#abc the rookie

[mustbebunnys]

♪ I don't want to bother you, Officer Hottie ♪ ♪ I just have to tell you something ♪ THE ROOKIE | Chaos Agent, s7e10

[nether-moth]

I feel like the Chenford hookup we're supposedly getting next week is like a dream or something, with it being an April Fools episode and all

[chenfordsbee]

2x01 I 5x22 I 6x06 I 7x03

[happygirl2oo2]

Like Girlfriend, Like Boyfriend 😌

"What are the odds, right?" -> 3x02 | 7x08

[leavingubehind]

CHENFORD WEEK 2023 ↳ Day 01 : Favorite s5 moments (Inspired by Canon Day)

[trincorrectly]

Lucy : What the fuck? People actually tell their crushes they like them??

Tim: What the hell do you do?

Lucy : I die? What kinda question…

[starstruckbyacomet]

The Rookie – S.O.S (Save Our Show)

Season 7 Is A Fans' Favorite, but It Might Be Not Enough.

A. What The Show Has Done Right

A lot of fans L❤️VE Season 7 of The Rookie for a lot of reasons:

Fans' favorite ship, Chenford, is significantly progressed: Tim got jealous, they hooked up, and Tim confessed his love to Lucy again.

Although we missed Aaron Thorsen, his replacement, Miles Penn, won our hearts with his sincerity and sympathetic attitude.

We got a cute jealous Wesley storyline.

Wopez and Jayla seamlessly blend into each other's family life. Nyla has known that Det. Rick Graham had a crush on Angela before Wesley found out. James opened Wopez' front door without help (he might have a key!), and dropped Leah before going to work.

We got Tim and Nolan bro moments twice (in the locker room and the safe house)

We got a new eye candy: the Mickey! 😂

We even got a little backstory for Smitty (Smitty has married at least 3 times, and he might have children! 🤯)

To sum it up, Season 7 won the fans over by giving a lot of fan service and portraying dynamic relationships across the main characters. Everyone could interact with everyone, simply by Grey changing their work partner. Having Wesley assigned to Mid-Wilshire Police Station and James working as the community representative also add more possibilities to combine any of the main characters in writing a storyline.

Alexi Hawley, the showrunner, did a really great job in the characters' dynamics and developments. The main characters interact like a team, a found family, without being advertised as such (looking at you, 9-1-1 👀). Everyone got their own story and development. Some are more prominent than the others, but no one is stuck in limbo, or trapped in a hamster wheel of repetitive storylines.

Another strong point of the show is the casting. All of the main cast members are giving solid performances. The show didn't spend its budget on big name stars, then had to cast less-skilled young actors to fill the remaining roles as the consequence (looking at you 9-1-1: Lone Star 👀). Even some of the lesser-known cast members like Melissa O'Neil, Eric Winters, Mekia Cox, and Alyssa Diaz, are unexpectedly impressive. Also, kudos to Nathan Fillion for sharing the spotlight with the younger actors, a move which help the show attracts much broader audience.

B. It Might Be Not Enough

Despite all of these positive points, the rating and viewership of the Rookie tend to decline. Episode 7x06 "The Gala", another fans' favorite which gave them a Chenford hook up, has one of the lowest ratings (0.24) and one of the lowest viewership numbers (2.771 millions) in the season. Episode 7x08 "Wildfire", which gave Chenford's love confession, fares a bit better with 0.25 rating and 3.121 millions viewers, but it is still below average.

Compared to its competitors in the same time slot, the rating of ep. 7x08 "Wildfire" is at the bottom, behind 'FBI: International', 'Doc', and 'Deal or No Deal Island'. If you look at the previous ratings of Season 7, the Rookie used to be #1 or #2 behind the FBI series.

Among other ABC shows, the average rating of the Rookie this season is also worrying. It's only second from the bottom, slightly better than Grey's Anatomy, a former juggernaut which people say has run its course.

C. What Needs To Be Done

What's wrong with the Rookie? Some fans, including me, think that this season is still lacking of good cases. After all, The Rookie is a police procedural show. It wouldn't survive solely on interpersonal drama and romance. The show NEEDS to have GOOD PROCEDURAL STORIES.

The Rookie has all what it needs to tell good procedural cases. It has done so in the past. Not only the show has a solid team of protagonists, it also has an impressive rooster of villains who are still alive, akin to the DC Batman. There are Elijah Stone, Aldo Salonga, Oscar Hutchinson, Monica Stevens, and now Liam Glasser. It would be exciting to watch something like their Guatemala Adventure again. Even smaller stories with heartfelt scenes like the Southern Front Case, or stories with good plot twists like the Nick Armstrong Case, might return viewers' interest on the show again.

It would help if fans send feedback to ABC about the improvement they want to see. The Rookie still has half a season to correct its course. In other shows, fans gave feedback only after the discontinuity of their beloved show was announced. By then, it might be too late. Actors might have been booked for another job (like Raphael Silva, who had been booked for 'The Waterfront' BEFORE his current show, 9-1-1: Lone Star, ended), or a replacement show has been signed by the network.

Anyone who want to send feedback to ABC can use this following link. Thank you for your contribution in this matter 🙏.

[who-peed-in-your-cheerios]

I loved this episode so much, I love how centered on Nyla it was, how connected everyone was to her, I loved Nyla and Nolan's scene, Nyla and Wes, Nyla and Grey, Lucy and Nylas quick hand hold, Angela defending their relationship with 'they've been fighting since the day they met', Nyla and James..ugh just all of it, it was so perfect.

[airforce-51]

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I didn’t want to draw, but I knew if I didn’t make some sort of creative thing for this show I would have exploded

[lynellecanthearyou]

tfw your current fixation mentions your childhood fixation

[westwingwolf]

Do you enjoy discussing all things Chenford and The Rookie? Then please join us in the discord!

I know that during hiatus being active in fandom happens less and less, but I would like to encourage engagement with other fans on the Chenford discord during this time because we still have a ways to go before the show starts again in January. And we could all use a supportive hug to get us through this current challenging time.

So please join us. Bring your opinions, beliefs, knowledge, speculation, creativity, and most of all your love for Chenford.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please reblog this post so that as many Chenford fans as possible have the opportunity to join in on the fun.

[nether-moth]

(This is basically just a random rant)

Is it just me or are Chenford fans like some of the most Toxic in the fandom. Not all Chenford fans of course I've come across some really nice ones but there's just the one vocal half of Chenford fans that are like Toxic as hell

Like I'm talking about the side that always hate on any character that isn't Tim or Lucy (Especially if a character has dated Tim or Lucy in the past) and they always act like having a storyline about John and Bailey is just the worst thing to happen for some reason

[chenfordsbee]

chenford + genny bradford

[happygirl2oo2]

Like Girlfriend, Like Boyfriend 😌

[press the link above to see the video of the Lucy part, or here to see both of these scenes side by side as gifs]

[leavingubehind]

CHENFORD WEEK 2023 ↳ Day 3: Something’s Missing Day (tumblr hashtags)

[trincorrectly]

Lucy : You ever get so tired that you start seeing spiders?

Tim: Me after I take 17 Benadryl and start seeing the hat man.

Lucy : THE WHO?

Tim: Oh is this not a safe space suddenly?