job to punish criminals. Chen finds out that Bradford intentionally got her assigned to a poor officer to test her commitment. Bishop is able to get Nolan a new vehicle, which he nearly crashes on his first drive.
3	3	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"	Greg Beeman	Liz Alper & Ally Seibert	October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30)	103	4.53^[6]
Nolan and Bishop chase a group of thieves and Nolan loses a bag of stolen money when a street performer runs off with it. The precinct learns that the thieves are part of a gang who have pulled off a string of heists and they begin searching for the remaining gang members. Meanwhile, Chen helps Bradford as he readjusts to being back on duty while also trying to help his drug addicted wife, who reveals to Chen she was once a narcotics cop. Elsewhere, an arrest of a former college athlete causes West and Lopez to talk about alternative careers to police work since Lopez still doubts West's ability to handle the job.
4	4	"The Switch"	Toa Fraser	Vincent Angell	November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13)	104	4.01^[7]
Sgt. Grey tests the rookies by assigning them new TOs, partnering Nolan with Lopez, West with Bradford and Chen with Bishop. He tasks the rookies with gaining insight into their new TOs. Lopez takes Nolan to court and Nolan ends up chasing an escaped prisoner, leading to a potentially career-making bust for the pair. Bradford, however, learns about West's struggles when he freezes during a shootout. Bradford takes West to meet an agoraphobe who gives West advice on facing his fears. Meanwhile, Chen defends her relationship with Nolan to Bishop during their patrol, prompting Nolan and Chen to have a talk about their relationship.
5	5	"The Roundup"	Nelson McCormick	Marcus Black	November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20)	106	4.10^[8]
Nolan struggles to deal with his breakup with Chen just as the TOs start an annual competition to see who can get the most arrests in a single shift. Bradford plays to win, even bribing a dispatcher to get the best calls, which worries Chen. Meanwhile, West dives headfirst into the competition to prove himself while Nolan and Bishop, who is refusing to play, find themselves dealing with a mob-connected banker.
6	6	"The Hawke"	Timothy Busfield	Fredrick Kotto	November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27)	105	4.38^[9]
Upon learning that his former academy instructor, Jeremy Hawke, has fallen on hard times, Nolan offers to help him out. Hawke politely declines but, the next morning, Lopez and West answer a call from Hawke's estranged wife. She claims Hawke has become unstable and dangerous. Nolan and Bishop get involved in the pursuit of Hawke, which quickly escalates. Then, they discover Hawke has his son with him, who is willingly participating with his father's fugitive activities. Meanwhile, West and Lopez deal with a shooting victim and his father, both of whom they suspect aren't telling them the whole truth and Bradford tries to teach Chen to anticipate the behavior of criminals.
7	7	"The Ride Along"	Cherie Nowlan	Robert Bella	December 4, 2018 (2018-12-04)	107	4.20^[10]
Nolan and Bishop are assigned Hollywood director Rupert Payne, of whom Nolan is a fan, for a ride along to research his new film. Despite orders to keep him away from any dangerous situations, Payne observes Nolan and Bishop deescalate a situation involving a mentally impaired young man from a troubled neighborhood, which leads to a dangerous situation when Rupert tries to help the young man's family. Meanwhile, West informs Lopez that she is being considered for detective, which prompts Lopez to attempt leveraging smaller criminals into giving up a major player, which ultimately backfires. Elsewhere, Bradford's wife is arrested in a drug bust, forcing Bradford to choose, once and for all, between his devotion to his wife and his duty as a cop.
8	8	"Time of Death"	Mike Goi	Brynn Malone	December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)	108	4.27^[11]
While in pursuit of a robber, Nolan fatally shoots him in self defense. The episode centers on the processing of this event. Bradford's wife is returning to be a CI. While trying to get evidence against a major drug trafficker, the connection to her wire is lost and Bishop and Bradford find the camera and blood upon searching the apartment. Bradford's wife seems to have been taken by the drug traffickers. Chen gives Nolan a ride home from the precinct and they sleep together. While Chen is in the shower, the brother of the robber attacks Nolan. The episode ends with Nolan's attacker holding a gun on Nolan and a shot fired off camera.
9	9	"Standoff"	John Terlesky	Alexi Hawley	January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	109	3.95^[12]
Nolan manages to fight off his attacker, throwing him through the window and calling for backup. Meanwhile, Bradford, Lopez, and Bishop find Isabel. She has been shot in the head but will survive. Nolan lies repeatedly to Commander West about his affair with Chen. Nolan is assigned to desk duty during the investigation of his attack. Bradford, Chen, West, Lopez, and Bishop go to an apartment building to find Vance, the drug dealer who shot Isabel and left her for dead. Things go sideways and they end up in a shootout with Vance and his men. Chen helps deliver Vance's girlfriend's baby while West is able to turn off the power to a frequency jammer, so Bishop can call for backup. Vance and his men break into the apartment and fight with Bradford and Chen. The other officers, including Nolan, Commander West, and the SWAT team arrive and Vance and his men are arrested. Chen tells Nolan not to tell the truth about what really happened the previous night. Nolan reports to Andersen and Commander West and the latter informs him that he has been cleared of all charges and can return to the police force immediately.
10	10	"Flesh and Blood"	Jessica Yu	Inda Craig-Galvan	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	110	3.83^[13]
Henry Nolan comes to visit his dad, who is surprised to learn that West and Chen already know Henry through social media. At morning roll call, Andersen announces she will ride along with Chen, while Grey will partner with Nolan, and Bradford and Bishop will partner with each other. Grey's daughter Dominique also shows up unexpectedly for an internship. Henry and Dominique bond over their concern over their dads' work, and Bradford and Bishop clash over procedure, as each is used to being the boss of their rookie. The episode ends with Nolan and his son talking about Nolan's job and how they would use a code word if Nolan was ever in trouble.
11	11	"Redwood"	Sylvain White	Ally Seibert & Liz Alper	January 22, 2019 (2019-01-22)	111	3.84^[14]
The officers are forced to come in to work on their day off, as the Vice President has made an unexpected visit to Los Angeles. Nolan and Bishop stop a man who was a threat to the Vice President after they find a flare gun in his underwear. Chen also gets pricked by a used needle while trying to break up a fight between two homeless women, and is forced to go to the hospital. Bradford also tries to comfort her as she could have various diseases as a result of getting injected. Meanwhile, Lopez and West try to break up protestors, and tell people who have obscene banners to take them down. Nolan and Bishop also engage in a shootout with several robbery suspects. When Lopez and West defy Agent Danvers' orders and decide to go help Bishop and Nolan, Grey defends them, saying it was the right thing to do. During the episode, West has trouble focusing on the job and nearly loses his cool with a man who left his elderly mother in handcuffs. At the end of the episode, West waits with Chen as she gets good news about her diagnosis. West also tells Chen about his family problems, and Nolan sells his house in Pennsylvania after having a dilemma about what to do about it.
12	12	"Heartbreak"	Carol Banker	Vincent Angell	February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12)	113	3.64^[15]
The evening before Valentine's Day, the rookies are on a night out in the same location as Grey and his wife. When the rookies have to leave, Nolan gets in trouble with a man harassing a woman at the bar, ruining Grey's evening. On Valentine's Day, Bradford takes a day off to meet up with his wife, who is in rehab. They end up breaking off their relationship, with Bradford telling her that she'll never move past who she was as an addict if they remain together. Nolan and Bishop arrive at a car crash where Nolan saves the driver's life. She lost her husband a year ago and tries everything to get together with Nolan, even cozying up to Ben to get close to Nolan. Lopez and West interrogate an alleged assault victim who claims to suffer from dementia, but turns out to be a dangerous criminal. West hits it off with a male nurse. Lopez searches Evers' smartphone, assuming he cheats on her, but in the end, it turns out to be different than what she had thought. Nolan arranges a party for his first Valentine's Day in a long time without company and is surprised when Officer Bishop attends.
13	13	"Caught Stealing"	Omar Madha	David Radcliff	February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)	112	3.54^[16]
Bishop and Nolan respond to a car accident and find the victim has been stabbed, but he escapes from the ambulance and flees the scene. To their surprise, he turns up at the station and is revealed to be an undercover officer investigating a drug cartel, which plans to transfer one million dollars that night. The LAPD raids the home before the transfer, and the rookies are put in charge of the scene until the money counters arrive. The counters finish, and $250,000 is missing. The rookies are interrogated, polygraphed and cleared, but still suspended. Chen is surrounded and attacked by members of the cartel and forced to flee. Nolan and West are on the phone with Chen during the attack, and notify the LAPD before rushing to her aid. Meanwhile, the cartel boss and his men catch up to Chen and demand to know where she hid the missing money – Chen realizes that the cartel boss must have hidden the money himself, recognizing his boots as belonging to the same man she saw leaving the house before the raid with a large duffel bag. The boss shoots his men, but after a scuffle is subdued by Chen. Nolan agrees to pay Ben what he can for his apartment on a monthly basis to ensure that he is not accepting goods or services for free, which would imperil his status as a police officer.
14	14	"Plain Clothes Day"	Mike Goi	Terence Paul Winter	February 26, 2019 (2019-02-26)	114	3.89^[17]
The rookies undergo Plain Clothes Day, where their training officers ride along out of uniform and do not assist in any capacity. West is eager to break his father's records but gets stuck working behind a desk after their patrol car breaks down before departing. He eventually overcomes his frustrations with desk duties, and assist the widow of murder victim Richard Ocheda, with returning a cheep watch from the crime scene. Chen is confident that she can handle herself but Bradford is intent to rattle her as much as possible. Her first mistake becomes not to impound a van used by a stalker who targeted women, which Bradford has already cleared after noticing her mistake. After responding to a noice complaint about a dog, the dog owner files a complaint about Chen for threatening him. Chen later redeems herself after suspecting foul play at the owner’s house, where it is revealed that he murdered the woman who filed the noice complaint. Nolan, meanwhile, works hard to prove himself as he announces his intent to make detective within five years. He lets one suspect go after trying to arrest a second one, but later spots the first suspect along the street. While stopped at a hotel, Nolan discovers a warrant for the owner of parked vehicle, but after raiding the hotel room the owner is believed to be staying in, it’s revealed that the vehicle was sold to a woman and her child. He also dismissed a distressed woman with questions about credit card tracking, only to later find her to be a kidnapping victim of her abusive and violent husband. Bishop decides to assist Nolan, while he distracts the husband, eventually arresting him and freeing the woman.
15	15	"Manhunt"	Bill Johnson	Robert Bella	March 5, 2019 (2019-03-05)	115	4.51^[18]
A prisoner transport crashes while on the road and several violent criminals are on the loose in suburban Los Angeles. After tending the wounds of wounded deputy, Nolan is attacked by one of the prisoners, but quickly subdues him before Lopez and West arrive. Bradford and Chen capture another prisoner on the loose in a neighbourhood, and also clash with a local militia. West and Lopez capture Oscar Hutchison in a parking garage. At the station, Hutchinson makes subtle hints that West’s father was corrupt earlier in his career, which West subsequently dismisses. Nolan and Bishop inspect vehicles going into a neighbourhood, and Nolan discovers one vehicle where the driver seems distressed. Another prisoner is revealed to be hiding in the vehicle’s trunk, but the car is diverted to the station where he is arrested. Bradford and Chen, along with Bradford’s informant Deacon, find the last prisoner, Marcos Gibson, and protects him from angry members of the 5-4 gang, until backup arrives. Nolan single handedly tackles a hostage situation with Caleb Jost, the second last prisoner, baes on advice from Jessica Russo. Bradford also decides to start taking his sergeant exams.
16	16	"Greenlight"	Valerie Weiss	Brynn Malone	March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)	116	4.24^[19]
Internal Affairs is conducting random integrity tests at the precinct to ensure officers are following procedure. During an arrest of Nolan's, the shoulder strap on an unruly lady's dress accidentally breaks. Assuming she's with IA when she asks Nolan for his badge number, he complies. Later that evening, a gunman with a fully automatic firearm attempts to kill Nolan, who learns a hit has been put on his life by the unruly lady's boyfriend Cole, whose father is the leader of a violent white supremacist gang. After some soul-searching, Nolan returns to work the next morning and is partnered with Captain Andersen. Officers seize millions of the gang's assets, and Sergeant Grey visits the imprisoned gang leader to call off the hit on Nolan. But while on patrol, Nolan and Andersen are captured by Cole when responding to a false home burglary call he orchestrated. Cole later kicks a handcuffed and seated Andersen into the backyard pool, but she's able to free herself and kills two gang members, saving Nolan. Unfortunately, during the shootout, a fleeing Cole fatally shoots Andersen through her neck. The officers salute Andersen. Later, Grey revisits the gang leader and demands he hand over his son. At the end, an ambush is set, and Cole is arrested by Nolan.
17	17	"The Shake Up"	Steve Robin	Alexi Hawley	March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)	117	4.24^[20]
Jessica arranges for Nolan, accompanied by Bradford, to be put on a protective detail for a former border patrol guard who became a human trafficker. Grey struggles with the orders issued by the new captain, while West deals with relationship issues. Chen and Bishop save a young man from a brutal exorcism performed by his mother, but Chen confronts her father, a therapist whose arm was broken by a patient. She is forced to arrest him, causing dissapointment from her father. However, she redeems herself by having the patient transferred to the help he needs. An earthquake rocks the city, leaving Grey to try and coordinate the city's response while Nolan and Bradford are attacked at the safehouse. It turns out that their human trafficker had a GPS tracker on him, which led the cartel to the safehouse and subsequently the beach which Nolan and Bradford brought him to.
18	18	"Homefront"	April Mullen	Bill Rinier & Natalie Callaghan	April 2, 2019 (2019-04-02)	118	3.91^[21]
Nolan comes under fire after a man claims Nolan used excessive force and inflicted an injury, and he is assigned to the youngest lawyer, Simon Parks Jr. (Robbie Kay), available for his case. A detective is also investigated and arrested by Internal Affairs. This causes three criminals to be released from prison early. Lopez and West take the case of Samantha Bennett, while Bradford and Chen check in on Max Kegel, and Nolan and Bishop investigate Terry Wright. Wright recognizes Bishop, as his associate Dylan Scott is Bishop's former foster brother. Dylan and Wright later kidnap Bishop after she tries to arrest them, leading to Nolan leaving his court hearing early. Dylan kills Wright after Wright attempts to kill Bishop, and Bishop admits to Grey that she lied about Dylan being her foster brother when applying to the academy. West also confronts his father about being a dirty cop, which strains their relationship.
19	19	"The Checklist"	John Fortenberry	Elizabeth Davis Beall & Fredrick Kotto	April 9, 2019 (2019-04-09)	119	3.63^[22]
A few days before the rookies' final exam, Bradford and Lopez reveal that Chen and West still have seven and four types of crime to witness, respectively, and must do so in the next 48 hours. Since Nolan has no outstanding crimes, he is assigned to desk duty while Talia goes before Internal Affairs, but he asks to work with Wolfe instead. While on the streets, Chen and West come across Ben, who was the latest victim of a car theft ring. Nolan ends up helping to catch the thieves, and tries to plead Bishop's case in front of Internal Affairs. The episode ends with Bishop being offered an opportunity to become a mole for IA, and Nolan telling Ben both about the trauma he suffered after the bank robbery seen in the Pilot episode, and how he got over it.
20	20	"Free Fall"	Mike Goi	Alexi Hawley	April 16, 2019 (2019-04-16)	120	4.06^[23]
On the day of an important rookie exam, an isolated terrorist cell plot to use a weaponized virus threatens to derail the rookies' advancement as well as put strain on Nolan's personal relationships. While responding to the threat, Bradford may be infected with the virus, while Jessica makes a questionable shooting on a surrendering terrorist. Meanwhile, Lopez and West also save several people on a bus by apprehending a second terrorist, which allows West to make amends with his father regarding their previous argument. Once the virus has been contained, Bradford is given a dose of the experimental vaccine, but passes out after leaving the house.

Season 2 (2019–20)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"Impact"	Mike Goi	Alexi Hawley	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	201	4.11^[24]
As Bradford is rushed to the hospital, a third terrorist from the previous attack ambushes the police; Nolan and Bradford, who had only suffered an allergic reaction to medication he was given, then take her out. Two weeks later, Nolan has moved into a new home, and the rookies learn the scores of their midterm exams. They all pass, but West is upset with his score. The team learns of a plan involving fake police officers after Nolan and Grey witness a robbery at a police uniform store. They later find one of the robbers dead after his partners killed him and set his body on fire. Chen witnesses a fake police officer stealing a radio, but is unable to apprehend him before he escapes. Later, a clerk at the criminal court house is abducted, and Nolan helps to save her life after subduing the fake officer that Chen had seen earlier. Bradford, Chen, Lopez, and West also arrest the other fake cops following a shootout. West is demoted by Grey, as Grey is disappointed in West's speech that he had given to a group of cadets earlier. As a result, West cannot wear short sleeves until Grey can trust him again.
22	2	"The Night General"	Rob Bowman	Fredrick Kotto	October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	202	3.83^[25]
West's landlord is arrested and he is evicted from his apartment. Nolan is assigned as partner to new detective Nick Armstrong, but their investigation into a recent murder leads to an unexpected reunion with an old love interest. Chen is also still upset at Bradford because he will not allow her to wear short sleeves even though she passed the midterm exam. Meanwhile, the father of the murder victim kills one of the men who murdered his son, and nearly kills the other suspect as well by placing him in a concrete mold, before Nolan and Armstrong manage to save him. Unfortunately, the father commits suicide by hanging himself from a metal cable in a warehouse despite Nolan attempts to persuade him not to. West attempts to move into Smitty's trailer park as he doesn't have a place to live. However, Chen learns of his predicament, and she allows him to move into her apartment.
23	3	"The Bet"	Barbara Brown	Corey Miller	October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)	203	3.60^[26]
Nolan tries to navigate his relationship with Russo and he builds a rapport with Grace while investigating a criminal case involving a homeland security agent with Lopez. West is assigned to Officer Smitty for the day and he struggles to deal with the laid back Smitty. Later, a criminal that West is patting down escapes and the criminal drops his gun in a nearby yard. A young boy, believing that the gun is a toy, picks it up and accidentally shoots his mother dead, infuriating West. They are later able to capture the criminal following a search after learning that the gun was used another murder as well. Chen also sets up Bradford on a date with Rachel Hall, a social services agent and a friend of Chen's from college, as a part of a bet. Chen later discovers that Bradford and Hall are now dating, meaning that she has won the bet and can go back to wearing short sleeves.
24	4	"Warriors and Guardians"	Lisa Demaine	Brynn Malone	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)	204	3.76^[27]
Nolan gets introduced to a new training officer, Nyla Harper, a former undercover detective. He is confused by her extreme police tactics, notably overseeing minor offences. They pull over a car with no plate, and all four occupants flee, with one falling of a roof top. Harper puts forward her body cam, showing he jumped himself and she didn’t push him. While on patrol, they encounter Ross Teagan, who was a known drug dealer from Harper’s past. A operation is commenced to set up Teagan, but another suspect, Osito, is spotted leaving the scene by Nolan. Together with Bradford and Chen, Nolan and Harper descend on Osito’s location, leading to his arrest. Grey also has Harper apologise to Nolan for her treatment of him, which he accepts. Bradford struggles to find a birthday gift for Rachel, and reluctantly accepts help from Chen. West and Lopez apprehend two boys who bothered a homeless woman, Alice Sheldon, whom turns out to be responsible for a hit and run ten years ago. They track down her victim based on a photo she left, who is identified as Karin Arnoux. Despite initially being against Lopez’ defence of Sheldon, Arnoux later decides to stand up for Sheldon.
25	5	"Tough Love"	Rachel Feldman	Vincent Angell	October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)	205	3.24^[28]
Chen's mother comes to stay with her after having an argument with Chen's father, frustrating Chen. Nolan deals with surprising news that his son Henry is now engaged with his girlfriend, Abigail. The rookies also develop their first confidential informants. His first informant is a drug dealer, who despite surviving an operation, first attempts to escape before it starts, and then overdoses afterwards. Armstrong helps Nolan by giving him a list of informant candidates. He also does a background check on Henry’s girlfriend, which makes Nolan uncertain if he should read it or not. Nolan and Harper try their luck with a forger, whom easily flips. While awaiting a deal to go down at Whiteman Airfield, the buyers turn out to be women on the run from a cartel. The cartel’s right hand man arrives, but escapes just as reinforcements arrive. Bradford and Chen deal with a young woman who is selling her step mother's belongings to a pawn shop out of revenge. Despite Chen urging her to change her ways, the girl ends up buying a gun and threatening her step mother and firing shots at her bags. Lopez and West try to flip a known FBI informant, who they later discover lied about his ex-wife sleeping with a known car dealer. They use this to their advantage to flip him completely the second time, leaving the FBI handler furious. However, this impresses Grey, who allows West to finally wear short sleeves. Grace reads Abigail’s background check, and Nolan brings it up to Henry and her. Abigail explains the truth about her arson, which Nolan forgives her for.
26	6	"Fallout"	Bill Johnson	Robert Bella	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)	206	3.50^[29]
The officers deal with an impending missile attack and also deal with their own disasters. Nolan attends a probationary court hearing, and he, Russo, and Evers help calm people down during the threat. They all hide in a fallout shelter, and Nolan and Russo help subdue two prisoners that attempt to escape. Harper picks up her daughter from school, and has Rachel watch her at the station. Bradford and Chen also help a store owner deal with looters and Lopez and West help save several people who are preparing to jump off of a building. Harper's ex-husband is furious at her for picking up their daughter and wants her arrested, but Nolan helps convince him that she has changed for the better. Evers is also stabbed by one of the prisoners during the escape attempt and is hospitalized, but he survives his injuries.
27	7	"Safety"	Sylvain White	Terence Paul Winter	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)	207	3.73^[30]
The relationship between Nolan and Russo gets a lot more complicated after she delivers some surprising news. Nolan also assists Grace at the hospital at a meeting for expectant mothers, where he helps to subdue the unruly boyfriend of one of the women. Lopez is on temporary leave from the force following Evers's stabbing, and she takes a job in private security escorting a high profile businessman. Officers Bradford and West also help out the Watts Rams as volunteer coaches, and they help rescue the mother of one of the team's star players from several armed kidnappers. Chen and Harper are also assigned to one another, and have several disagreements before they work together to subdue a serial bomber. Nolan and Russo break up at the end of the episode as Nolan isn't ready to have more kids of his own.
28	8	"Clean Cut"	Toa Fraser	Mary Trahan	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)	208	3.61^[31]
Nolan kicks off his birthday by babysitting a crime scene at a law office. He meets Ellroy Basso, a professional cleaner, and they have to evade two criminals when they return to the scene looking for a hidden stash of money. Meanwhile, Officer Bradford is involved in an accident when he rear ends a woman while on patrol. Officer West is also exposed to a substance during a traffic stop and begins to act like he is on drugs. Sgt. Grey also rides patrol with Officer Harper after she requests an early annual evaluation to better her chances of getting custody of her daughter, and Grey observes her compassion in dealing with a near-drunk driver who was depressed after a cancer diagnosis. In the end, it is revealed the boyfriend of the woman Bradford hit is intentionally scamming people to earn money by disconnecting the brake lights on the woman's car. Bradford and Chen also thwart a potential murder that the woman's boyfriend is trying to commit. West is evaluated at the hospital but his exposure to the substance is not as serious as initially feared, allowing both Bradford and West to receive a special award from the deputy chief.
29	9	"Breaking Point"	Leslie Libman	Alexi Hawley & Corey Miller	December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)	209	3.36^[32]
Nolan's trust is tested when he tries to help the previous owner of his home reconnect with his family. Nolan later has to subdue and arrest him when the other man breaks into the house in the middle of the night. Meanwhile, Officer Harper has finally earned an overnight visit with her daughter that is put into jeopardy when her past undercover life resurfaces again. Nolan also has to go undercover in order to save Harper's life. Bradford and Chen deal with a murder when a lost dog is found covered with blood, resulting in a disturbing case where a woman was killed by her own son because she broke up with her boyfriend. Wesley is brought in as the kid's lawyer, but struggles with PTSD from when he was stabbed after the boy brings up the knife. Lopez and West assist the stars of a police drama by showing them proper LAPD procedure after running into the lead actor during an arrest, with West hitting it off with the actor while Lopez assists his co-star in dealing with a stalker, learning that the woman was one of the production crew when she nearly shoots West.
30	10	"The Dark Side"	Bill Roe	Alexi Hawley	December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)	210	3.70^[33]
The department is tasked with assisting convicted serial killer Rosalind Dyer to find the remains of 3 of her victims in exchange for commuting her death sentence to life in prison. While on the way to her gravesites, the team is forced to stop a man from killing her, and they discover new bodies in Dyer's gravesites. Nolan talks to Dyer about the possibility of there being a third victim, as two bodies were found along with Dyer's original kills, having been killed by a different serial killer. Dyer refuses to help them, and the team is forced to find the new victim on their own. Nolan and Harper manage to find the third victim alive but the killer manages to escape after attempting to drown Nolan in a storm drain. The episode ends with Chen being drugged and forced into the back of a car by her date at a bar.
31	11	"Day of Death"	David McWhirter	Brynn Malone & Fredrick Kotto	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	211	4.92^[34]
Chen awakes after being drugged by her date, tattooed by him with her "day of death". The station works to find Chen after they all realize they haven't seen her in 13 hours. It is revealed that her date, Caleb Wright is the protégé of serial killer Rosalind Dyer. Caleb orders Chen to get in a barrel at gunpoint, which he proceeds to bury in the middle of the desert. As the station works to find her, Caleb proceeds to kidnap Armstrong and take him to a house that belonged to Rosalind's uncle. Nolan and Harper proceed to track Caleb to the house, where Harper shoots Caleb, killing him. With Caleb dead, the officers spread out and search for loose dirt to find Chen, with Bradford finding and performing CPR on her, saving her life. Meanwhile, Angela and Wesley discuss his mental health after she found him unconscious after mixing his pills with alcohol. Wesley decides to go to work after seeing what Chen went through and acknowledges that he can seek help. Nolan visits Rosalind in prison, revealing that they found the locations where she buried her victims, meaning there will be no more deals. Rosalind tells him that she has one more secret, which is about Armstrong. Nolan tells her that he doesn't care about that but Rosalind replies that she knows he'll be back.
32	12	"Now and Then"	C. Chi-Yoon Chung	Robert Bella	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	212	4.55^[35]
Nolan takes his son's fiancé Abigail on a ride-along with Bradford after she reveals she wants to be a police officer. Bradford offers to put in a word for her at the police academy, but tells Nolan that she won't be able to become a cop due to her criminal record. Harper asks Bradford to switch rookies for the week, where she will ride with a recovering Chen. Chen struggles to trust her judgment again, so Harper and Lopez take her to speed dating to try and regain her judgment. Chen snaps when one of the men at the event pulls a loose thread on her sweater, throwing him to the ground. Chen says that Harper will never understand what she went through, where Harper later reveals that she was raped by her UC handler and implies that she sent him to early retirement, throwing him down some stairs.
33	13	"Follow-Up Day"	Liz Friedlander	Alexi Hawley	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	213	5.12^[36]
Nolan learns of the news that his father has recently died, and is sent his inheritance by a lawyer, which includes an old car. The rookies and their training officers are put through follow up day, where they’re assigned dormant cases. Nolan and Harper investigate a robbery of lottery tickets which also left the wife of the store owner dead. Their leads point then to a strip club, where a pole dancer, Chastity, recognises the suspect they’re looking for, Tucker Novak, on CCTV footage. Novak points them to Colt Henry after they arrest him. They find him at the train station, arriving from Sacramento. He attempts to flee and holds an infant child at gunpoint before Nolan manages to negotiate with him into giving up. West and Lopez investigate the theft of a statue, which they find lying over the alleged thief when they go door to door through the neighbourhood. Back at the station, Lopez encounters Wesley’s mother who has been arrested for possessing an unlicensed gun. Wesley takes part in the case, and learns that his mother got the gun from Christian Roberts, who has a record of armed robberies. Lopez and West track down Roberts and arrest him after he attempts to escape. Bradford and Chen investigate a case of money laundering involving Nevin Cooper, who has gone through rehab and working at a local bakery, but is still in debt to his former gang. After encountering Cooper seemingly being threatened by the gang, Bradford later attempts negotiate with their leader, Marquel, to let Cooper be, but he refuses. They later manage to get Cooper a permanent job at the bakery, forcing the gang to look elsewhere for laundering money. Bradford receives his sergeant exam results, but turns down the offer of starting in North Hollywood, in favour of finishing training Chen. Nolan meets his half brother Pete (Pete Davidson) while working his and Harper’s case, who twice steels the car he inherited, but they manage work out a better relationship.
34	14	"Casualties"	Sylvain White	Bill Rinier	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	214	5.17^[37]
Lopez and West are called to a man who is shot in the top of his head and seems to ramble. Bradford and Chen are called to a couple, where the wife reports to being stalked by a drone. The husband takes it further when he shoots down the drone the next time it appears. The boy responsible show the footage to Grey, who reports to Nolan and Harper that both their and Lopez and West’s cases have been solved. Nolan and Harper chase a suspect into a warehouse, where a body is discovered. They search the victim’s hotel room, and encounter a Afghanistan war veteran, who attempts to flee before Bradford and Chen arrive. Bradford is revealed to have been the veteran, Mitch’s commanding officer when they served together. Together with Armstrong, they search the warehouse again for evidence of counterfeit money according to Mitch, but find it empty. Grey, on orders from higher ups, orders them to let the case rest. Deciding against it, Bradford calls LA Clear, and learns that the DIA is behind the counterfeit related to an ongoing operation. Nolan is confronted by Norman Jangus, the main man of the operation, at his home. Bradford, Chen, Harper and Nolan arrive at the docks and discover further counterfeit until they’re confronted by Jangus and his crew. Bradford makes Jangus give up who killed Joe Delacruz and decides that they should look away from the counterfeit. Chen decides to have a dog, much to West’s annoyance. She later gives the dog to Bradford, deciding she is not ready to have a one yet.
35	15	"Hand-Off"	Michael Goi	Vincent Angell & Mary Trahan	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)	215	5.18^[38]
Nolan's identity is stolen and he works to restore his credit score to remain a police officer and get his money back to fund Henry's college tuition. He and Harper are able to track the identity thief (Seth Green) using one of the purchases made under Nolan's name, but later have to track him down when one of the other people whose identity he stole kidnaps him for his money back. Nolan and Harper are able to save the identity thief and in return for his gratitude, he gifts Nolan a secret comic book collection he purchased with his money so that he can get his money back. Grey and Lopez head to Lompoc Prison to testify at a parole hearing for a man who shot Grey and his partner Dennis Rowland, who died in Lopez's arms her first day on the job. On the way there, Lopez reveals that she had smelled alcohol on Rowland's breath as he died, which shocked Grey as he believed Rowland was sober for four months. Despite the man's parole being denied, Grey votes in favor of parole after interacting with the man and his son. While Grey and Lopez are at the hearing, West is assigned to make sure the station is in compliance with all guidelines, during which he finds an unassigned unsolved vandalism case which leads to him solving a homicide. Bradford meets Rachel's father, a former sheriff of a small town who reveals he does not want his daughter marrying a cop, especially since there's a chance Rachel might have Huntington's disease.
36	16	"The Overnight"	Stephanie Marquardt	Corey Miller & Rachael Seymour	April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)	216	5.87^[39]
Chen and Bradford respond to a call at the Los Angeles auditions of "American Idol" and Chen ends up facing Ryan Seacrest and the judges. Chen befriends a reporter (Roselyn Sanchez) whose motives are not clear. Harper asks Nolan to come along with her to her ex-husband Donovan's home to help her daughter who is having trouble sleeping. This leads to Nolan's life being put in danger during a domestic dispute with one of Donovan's neighbors. At the end, Evers proposes to Lopez and she accepts his proposal. Note: This episode includes a joke referencing Melissa O'Neil's victory on the third season of Canadian Idol.
37	17	"Control"	Marcus Stokes	Alexi Hawley & Robert Bella	April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)	217	4.57^[40]
Nolan and Harper encounter Nolan's former C.I. Bianca, and she tells them that Ripper has returned with a large shipment of fentanyl. DEA Agent Michael Banks (Bailey Chase) arrives and they determine that Nolan and Harper must go in disguise to confront Ripper. They successfully agree to meet with Ripper, but everything goes wrong when Bianca confronts Ripper and she is abducted. Meanwhile, Chen meets a firefighter during a call and is intrigued by him. Lopez also interrogates a bank teller after a woman is murdered, and clashes with Detective Calderon on how the case should be handled. Banks offers Harper a job with the DEA after they successfully rescue Bianca, but she respectfully declines his offer.
38	18	"Under the Gun"	Tori Garrett	Terence Paul Winter & Elizabeth Davis Beall	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	218	4.96^[41]
Nolan and Harper are tasked with escorting four juvenile delinquents to a correctional facility, but find themselves entrapped in a prison riot during their processing. The pair find themselves forced to make an unlikely alliance with Oscar Hutchinson in order to safely evacuate their detainees from the prison, as well as saving the warden from the hostage situation. Meanwhile, Rachel and Bradford have to rectify a mistake that caused a mother to lose custody of her ailing child after learning that a compromised water system was the cause of his sickness. Lopez and West have to escort a tech analyst who has flagged Lopez as an officer most likely to cause problems in the department, and also have to subdue an active shooter at the tech analyst's office building.
39	19	"The Q Word"	David McWhirter	Natalie Callaghan & Nick Hurwitz	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	219	5.00^[42]
When a fellow rookie colleague Chris Rios (Christopher O'Shea) is fatally shot in broad daylight by a member of the Derian crime family, the entire police department commences a manhunt where multiple complications arise. Bradford and Chen raid the gunman's house and learn that an L.A.P.D. officer is on the crime family's payroll; Nolan and Harper recover the murder weapon from the crime scene, but find out it is stolen after a raid on Ruben Derian's residence; West deals with the aftermath of Rios's death at the hospital while Lopez attempts to search for the mole. While viewing through the officers' body camera footage, Lopez learns that rookie officer Erin Cole (Hannah Kasulka) did not have her body camera function at all during her shift, with the Wilshire precinct conducting another manhunt on Cole. Nolan encounters a guilt-ridden Cole by himself and learns that she was the actual target of the assassination attempt, with Rios being collateral damage. Despite Nolan's successful attempt in calming her down, Cole is fatally shot by Armstrong. During the aftermath and inspired by a recent conversation with Harper, Nolan reviews his body camera footage and deduces that Armstrong was the actual mole working for the Derian family.
40	20	"The Hunt"	Bill Roe	Alexi Hawley	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)	220	4.66^[43]
Harper agrees to help Nolan after he shows her the body camera footage. They lead Armstrong to an abandoned house to pick up his burner phone's signal in order to tap its records to uncover evidence of his crimes, but discover he had tossed it. Left with no other choice, Nolan returns to Rosalind Dyer, who reveals that, after Armstrong had broken into her house (as he had revealed to Nolan) to secure evidence to arrest her, she broke into his and found a stash of guns, cash, and files that incriminate Armstrong. Nolan breaks into Armstrong's house and locates it before escaping, but Armstrong sees him as he departs. He alerts Serj Derian, who is arrested after a raid on his house. Armstrong invites Nolan back to his house, explaining that he got in too deep with the Derians once the costs for his deceased wife's medical bills became too much for him to handle. Armstrong reveals that he plans to incriminate Nolan as the mole before Nolan incapacitates Armstrong in a shootout, who reveals that he planted his stash in Nolan's house as Serj tells Grey that Nolan is the mole. Nolan finds the stash hidden inside a wall in his bedroom. The season ends on a cliffhanger with Nolan standing in his bedroom as the police close in on him.

Season 3 (2021)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by ^[44]	Original air date ^[45]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
41	1	"Consequences"	Bill Roe	Alexi Hawley	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)	301	3.44^[46]
As Nolan finds the stash, Grey asks him to step out of his house but Nolan demands a warrant to enter first in order to buy time to hide the stash and also calls Wesley to act as his defense attorney. As Wesley is getting dressed to contest the warrant, he knocks over a wastebasket and finds a positive pregnancy test. As Armstrong is brought to the hospital, he implicates Harper as an accomplice of Nolan, but has the tables turned when Harper explains Armstrong's corruption to Internal Affairs commander West and Lopez is able to find Armstrong's go bag off of a tip acquired from Rosalind Dyer. Nolan attempts to clear his name by going undercover to catch Derian in order implicate Armstrong, but his cover is blown when Armstrong escapes from the hospital and makes a deal with Derian after getting tipped off by Rosalind about the cops finding his go bag. As Armstrong prepares to execute Nolan, the gun he is given is revealed to be empty and he is shot to death; Nolan is able to escape and place Derian under arrest. In the aftermath, Nolan and Harper both receive letters of reprimand in their personnel files and Nolan will be held in the training program for an additional month and must pass a disciplinary exam. Lopez receives a promotion to detective and opts to hold off on announcing her pregnancy out of fear that she'll be treated differently as a rookie detective.
42	2	"In Justice"	Michael Goi	Brynn Malone & Fredrick Kotto	January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10)	302	3.15^[47]
As punishment for their part in the Armstrong fiasco, Nolan and Harper are assigned to a community policing center with the hope of rebuilding their station's reputation. While Nolan tries to make a positive impact, Harper has her doubts regarding his methods. Meanwhile, Chen tries to find the person who stole her car, and later tries to help her upon learning of her situation. West gets off to a rocky start with his new training officer, Doug Stanton, and Lopez's first case as a detective is a difficult one as someone broke in to use a furnace to cremate a body. She later discovers that the body is one of many burned on the orders of a notorious gang.
43	3	"La Fiera"	Sylvain White	Terence Paul Winter & Natalie Callaghan	January 17, 2021 (2021-01-17)	303	3.76^[48]
Nolan's life becomes more difficult when his mother (Frances Fisher) visits him. Distracted, Nolan fails his firearms re-qualification exam, and later stumbles upon a plot to assassinate a businesswoman with shady connections (Camille Guaty) when he returns to practice for the retake. Also, West and Stanton continue to exchange blows when Stanton opts to arrest an entire family who were not even connected to the crime the suspect that they're looking for committed. West reports Stanton to Grey with Bradford's backing, but West is outraged when Grey says that Stanton will only be assigned to administrative duty. Grey later admits to his wife that he and West need to solve the issue with Stanton.
44	4	"Sabotage"	Daniel Willis	Vincent Angell & Diana Mendez Boucher	January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24)	304	3.39^[49]
As Grey and West look to shut down Stanton, Nolan and Grey are looped into a scam that their family members put money into. Stanton sets up West by making it look like he was going to beat up a kid, but instead writes him up for failing to stay with the evidence after West ran after him. Lopez is shocked when Wesley reveals that he is predisposed to Fragile X syndrome, which could mean that their child could suffer mental disabilities and seizures. At the same time, Lopez confronts her supervisor, who she believes is not assigning her cases because of her pregnancy. Her supervisor, who was unaware that she was pregnant, tells her that's not the case, but it doesn't mean that he will be easy on her.
45	5	"Lockdown"	Anna Mastro	Elizabeth Davis Beall & Robert Bella	February 14, 2021 (2021-02-14)	305	4.08^[50]
As Nolan passes his disciplinary exam, he is once again reminded that he has a very little chance of ever getting promoted. He is later held hostage by a man (Josh Stewart) who threatens to blow up the police station unless the release of a dangerous felon happens, but Grey and Harper do not buy it and start to look for the real motive. West and Stanton reach a point of no return when Stanton threatens to report a fireable offense against West, with West firing back that his father, the head of Internal Affairs, would rip apart Stanton's career. Stanton sets up West to take a beating in a public housing complex, but it backfires when West activates Stanton's body camera, showing that Stanton did not intervene in the beating. Stanton is placed on suspension. Since he has no chance for a promotion, Nolan sets his sights becoming a training officer, which requires him to complete his degree.
46	6	"Revelations"	C. Chi-Yoon Chung	Corey Miller & Fredrick Kotto	February 21, 2021 (2021-02-21)	307	4.11^[51]
Chen gets a taste of what undercover work is like when she works with of Harper and her Fresno PD colleague June Zhang in a narcotics operation, much to Bradford's chagrin. Chen’s initial success brings her onboard an operation to take down Alonga Salonga. Nolan's return to school becomes difficult when he is outed as a police officer in his ethics class. After asking for advice from Bradford and Harper, he is still unsure if it was a vice decision, and asks his professor, who expresses that one should be open, and that the other students will accept him again. Jackson befriends a mounted police officer, Isaac Young, while working with Smitty at the community policing centre. Bradford, while working security at the undercover convention, meets a colleague, Mack Daniels, who appears to have an addiction problem. Despite taking firm action on Daniels’ behalf to help him, his trust with Daniels’ wife, Beth, sinks.
47	7	"True Crime"	Bill Roe	Alexi Hawley & Zoe Cheng	February 28, 2021 (2021-02-28)	312	3.45^[52]
In a true crime documentary, the station breaks down a recent case of a former child actor, Corey Harris (guest star Frankie Muniz), known for his role in Paul’s Place, who turned into the leader of a cult. Said cult is revealed to be the same one Lopez and West earlier. Harper and Nolan initially responded to a call where Harris was reported by a girl’s father, before Nolan convinced the girl, Debbie, to stop. Harris is later reported missing after his house becomes a crime scene, with blood later identified to his former co-star, Charlotte Luster, and a mummified body of Charlie Chaplin is found under his bed. Luster is also reported missing, and her car found at LAX. Harris is later found alive, and remains silent for five hours before demanding a lawyer, revealed to be Wesley. Harris’ mother is arrested after CCTV shows her parking Luster’s car. She also confesses to the murder and claims soul responsibility. Harris himself is later murdered during a livestream to his followers, by Ronald Sanchez, a former student of his.
48	8	"Bad Blood"	Sylvain White	Paula Puryear & Bill Rinier	March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28)	306	3.87^[53]
Nolan struggles to find the answer to a question he needs in order to take an exam for his ethics class. Lopez, Nolan, and Harper must work with Oscar Hutchinson (Matthew Glave) to find his previously unknown daughter (Molly C. Quinn), who is involved in the kidnapping of a judge's son. Bradford looks for the tagger, 3Eyez, who spray-painted his squad car as a rookie after the tagger resurfaces from retirement. He later discovers that she only came out of retirement because she wanted to feel young again after breaking up with her husband. Jackson is put in the middle of a debate between Grey and his father when the two argue about what Jackson should do once he completes the officers' field-training program. Jackson decides to accept advice from them both but makes it clear that it is too early for him to decide his career path. Nolan presents his answer to Professor Ryan, concluding that, based on insufficient information, all the given options would be wrong. She decides to let him take the exam.
49	9	"Amber"	Bill Roe	Brynn Malone & Natalie Callaghan	April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04)	308	3.80^[54]
In what is Chen and West's final day as rookies, the department races against the clock when a newborn is kidnapped from the hospital. Nolan and Harper do a ride-along with Nolan's professor Fiona Ryan, who is working on a book about police reform, and Lopez, who is riding with West on his final day as a rookie, contemplates what her future as a parent holds. She is reassures by West and gets some advice from Harper during the search. The baby’s father is later found after he crashes his car, but he is revealed to have never taken the baby. CCTV at the hospital reveal that a woman, Rita Cissane, kidnapped the baby after her own died of SIDS. They later find her on a bridge with the baby, and Nolan and Lopez manage to convince her to give up the baby. As Chen and West celebrate their last day as rookies, Harper invites Nolan for dinner with her and her daughter to cheer him up.
50	10	"Man of Honor"	Sylvain White	Elizabeth Davis Beall & Diana Mendez Boucher	April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	309	3.70^[55]
West and Chen become full-fledged police officers. West celebrates, but Chen is hurt when her mother tries to get her to abandon her "thankless job". Ben comes to visit Nolan and reveals that Henry now works for him, which means he has dropped out of college. Harper feels awkward when she sees someone from her past. Bradford assists Lopez with preparations for her and Wesley’s wedding, and assures her to plan her own wedding the way she wants it. She later has him take over as her man of honor. Nolan responds to a call where a man is holding people hostage. He has the situation well in hand, but a nervous security guard shoots and kills the man. He later continues the investigation into the case with Harper’s help. They discover that the man’s family were disturbed by robbers who forced him to pay back, prompting him to rob a bank. His wife and daughter are abducted and the assailants force her to steal from her workplace. Nolan assists her while Harper causes a distraction, giving Chen and West enough time to find the daughter.
51	11	"New Blood"	Bill Roe	Corey Miller & Zoe Cheng	April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18)	310	3.81^[56]
Nolan watches over his professor after threats escalate from a brick through her car window to a shootout in the middle of a street in broad daylight. As the new rookies arrive, Chen becomes jealous of the way Bradford treats his new rookie, a former female soldier who he tries to help readjust back to civilian life. His rookie resigns at the end of the day, saying she needs to find her way. Bradford assists Lopez and Wesley in planning their wedding, acting as a third party when Wesley’s mother comes over to look over the plans. She later reconciles with Lopez and urges her to plan her wedding the way she wants it. Henry returns to Los Angeles to begin his new job, with Nolan struggling to be supportive of his son's choice to leave school. He becomes more accepting of his son's decision after a talk with his professor, but then Henry collapses at dinner.
52	12	"Brave Heart"	Lisa Demaine	Vincent Angell & Paula Puryear	May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02)	311	4.00^[57]
Henry is rushed to the local hospital following his collapse, caused by a lifelong medical condition. He has a heart attack before he can decide whether to undergo a safe, short-term repair or long-term surgery with a 20% mortality risk. Nolan chooses the long-term option, believing Henry would have wanted that. The gamble is successful. La Fiera has taken her injured son, Diego, to the same hospital, but the police soon realise she is actually there to negotiate an agreement with a major drug dealer, Tomás Madrigal, who is close to death and knows his son is incapable of running the business. Harper surreptitiously records the conversation. Lopez unsuccessfully confronts La Fiera twice, trying to warn her off. Billie, an addict slightly injured when arrested by West and Chen, is made to admit she is a drug mule carrying MDMA in her stomach and is offered a deal. When a condom bursts, she is taken for life-saving surgery. Madrigal’s son, Cesar, foolishly orchestrates the murder of La Fiera’s son, but she is protected by Lopez in the ensuing gunfight. War is predicted. Mack Daniels has been reduced to temporary security work for the Madrigals. Bradford offers support for his addiction.
53	13	"Triple Duty"	Bill Johnson	Teleplay by : Natalie Callaghan & Zoe Cheng & Paula Puryear Story by : Bill Rinier	May 9, 2021 (2021-05-09)	313	3.91^[58]
La Fiera starts her war by massacring Cesar’s men at a drug deal but comes to the attention of a DEA task force. Lopez negotiates with her to cease hostilities in exchange for Harper’s hospital tape, which will convince Cesar’s lieutenants of the agreement’s validity. Bradford and Nolan conduct a stakeout of Cesar’s girlfriend’s house and prevent La Fiera’s men killing her baby as revenge for Diego’s murder. DEA agent Taggert tries to belittle Lopez. He obtains the tape over her head and has Lopez deliver it, but La Fiera sees through his stratagem of including surveillance malware on the USB stick containing the recording. The war highlights a need for undercover work so Harper puts Chen though a series of intense tests: a social gathering with “criminals”, a drug-cooking session and a phoney attempted kidnapping. Offered a last chance to pull out, Chen remains determined to go undercover. West learns Stanton is still on the force, despite everything that has happened. He threatens to go public even though Grey thinks it may cost West his career. Instead they improvise, by having Stanton’s watch commander use Stanton’s and West’s body-cam footage as a so-called retraining video to expose him.
54	14	"Threshold"	Lisa Demaine	Alexi Hawley	May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16)	314	3.77^[59]
The possibility of making Cesar Madrigal an informant against La Fiera is floated, and Nolan approaches Madrigal’s girlfriend about persuading him to talk. However, just as Nolan and Smitty locate Madrigal, he is shot by a sniper. Later, on patrol, they chase a shoplifter who, after being arrested, is unjustifiably charged with assault instead of a simple misdemeanour, on the grounds that Nolan had accidentally dislocated his own thumb during the pursuit. Nolan brings Professor Ryan into the case and manages to get Grey’s backing to force ADA Sean Delmonte to reduce the charge. Chen starts her undercover work in a rundown motel and is duly grabbed by Salonga’s brother Dahrio, who forces her to participate in a robbery to obtain ingredients for the drugs he wants her to cook. Her work is interrupted when La Fiera storms Dahrio’s compound to force him to join her cartel but the police, alerted by Harper, arrive to arrest the gang. Lopez forthrightly tells La Fiera that she has only herself to blame for her son’s death. La Fiera is later broken out from her prisoner transport and, as Wesley and Lopez’s wedding ceremony begins, she vengefully has her men kidnap Lopez.

Season 4[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by ^[44]	Original air date ^[45]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
55	1	"Life and Death"^[45]	TBA	Alexi Hawley	September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)	401	TBD

Ratings[]

Season 1[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of *List of The Rookie episodes*
No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	October 16, 2018	1.0/5	5.43^[4]	0.8	4.26	1.8	9.68^[60]
2	"Crash Course"	October 23, 2018	0.8/3	4.54^[5]	0.8	4.29	1.6	8.83^[61]
3	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"	October 30, 2018	0.8/3	4.53^[6]	0.7	3.82	1.5	8.35^[62]
4	"The Switch"	November 13, 2018	0.7/3	4.01^[7]	0.9	4.19	1.6	8.20^[63]
5	"The Roundup"	November 20, 2018	0.7/3	4.10^[8]	0.9	4.43	1.6	8.53^[64]
6	"The Hawke"	November 27, 2018	0.8/3	4.38^[9]	0.8	4.26	1.6	8.64^[65]
7	"The Ride Along"	December 4, 2018	0.7/3	4.20^[10]	0.8	3.98	1.5	8.18^[66]
8	"Time of Death"	December 11, 2018	0.8/3	4.27^[11]	0.7	3.94	1.5	8.21^[67]
9	"Standoff"	January 8, 2019	0.6/3	3.95^[12]	0.7	3.47	1.4	7.43^[68]
10	"Flesh and Blood"	January 15, 2019	0.7/3	3.83^[13]	0.8	4.29	1.5	8.12^[69]
11	"Redwood"	January 22, 2019	0.7/3	3.84^[14]	0.9	4.42	1.6	8.26^[70]
12	"Heartbreak"	February 12, 2019	0.6/3	3.64^[15]	0.9	4.49	1.5	8.13^[71]
13	"Caught Stealing"	February 19, 2019	0.6/3	3.54^[16]	0.8	4.09	1.4	7.63^[72]
14	"Plain Clothes Day"	February 26, 2019	0.6/3	3.89^[17]	0.9	4.18	1.5	8.09^[73]
15	"Manhunt"	March 5, 2019	0.8/4	4.51^[18]	0.7	4.02	1.5	8.54^[74]
16	"Greenlight"	March 19, 2019	0.7/3	4.24^[19]	0.8	4.36	1.5	8.60^[75]
17	"The Shake Up"	March 26, 2019	0.7/4	4.24^[20]	0.8	4.12	1.5	8.37^[76]
18	"Homefront"	April 2, 2019	0.7/3	3.84^[21]	0.8	4.06	1.5	7.91^[77]
19	"The Checklist"	April 9, 2019	0.6/3	3.63^[22]	0.8	4.29	1.4	7.92^[78]
20	"Free Fall"	April 16, 2019	0.7/3	4.06^[23]	0.8	4.41	1.5	8.48^[79]

Season 2[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of *List of The Rookie episodes*
No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Impact"	September 29, 2019	0.7/3	4.11^[24]	0.7	4.02	1.4	8.13^[80]
2	"The Night General"	October 6, 2019	0.6/3	3.83^[25]	0.7	3.91	1.3	7.74^[81]
3	"The Bet"	October 13, 2019	0.6/3	3.60^[26]	0.7	3.92	1.3	7.52^[82]
4	"Warriors and Guardians"	October 20, 2019	0.6/3	3.76^[27]	0.7	3.83	1.3	7.55^[83]
5	"Tough Love"	October 27, 2019	0.5/3	3.24^[28]	0.8	3.91	1.3	7.15^[84]
6	"Fallout"	November 3, 2019	0.5/3	3.50^[29]	0.7	3.90	1.2	7.40^[85]
7	"Safety"	November 10, 2019	0.6/3	3.73^[30]	0.7	3.87	1.3	7.60^[86]
8	"Clean Cut"	November 17, 2019	0.5/3	3.61^[31]	0.7	3.67	1.2	7.28^[87]
9	"Breaking Point"	December 1, 2019	0.5/2	3.36^[32]	0.7	3.97	1.2	7.34^[88]
10	"The Dark Side"	December 8, 2019	0.6/3	3.70^[33]	0.7	4.12	1.3	7.82^[89]
11	"Day of Death"	February 23, 2020	0.8/4	4.92^[34]	0.6	3.99	1.4	8.91^[90]
12	"Now and Then"	March 1, 2020	0.7/4	4.55^[35]	0.7	3.96	1.4	8.51^[91]
13	"Follow-Up Day"	March 8, 2020	0.8/4	5.12^[36]	0.7	3.69	1.5	8.82^[92]
14	"Casualties"	March 15, 2020	0.8/4	5.17^[37]	0.7	3.90	1.5	9.07^[93]
15	"Hand-Off"	March 22, 2020	0.8/4	5.18^[38]	0.6	3.60	1.4	8.78^[94]
16	"The Overnight"	April 5, 2020	0.8/4	5.87^[39]	0.6	3.69	1.4	9.55^[95]
17	"Control"	April 12, 2020	0.6/3	4.57^[40]	0.7	3.71	1.3	8.27^[96]
18	"Under the Gun"	April 26, 2020	0.7	4.96^[41]	0.6	3.92	1.3	8.88^[97]
19	"The Q Word"	May 3, 2020	0.7	5.00^[42]	0.6	3.87	1.3	8.86^[98]
20	"The Hunt"	May 10, 2020	0.6	4.66^[43]	0.7	3.83	1.3	8.49^[99]

Season 3[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of *List of The Rookie episodes*
No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Consequences"	January 3, 2021	0.5	3.44^[46]	0.5	3.43	1.0	6.87^[100]
2	"In Justice"	January 10, 2021	0.5	3.15^[47]	0.5	3.41	1.0	6.56^[101]
3	"La Fiera"	January 17, 2021	0.5	3.76^[48]	0.5	3.40	1.0	7.16^[102]
4	"Sabotage"	January 24, 2021	0.4	3.39^[49]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	"Lockdown"	February 14, 2021	0.6	4.08^[50]	0.5	3.51	1.2	7.60^[103]
6	"Revelations"	February 21, 2021	0.6	4.11^[51]	0.5	3.48	1.1	7.59^[104]
7	"True Crime"	February 28, 2021	0.4	3.45^[52]	0.5	3.52	0.9	6.97^[105]
8	"Bad Blood"	March 28, 2021	0.4	3.87^[53]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
9	"Amber"	April 4, 2021	0.5	3.80^[54]	0.5	3.50	1.0	7.30^[106]
10	"Man of Honor"	April 11, 2021	0.4	3.70^[55]	0.5	3.42	1.0	7.12^[107]
11	"New Blood"	April 18, 2021	0.5	3.81^[56]	0.5	3.18	0.9	6.99^[108]
12	"Brave Heart"	May 2, 2021	0.5	4.00^[57]	0.5	3.29	1.0	7.29^[109]
13	"Triple Duty"	May 9, 2021	0.6	3.91^[58]	0.5	3.23	1.1	7.14^[110]
14	"Threshold"	May 16, 2021	0.5	3.77^[59]	0.5	3.28	1.0	7.06^[59]

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External links[]

Official website
The Rookie – list of episodes at IMDb

[S4Renewal-1] Petski, Denise (May 14, 2021). "'The Rookie' Renewed For Season 4 By ABC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

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