Jenna Dewan has been MIA from The Rookie Season 7, leaving followers questioning concerning the cause for her absence and when she’ll be returning to the ABC drama.
The actress confirmed the rationale for her hiatus on Instagram by posting a screenshot of an article about how she was on maternity depart when the primary two episodes of Season 7 have been filmed. “Somebody was being born,” she revealed, alongside a photograph of herself holding her third baby. Dewan gave beginning to daughter Rhiannon — her second child with fiancé Steve Kazee — in June 2024, which is when manufacturing started on The Rookie.
Nonetheless, she made it clear that her character will return. “However maintain watching…” she added, together with a pink coronary heart emoji. On the present, Bailey’s absence has been attributable to an abroad deployment with the Nationwide Guard. Showrunner Alexi Hawley confirmed to Display Rant that Bailey returns on the finish of episode 3.
The Season 6 finale featured Bailey’s ex-husband, Jason Wyler (Kazee), getting out of jail, simply as Bailey and Nolan (Nathan Fillion) have been starting to speak about adopting a child. “Jenna’s about to have a child in actual life, so we do should navigate that firstly of [Season 7],” Hawley advised TV Insider in Might 2024. “So I believe we’ll should gradual roll barely [into] that, however yeah, look, particularly within the adoption story, they do reside harmful lives. She’s going to have an ex-husband slash stalker on the market. How does that affect them on a private stage shall be attention-grabbing to discover.”
Hawley additionally teased that Jason could be the “most fast downside” for the principle forged. “I believe clearly Jason is the one with probably the most particular, probably the most dangerous intent in direction of anyone on our present for the time being,” he added.
However Fillion promised that Nolan and Bailey are going to be “strong” as soon as she returns from her deployment. “There are going to be problems, there are going to be issues which might be problematic of their relationship as there are in all relationships,” he advised TV Insider. “I believe that’s actuality. However that is one thing I don’t suppose that drives a wedge between them. I believe that is one thing that brings them nearer collectively.”
The Rookie, Tuesdays, 10/9c, ABC