User Reviews

An OK part one to a cross-over episode, but carrying copious baggage in introducing the new show. The plot is interesting enough, a blend of 'alien sightings' with 'psychopath with explosives'.

This is contrived to introduce a spinoff show starring Niecy Nash as trainee FBI agent Simone "Mary Sue" Clark. She drives like a nascar stunt driver, is as caring as Mother Teresa and insightful as Sherlock Holmes.

A well-performed first outing for the character but the 'practically-perfect-in-every-way' and the preachy polemic need dialling back.

Part two will shed further light, though I am sure to watch the new show to see how it settles down.

Dick Wolf could take lessons from Alexi Hawley on how to shove left-wing talking points into a script even though none of them advanced the story line one bit.

Bravo Alexi!

Is it appropriate to correct another review? In response to the viewer who was incensed that FBI stats on women were wrong. She said black women, not all women. I bet that stat is a lot lower. Just sayin'

I enjoyed this episode! People saying it's woke just because it has black people in it is crazy!!

I don't right a lot of reviews but this deserves better then the people reviewing this episode!

Oh and you people saying niecy bash is fat shame on you guys!! Just because she's not a toothpick doesn't mean she's fat.

How creative a Russian villain with a scar... Hollywood really has no original ideas anymore.

Why is a firefighter at every crime scene?

And the feds side of the story is not remotely interesting.

Simone Clark is a home run. A great character: funny, shrewd and with a great knack for reading the room.

I loathe wokey nonsense and this episode was certainly not that. Can't wait to see the spinoff series.

This Simone character feels like a rip off of the armored truck lady in lethal weapon 3. She was masterful and stole the show, but in a good way ...however this Simone character doesn't have that gravitas. She is just an annoying character.

Additionally, her character and how they used her in the show really deviated from how the show normally goes. Which tells me they want us to like her...like there is going to be a FBI rookie show staring her. If that's true, that's great for people who like her character because they get a while show for her. And it's good for The rookie fans, because she leaves the main show. But if they are trying to work her into the main show....that's terrible for all. Nolan already fits the shows empathy role in the cast dynamic. It doesn't need another. Especially this annoying character

Why am I more Insensed than I should be? Because I love this show. And this character derailed the show so much, I forgot we tracking down a terrorist because if a school counselor that is a some super cop in training and all her backstory derailment. 95% of her screen time could have been edited out and it would have flowed so much better

Hopefully this is the one off, but I still remember that terrible cop chest camera episode earlier in the season where it was nothing but interviews (felt like production phoned it in)

Niecy Nash-Betts is simply the greatest! Everything she does is fantastic - always entertaining, always compelling, and always full of sincerity even when her character is ridiculous. I can't wait for the spin-off so we'll get weekly Niecy Nash-Betts back on TV.

Let me make that clear: it is not about the color of the newly introduced character. I fully welcome a more diverse cast!

But the new character is unfortunately completely unrealistic. Not only is she perfect in any way (driving like in fast and the furious, solving cases like Sherlock Holmes and showing empathy like... no other character on the show). She learned all that because she was a student councilor. Yes that's how it is justified.

Remeber Nohlan and how he failed so many times esp. During season 1 and 2? Doesn't matter anymore, we have a new and perfect FBI trainee.

In addition, she is rude to her supervisors (again remeber how the NYPD trainees had to talk to supervisors before?), which makes no sense at all. Literally nobody, would join a meeting of senior staff of different departments and interrupt the main speaker... as a Rookie.

Last but not least, she is allowed to do almost anything. During season 1-3 we learned the strict rules every police officer (esp. Rookies) has to follow. We remember how Brad was almost fired because he hit another car, Nohlen and Chen were advised to break up and many other stories. But the new trainee is allowed to use a police vehicle, interrogate a suspect (because she knows him...) and disobey any command.

Again, I welcome a more diverse cast, but please stay true to your roots and don't turn it into a fantasy show.

I love the rookie. The best show I have ever saw on tv. Tonight episode will be very good. I like Nolan character a lot. Keep up the good work. I like the preview for it too. Thanks for making such a good show. I love watching each episodes and I enjoy them.

Simone was pretty much annoying. "The oldest rookie in the FBI" doesn't have to be someone who is disrespectful. Why can't they make a polite and mature character as a potential spinoff main character!? Annnd of course this annoying character is portrayed somehow as the "superhero" who gets everything right, and all the other "experienced" FBI agents are portrayed useless.

Overall, they made one episode go to waste just for introducing her in this world.

Painful dialogue and terribly unrealistic... even for "The Rookie" standards. Definitly not gonna waste my time with the second part and there's no chance in hell I woud watch the spin off.

I always wonder "Who are the people greenlighting such a car crash of an episode? Are they just back from a coma or never watched TV before?"

If this episode and the fragments of Simone and her dad are any indication, they will be heavily leaning into the black victim narrative on the spin-off. And of course Simone will be Mary Sueing it in every episode, and experienced agents will look like stooges compared to her.

Yeah, I'm gonna skip this spin-off.

The Rookie has lost its way. If this is an intro to a new show, they shouldn't bother to make it. The character is very annoying. The FBI trainee steps in to pontificate about what experienced officers don't know. Only she can solve the case. Do we really have to watch a second part of this? She is essentially the same character she played when she was a guest actor on Monk where she was also annoying.

This was a series a looked forwarded to watching if the 4th series is the future of what's to come there won't be a full 5th series and definitely not a 6th. Whoever took over this series as killed it. It's turned into a joke instead of being interesting and something that resembled real life or as much as a tv series could.

Back in the once upon a time of TV, shows did this thing where they'd "back door" a test pilot into an existing show. Suddenly, the characters you tuned in to see and enjoy are guest stars in their own show while we're force-fed this clown stranger. It took me into the second part/episode before I clicked as to what was happening. Before that, I was terrified that Simone was going to be a new regular in "The Rookie" cast!!

I couldn't tolerate this nonsense. The character of Simone was ludicrous and annoying. Some superhuman blend of Batman, Sherlock Holmes, and possibly Obi Wan Kenobi, that automatically bursts out of a career as a Guidance Counsellor and single mom. (All with premium levels of SASS!)

Any person who "wanted to be an FBI agent their entire life" would have a pretty solid idea what the agency does. Yet, Simone is flabbergasted and outraged with every FBI method or protocol she encounters.

I keep giving this show a pass cause I love Nathan. But I think I'm done. Soap boxes, bad science, bad writing, fairly bad acting which I blame on bad directing. Not gonna watch next season.

The plot and new FBI trainee character bordered on Scary Movie type farce - show has really jumped the shark into parody / sad as I really like Fillon.

I was curious when the main character of this episode was talking about females in the FBI, these are publicly available stats. After stating "there's 1%" that number also sounded completely outside reality for a federal sized organization so I looked it up.

In 2019 - special agents.10900 male/2726 female 20% police officers.210 male/46 female 18% professional staff 10105 male/13998 female 58% Where are the writers getting their information from for these kinds of simple mistakes.

I honestly hope they are mistakes because the alternative is intentional misdirection of the audience directly causing misinformation to be spread.

The Rookie has been great this season despite some stinky background music at times. This episode is terrible, however and features the worst acting and most annoying, grating voice by the new female actress. I hope I never have to endure watching her ever again. Truly shameful.

The diologue was really awkward, almost every scene with the guest star was really slowly paced. There were more things in this episode that were absolutely unrealistic than any other in my memory. I love this show overall, but boy this was a real stinker of an episode.