The Rookie: Feds

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The Rookie: Feds
The Rookie Feds Title Card.jpg
Genre
Created by
  • Alexi Hawley
  • Terence Paul Winter
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Alexi Hawley
  • Terence Paul Winter
  • Niecy Nash
  • Nathan Fillion
  • Michelle Chapman
  • Bill Norcross
  • Corey Miller
Production locationLos Angeles, California
Production companies
DistributorEntertainment One (internationally)
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 27, 2022 (2022-09-27) –
present (present)
Chronology
Related showsThe Rookie

The Rookie: Feds is an American police procedural crime drama television series and spin-off of The Rookie. Created by Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter for ABC, the series will follow Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. Niecy Nash-Betts, Felix Solis, Frankie Faison, Britt Robertson, Kevin Zegers, and James Lesure were cast in starring roles. The series basic premise and its characters were introduced through a two-episode backdoor pilot in The Rookie. It premiered on September 27, 2022.

Cast and characters[]

Main[]

  • Niecy Nash-Betts as Special Agent Simone Clark, a former Washington, D.C. guidance counselor who, at the age of 48, finally achieved her lifelong dream of joining the FBI. After spending her first day with the Los Angeles Field Office's Background Check Unit, she was assigned to SSA Garza's Special Investigative Unit. Her training agent is SA Carter Hope.
  • Frankie Faison as Christopher "Cutty" Clark, Simone's father
  • James Lesure as Special Agent Carter Hope, a career FBI agent assigned to SSA Garza's Special Investigative Unit currently in the middle of a divorce and struggling to get a promotion. He serves as SA Simone Clark's training agent.
  • Britt Robertson as Special Agent Laura Stensen, a former member of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit now assigned to SSA Garza's Special Investigative Unit. In the pilot, it's revealed that she was the BSU's youngest Agent but had a breakdown when she caught her fiancée in bed with her best friend which led to her transfer out of the unit. She also serves as SSA Garza's confidant and SA Brendon Acres' training agent.
  • Felix Solis as Supervisory Special Agent Matthew "Matt" Garza, the team leader of the newly-formed Special Investigative Unit with the Los Angeles Field Office, intending to focus more on police work than "FBI bureaucratic procedure" (for which his superiors agreed to let him run it, but plan to scrap the second his unit fails). He's also dealing with some health issues.
  • Kevin Zegers as Special Agent Brendon Acres, Simone's fellow graduate of the FBI Academy who's also assigned to SSA Garza's Special Investigative Unit. His training agent is SA Laura Stensen. Before joining the Bureau, he was an award-winning actor who starred on the popular young-adult television series Vampire Cop for six years.

Guest[]

Crossover characters from The Rookie[]

  • Nathan Fillion as Police Officer III John Nolan, the oldest rookie of the LAPD who befriended Simone Clark when she was in Los Angeles.
  • Alyssa Diaz as Detective I Angela Lopez, a detective with the LAPD Wilshire Division.
  • Brent Huff as Police Officer III Quigley Smitty, a veteran, but lazy officer with the LAPD Wilshire Division.
  • Melissa O'Neil as Police Officer II Lucy Chen.
  • Eric Winter as Sergeant I Tim Bradford.

Episodes[]

Backdoor pilot (2022)[]

For the backdoor pilot, "No. overall" and "No. in season" refer to the episode's place in the order of episodes of The Rookie.

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
7319"Simone"Liz FriedlanderAlexi Hawley & Terence Paul WinterApril 24, 2022 (2022-04-24)4193.95[1]
Nolan and Chen respond to a call of a suspicious person near a power station, which they quickly realise has a bomb in before they escape before it detonates. The FBI's Los Angeles division is called in when it's suspected that the bomber belongs to a terrorist cell. When the FBI learns that the suspect, Zeke Freemont, has a connection to trainee Simone Clark, they call her in to assist, but is soon dismissed. Nolan encourages her to stand up for herself and they find common grounds with both having been the oldest trainee. Lead agent Garza calls her in to question Freemont as he only wants to speak to her. He reveals that he built bombs for the bomber, but didn't know what they were for. Lopez and Harper investigate a supposed break in at a professor's house, and with Clarke's help, discover that it was the same suspect as with the bombing, who's later identified as Trevor Gurin, with a classified connection to Groom Lake. With reluctance, Garza takes Clarke on to his team. Through map evidence at the suspect' house and the codeword "Enervo", they deduce that Gurin was former military. He steals further bombs from the National Guard's weapon storage, and iniates his plan to take down the city's infrastructure, starting with the roads.
7420"Enervo"Bill RoeAlexi Hawley & Terence Paul WinterMay 1, 2022 (2022-05-01)4204.17[2]
The Mid-Wilshire station and the LA Division of the FBI race to stop bombs that have been scattered throughout the city on board separate vans. Deducing that the targets are every freeway, Clarke leads herself and Nolan in the direction of one of the trucks and narrowly sideswipe it just before it reaches a freeway bridge. Grey and Garza take to the skies to get an overview from there, while Bradford and Chen and cavalcades of LAPD and FBI manage to stop the remaining vans, although one still detonates, killing 17 people. Garza and Grey approach the LA CIA station in hope of help, but it's chief, Bill August, turns them down, though promises to look into the classified file on Gurin. Bradford and Nolan meet one of the former's former associates, Kate Hill, who works for the CIA, who are quick to shut them down, but are shut down by the LAPD in return. Hill reveals that "Enervo" was a black Ops designed to destabilise foreign cities, headed by August and the lead perpetrator being Gurin, who's real name is Ilya Shokorov. Clarke follows a lead with the help of Zeke identifying a Russian chocolate bar Gurin had. She meets him near the aquarium before the two fight before Nolan arrives. They track Shokorov into the aquarium, where he explains that August deserted him and his crew and left them for dead, and his acts of terrorism was revenge against August. Just then, August's men arrive and a shootout endures as they flee outside, where the LAPD and FBI arrive to arrest August's men.

Season 1 (2022)[]

No.TitleDirected byWritten by [3]Original air date [4]Prod.
code [4]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Day One"Bill RoeAlexi Hawley & Terence Paul WinterSeptember 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)1012.28[5]
2"Face Off"Michael GoiWendy CalhounOctober 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)1021.77[6]
3"Star Crossed"Robert BellaNancy KiuOctober 11, 2022 (2022-10-11)1031.57[7]
4"To Die For"[8]TBANick HurwitzOctober 18, 2022 (2022-10-18)104TBD
This episode concludes a crossover event that begins on The Rookie season 5 episode 4.
5"Felicia"[9]TBAStacy A. LittlejohnOctober 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)105TBD
6"The Reaper"[4]TBATBANovember 1, 2022 (2022-11-01)106TBD

Production[]

Development[]

On February 8, 2022, it was announced that ABC was in the process of developing a spin-off of The Rookie centered around the FBI.[10] It was also reported that the series would be introduced through a two-episode backdoor pilot in the parent series.[11] At the time it was reported ABC was looking to expand its franchises after losing Black-ish, in an effort to compete with NBC's Chicago and Law & Order franchises as well as the FBI and NCIS franchises that air on CBS.[12] On May 13, 2022, it was ordered to series under the title The Rookie: Feds.[13] The Rookie creator Alex Hawley, co-created the series with Terence Paul Winter, both of whom also executive produce alongside Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross, Corey Miller, star Niecy Nash, and The Rookie star Nathan Fillion.[14] ABC Signature and Entertainment One serve as production companies.[15] Entertainment One will also distribute the series internationally.[16]

Casting[]

Niecy Nash-Betts was the first to be cast as Simone Clark, "a tour de force and the oldest rookie at the FBI Academy."[17] Kat Foster and Felix Solis were cast in March 2022 to portray Casey Fox and Matthew Garza, a five and twenty year veteran of the FBI, respectively.[18] Frankie Faison also joined the cast as Christopher "Cutty" Clark, Simone's father.[19] When the series was ordered it was reported that Foster and her character Fox would not progress past the backdoor pilot.[20][21] Britt Robertson joined the main cast in June 2022 to play Laura Stensen, a former member of the FBI behavioral analysis unit.[22] Later that month, Kevin Zegers was cast as Brendon Acres, a former actor who recently joined the FBI.[23] The following day, Deadlne reported that James Lesure was also cast as Carter Hope, a former lawyer in the Department of Justice who is now training Clark.[24] In September 2022, it was announced that Jessica Betts, Tom Arnold, Eric Roberts, and Deniz Akdeniz had been cast in guest-starring roles.[25] Nathan Fillion and Alyssa Diaz will appear in the series premiere as John Nolan and Angela Lopez, respectively, their characters from The Rookie.[26][27]

Release[]

When ABC announced its fall schedule for the 2022–23 television season, it was revealed that the series would air on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. ET leading out of Bachelor in Paradise. ABC Entertainment President Craig Erwich defended the decision not to pair The Rookie: Feds with The Rookie, by saying that they wanted to keep The Rookie in its Sunday timeslot and that they felt that Bachelor in Paradise would be a strong lead-in for a new series. Erwich also stated that in spite of not airing together, crossovers between The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds would still be possible.[28] The series premiered on September 27, 2022.[29]

Reception[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Rookie: Feds
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Day One" September 27, 2022 0.3 2.28[5] 0.2 1.44 0.5 3.61[30][a]
2 "Face Off" October 4, 2022 0.3 1.77[6] 0.2 1.33 0.5 3.10[31][a]
3 "Star Crossed" October 11, 2022 0.2 1.57[7] TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Live+7 ratings were unavailable, so Live+3 ratings have been used instead.

References[]

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  9. ^ "(#105) "Felicia"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
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