Pay attention, I’m not right here to be a John Nolan hater.
It may be a well-liked sentiment for a lot of in The Rookie fandom, however I’m not a viewer who looks like Nolan has zero worth so as to add to his personal collection. I, in fact, am a fan of Nathan Fillion.
Nonetheless, The Rookie has fallen right into a horrible behavior with regards to Nolan that they should rectify sooner quite than later as a result of we’re seven seasons into the collection, and it’s properly previous previous.
Nobody likes a most important character who can’t face actual penalties for his or her actions, and it’s much more obvious when these round at all times have to take action.
Every time Nolan faces challenges, the collection magically transports him out of them in due time. Nolan’s punishments, if you wish to name them that, at all times flip into alternatives for him to play motion hero and emerge because the badass of the bunch by default.
And a few of his extra troubling traits are sometimes rewarded when different characters face far completely different outcomes after they cope with the identical.
It’s been an ongoing challenge with The Rookie, however it’s been significantly obvious throughout The Rookie Season 7 once we take into impact among the issues different characters needed to cope with previously.
A main instance this season was The Rookie Season 7 Episode 3.
The hour went out of its approach to juxtapose the most recent rookies, Seth and Miles, refusing to take heed to superiors at a harmful scene and defying orders to run right into a hostage state of affairs with one other Nolan mission.
We noticed these two rookies ignore their coaching officers and others round them as they adopted their impulses in an effort to avoid wasting a girl.
The scenes play out humorously, however the hazard of what they have been doing was as clear as day, and all of us knew they’d face some reprimands and penalties for his or her actions.
They endangered their very own lives, that of the hostage, and their fellow officers throughout that state of affairs.
Frankly, it was pure luck that it labored out of their favor.
However this complete state of affairs was one thing you’d come to anticipate from a pair of inexperienced cops who’re new on the job and have but to adapt to the rule of regulation.
They’re ROOKIES, so we anticipate them to make some dumb errors and decisions. Hopefully, their supervisors can right them in order that ultimately, they’ll be in the perfect place to exit on their very own and be respectable cops.
Nonetheless, the hour additionally had Nolan going rogue, too.
He’s been spiraling about Jason within the wind. However in his quest to take down Jason and guarantee Bailey’s security, he resorts to doing probably the most reckless, unimaginable issues on a whim, and nobody does something about it.
We noticed Nolan go after Moldovo off-book with out informing anyone or utilizing any backup. He spent that whole hour with Celina and others checking in on him and choosing up that one thing was off with him, however he refused to speak in confidence to anyone.
After which, when he discovered Moldovo, it resulted on this big mess that had him abandoning a gunshot sufferer, leaving a person to bleed out whereas chasing after Moldovo, solely to lose the person anyway when he needed to save the sufferer.
The protection of this citizen was purported to be the precedence. It changed into a complete shitshow which is commonly par for the course with Nolan and so a lot of his adventures and random quests.
This one was significantly grating and egregious, however some of the irritating elements was that Nolan didn’t face something that resembled a reprimand for his actions.
We’ve gotten to some extent the place Nolan nonetheless behaves like a rookie, making reckless and harmful decisions, working on impulse, not often speaking correctly, and endangering the lives of these round him.
Does The Rookie do something with this, although?
Nope, it at all times will get dismissed as if Nolan shouldn’t be solely protected by plot armor but in addition unable to have affordable and practical battle.
Offhand, it might lead somebody to imagine that as a result of he’s not a rookie anymore, the collection is just easing up on him and pushing the narrative that, as a veteran cop, there are particular freedoms and leeway.
However then, you contemplate Bradford’s arc throughout The Rookie Season 6. Bradford confronted demotion for roping Harper and Lopez into his Ray ambush, and he’s been working himself again in good favor since then.
Thoughts you, Bradford was at the very least upfront about a few of what he was doing sufficient for his greatest pal and her accomplice to need to assist out, which is a couple of can say about Nolan when he loops folks into his shenanigans and fails to present them pertinent info.
The collection has extensively proven how different characters face actual repercussions for his or her actions and even issues they don’t have a lot management over, whereas Nolan doesn’t.
Nolan has positioned many different characters in compromising positions, in danger, or has stepped on toes, but it’s characters like Lucy who get screwed over.
It’s fascinating that John Nolan scored a Golden Ticket, however Lucy serving to Bradford derailed her means to ascend in her profession and make detective as she deserves.
Sarcastically, even inside Nolan’s marriage, the difficulty is highlighted extra. Bailey’s Barbie shtick that has her able to every little thing always solely additional highlights how The Rookie treats Nolan.
In some ways, Bailey permits this annoying high quality in Nolan, and it’s usually magnified after they’re collectively.
Usually, it’s for laughs, however when it’s so persistently an issue for the character and collection, it’s unappealing.
It’s properly previous time for The Rookie to repair this challenge, however these are my ideas. What are yours, Rookie Fanatics? Do you agree? Tell us under!
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