The Rookie (TV Series) Fight or Flight (2022) User Reviews

Unique, creative, awesome!

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 9/10 · 2 February 2022]

Little shocked with the 3 current reviewers not liking this episode. I for one really enjoyed it. The writers have a great and creative imagination. I've never seen anything close in any past police procedural TV show, and I've seen a lot. Sure the entire helicopter plot was a little ridiculous, as was the pregnancy part, but it was funny, entertaining, and unique, especially the "personal assistant" tasks. I guess you can't please everyone; viewers will always complain the plot has been done before, or complain if it's unique. I for one applaud the writers, and they are the reason I will always tune in to watch this series, because you can never expect what the next surprises will be. It's a well deserved 9/10 from me!

Little Unrealistic, but a Whole Lot of Fun

[SourCandyOrNoCandy · 9/10 · 22 May 2022]

This was a great episode. The only thing that would've made it better is if Chen and Bradford were working together but I understand why they weren't.

Best parts of the episode?

• I love Leo! I hate that they had to arrest him at the end (although it's obvious why they had to). He was so fun to have in this episode. Was it unrealistic that he learned how to fly a helicopter using a video game? Sure. Was it fun? Hell yes!

• The added pressure of having a time constraint made this a great episode. I loved the whole quest concept.

• This assistant character was great. I kinda wish that we got to see him in at least one more episode. "...and look, I couldn't be any less Hollywood." "Mr. Thorsen. Good morning, sir. I got you your breakfast."

• I love how they use Thorsen's character to empathise with wrongfully-convicted criminals but not in a way that he automatically believes everyone who says they're innocent.

• The James-Wesley pairing is always my favourite. What a treat!

• Cupcake's owner, Murray! He was such a fun character.

• I feel as though we don't get to see Bradford being a sergeant since he's so involved with everything, but him being a leader in this episode was really nice to see.

Awesome show, dumb episode

[Zedyeti · 3/10 · 1 February 2022]

Kid easily steals a helicopter from a police station and knows how to fly it? This show is great and while it does have unbelievable storylines sometimes this episode was just too much. It's as cringy as the episode where the lapd have their own rescue mission in Guatemala haha. Overall the episode seems like a filler that could be skipped.

Love the Show - Some Plots are Ridiculous

[robdelage · 1/10 · 1 February 2022]

Love the Show - Some Plots are Ridiculous. A teenager stealing a police helicopter that easily? What's next, toddlers robbing banks? Don't waste poor writing on such a talented cast.

As the Rookie Turns. Sorry we are done with this show.

[Steelfram · 3/10 · 2 February 2022]

One of the worst soap opera quality episodes. Sorry Nathan. Even Fillion seems to be calling it in because he has nothing interesting to do or say. Stolen helicopter? Pregnancy issues? Wrongfully accused? Where's the guy with the eye patch. Who's going to be in a coma? Do I hear girl fight?

Really sad writing and really bad acting even by those that can act. Bad director maybe? Kept hoping it this show would get back to being good like the first season. Guess it's not going to.

Rookie Story Telling

[sjspode · 4/10 · 14 April 2022]

Potentially the poorest episode of the entire run of The Rookie since it began. Kid nicks a Police helicopter way too easily and is instantly a star pilot. Stupid assistant / PA story.

Other stories are stronger but pulled down by the overall mix.

Hopefully just a low quality blip and not the start of a trend.

Does anybody know where Andrew W. Marlowe and Stana Katic happen to be? Alexi, you might want to give them a call.

[steveclem-43778 · 4/10 · 2 March 2022]

I don't watch this show for enjoyment, I would like to but it just isn't possible. You have to readjust your ability to reason as if you're a masochist. You have to watch it from more of a Bizzaro, perverse, twisted perspective. Kind of like what actor Judd Hirsh, Alex, once explained on an episode of Taxi. It's like smelling a carton of sour milk or putting your tongue on a cold sore in your mouth or adding to it in my own words, pulling off a scab just to see it bleed. This show is wildly ridiculous and irresponsible It makes one yearn for the seriousness of a Roadrunner cartoon. You would have to have a mental deficiency or a tumor that paralyzes your ability to reason to accept it as even plausible. This episode is a prime example of why. First of all the lead character is a weenie. They claim he's a boy scout but that would be the positive connotation of the same thing. Most lead characters are portrayed as the dominant heroic types. Not this dude he defers to everybody and I mean everybody. He's beholding to his professor, fellow cops, girlfriends, son, to the people he arrests, everybody. If he had a spine it would be in storage somewhere. How do you get up in the morning to look at yourself when you're this guy? I have no idea. This episode is no different. He's got a 16-year old kid leading him around by the shorties while he's flying a helicopter all over the city. In true Nolan fashion, he kisses this dude's backside like it's his day job while being a cop is just his side hustle. That's our boy, John. Softer than the 3 ply in my bathroom. It's unbelievable how he gets played. Don't you think some competent adults should be in command of this situation? After all, this isn't Benjamin Buttons', but they want to make young people feel empowered so they tell them what they want to hear. The truth is they are blowing smoke at junior's backside just to get his money through commercial advertising. In the real world ain't nobody playing this dude's game. Not adults who are responsible for making real decisions anyways. The idea this kid is flying a helicopter is crazy. People may learn on simulators but you ain't doing nothing without a professional teacher. This kid ain't getting the keys either. Not in a real police station. Wait..... I digress, I forgot this is a liberalized form of daycare that they call a police station. They probably just hand you the keys as part of an outreach program. What was I thinking? I forgot logic wasn't in play here. Speaking of which,let's not forget that this kid has so much insight into the criminal mind that he could come up with a complex plan to break up a crime spree in his neighborhood. Ah no... just more pandering to youth again. If he is such a good slueth why not make him the cop and get rid of the rest of them. Have you ever noticed that all the best scenes go to everybody but the star of this show? Hey, Nathan are you aware you are second fiddle on your own show, again? C'mon, man what are we doing here? The next thing that grinds my piston is the repetitive nature of white dudes almost always playing the negative roles and women and minorities almost always being the positive, outstanding, sympathetic characters. Helicopter dude's mom's boyfriend, alligator dude, dude's ripping off the house, etc... All these dudes are white. Where are we filming this in a trailer park? Go watch your local news and see if it's always a white dude. We don't live in a social Utopia people. My point is you get saturated by all this blatant misrepresentation but what are you going to do? It' is all so fake. All the major networks do it but what is so sad is it so predictable. You're basically watching the same thing every night. It's like it is mandated by the powers who be. Is Charlie Manson still alive and working as an exec at the network? Maybe his followers... Well anyhow, the opposite must be true. You're considered cool if your not a white dude so when I saw the guy cuffed to the hospital bed I knew that was going to be soft-pedaled. All you need to remember is this, minorities have to be seen only in positive ways on network TV. There is no mystery if you remember that fact. It's would be cool if it was true but it's not. It's not like your color or sex determine your character so why foster this idea? I've been watching TV for over 50 years and in the last 3 years, I have never seen such piddly crap in my life. It is like the deep state is deconstructing the human experience by severing it at the cortex and substituting some junked-up artificial intelligence in place of it. Besides,If this guy is so innocent and is looking for an audience at the hospital why would he crack the skull of a prison guard? If you're looking for a way out you don't commit a crime so you have to stay in. You stay true to the nature of your character and keep your nose clean. That dude seemed smart to me so why jack up a guard? To get all the bleeders to fall over yourselves and go nuts. No other reason, Just to mess with you because it pays the bills. There is no logic to back their claim that he is just gave in to violence. Did he sound lost or violent to you? He seemed reasonable to me. I rather have a guilty man get out of prison than an innocent be put into one But you need to keep your story straight and stop being so prosaic in thought . The last thing that put a rusty hook in my bag of nuts is this pregnancy thing for two reasons. Is every woman on this show going to be preggers? It's like Johnny Appleseed is running all over Los Angeles having one-nighters. Lucy, you better watch your back! The other reason is all this social stuff eats away at the fabric of the show. It is distraction after distraction. No bigger distraction than the assistant guy. Why would you give up time to this clown when you can add depth to a show that severely needs it? This is an action-adventure show. How about we do more policing and less of this filler nonsense that you got going on. I think we got a bait and switch going on here. They tell you it's a police show but you get stuck with social services for an hour. If they watered it down anymore it would be lemonade without the lemons. You can't call it drama because if you add any intensity the viewers would be too scared to watch it. It ain't a comedy because it's so trivial already you wouldn't recognize it they did do something funny. I don't know what it is but it ain't good. All I know is there is a lot of people in the credits that were the same people that did Castle. One of my top five shows of all time, but you can't tell that by watching this Castle light version. Does anybody know where Andrew W. Marlowe and Stana Katic happen to be? Alexi, you might want to give them a call.