Meanwhile, Tim receives a threatening message, which leads to an investigation into the dark web.
ScreenRant: This episode readdresses the murder of Celinas sister.
What made you decide to revisit that storyline through a true crime podcast?
You also brought back Malvado this episode, who was shot and killed.
Lucy is taking the sergeants exam so she and Tim could, potentially, get back together.
After everything that’s happened, are their jobs keeping them apart?
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Is it still because she hasn’t forgiven him?
What would you say their main roadblock is at this point in time?
Alexi Hawley: I think it’s both.
The Rookie follows John Nolan, a small-town man who embarks on a new career as an LAPD officer after a life-changing event. As the force’s oldest rookie, Nolan faces skepticism from superiors who view his pursuit as a midlife crisis.
Even the hookups feel very human.
That discussion circles back to Angela and Tim’s friendship.
Alexi Hawley: I always thought that Lopez and Tim had a special connection in my head.
They were rookies together themselves.
Even him becoming her man of honor-pop in thing…
I hadn’t forgotten it, but it wasn’t in the front of my brain.
They’re amazing together.
They haven’t found the hacker who contacted Tim.
I can’t help but feel like that’s intentional.
Alexi Hawley: Yeah.
Many of our great characters over the years were [found that way.]
We still love Elijah, but we just haven’t found an organic way back into his storyline.
But you never know.
Are we going to see Tim’s new starring role in Behind the Badge?
Alexi Hawley: I would say at some point we will.
That was a really fun resolve to that.
And how great was that training video?
Those two actors were so much fun in that fake training video.
The football scene, as you were saying, was such a great group moment.
Was it a creative choice not to have Lucy there because of what happened in the episode?
Alexi Hawley: Yeah.
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