‘The Rookie’ Season 3 Will Address Conversations Around Police Brutality
Amid the ongoing protests against police brutality, ABC is promising to address the realities of policing in America when its cop drama The Rookie returns for Season 3.
The series starring Nathan Fillion follows his character, John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD, as well as Nolan’s fellow officers. Season 2 of the series concluded on May 10 with the episode, “The Hunt,” in which Nolan found himself framed as being linked to organized crime by crooked cop Nick Armstrong (Harold Perrineau).
While Season 3 will likely pick up where that cliffhanger left off, ABC Entertainment’s President Karey Burke told Deadline that that and other storylines in the upcoming episodes will reflect upon ongoing issues with policing in America.
“Alexi Hawley is a really thoughtful ally and partner and has been in the writers’ room for some time, already planning to address the current conversation going on around police work,” Burke said of The Rookie‘s showrunner.
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“I’m impressed with his thoughtfulness and leadership about hearing and adapting the current conversations to the storylines,” she continued. “It’s a diverse writers room and I’m hearing that the conversations going on in that room are inspired and give me hope that that show will address and not ignore the conversations around policing.”
Along with Fillion, star Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Eric Winter, Titus Makin Jr. and Melissa O’Neil will return for more action. Only time will tell where these teased plots will lead, but it gives viewers an idea of where the show will be heading when it returns later this year.
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And season 3 is where ''The Rookie'' TV series die
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Well, at least maybe we'll get some closure with the cliffhanger before the series becomes so much woke drivel and impossible to watch.
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Another to fall to wokeness.
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Meh it's possible the network is just saying that to avoid the harassment and brigading done by the woke crowd. Let's keep in mind a few other cop shows have been straight up cancelled. They can say that now and earn some virtue signal points then by the time season 3 comes out people will have moved on and forgotten all about it. I mean those BLM types will sit there and say a black guy didn't do anything wrong even after he shoots a baby in the face with an AR then turns it on cops before cops finally shoot. They'll riot over that so I mean..
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As long you make sure every one know we need them and not all police are bad just like all jobs there's good and bad people so we will see how you guys do with the show hope you dont mess it up
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Any hopes for the waiting
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