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I really liked the first 2 seasons. But the 2nd episode feels like the first real episode of this season because the first was the end of the second season and you can tell the narrative has changed.

This show has changed from genuine optimistic trying to do the right thing. To super manipulative plots with an agendas now. These situations seem so forced and unatural.

I might give this another chance but will change my review if this drastic cramming stuff down our throats changes my whole view of this show.

Sorry love me some Nathan Fillion.

I really liked the first two seasons but season three is only agenda tv. I'm a groven adult and i don't need, again and again political teachings in a tv show.

What a let down. The first two season are great. Some easy viewing, with decent acting, likable characters, a properly done diverse cast, Nathan Fillion, a decent mix between funny, serious and heart felt. Everyone brings something to the table, and believe it or not...nobody blames anything on race or gender for the entire first two seasons.

Then season three rolls around and ruins everything. Now don't get me wrong, race and gender prejudice exist. And some shows do a really good job in tackling these issues. The Rookie does not!

Two of our cops do a support program in a black neighborhood. A young black man breaks a car window and steals something. They catch him, but the bystanders have little praise because "just another black man in handcuffs". As the cops try to shine a light on the fact that this man committed a crime, and someone in this poor neighborhood now has a broken car window they need to fix, no one agrees, its still the cops fault for...whatever reason.

As a former contractor, Nathan Fillions character puts in some work to fix up a local playground for kids. Instead of ANY recognition for good deed, or at least a good intention, he gets nothing but angry complaints, because the lights he fixed (the broken lights were a reason it was too dangerous for kids) now only attract meth dealers.

Yeah...and that is his fault how? The people told him the lights are broken and thats a problem, now the working lights are a problem.

No matter what he does, he always gets the blame, and the show makes this seem ok. Even his POC coworker, who until this point had never made a single comment about race prejudice stabs him in the back, always taking the other peoples side, regardless of how illogical it seems.

There is a racist cop, a sexist doctor and many more "problematic characters", all of these things exist IRL, no question. But the way the are handled here is just paint by numbers lazy writing. No depth, no semblance of realism, just tropes and cliches, to show how bad the world treats women and minorities. Despite a vast number of the upper police Ranks being ethnic.

And of course as an older white man, Nathan Fillion has never experienced any of these injustices in his life (despite him literally having heart of gold and a strong sense of justice, as former seasons keep pointing out), so he gladly takes in all these lessons on how its his fault people are criminals.

4 Stars only because the two first seasons are good. But the third is barely watchable.

This show started out as my favorite police show. The she was entertaining. Season two comes along and it start being over the top. How many major crimes (nuke threat, multiple bombs, serial killers, etc. ) do do three rookies face in a year. It reminds me on how over the top Grey's Anatomy became. This leads me to season 3. Season 3 is just plain terrible. The show could not get more preschy. It becomes a Leftists wet dream. Every episode was worse than the last. We never made to season 4, but from what I've read we didn't miss anything. This was a real shame as my family really enjoyed the show.

"The Rookie" was never my favorite police procedural, I watch it occasionally because it's set in LA and it seems like everything is set in Vancouver, Canada. It was different in the beginning, but it's become "Friends" set in a police precinct. The personal dramas have become more important than their jobs at "Metro" and the personal dramas have become more and more unrealistic. Season 7 looks like the end of the road, it's tired and boring.

The shoot out scenes with the special effects are laughable. All the bad guys seem to have "full automatic" pistols or rifles which isn't reality. And the gun shots look like their straight out of a cartoon. The production has gotten sloppy. I much prefer a series like "FBI" which sticks to the law enforcement job with very little personal drama.

The show is all but dead to me . We used to love watching it and couldn't wait for a new episode, but after the last few,, we're done.

Trust me. Its just a painful unwatchable mess. There are a few high points- especially storylines around Shawn Ashmore's character. But overall, its not worth watching. If you want something great to watch, try Longmire.

I've downgraded my initial rating of 7 for Season 1 to a 4 for Season 2 as the story lines have become increasingly ridiculous. I won't bother to watch Seasons 3 or 4. The best cop shows about LAPD are 'Southland' and 'Bosch', both highly rated by cops themselves.

I loved and kinda still do love the show but the blm stuff and the wokeness killed it for me. I had to shut off the new episode and decide no more for me .

What a shame. I like Nathan Fillion. The premise of his story was great. They started to lose that in season two. But omg- season three is awful beyond words. I watched 3 episodes and was appalled. I am out for good. Dreadful.

Go phony woke and go broke people.

The series is cool, but for the fact that they began to politicize the plot in the third season, there is a big minus.

Loved the show. It was different enough from the other cop dramas to make it interesting + the Nathan is amazing everywhere he plays. First 2 seasons were very enjoyable, but the last one went full BLM. Most people don't watch TV shows for political commentery, they watch it to be entertained (I'm one of them). Still, will keep an eye on this show. But unless they get politics out of here, I'm done with it.

This was a great show, then it turned into a man bashing nightmare. Even my wife said enough after the third season.

This went the way of the Chicago shows and none of them are watchable anymore. When I sit down to watch a show, I don't want to watch how someone thinks the world should be, I want to watch a show that promotes both men and women as we are. Maybe to some this is entertainment, but as a guy, I'd rather watch paint dry. This is why more and more men are tuning out and just focusing on sports or reruns of shows that were actually good.

I'm waiting for the day when the world isn't so insane and maybe TV will be good again. Cheers to hoping.

First two seasons where good third season not so much. We here all about race in the real world stop putting it in Hollywood.

Season 1 and 2 were entertaining, but Season 3 has become too preachy; the cast overacts and their dialogue is dismal. It seems to have become a soap opera and a bad one at that. I'm not interested any longer.

I am starting to avoid tv shows that are affected by some public movements and minority agression. The 3d season is a complete mess.

2nd season was really good, a few nice episodes but the overall experience was somehow not the same. The end of the 2nd season was amazing but then by the 3rd season the storytelling was a mess. Several characters introduced that were completely forgotten, pieces of stories that never had a "conclusion", the woke part of the series was like the only thing they could use as a writing excuse. Overall, 3rd season was bored, with just a couple of good episodes. Season 4, well, I am not sure how it is going to end but now it is worst than just boring ... It is pointless. It is a pity, it was a excellent series that I was always recommending it, but now I have to say that it is at most 2 complete seasons of 4 watchable. The rating here could be misguided, many ppl probably gave this show an 8 or a 9 because of the first season, but tbh, last 2 seasons were terrible boring.

Is it terrible bad? Not sure, I've watched worst things, but you should not sit and watch this show thinking that it will be something memorable, otherwise you are going to hate spending more than +80 hrs of your life on story that will break apart week after week, and eventually you will believe this is a 1 star series like many recent reviewers.

The concept of a mature, successful, blue-collar man reinventing himself as an urban police officer is an interesting concept for a movie, or even a miniseries. But, when he makes it past being a "boot", it becomes just another by-the-numbers cop show. And that's where "The Rookie" has stagnated since it's first season. So it's writers and producers have had to resort to improbable situations and romances to pad the script. And there are, of course, lots of thinly-veiled but profound messages regarding "equity", "diversity", and "inclusion". And then they tied it in to a show about an overweight, black, female FBI agent...! Give me a break!

Captivated by the talented cast, including Nathan Fillion, intrigued by the excellent writing & the action filled episodes THE ROOKIE has everything our family is looking for in entertainment. Using the body camera adds a new perspective to the police drama, putting the viewers into the show with the actors. The humor & the overall good feeling throughout the show makes us want to watch it even more. Please give THE ROOKIE a second season it's too good not to!

We love Nathan Fillion and the cast of The Rookie. My husband and I do not watch much tv but this is one show we love and look forward to each week. I have never done this before but feel compelled to write. My husband is an ex-police officer and truly loves The Rookie. We're both Nathan Fillion fans from Firefly days but also love the other cast members and look forward to their story lines. Please keep the shows coming. PLEASE!!!!

At the beginning of the first season it was really entertaining and easy until they started ro make it serious which was bad move cuz the action was cringey and embarrassing to watch

Season 3 is complete disaster very weak dialog that you even know the words cuz it's in every profile in social media

Some casting are very bad especially ( Lucy and and Jackson actors ) not talented and very awkward

I hope season 4 come back entertaining and easy instead of seriousness that doesn't suit the show.