The Rookie’s newest episode, “Wildfire”, is an anxiety-inducing hour that places a lot of our favourite characters in jeopardy. From emotional deathbed confessions to truths which may be taken to the grave, this week’s episode is one that can want loads of rewatches sooner or later.
DISCLAIMER: This episode was filmed earlier than the latest Los Angeles Wildfires. Reader discretion is suggested.
This one took some time as a result of it was rather a lot to course of! Now, let’s dig in…
THE ROOKIE – “Wildfire” – TUESDAY, FEB. 25 ( 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
MEKIA COX, ALYSSA DIAZ, NATHAN FILLION, DERIC AUGUSTINE
Recap:
The episode begins with Nyla, Lucy, and Celina climbing collectively. They’re following Liam Glasser, the serial killer Nyla vowed to take down again in episode 4. There, they understand there’s a fast-spreading wildfire. They name it in. Nyla is satisfied it’s Glasser. Nolan and Miles are assigned to evacuate the neighborhood close to the paths. Celina is assigned to an evacuation shelter, the place James can also be set to be. Seth is assigned to the telephone traces retaining every part in regards to the wildfire in test.
Tim is pulled away from work when Genny calls and asks him to select up the boys from faculty. He agrees to allow them to hang around at his place till she will get residence. In the meantime, James and Celina arrange on the evacuation shelter. Kylie arrives, being a little bit overly pleasant with James, providing to volunteer on the shelter.
Nyla calls Wesley, who’s babysitting all the children whereas the court docket works distant, to ask what her authorized rights are to enter Glasser’s residence whereas evacuating. She checks out his home with out his permission, stating that she is allowed to so long as she sticks to issues like closets the place folks may disguise. Glasser antagonizes Nyla. His spouse insists he’s harmless and the LAPD is harassing him. After she exits his home and the Glassers depart, Nyla asks Nolan to observe them to the shelter and preserve an in depth eye.
On the shelter, the Glassers test in. Miles is instructed to maintain an in depth eye on them, however loses sight when he hears a crash. The crash is from Kylie having a confrontation with somebody from the Six Avenue Devils, who threatens her. In that second, Glasser says goodbye to his spouse and disappears. Nolan realizes they overpassed him and makes the troublesome name to Nyla to inform her. Nyla will get upset and Angela calls her out on being overly obsessive with the case.
THE ROOKIE – “Wildfire” – TUESDAY, FEB. 25 ( 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
MELISSA O’NEIL, MEKIA COX
James asks Kylie about what occurred with the person who threatened her. He items collectively that she may know one thing a few latest taking pictures and tries to encourage her to talk up. As a substitute, she kisses him. Nolan witnesses, however leaves earlier than he sees that James pulls away and tells Kylie he’s not .
Tim will get again to the station and Lucy runs as much as him to let him find out about looting in his neighborhood. Collectively, they rush to his home to ensure the boys are okay. They find yourself discovering that the home was damaged into, however the looters are nonetheless inside. The looters mockingly attempt to declare it’s their very own residence and so they’re evacuating earlier than Tim factors to a photograph of himself. After a quick battle, they arrest the looters and the boys come out, protected.
At Glasser’s warehouse, Nyla and Angela understand that Glasser had one other automobile able to swap. They discuss to a close-by homeless man and discover out he has a brand new sufferer. They rush again to the shelter to confront his spouse, who yells at them and refuses to assist. Nolan talks to their child as an alternative, saying they’re simply attempting to assist and that he ought to let the police know if there’s something about his father. The child finally ends up confessing that Glasser has a swap car: a brown van. Glasser’s spouse sees them speaking to the child and blows up at them, however Angela pulls up the digital camera footage and confirms the brown van. It’s then that the spouse realizes that Glasser just isn’t harmless and tells them the place he may be.
THE ROOKIE – “Wildfire” – TUESDAY, FEB. 25 ( 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
ALYSSA DIAZ, MEKIA COX
Nyla asks Tim and Lucy to hurry over to Glasser’s location since they’re the closest and so they don’t have time to attend. Lucy sees that Eagle Rock Street is listed as protected from the fireplace and they need to have the ability to get there shortly. They race over, unaware that Seth is presently getting a name about that actual highway’s closure because of the wildfire. When Gray interrupts, Seth utterly forgets in regards to the name, not rerouting him like he ought to’ve. Tim and Lucy discover out too late that the fireplace has taken over the highway, and so they’re trapped. Gray is at a loss – there’s no close by fireplace rescue and there’s no means out. He asks Seth to assist get all help and see if they will do a water drop. It’s then that Seth realizes his mistake. He goes again exterior to erase the proof that he ever acquired a name about Eagle Rock Street.
With no different choices, Tim and Lucy seize a hearth shelter and discover an open area to hunker down. Lucy asks for reassurance that they are going to be okay and that the shelter will work. Tim is considerably satisfied this may be the tip and professes that he’s nonetheless in love together with her. They maintain onto one another whereas the fireplace passes over them. Later, as soon as the fireplace has moved on, they emerge from the fireplace shelter and look out on the destruction. Tim radios a determined Gray to tell him that they’re protected. Gray has a second of utter reduction. Tim embraces Lucy.
Nyla, Angela, Nolan, and Miles arrive at Glasser’s secret home. They’re near the fireplace and have restricted time. The smoke overwhelms them to the purpose that they will barely see in entrance of them. They enter the home and discover Glasser’s sufferer, nonetheless alive however barely acutely aware. We hear the voices of Nyla and Angela combating Glasser unseen, giving us a really eerie narrative with out the visible. Nolan falls by way of the ground into the basement. Miles takes all of the needles out of the sufferer and drags him again to the store for security. Within the basement, Nolan will get right into a battle with Glasser. Nyla finds Angela unconscious and rouses her whereas Nolan fights. Glasser nearly is about to kill Nolan when Nyla intervenes and will get him to drop the weapon. He’s arrested – Nyla lastly put the cuffs on him!
THE ROOKIE – “Wildfire” – TUESDAY, FEB. 25 ( 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
LISSETH CHAVEZ, MARIA ZHANG
On the hospital, Tim and Lucy speak about their near-death expertise. Tim says his priorities had been already clear earlier than it occurred (Lucy is his precedence!) however Lucy says she’s been serious about transferring ahead together with her profession. She mentions she’s planning on taking the sergeant’s examination in a couple of months. Which means Lucy will not be in Tim’s chain of command.
Nolan asks for recommendation on what he witnessed with James. Wesley says he ought to give James an opportunity to come back clear to Nyla himself. Sadly, James might not get that probability, as a result of within the last moments of the episode he’s shot in a drive-by taking pictures, together with Kylie.
Ideas:
It’s a little bit ironic that the one episode that basically suits Bailey is one she’s barely in.
However wow. This episode was some of the anxiety-inducing episodes shortly. I couldn’t consider how intense it was! It had every part: motion, suspense, and so many emotional moments. I beloved the best way they constructed up the stress with the wildfire. They didn’t waste any time going into the plot. The Tim and Lucy components had me on the sting of my seat and I’ve some phrases for Seth Ridley – extra on each of these later!
I beloved how Angela and Nyla labored collectively this episode. Nyla obtained a great speaking to that she actually wanted. I used to be so relieved when she lastly requested Gray for a while off and eventually obtained to relaxation, besides…
JAMES!
Simply after I thought the episode couldn’t get any extra intense, the drive-by taking pictures on the finish threw me for a loop. I’m significantly going to be anxiously ready for the subsequent episode to see how every part performs out. James higher make it – and so they higher cease slandering his title with this dishonest story!
THE ROOKIE – “Wildfire” – TUESDAY, FEB. 25 ( 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
SETH GABEL, NATHAN FILLION
(Anti) Character of the Week: Seth Ridley
Normally, I reserve an area to reward a personality that basically excelled in an episode. This time, I’m utilizing it to hate a personality.
At first of the season, Seth was the all-innocent rookie I felt sorry for. I assumed he was over his head, however his tragic backstories made me sympathize and root for him. Clearly, although, it was all a lie, meant to realize goodwill along with his fellow officers and the viewers alike.
I felt cheated. I felt betrayed. However I used to be intrigued on the place the storyline was going. What’s happening with Seth? Is he going to scrub out? Redeem himself? Is he actually there to assist folks? Will he lie about something huge? What in regards to the most cancers?
This episode destroyed any lingering empathy for the character. Making a mistake as a rookie is one factor, however intentionally mendacity and hiding the proof made him a transparent villain. What if Tim and Lucy had died as a result of his mistake? One thing tells me that Seth would have secretly loved the one two folks realizing his lies are out of the image…
All jokes apart, absolutely the fury I really feel at Seth Ridley is a testomony to how good Patrick Keleher’s efficiency is. Many kudos to him.
To Seth, although, I say… Rely your days. They’re restricted!
THE ROOKIE – “The Shot” – TUESDAY, JAN. 7 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
PATRICK KELEHER
Relationship of the Week: Chenford
“After all I nonetheless love you!”
It’s clear as day Tim and Lucy love one another greater than something and this episode proved it. Whereas Lucy might not have stated the phrases again, it’s clear as day and even Tim knew it. The scene within the forest and the hospital each had been extraordinarily poignant and present a transparent path forward for the connection. They’re not there but, however they’re getting shut.
Lucy simply must make Sergeant first!
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THE ROOKIE – “The Gala” – TUESDAY, FEB. 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Mike Taing)
ERIC WINTER, MELISSA O’NEIL
Subsequent Time:
“The Kiss”
The staff mobilizes to find a suspect after a lethal sequence of occasions impacts certainly one of their very own. In the meantime, Celina takes on her first case with Bailey’s assist.
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