As The Rookie nears the tip of its seventh season (don’t fear, it’s already been renewed), there’s nonetheless the matter of a few the fugitives who have been free on the finish of the final finale, Monica (Bridget Regan) and Oscar (Matthew Glave).
However first, the ABC drama offers us one other documentary-style episode on Tuesday, April 22. In “A Lethal Secret,” documentary filmmakers interview the LAPD on a sophisticated lacking particular person’s case related to John (Nathan Fillion). That episode, govt producer Alexi Hawley says, features a “few surprising revelations” for Tim (Eric Winter) and Lucy (Melissa O’Neil), “some issues mentioned {that a} digital camera caught that perhaps they weren’t imagined to, which I believe is enjoyable.” Beneath, he previews extra about what’s nonetheless to come back in Season 7.
Monica continues to be on the market, however we obtained a style of what she’s as much as with the “Velocity” episode. What are you able to say about what she’s as much as and the way you’re going to be enjoying that out?
Alexi Hawley: I can safely say that she’s going to come back again round once more in an enormous approach by the tip of the season. I don’t wish to get extra particular than that, however sure, she’ll be coming again.
Additionally out there may be Oscar. Why depart his reintroduction for final out of the three fugitives from the tip of final season?
I don’t know. I imply, partly it was simply to offer myself locations to go, actually. We had such large storylines with Jason [Steve Kazee], clearly, after which with Monica, but additionally desirous to be telling contemporary tales. However then, I imply, absence makes the guts develop fonder slightly bit and Oscar does come again by the tip of the season in an enormous approach. We have been telling plenty of tales, clearly, as you’ve seen this season, and it simply felt like he fell later within the season fairly than earlier.
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What are you able to say about what he’s as much as and are he and Monica working collectively?
It’s all very spoilery. I can’t essentially say what he’s been as much as apart from no good.
Nolan and Bailey (Jenna Dewan) hit a bump of their street to adoption because of the nature of their jobs. However what does that imply for them in relation to increasing their household?
Yeah, I believe finally what we lean into — as a result of clearly it’s not like first responders are usually not in a position to undertake, however I believe simply this yr quantity of hazard and hassle that they each get into is absolutely the place the impediment was. I imply, I believe for now, they’ve kind of gone down this street that finally ended up being unfulfilling and it’s going to be the 2 of them. I don’t essentially have a plan past that in the mean time, however we are going to see the place we fall in Season 8.
So that you introduced again the documentary for subsequent week’s episode, which is enjoyable. Why did you deliver it again at this level? And discuss determining the case for which you’d do.
We love doing them. They really have been born out of the pandemic and the physique cam or pod automobile episodes, which is what the bus one was, the place it’s actually filmed solely with surveillance cameras and physique cams and sprint cams. These have been each kind of born from the pandemic of me making an attempt to determine find out how to do episodes actually that have been most secure for the actors who at that time have been unmasked and subsequently placing an actor or two actors within the automobile along with no different crew was protected for the pod automobile episodes.
Then on the true crime documentary, if it’s all simply them filming it themselves or surveillance digital camera arrange with no crew round, once more, that was safer, however they ended up being simply kind of actually enjoyable methods to show the present on its head. And the true crime documentary particularly, they’re slightly troublesome to interrupt as a result of there’s so many transferring items and we don’t need you to know the place it’s going. However this season, we actually wished to lean into kind of the horror motif slightly bit extra, the ghost hunter-y vibe, that kind of real-life scary locations kind factor. And that’s kind of the place it got here from.
What challenges the LAPD about this case?
Clearly, perception is one. We’ve got some characters like Celina [Lisseth Chavez] and to a sure extent Lopez [Alyssa Diaz], who do consider in issues that may’t be defined, within the supernatural. After which you’ve gotten characters like Harper [Mekia Cox] and Nolan who’re way more non-believers. However [it’s] simply actually threading the needle on find out how to have fantastical moments, however nonetheless finally floor the case in one thing that feels actual, which I believe we actually did.
In Episode 16, the workforce has combined emotions when a well-recognized face returns hoping to show himself. Is it Seth (Patrick Keleher)? What are you able to preview?
I don’t know that I wish to get spoilery on that one simply but. I do assume that sure, one thing from the previous comes again and kind of flip issues on its head. … It shakes up the station for certain. I believe it’s polarizing for certain.
That episode may even see Tim help Lucy as she prepares for the sergeant’s examination. What are you able to say about what we’ll see from them in relation to that professionally? As a result of their relationship is so combined up within the private {and professional}, however this can be a large second for her profession.
It’s a large second for her profession and the trail that she thought she was going to go down with the detective’s examination finally ended up getting torpedoed due to the issues she did to attempt to make Tim comfortable, as a result of he had kind of sacrificed his profession a bit to get out of her chain of command. And so I believe on this season, a part of the fallout from the breakup for her actually was a kind of dedication to creating certain that her profession didn’t take a backseat to something. The sergeant’s examination is absolutely necessary for her to really feel like she’s transferring ahead. I imply, clearly we’ve established that it will make them equals and subsequently would remedy the true impediment or the kind of bodily impediment to them changing into romantic once more in any kind of long-term factor. However I do assume at its coronary heart, it’s actually necessary that that’s not the rationale she’s doing this. Clearly it’s probably a fantastic bonus, however actually, she’s prepared to maneuver to the following stage. And yeah, we’ll see the place that goes.
You’re nearing the season finale. What are you able to tease about it and the way it ends to arrange Season 8?
We’re kind of driving in direction of an enormous splashy episode, which we love to do clearly firstly and the tip of the season. I believe finally it is going to relaunch probably some laid apart storylines, but additionally simply actually put Nolan in kind of primal jeopardy after which additionally simply see the place our station is likely to be headed in Season 8.
How would you describe the cliffhanger?
I’d say it’s enjoyable and it’s surprising and hopefully will make individuals very enthusiastic about what’s going to occur in Season 8.
The Rookie, Tuesdays, 9/8c, ABC