‘The Rookie’ Should not Be Carried out With Its Serial Killer Plot Simply But

Editor’s Word: The next comprises spoilers for The Rookie Season 7, Episode 8.Each tv drama needs a good villain. Police procedurals particularly rely on a convincing dangerous man to create intriguing and suspenseful storylines and plenty of high-octane motion sequences. ABC’s hit drama, The Rookie, has actually had some seriously great villains all through the years. However the addition of Liam Glasser (Seth Gabel) in Season 7 has been among the best up to now. That is why it is troubling that the sequence appears to be wrapping up Glasser’s storyline a lot too rapidly. The Rookie crew wants some criminals to chase, and locking Glasser up prematurely would make for a boring the rest of the season.

‘The Rookie’ Has Had Some Really Superior Villains

As heroic because the cops are in The Rookie, the sequence has additionally created some equally fun-to-watch baddies. One of the crucial memorable villains was Rosalind Dyer (Annie Wersching), who was first introduced back in Season 2. Even after the feminine serial killer was arrested, she was nonetheless capable of persuade her protégé, Caleb Wright (Michael Cassidy), to hold out a number of murders, in addition to the kidnapping of Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil). Along with her psychological manipulations and thoughts video games, Rosalind was all the time a worthy adversary for John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and his staff. Rosalind was ultimately killed in Season 5, however she wasn’t the one feminine mastermind that the Los Angeles Police Division labored arduous to take down. The cartel chief, Sandra de la Cruz, known as La Fiera (Camille Guaty), kidnapped a pregnant Angela Lopez (Alyssa Diaz) in Season 4. Tragically, Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.) died attempting to rescue Angela — which makes La Fiera one of many worst criminals to cross paths with the Mid-Wilshire crew.

Nevertheless it hasn’t simply been ladies who’ve tormented regulation enforcement on the sequence. Drug cartel chief, Elijah Stone (Brandon Jay McLaren), menaced Wesley (Shawn Ashmore) and the Mid-Wilshire cops, beginning in Season 4, and regardless that he is behind bars, it is all the time a chance that Elijah will pop back up again sooner or later. Newer villains have included Oscar Hutchinson (Matthew Glave), who has brought about hassle persistently in each season since Season 1 of the present. As one of many funnier criminals, Oscar is a continuing thorn within the facet of the police, although he did present for some extra lighthearted materials even when he did stab Wesley as soon as. In Season 6, he even escapes from prison, and his fellow escapee simply so occurs to be Bailey’s (Jenna Dewan) ex, Jason (Steve Kazee). Till his death in Episode 5 in Season 7, Jason served as a scary reminder of the abuse Bailey went by in her marriage to him. Now, with Jason out of the best way, and Oscar within the wind, there was a transparent opening for a brand new villain to enter onto the scene.

Glasser Is LAPD’s Newest Goal in ‘The Rookie’

At first of Season 7, the staff uncovers {that a} serial killer has been working diligently to homicide harmless victims within the Los Angeles space. In Episode 4, Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox) pursues clues linked to the killer, and is attacked in an deserted psychological hospital (which is the stuff of nightmares). In Episode 5, Nyla narrows in on her suspect: a seemingly regular man with a household. Glasser and Nyla start a cat-and-mouse recreation; she is aware of that Glasser is her man, and Glasser is aware of that she’s onto him. Nyla assures him that she would be the one to take him down, however Glasser would not appear afraid of her for one second.

In The Rookie‘s most recent episode, Glasser begins a wildfire within the hills to create a big distraction. The cops who’ve been tasked to do surveillance on him are wanted elsewhere, and Glasser is ready to ditch his household and decide up his subsequent sufferer (with out Nyla on his again). Glasser abducts a homeless man named Phil (Kaidy Kuna), however Nolan and Nyla are capable of persuade Glasser’s spouse, Miranda (Hannah Barefoot), to offer them with details about the place Glasser could also be hiding. Nolan, Nyla, Angela, and rookie Miles Penn (Deric Augustine) head to the cabin within the woods the place Glasser is camped out. They confront Glasser in a heart-pounding battle, and even after being brutally attacked, the officers are nonetheless capable of rescue Phil and take Glasser into custody.

‘The Rookie’ Ought to Hold Glasser Round

Despite the fact that Glasser is now being charged for his crimes, The Rookie should not wrap up his storyline simply but. There aren’t every other characters proper now who can create the identical kind of creepy, evil vibes that Glasser initiatives. He’s an interesting character, exactly as a result of he is been capable of keep away from detection for therefore lengthy. His disturbing and sinister conduct and his back-and-forth interactions with Nyla have been one of the vital compelling points of the season. Plus, the sequence appears to be leaning into the truth that Nyla has change into overly targeted on capturing Glasser (which has brought about her to lose sight of being there for her family). In Episode 8, she confesses to Angela that she’s been working additional time simply to maintain watch over the man. She’s risked burning out (and is forgoing her normal obligations) just to nab this serial killer. Why convey up her obsession over this case, simply to drop it so rapidly? It could be disappointing if this plot have been deserted, and the serial killer was merely put away for good already. These cops want a long-term villain to battle in opposition to, and Glasser has been one of the vital sinister ones the Mid-Wilshire precinct has pursued up to now.

It does seem to be there are a number of ways in which The Rookie may maintain Glasser round. Maybe he hires an legal professional that is capable of in some way get him out on a technicality, and Nyla may very well be set proper out on his path once more to place him behind bars completely. The sequence has already featured one jailbreak; could not the super-smart and diabolical Glasser additionally determine a method to escape custody? Season 7 has been such a robust one, however wrapping up Glasser’s story too early may find yourself making the season really feel incomplete. With out Oscar again within the recreation but and with no different long-term villains in sight, the present wants Glasser as an evil antagonist the great guys can chase.

New episodes of The Rookie air on Tuesday nights on ABC, with episodes accessible to stream on Hulu within the U.S.

The Rookie

Launch Date

October 16, 2018

Community

ABC

Showrunner

Alexi Hawley

Administrators

Tori Garrett, Chi-Yoon Chung, Michael Goi, Sylvain White, Lisa Demaine, Lanre Olabisi, Invoice Johnson, David McWhirter, Liz Friedlander, Daniel Willis, Toa Fraser, Anne Renton, Jon Huertas, Cherie Nowlan, TK Shom, Rob Seidenglanz, Valerie Weiss, Barbara Brown, Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul, SJ Major Muñoz, Nelson McCormick, Marcus Stokes, Adam Davidson, Anna Mastro

Writers

Corey Miller, Invoice Rinier, Zoe Cheng, Mary Trahan, Ally Seibert, Liz Alper, Nick Hurwitz, Racheal Seymour, Madeleine Coghlan, David Radcliff