Whereas The Rookie Season 7 simply premiered on the 2025 TV schedule after being in manufacturing in the course of the fall schedule, co-star Jenna Dewan was absent from the primary two episodes. It’s no shock, although, because the actress gave delivery over the summer season simply earlier than filming commenced for the most recent season. Final Might, creator and showrunner Alexi Hawley revealed that Dewan wouldn’t be showing within the season’s earliest installments, and now that followers have actually began questioning her absence, each the actress and sequence boss have addressed her impending return.
The Season 6 finale of The Rookie ended with a jail escape involving longtime Rookie legal Oscar Hutchinson (Matthew Glave) and Bailey’s sociopathic ex-husband, Jason Wyler (Steve Kazee). That storyline will proceed with Jason in Episode 3, airing January 21, and Dewan took to social media to tease Bailey’s subsequent look, although not earlier than Hawley had already confirmed to Display Rant when the character would reappearance after her Nationwide Guard stint. In his phrases:
Yeah. I imply, Jenna had a child, so we see her on the finish of Episode 3, mainly.
Precisely how Bailey will make her return remains to be unknown, however Hawley appeared to make it clear the one motive we’ve not seen her is due to the actress’ real-life adjustments, and that nobody ought to anticipate her to be out for the lengthy haul.
Jenna Dewan appears to be as excited as ever, as nicely. The Step Up actress shared on her Instagram Story (through TV Insider) a candy photograph of her and child Rhiannon, her second little one with fiancé Kazee, together with this captioned reasoning:
Somebody was being born!
The sequence has already been relating the jail escape, with Nathan Fillion’s John Nolan being as vigilant as ever with the data that his spouse could be in peril had been she at house. Since tthe third ep will present extra of the fallout, there is no such thing as a telling what is going to go down, particularly with Bailey coming again to city. Each of them are absolutely in peril, and simply from the seems of the promo seen under, it’s going to be an episode followers gained’t wish to miss.
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For the reason that characters haven’t solely Jason to fret about however Oscar, who has various instances proved that he’s a formidable adversary for the LAPD, it must be fascinating to see how this all goes down. It’s possible the storyline gained’t be solved immediately, particularly because the sequence has gone again to outdated habits, that means there might be extra serialized components with only one or two large storylines all through the season. The jail escape can actually final some time, or on the very least, maybe simply half the season.
Both approach, the brand new episode and the rest of the season won’t wish to be missed. Plus, there are different storylines to sit up for aside from the jail escape, that means that the probabilities are limitless as to what is going to occur. Season 7 simply began, so who is aware of what may go down. New episodes of The Rookie air on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, streaming the subsequent day with a Hulu subscription.