Spoilers forward for the Season 7 premiere of The Rookie, referred to as “The Shot” and obtainable streaming with a Hulu subscription now.
The Rookie arrived within the 2025 TV schedule with the aftermath of some Season 6 twists to handle, together with Nolan (Nathan Fillion) coming again bodily and mentally after being shot in addition to what Chenford’s working relationship will seem like after Lucy (Melissa O’Neil) and Tim‘s (Eric Winter) fan-favorite romance ended abruptly final yr. A giant change that was revealed over hiatus needed to be addressed as effectively: the exit of Tru Valentino as Officer Aaron Thorsen. “The Shot” defined his off-screen exit effectively sufficient, however in a manner that makes me want he’d gotten an on-screen goodbye.
The information about Thorsen got here after a gap sequence that was – unsurprisingly, after feedback from showrunner Alexi Hawley – fairly action-packed. It was additionally fairly an off-the-cuff reveal, coming as a part of Nolan and Juarez speaking about how she lastly will get to put on quick sleeves. After she famous that Thorsen received to ditch the lengthy sleeves sooner than she did, they’d this change:
- Nolan: “How is Aaron doing over in North Hollywood, anyway?”
- Juarez: “He is settling in. Pleased that nobody on the station is aware of he was a affected person of Blair’s.”
And that was it! All in all, it was a reasonably unceremonious exit for the actor who had been a part of the present from Seasons 4-6, however a minimum of not one which concerned being killed off over hiatus. However the clarification being as easy as a switch to a precinct not too far-off from Mid-Wilshire simply makes me want that The Rookie may have a minimum of introduced Tru Valentino in for a cameo in order that Thorsen may drop the exposition himself on display relatively than by way of a distracted Juarez.
Based mostly on the actor’s message after information broke of his exit, there did not appear to be any dangerous blood left behind, and Valentino even famous that “You by no means know who might pop again up within the Mid-Wilshire precinct.” I did not get him again for yet another episode with the premiere; may I get my want later in Season 7? Even when he was by no means a key character on par with Nolan, Lopez, or both half of Chenford, his destiny was one of many greatest cliffhangers on the finish of Season 5.
All of this mentioned, it was clear fairly early on why The Rookie wrote out one in all its sequence regulars forward of Season 7. There are two new rookies within the combine: Miles, the switch ringer from Texas who wasted no time in annoying Tim as his TO, and Seth, the beginner who vomited throughout against the law scene to the dismay of Lucy.
I am personally not bought on the newcomers arriving to take up time which may have in any other case been spent on Thorsen, however as Chenford roughly famous, it is onerous to guage a personality based mostly on simply someday. Plus, their wager over Miles vs. Seth is a cute storyline for them after their end-of-relationship angst. For now, check out the promo for the following installment of Season 7:
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Hold tuning in to ABC on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET for brand spanking new episodes of The Rookie, following Kaitlin Olson‘s Excessive Potential at 9 p.m. ET and Will Trent Season 3 at 8 p.m. ET. The anticipate the brand new seasons of each The Rookie and Will Trent was fairly lengthy, so hopefully the motion is retailer can be precisely what followers have been hoping for.