Last night’s all new episode of The Rookie titled “Speed” paid homage to the throwback movie of the same name starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves — and it was one of their best this season yet (second place to Nyla’s story arc though).
As part of a police initiative, Celina and John go undercover riding a bus as a way to deter crime on buses, but little did they know a man with a bomb would make their day hell. As an obvious nod to Speed, the bus is not allowed to stop under any circumstances. Luckily for them, the speed of the bus had nothing to do with whether or not the bomb went off, it was just two idiot brothers, one of which had the bomb strapped to himself.
Celina attempts to disarm one of the brothers, but he ends up getting shot (by his own brother –insane). He needs medical attention, but his brother refuses to allow that to happen and says a doctor needs to come on the bus. Grey says he can’t get him a doctor, but will get him the next best thing. Bailey shows up (let’s all pretend to be surprised) to help. With an assist from SWAT she manages to jump onto the bus.
What I don’t get is why there had to be constant mention about her from other people as if they haven’t done badass things themselves. Lucy doubted herself because she doesn’t think she compares to Bailey when, as Tim mentions, she did the same thing not too long ago. Mind you, that was without SWAT’s help. Nyla tells John that Bailey needed to save some glory for the rest of them – can we not? Her praise felt forced and unnatural.
The bus heist ends with John taking down the man with the bomb (again, let’s all pretend to be surprised) and it’s all over– at least for now. When a few hostages were released, one of them was a pregnant woman who turned out to not be pregnant and was there for other ulterior motives. We don’t know what that is yet, but what we do know is that our favorite red-headed lawyer is involved somehow which is never a good thing.
Finally, the start to a conversation we’ve all been waiting for happened between Tim and Lucy (our beloved Chenford). Tim has always been ready to talk, but it had to be on Lucy to start the conversation. She tells him that she’s not seeing anyone and doesn’t plan on it – her focus is on the Sergeant exam. She also tells him that she hasn’t forgiven him yet (which is fair and honest and I am so happy she said this), but when that day comes she would want his help studying for the exam.
Wanting to give Lucy a taste of what it would be like to be Sergeant, Tim allows her to make all the calls while they ride together on shift. Lucy is a natural at anything she puts her mind to, and what I loved seeing in this episode is that, for once, she didn’t doubt herself. I’m used to her asking for validation with everything, but no, not this time around. Okay (soon to be Sergeant) Lucy, I see you!
This was one of those episodes that had you glued to the screen until it was over – no it wasn’t the storyline, but mostly how the episode was shot. The multiple camera angles made the story telling easy to follow and it was so refreshing. I thought this was going to be another storyline whiplash situation (let’s keep this pace for the rest of the season, PLEASE). What’d you think of the episode? Share your thoughts!
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