The Rookie
Created by Alexi Hawley
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. From TMDB
196 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
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| Bluesky * | 17 | 20 | 112 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| TMDB reviews * | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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What viewers are saying
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Counted from the reviewers’ own 0–10 ratings on the 7 rated TMDB user reviews we collected (7–10 positive, 5–6 mixed, 0–4 negative), not by the AI.
Viewers praise the show's character development and chemistry. [1][2] Some criticize it for political messaging and unrealistic portrayals. [3][4][5] Others note a decline in writing quality after early seasons. [6][4]
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Score: 7/10 — A Fun, Flawed, and Unapologetically Idealistic Procedural The Rookie succeeds because of [not in spite of] its well crafted contradictions... It is a show that is at once deeply entertaining and profoundly naive, a character-driven workplace drama wrapped in the glossy, sun-drenched packaging of a police recruitment ad. For what it sets out to do—provide optimistic, weekly escapism with a beloved …
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It started off REALLY good, and I was getting into it. It's one of those shows my wife watches that I would reply with "I liked it more when they called it Hillstreet Blues," and then I would joke that "what are they going to call it in season two or three, they didn't think through the title, did they?" But it started growing on me from the start, and it was only teasing. I was actually getting into it. And then …
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Wow wow wow thats all I can say I watched the premeire of this show and it was a all out blast this is not a show that takes itsself too seriously or jokes too much it's kinda in the middle just rhe way I love it hilarious and also kick-ass the guy from castle is upbeat and charming. As well I love love loved this show it was fantastic no doubt one of the falls best
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Really good. Like really good. The way it navigated through the drama following George Floyd's death was really good. A balance between a need for reform and a need for police. Well done.
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Stupid example, but honestly I found the series of The Rookie (not a great show to begin with!) after they felt they had to Address Race just unwatchable. It was just so cringing and cloying and they legit had nothing to actually say. Do the people who pushed it at the time look back with pride?
How this was made: an AI model (deepseek-v4-flash) read 34 of the 177 public posts we collected about this series and wrote the summary, likes and dislikes, citing the posts behind each point ([n] opens the post). A second AI pass checked every statement against the posts it cites; anything it could not match was removed, and code removed any statement with quotation marks, numbers that are not in the posts, or unattributed claims about people. The split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Generated Oct 13, 2026. Method
Critics, per Wikipedia
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 68% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 22 reviews for Season 1. The website's consensus reads, "Nathan Fillion's reliably likable presence makes The Rookie worth tuning in, even if the show around him isn't particularly memorable." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 64 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Reactions
60 of 196 · most liked firstAre those tears?? Shouldn't have been talkin shit man. The Rookie - full series available now soflokinkvids.com @caspianwolfe.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched a clip from the Dropout x The Rookie episode and I'll be honest, aside from collabing with the copaganda show i think the second worst part is the acting it is...NOT any of their strongest performances.
negative · AI labelView post →Stupid example, but honestly I found the series of The Rookie (not a great show to begin with!) after they felt they had to Address Race just unwatchable. It was just so cringing and cloying and they legit had nothing to actually say. Do the people who pushed it at the time look back with pride?
negative · AI labelView post →I know folks are mad about the Dropout x The Rookie thing because it is a cop show but one thing I think folks forget is that Cop Shows (which is such a broad net and includes shows folks like like Elementary or High Potential) are a MASSIVE part of television production in LA, possibly the majority
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not trying to say that every portrayal of a cop on TV has to be a brutal corrupt racist who gets shamed onscreen. But The Rookie is a show with whole episodes about how protesters are mean to cops and zero meaningful response to the Black Lives Matter movement. And Dropout partnered with them?
negative · AI labelView post →Cop this amazing artwork for the podcast! by rdmurphyart on instagram #weeklyplanetpod #therookie
neutral · AI labelView post →apologies but no 60 SONGS episode today, i got distracted watching clips of THE ROOKIE on tiktok and i don't even watch that show. we'll be back next week; shout-out to angela and wesley
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not saying you shouldn't be mad about it but, like, most of the Dropout gang are all working actors and writers and a fair few of them have already BEEN on cop shows (Lilly Du even showed a clip of her FBI appearance) and The Rookie is an incredibly popular and successful show to guest on
neutral · AI labelView post →having watched a lot of cable cop slop, its really funny to see someone from one series pop up in another. What do you mean Otis from Chicago Fire is playing a terrorist in The Rookie (in the episodes that were a backdoor pilot for The Rookie: Feds)
neutral · AI labelView post →How can they still call a show "The Rookie" when it gets a second season
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey Sam quick Q for ya: is this meant to distract folks from the fact your staff is doing a copaganda by going on extremely fascist cop show The Rookie? The fuck are you guys thinking?!?!
negative · AI labelView post →Bloopers 🎥 | The Rookie via Instagram [11.20.24] — What show is this?? 🤣 Look out for the next #TheRookie blooper tomorrow from @/tvinsider!
neutral · AI labelView post →New Show Pitches: POPE COP POPE & ORDER The Rookie: VATICAN CHICAGO POPE
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok, for the record, I get being disappointed in Dropout taking part in the show The Rookie (copaganda) and all that. But I also feel like some of y’all are dipping into demanding purity to a degree I don’t think helps anybody. Or maybe you just put Dropout on a pedestal in a way I never did.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that we made it into the LEGO ideas review. Pls help and support again to push Lego to make this set happen... comment on the page and show them how much we really need the Rookie Station set!!! beta.ideas.lego.com/blog/1a5d5447-… #therookie #chenford
neutral · AI labelView post →The Rookie. Episode 279, 684, 674, 685, 452 Nathan Fillion is elected President of the United States with a 50 state mandate and immediately orders the commissioning of Firefly, series 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Pitt' Stars Read 'Star Trek' Pilot For Writers Guild Foundation. > Clark Gregg (*The Avengers*) was a surprise guest who took over as Nancy’s professor husband. >The night kicked off with a read of the “Mudd’s Passion” script from a 1973 episode of *Star Trek: The Animated Series*. Nathan Fillion (*The Rookie*) took over as Kirk while D’Arcy Carden (*The Good Place*) assumed the role of Spock and Adam Arkin played the mad creator of a love potion. Other participants from the night…
neutral · AI labelView post →When I talk to anyone who hasn't made consuming media their entire personality and/or job (so nobody here) pretty much the only currently-in-production TV show to come up in conversation is The Rookie. An unremarkable police procedural that has 8 seasons of 21 episodes a season.
negative · AI labelView post →The Rookie. Episode unknown. Series unknown. The one where Nathan Fillion is unfeasibly honorable about a thing and I carve my own my eyeballs our with a spoon. MAKE. IT. STOP. PLEASE.
negative · AI labelView post →In Doctor Who, the Doctor travels through time and space at will saving the universe over and over. In The Rookie, the Rookie serves in the LAPD and every officer is honorable and law-abiding. If only it were as realistic a show as Doctor Who.
negative · AI labelView post →Post the: Last movie you saw 🎬 Last game you played* 🎮 Last show you watched 🖥 Last song you listened to 🎶 Rental Family Crimson Desert The Rookie Maphra - Doomed
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The Rookie, a highly exaggerated cop TV show. MC wants to adopt a kid, CPS comes to evaluate whether his home is a safe environment. The CPS worker having to account for 7 seasons of this man's life is killing me. “Has there been any violence in the home?” “Well...”
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lynx's season ended in disappointment — again. Despite having the best regular-season record, the Coach of the Year with Cheryl Reeve and the Rookie of the Year with Oliva Miles, Minnesota was eliminated from the WNBA Playoffs in the first round after a sweep by the New York Liberty.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw a teaser for the LAPD police show The Rookie where the season was filmed in Prague because Interpol needed the help of the LAPD to catch a ring of international art thieves
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy The Rookie Day✨ The show premiered seven years ago!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Shaking my head at the copaganda show my Stepdad’s watching (The Rookie), putting my headphones in and returning to my game about a Japanese police detecti-shit
negative · AI labelView post →Me when people ask if I’ll stop rewatching The Rookie during hiatus or start another show. #therookie
positive · AI labelView post →OK, did not have Jensen Ackles and Jared Padelecki playing themselves on “The Rookie” (and being asked if their show was “like K-Pop Demon Hunters“ on my bingo card, but I’m not complaining.
neutral · AI labelView post →I get that this is a good get for them because the show is very popular, but also like, what, Were you all about to die Were you gonna die if you didn't collaborate with the consent manufacturing show? What is The Rookie getting out of this, and is it being taken from you? Can you get it back?
neutral · AI labelView post →OH THE ROOKIE THE SMASH HIT TV SHOW YOU ARE😭😭
positive · AI labelView post →🖋️ | Deric Augustine Upped To Series Regular On ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ | @DEADLINE deadline.com/2025/04/deri...
neutral · AI labelView post →"But if we eliminate policing I won't be able to enjoy my favorite TV show, The Rookie!"
neutral · AI labelView post →"You gotta watch the rookie cause you're gonna get an action-packed show full of humor, this guy and the best crew on TV!" Oh only if past them could see how much growth The Rookie has done. How many people love it and have it as their comfort show. They'd be so proud🥹
positive · AI labelView post →The Rookie. Series 706,593. Episode 437,598. Part IV. The one with the Rum Baba.
neutral · AI labelView post →And guess which company gets product placement in The Rookie with both name and logo every time there's body cam footage in a scene (which happens every episode, usually several times per)? That's right, Axon! That and all the copaganda REALLY gets in the way of enjoying the charm of Nathan Fillion 😮💨
negative · AI labelView post →The Rookie, series 2.4000005 x10^7 Episode 437,684, part IV. Nathan Fillion, having drawn the sword from the stone, faces his sternest challenge. Uniting the kingdom against the dictator whilst fixing the potholes on the A449.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's rant is brought to you by the Rookie Anglican series on Anglican Compass that is well put together by people who do not want you to know that they are not part of the Anglican Communion but they are not.
neutral · AI labelView post →Your Bretwalda reviews. The Rookie. Series 4. Like Power Rangers, but without the sophistication or nuance.
negative · AI labelView post →The Rookie. Series unknown. Episode unknown. CAN WE STOP WITH THE SACCHARINE BOLLOCKS NOW?
negative · AI labelView post →I’m just so grateful for The Rookie/CHENFORD/Mel. I wouldn’t have met the best people if it weren’t for this show! I truly just love my besties!
positive · AI labelView post →The Rookie. Series 307. Episode 53, 976, 812. Nathan Fillion's attempt to negotiate a peace treaty after the Battle of Worcester leads inexorably to the execution of King Charles II.
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone in the UK opening a The Rookie style waffle shop is actually insane to me as how does this show have so much reach over here WOAH
neutral · AI labelView post →Why is The Rookie a horror show this season?
negative · AI labelView post →HAPPY THE ROOKIE DAY!! Can‘t believe we’re actually getting our fav show back tonight after waiting 8 months for its return.
positive · AI labelView post →🚨 | Jenna Dewan will be at a taping for The Kelly Clarkson Show on January 22nd, presumably to talk about The Rookie. It is unclear when the episode will air.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi my name is Sam, here's some stuff i like, please feel free to follow if you want to: #promosky Wrestling Pokemon Tcg Pocket Shiny hunting Fortnite Dead By Daylight Horror films LGBT The Rookie (TV Series) My gf
neutral · AI labelView post →The Rookie is one of the most insane shows I've ever seen, a cop show where the LAPD are, to a person, the sweetest, kindest, considerate, competent and most helpful public servants one would ask for. It's extreme even by "copaganda" standards, to the point where it feels like a bit.
negative · AI labelView post →The Rookie. Series 43 million and six. Episode 43 quadrillion and four. Part XVII. Nathan Fillion becomes self-aware.
neutral · AI labelView post →The tv show The Rookie is filming by my office
neutral · AI labelView post →Best way to spend the weekend (for me) is with my cat and a cop show 😂💚 #WeekendVibes #Caturday #TheRookie
positive · AI labelView post →Took my daughter to see the panel of a couple of the women from TV show The Rookie at Armageddon. One of the women had heard this and started the song. The whole packed hall responded with the rest of the song. Not just the roaring “auē!” Suck it losers!
neutral · AI labelView post →How does a show titled "The Rookie" have seven seasons?!
neutral · AI labelView post →It's wrong for Dropout to promote a show that is still called "The Rookie" in its eighth season. It's the most blatantly false titling since the so-called "Regular Show".
negative · AI labelView post →Perfect way to show that it’s The Rookie day✨ the sky understood the assignment🙂↕️ #therookie
positive · AI labelView post →ABC has picked up The Rookie: North to series. The Jay Ellis spinoff will launch in midseason alongside The Rookie for crossovers. First-look photos.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Rookie is an interesting show because it transports you to a fantasy world where cops care for people and want to do their best.
negative · AI labelView post →Dropout's Game Changer will be a big part of an upcoming The Rookie episode.
neutral · AI labelView post →Will & Ashley are hilarious-- they need a show. The Veteran & the Rookie Show. #BB27 #BBLF
neutral · AI labelView post →If Nathan Fillion is in the seventh season of his cop show, can you still call it “The Rookie”?
neutral · AI labelView post →Deadline releases that Paul Wesley is executive producing a series project about a vampire who wants to be an actor. Co-written by Unstable co-creator Victor Fresco and will be directed by Liz Friedlander (The Rookie). #paulwesley #tvd #stefan #promosky
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