The Rookie

Starting over isn’t easy, especially when your second act involves being a rookie cop.

Talia forces Nolan to confront his personal moral instincts in order to be a good cop after he encounters a kidnapping victim.

After Nolan and Talia lose control of a crime scene, they begin to debate whether people are fundamentally good or bad and what that means for a police officer.

The rookies are temporarily paired with new training officers, and Officer Nolan is paired with Officer Lopez.

Nolan, the rookies and their training officers get involved in a competition that pits them against each other, while Officer Lucy Chen notices Officer Tim Bradford is obsessed with winning at all costs.

Nolan and the team must help capture a cop and his former mentor from the academy after he becomes a fugitive following an assault.

Sergeant Grey informs Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop that they are going to have a movie director as a ride-along during their patrol after a fun afternoon granting the wish of a Make-A-Wish kid as honorary police officer Kaydence Patton.

Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop respond to a silent alarm call at a local convenience store where two men are attempting to rob the place.

Officer Bradford’s wife, Isabel, is found shot but alive and he vows to track down the man responsible.

On Captain Andersen’s orders, Officer Nolan and Sergeant Grey are paired up for the day on patrol. Additionally, Nolan’s son and Grey’s daughter visit their dads on the job and see them in action.

An unscheduled visit by the vice president of the United States puts the station on high alert.

The most dangerous day of the year - Valentine’s Day - has the team on high alert, and Officer Nolan invites everyone over for a party now that he is single.

The rookies become the prime suspects after it is discovered a large sum of money used in a drug bust has gone missing.

The rookies are really put to the test when their training officers accompany them out of uniform for Plain Clothes Day, which forces them to make all the decisions while on patrol.

When a prison bus crashes, all units must respond as some inmates face severe injuries while others seek an opportunity to flee.

Officer Nolan gets a lesson in respect after his arrest of a gang member leads to a free-for-all on his life.

A massive earthquake rocks the city and throws everyone’s patrols and its citizens into chaos.

When one of their colleagues is arrested by Internal Affairs for lying on the witness stand, it leads to the release of three felons whose cases he worked on and the team being asked to check in on them now that they are free.

Sergeant Gray informs the rookies that they must track down a specific set of crimes in a 48-hour period in order to qualify for their final exam.

As the rookies prepare for a big exam to see who moves on to the next stage of training, Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop are called to the scene of a murder and learn that the victim may be tied to a potential terrorist attack on the city of Los Angeles.