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First two seasons had well written characters. Casting decisions seems to a solid positive and The interactions between characters were fun to watch. Show knew when to be funny and when to be serious moment and had me binge watch the first 2 seasons in a couple of days. Nathan fillion is amazing and has his usual charm.

I recommend people to watch the first 2 seasons as these are actually good.

Unfortunately from season 3 on wards show starts its decline. I don't really understand why every show from Hollywood now a days has to show the people of color as some sort of victims. As each episode progresses the show becomes less about cop show and more about pushing political messages.

I was hoping this show wouldn't start virtue signalling. But after watching season 3 i was clearly wrong. And after reading some of ratings for season 4 , i realised that I should have stopped watching after season 2.

I have genuinely enjoyed this show and would rate the first two seasons at a solid 8. The plot and characters have been interesting and enjoyable overall.

Season three, only a few episodes in, is a huge disappointment. Does every tv show and movie have to bend the knee to the so-called 'woke' agenda and relentlessly bombard its audience with political messaging? I can watch CNN for that.

Come on, Hollywood, I want to be entertained, not indoctrinated. I'm sure you can come up with a more original storyline for this season.

For this year, at least, I'm out.

Just watched the second episode of season 3, and it feels weird that they have to make the girl say thanks to the man sitting in her car... And this episode keeps underemphasizing crimes... It made it sounded like people don't have to be responsible for their own behaviors...

Season 1 and 2 were great, season 3 i am choking on biased political agenda. Get enough of that on Social Media and on the news. I tried to muscle through but i can't even finish episode 3. I will not be continuing to watch this show if it is going to continue down this path.

I really enjoyed the first 2 seasons of the rookie. An enjoyable show about an ageing rookie and his younger counterparts, who are coming to terms with being on real life patrol in LA and learning lessons daily. OK, it could be abit cringe at times but overall a fun show. Then, around season 3 it starts to fall off a cliff. Once it hits season 4 it's just insane. Apparently in LA there's no detectives as the patrol officers just decide to solve every case on their own. From murders to terrorism to going into another country to free a kidnapped colleague. They just do everything themselves. There is no protocol apparently. Nolan, the main protagonist of the show was a likeable character but hes too much by season 4. Mr moral highground. I still watch the show but mainly to laugh at how incredibley stupid its become.

Really enjoyed the first two seasons. Season 3 is crap

The Rookie is at best an enjoyable diversion. I frankly didn't think it would be renewed for a second season. Often it can't seem to figure out if it is a comedy or a drama. The current ongoing plot with super-villain Rosalind is getting REALLY tiresome and the spin-off series, The Rookie Feds, is just plain silly. Please don't air any tie-ins which will require me to watch The Rookie Feds as rather than have to do that I will instead stop watching The Rookie! Another super-silly plot involving look-alike characters was cartoonish and a complete turnoff. I would like to enjoy this series; the characters are relatable and show development and I like them all but the increasingly silly plots and the tiresome Rosalind thing have me about ready to stop watching the show.

I use to love The Rookie. I couldn't wait until it returned season after season. Then the show started making it all about Bailey and Nolan. I don't think Bailey is a good actress or a good match for Nolan. Her fire captain uniform looks like it is wearing her instead of she wearing it. She looks like a 10 year old playing dress up. However she plants herself into every episode and situation. In my opinion, she doesn't fit the role. There are far more interesting cops with intriguing back stories...Lopez, Harper, Lucy, and even Tim with his comic relief. Daddy Cop (Nolan) is a bore and a snooze. Put an s on Rookie and feature other interesting new recruits. Does the show always have to end with Bailey and Nolan. Continue making the show about these and I'm out.

Too many social diatribes. No longer entertaining.

I really enjoyed seasons 1-2 and was looking forward to watching the other seasons but I just can't get through season 3.

Season 3 is basically political correctness and BLM being forced down your neck when you just want to sit back, relax, enjoy and watch a programme to forget about the world.

It paints the police in a bad light even when they are trying to do the right thing which does not help their public image and can potentially turn more people against them even though in reality there are only a few bad police just like there are only a few bad people but unfortunately hate/despair/death is what sells in the media so that is all that's reported and made into a bigger issue than it is.

I will try season 4 to see if it improves but I won't hold my breath.

I started watching this show because of Nathan Fillion and it turned out to be amazing. Season 3 got hit by the woke train and it's just appalling.

The woke agenda people destroyed a serie once again. Season 3 has put my favorite serie in the ground. And if you look at all the comments that are comming out... i see i'm not alone.

This show was so gooooood! First and second season were really so good and real. Something bad happened in the third season and it's almost unwatchable. The story line is important and there is a lot of improvement on clearing black life's matter but it's brought to the front in such a lame way, I feel like I'm watching the public channel. Everything is so expected and there is like no effort to create any interesting backgrounds or a plot. Plus Nolan is becoming so annoying in his politically correct almost fake behavior, it just doesn't really work.

This season, if doesn't change soon ( already on episode 6 ) will finish this show. 2 bad.

Edit: Gave a shot to season 4 - this has become a bad joke. They might as well just shut down. 2 painful to watch.

Show is jumping the shark in season 5. More unrealistic situations like cars teetering on the edge of buildings and episode 10 an office drilling into the bottom of a vehicle to spray mace. The protocol for an LA cop would not permit these scenarios. The tie in with a the Feds show is annoying as Niecy Nash is the most unlikely person for this role. Not the least believable. The romance angle is unnecessary. Keep to police story lines. Nolan's role is reducing and is no longer the premise for the show. It was a good run for 4 years but I Can't see the show going much longer it's lost it's way.

Loved the first 2 seasons but really can't watch it anymore. When he had to apologize to college kids for not letting them know he was a cop because it ruined their safe space classroom it just lost me. Be as woke as you want but I just want to chill to an entertaining show.

This was a great show until season 3 when we start getting Hollywoodsplaning and pushing political agendas. If they continue this path, it won't be around many more seasons, which is a shame.

I love Nathan Fillion, and this show did not disappoint. Until the Bailey character was introduced. Dewan is awful, the character is unprofessional and incompetent. And the relationship between Nolan and Bailey comes off as forced and fake. It's almost unwatchable now.

Aside from Dewan, the cast is great. Grey is my favourite, a well rounded character. Bradford, Lopez and even Harper, are all fun to watch. The introduction of Aaron was a great boost. Nolan's rookie, Celina, doesn't add much to the show.

Hopefully they can get the show back on track in season 6, bring it back to what it was in the first 3 seasons. Fingers crossed.

First two series were a great combination of entertainment with some serious highs and lows.... Third series seems to be going for an undertone of lecturing us on the moral rights and wrongs that are topical right now....

Idea, plot, characters are very good. First two seasons absolutely amazing. I would agree with all recent comments about extreme (seriously just do it in one episode and be done) presence and "shoving" of "woke" culture into your throat in majority of third season. I'll give it another last chance after episode 8 and if they keep pushing, I'll just stop watching. That easy!

Nathan Fillion carries this show but his talent is lost here. The rest of the cast do their best to make something out of a script that wildly swings from drama, to comedy, to out right parody. Not only do this shows name get inaccurate pretty quickly. But looses some of its charm when the Rookie races through his traning and end up being the most effective cop in the history of the LAPD. At times this show is entertaining but its quality remains very uneven. The Rookie struggles to find its own identity. I would love to see what this cast could do on a show that would have a better script. At the time of writing this review the 5th season is running, and have been green lighted for a 6th. I will not be following that far.

They packed a LOT into this first episode, but I enjoyed it thoroughly! This is 100% a Nathan Fillion show, so if you're not a fan of his bemused quality, you'll want to skip this.

I only hope they'll keep morality plays, politics, and "grand messages" on the back burner - - - give us quality stories, good characters, writing that respects the intelligence of the viewers, a bit of action with some humor thrown in for good measure, and you'll have a loyal following.....

How did Nathan ever get involved with this series? Firefly and Castle were much better.