The series was inspired by a true story and premiered on ABC in 2018.
It spawned a spin-off,The Rookie: Feds,which was canceled after just one season.
But it’s not just Nolan who provides words of wisdom in the series.
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His colleagues, and even some villains, have also contributed some of the show’s most memorable lines.
However,there is also a certain world-weary and weathered wisdom about himas well.
Theculprit is then tasered by Bishopto bring about an abrupt end to the speech.
It isa powerful message, and it undeniably stands as one of Wests best quotes in the entire series.
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12"What do you do?
If you say screenwriter, youre going in a cell."
That is the case in this quote from the Season 2 episode The Dark Side.
Bradford snatches it instead and begins asking personal questions.
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11"Air conditioning makes you soft.
You gotta get comfortable with being uncomfortable."
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10"It’s not good to work all of the time.
it’s crucial that you enjoy life more."
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The Knock was an entertaining combination of a gruesome case with Tim and Lucys funny, lighthearted double date.
But the best line of the episode came from Romero.
9"I wasn’t looking.
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That’s when love shows up."
The episode was also a crossover with spin-offThe Rookie: Feds.
8"Always got to have a plan ‘B’ starting out.
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Having a plan ‘B’ doesnt mean you’re not committed.
It means you’re a realist."
Meanwhile, Tim returned to duty after being shot, and his wife was hospitalized after an overdose.
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7"Grief is grief.
There has to be consequences."
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