We can all agree that the mid-season episode of The Rookie was, a lot, right? So many twists and turns with an ending that left jaws on the floor.
Nyla is determined to bring down the notorious serial killer, Liam Glasser. She’s had the LAPD trailing him for quite some time and he hasn’t done anything yet, but now that LA is dealing with a wildfire, chances are this would be his time to strike. Nyla becomes obsessed with this case; she even calls on Wesley to get legal advice on how she can enter Glasser’s home for a search.
Glasser is one sick man; he follows Nyla inside as she searches his home. Now, she’s only allowed to look in places a person could hide and after she explains this, he begins to taunt her. This man is basically telling her he’s a killer, when he says she can’t look in places where “trophies” would be hidden. This was by far the most interesting storyline for me in this episode and I’m not happy that it ended so quickly.
Glasser and his family, like most folks in the neighborhood, were given evacuation orders due to the wildfires. When they arrive at the shelter, Nolan and Miles are tasked by Nyla to keep an eye on him. Everything was great until a fight broke out between James’ volunteer, Kylie, and some guy causing a diversion allowing Glasser to make a quick escape. In that short time, Glasser managed to switch cars, grab a victim, and torture him at one of his houses– WILD! They weren’t left unscarred, but Miles, Nolan, Angela, and Nyla manage to take him down. He may be in custody, but something tells me this isn’t the last we’ll see of him.
Seth continues to be a problem child – this time, it nearly costs Lucy and Tim their lives. He was given orders to avoid a certain road because the fire was quickly spreading and of course he didn't deliver the message in time. Tim and Lucy end up at that exact location surrounded by flames. Tim quickly takes out the fire shelter to protect him and Lucy since the fire is quickly closing in. Now, one of the good things to come from Seth’s error is that Tim and Lucy finally start to have that adult conversation they’ve been avoiding. Kudos to Tim for getting it started (the “I still love you” confessions when they thought they were dying though? swoon), but let’s hope it doesn’t stop here.
At the hospital, Lucy tells Tim that she’s going to focus more on her career and is thinking of taking the Sergeants exam. Lucy has always been helping others move forward in their careers and I’m glad she’s finally focusing on herself for once. I think this path would be great for her (that and she will not be under Tim’s command anymore which is great). Moment ruined of course when the problem child, Seth, comes in and starts lying again. He tells Tim and Lucy about never getting the order to avoid the area they almost died in. I really wanted Seth to succeed, but he can’t help but be a pathological liar. What was the reason for him to go to the hospital and tell them? I’m sorry (I’m not), but Seth needs to get bounced. For his sake and the safety of the officers he’d be working with.
Like I said earlier, this episode had a lot going on, but it wasn’t until the last fifteen minutes or so that I couldn’t believe what was happening. Kylie, a volunteer at the shelter where James works, made a move on him, misreading his sympathy for more than what it was. Nolan sees this, but never approaches James about it. He instead goes to Wesley for advice on what he should do about what he saw. This part was frustrating because not only did Nolan not get the full picture of what happened, he decided to tell a false narrative to Wesley painting James as the bad guy here, which in reality wasn’t the case.
As the episode ends, Kylie and James are talking outside when the man who assaulted Kylie earlier drives by shooting in their direction. Both James and Kylie go down. Celina makes her way outside to find the source of the gunshots only to find both James and Kylie down and the shooter out of sight. What an intense way to end an episode! I’m hoping James will pull through, but even if he does, I’m not sure if he’ll survive Nyla after she finds out what happened with him and Kylie (which is nothing unless you ask Nolan).
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