“The Rookie” Season 8 is jetting off to Prague, however not even a high-stakes, worldwide mission can distract us from answering our greatest lingering query: The place does #Chenford stand after the sleepy Season 7 cliffhanger?! Let’s recap.
Sergeant Lucy Chen reveals within the high of the episode what occurred after she fell asleep throughout her final rendezvous with Tim — the one the place Tim requested her to maneuver in with him.
Did she hear any of his proposal? At what level did she clonk out? Seems, Lucy heard none of it. In reality, the premiere picks up in the course of a cheeky misunderstanding between the 2: It is Lucy who thinks Tim has left her hanging. Apparently, the person did not wait round for his sleeping magnificence to get up, and walked out whereas she slumbered. When she awoke, the person was gone!
The premiere picks up three days after that fateful feast, and Lucy hasn’t heard from Tim since. As she and Celina talk about the person’s shortcomings and his incapacity to successfully talk, all we need to do is shake the lovable sergeant and inform her the reality! Tim did not merely skip out on the cop throughout a romantic dinner — it was Lucy who metaphorically skipped out on Tim after he laid his coronary heart out on the desk!
Fortunately, Lopez and Celina do the work for us and get to scheming in an effort to carry the 2 again collectively. Due to their meddling, #Chenford lastly reunites, and so they have a much-needed dialog — one the place each events are absolutely aware. Tim apologizes for icing Lucy out, admitting he was scared, and he lastly invitations an alert Lucy to maneuver in with him — and she or he accepts!
Nolan and Bailey babysit Monica in Prague
Over in Prague, as a part of her immunity deal, Monica is tasked with serving to the FBI, LAPD, and Interpol observe down high-value targets to take them off the streets. Her first goal is a infamous and prolific weapons trafficker. In the meantime, Nolan and Bailey are helping with the task whereas concurrently babysitting Miss Monica.
However so far as duplicitous villains go, Monica is sort of the good-time lady. For a lot of the episode, she seems to personal Prague, strutting across the metropolis in her completely blown out hair and impeccably tailor-made fits. As a result of she’s so fabulous, she decides Nolan must improve his fashion to ensure that him to believably cross as her bodyguard. She would not dare make use of a person with such a disinterest within the artwork of serving!
Due to Monica, we get a Nathan Fillion-centric vogue present montage as Nolan receives the “Fairly Girl” therapy. As the person fashions a number of new appears to be like, from a leather-based bomber to a silk button-up, we could not assist however marvel: Would possibly this present want extra Monica?! We hope there’s extra the place this comes from.
Again to the crime of all of it: Monica efficiently orchestrates a gathering with their goal, and Nolan and the crew zero in on him, taking all of them down. Over within the states, the LAPD does the identical, ending out the coordinated assault.
A significant shake-up is coming to the LAPD
Elsewhere, FBI agent Matthew Garza invitations Nyla to hitch his multi-agency job pressure to take out extra criminals with Monica’s assist. The job would require worldwide journey, and a rigorous schedule. Nyla declines the provide, saying she has to prioritize her household and her marriage.
However the FBI agent is hard-set on having an LAPD officer be a part of his new enterprise. Garza goes on to ask Lieutenant Wade Gray to hitch his crew as a senior liaison. Regardless of the ultra-vague sounding title, apparently the gig is a crucial one! Wade would assist Garza oversee all home ventures, however worldwide journey is not off the desk. Wade accepts the place with a handshake — which can not bode over properly along with his spouse, who already has expressed resentment towards her husband for his incapacity to decelerate. Plus, the brand new job presents an upcoming shake-up for the LAPD: Who will turn into the crew’s new lieutenant?
Grade the premiere within the ballot beneath, then hit the feedback together with your ideas: Is a “Rookie” shake-up on the horizon? And can #Chenford stand the take a look at of time?
