[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Rookie Season 7 premiere “The Shot.”]
To explain John Nolan in a single phrase, he’s “pissed off,” Nathan Fillion says, to have his spouse Bailey’s (Jenna Dewan) sociopathic ex-husband Jason (Steve Kazee) nonetheless free on the finish of The Rookie Season 7 premiere.
However the episode does start with Nolan pondering they’ll get him, just for Jason to not be on the location they raid. “The stakes are very excessive. Jason is nothing if not persistent. He’s psychotically persistent and he has focused the love of Nolan’s life,” notes Fillion within the debut of Booked: The Rookie Aftershow. (Watch the complete video above.)
“So the stakes are very excessive and when he thinks he’s going to have the ability to do one thing about it, after all that makes him really feel like he’s caring for the individuals he loves. However when it doesn’t prove, it’s a unfastened finish, and John can’t have that,” he continues.
Bailey has been deployed with the Nationwide Guard, and whereas that’s set to finish quickly, her keep has been prolonged so she’s protected exterior the nation. However as Fillion is fast to level out, “Bailey will not be a damsel in misery. She is a lady who can handle herself. It kills John, after all, though his job is to run straight into hazard as is hers — and one may arguably say she has extra expertise with the navy as effectively.”
The excellent news is this isn’t going to place a pressure on their relationship. “They’re nonetheless stable going ahead,” guarantees Fillion. “There are going to be issues, there are going to be issues which are problematic of their relationship as there are in all relationships. I feel that’s actuality. However that is one thing I don’t suppose that drives a wedge between them. I feel that is one thing that brings them nearer collectively.” Nevertheless it’s additionally one thing that they’ve to remember relating to future conversations about adoption.
The premiere additionally featured one thing that Fillion has been pitching for a few years: Nolan commandeering a scooter to go after a suspect (which pays off!). It’s such a Rookie transfer.
“I used to be type of shocked at how briskly they go,” the star admits. “I wasn’t actually ready for that. I used to be not sporting a helmet. I have a tendency to not get on a automobile that requires stability, A, with no helmet and B, at any velocity quicker than I’m snug falling off of it. And we have been doing a pleasant little stunt on there the place I ran proper right into a younger girl, knocking her down on that scooter. It appears simple, however you’re attempting to not truly damage any individual and also you’re attempting to not truly get damage all on the identical time. Nevertheless it was good to lastly be capable of do it. I’m telling you, I’ve been pitching that one for ages.”
Watch the complete interview above as Fillion breaks down the premiere (together with taking that shot on the finish), teases what’s forward for Nolan and Bailey, his dynamic with Celina (Lisseth Chavez) as she progresses in her coaching, and extra.
The Rookie, Tuesdays, 10/9c, ABC