The Rookie season 6
| The Rookie | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 20, 2024 – present |
| Season chronology | |
The sixth season of the American police procedural crime drama The Rookie premiered on ABC on February 20, 2024.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Nathan Fillion as John Nolan
- Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers
- Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper
- Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune
- Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez
- Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey
- Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen
- Eric Winter as Tim Bradford
- Lisseth Chavez as Celina Juarez
- Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen
Episodes[edit]
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title [1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [1] | Prod. code [1] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 1 | "Strike Back" | Bill Roe | Alexi Hawley | February 20, 2024 | 601 | 3.77[2] |
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Following Luke Moran's death, the Mid-Wilshire officers learn that his attack was a diversion for a professional crew to rob the Federal Reserve Bank. Nolan and the others arrive at the bank and a shootout ensues, forcing the crew to sacrifice three of their own to stall for time to escape. Six weeks later, one of the surviving thieves, Boyd is hospitalized following a car crash and is killed during a confrontation. A search of his rental house turns up a phone which leads them to the remaining crew, all of whom is arrested after a shootout at the airport. Lucy is studying for her detective exam and asks Tim to challenge her with outside the box tests. She makes a mistake that compromises evidence in a murder. Her self-doubt causes her to question Tim's motives. Aaron returns to duty following his shooting and is assigned to desk duty until the department psychiatrist, Dr. Blair London, signs off on him. Boyd, the leader of the thieves, takes a deal following his interrogation but is killed by a sniper while en-route to jail. | |||||||
| 100 | 2 | "The Hammer" | Alexi Hawley | Alexi Hawley & Brynn Malone | February 27, 2024 | 602 | 3.29[3] |
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Nolan and Bailey's wedding day is just one day away and the couple are excitedly looking forward to their upcoming nuptials but first must contend with a seemingly endless stream of disasters, including a lawsuit being brought against Nolan by Oscar Hutchinson, who has managed to secure Monica as his attorney. Meanwhile, when Skip Tracer Randy accidentally pawns Bailey's ring, Tim and Lucy are recruited to retrieve it from a known criminal called "The Hammer", who has a penchant for fighting. Tim and Lucy also take time to address their own fight over Lucy becoming an undercover detective, which Tim discovers he has more reservations over than he thought. Aaron is still struggling in the aftermath of his shooting and tries to lean on Celina for support. Celina and Harper discover a heroin smuggling ring disguised as a pottery dealer and Celina uses it to try and land her first case. Everything comes to head at the wedding. Grey ends up officiating when the minister gets stuck in traffic and the ceremony goes off well, with Randy filling in as DJ. Tim and Lucy agree to work through their issues but Aaron is gently rebuffed when he tries to kiss Celina and gets drunk as a result. Celina goes to meet an informant and is kidnapped leading the rest of the team to come to her rescue. The next morning, an exhausted Nolan and Bailey finally collapse at home for a nap before leaving for their honeymoon. | |||||||
| 101 | 3 | "Trouble in Paradise" | TK Shom | Madeleine Coghlan & Glen Mazzara | March 5, 2024 | 603 | 3.49[4] |
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Nolan and Bailey begin their honeymoon but things start going haywire almost as soon as they arrive, their secluded getaway soon turning into an active crime scene when their housekeeper washes up dead on the beach. Nolan and Bailey suspect a bandaged loner also staying at the resort of being the killer and all efforts to escape and get help prove fruitless before they are abducted. Harper and Lopez soon join the newlyweds to offer backup and use the footage from Nolan's cameras to track them down, arriving just as Nolan escapes and subdues the suspect. Celina is assigned to Tim to atone for her ill-advised actions during the wedding while she also struggles with Aaron kissing her and he struggles with his own feelings. Meanwhile, Lucy continues to prepare for the detectives' exam and Tim cautions her about over preparing. Tim, Celina and Lucy soon get caught up trying to identify an amnesiac shoplifter. While Lucy takes her detectives' exam, Tim and Celina follow a lead on their collar and find his partner stuck in a wall at a diamond exchange, having got stuck there during an attempted heist. Aaron and Celina mend their friendship and Lucy passes her exam but ranks low, meaning her prospects for promotion are practically nonexistent. Nolan and Bailey salvage their honeymoon by having a relaxing staycation back at home. | |||||||
| 102 | 4 | "Training Day" | Tori Garrett | Fredrick Kotto & Natalie Callaghan | March 26, 2024 | 604 | 3.06[5] |
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On his first day back after the attack, Thorsen is put through a grueling sequence of high-stress situations to see if he's fit to work. The squad is looking into a homicide case that may be connected to the pentagram killer. | |||||||
| 103 | 5 | "The Vow" | C. Chi-Yoon Chung | Vincent Angell & Diana Mendez Boucher | April 2, 2024 | 605 | 3.40[6] |
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Following a crime, John and Bailey have to make decisions about a toddler that they find at the site. Tim vanishes and leaves Lucy in the dark when someone form his past comes up with seriously compromising trouble | |||||||
| 104 | 6 | "Secrets and Lies" | Bill Roe | Elizabeth Davis Beall & Leland Jay Anderson | April 9, 2024 | 606 | 3.31[7] |
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John and Celina are hunting a vindictive escapee, while Bailey is pushing for a baby after fostering even though it brought back traumatic events from her past, meanwhile Tim and Lucy's relationship may take a turn for the worse. | |||||||
| 105 | 7 | "Crushed" | Tori Garrett | Brynn Malone & Natalie Callaghan | April 30, 2024 | 607 | 3.72[8] |
| 106 | 8 | "Punch Card" | Lanre Olabisi | Vincent Angell & Fredrick Kotto | May 7, 2024 | 608 | TBD |
| 107 | 9 | "The Squeeze" | TBA | TBA | May 14, 2024 | 609 | TBD |
| 108 | 10 | "Escape Plan" | TBA | TBA | May 21, 2024 | 610 | TBD |
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On April 17, 2023, ABC renewed the series for a sixth season which premiered on February 20, 2024.[9][10]
Ratings[edit]
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Strike Back" | February 20, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.77[2] |
| 2 | "The Hammer" | February 27, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.29[3] |
| 3 | "Trouble in Paradise" | March 5, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.49[4] |
| 4 | "Training Day" | March 26, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.06[5] |
| 5 | "The Vow" | April 2, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.40[6] |
| 6 | "Secrets and Lies" | April 9, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.31[7] |
| 7 | "Crushed" | April 30, 2024 | 0.2 | 3.72[8] |
References[edit]
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- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (February 21, 2024). "Tuesday Ratings: 'Will Trent' on ABC Earns its Top Total Viewer Performance To-Date with Second Season Opener". Retrieved April 27, 2024.
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- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (May 1, 2024). "Tuesday Ratings: 'Lopez vs. Lopez' on NBC Concludes Second Season, Its First Half-Hour Matches Series-High in 18-49". Programming Insider. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (April 17, 2023). "'The Rookie' Renewed For Season 6 By ABC". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (November 16, 2023). "ABC Announces Post-Strike Return Dates for Grey's Anatomy, 9-1-1, Abbott Elementary, The Rookie and 10 Others". TVLine. Retrieved April 27, 2024.