The Fugitive
In Episode 5 of The Rookie Season 5, Nolan and Bailey are discussing whether it is the right time to get back to work. Nolan thinks it is too early, as it has only been a week. Bailey understands where he is coming from but she knows that Nolan respects her decision to get back to work. ..
Meanwhile, Lopez and Wesley are running late as they wait for Lopez’s mom to show up and babysit. Their nanny is currently on vacation. As she gives up waiting and opts to leave, Lopez finds her mom passed out at her door bleeding and immediately calls for an ambulance. ..
Lopez’s mother is not badly injured and she sets about trying to get the hospital staff to date her sons. Who needs Tinder or Grinder when your mom is cupid’s little assistant? Lopez gets a statement from her mom about the incident. She says a big man walked up to her, shoved her and told her to, “tell her son he is out of time.” She has four sons so they need to figure out who is the miscreant.
Lopez asks Harper to help her with the case and calls her brothers to the station for an interrogation. The first one is one smoking hot priest, Father Damien. The second one is Benjamin, a business man and the third one is Cruz, the black sheep of the family. Unfortunately, we didn’t meet Bruno, the youngest who is in New York. We, however, can rest assured that good looks run in the family.
In a report on the Lopez brothers, reporter Sarah Tew reports that Lopez goes hard on her brothers as she wants to know who is doing anything shady and endangering their family. Wesley, on the other hand chooses to represent her brothers in an effort to get in their good graces. During the investigation we learn some juicy family drama like Damien the priest is sleeping with someone’s wife. I guess we all fall short of the glory.
Benjamin Lopez, a 23-year-old Hispanic man, was having some money trouble and took a loan from a loan shark. The loan shark came to collect when Benjamin delayed the payment and Mama Lopez got the brunt of it. They arrested the loan shark and he learned the hard way not to mess with Mama Lopez. ..
Later in the day, Nolan and Juarez handle a car accident. Bailey is among the first responders and she rides with the victim to the hospital. As she is treating him in the ambulance, she realizes that he has an open gunshot wound and radios it in. The victim wakes up when they arrive at the hospital and tries to escape forcing the hospital to go into lockdown. ..
Bradford hurts his back when arresting a suspect and Chen takes him to the hospital. The doctors inform him that a fragment from an old gunshot wound has moved closer to his spine and he will need surgery. Bradford being the trooper that he is agrees to get the surgery without even asking about the risks. Chen, however, is quick to ask and there is a risk that the surgery can leave Bradford paralyzed. Sometimes I wonder what Bradford would do without Chen! ..
Sgt. Grey is joined by sergeant Chen who is suffering from food poisoning. This leaves Smitty in charge and Grey and Bradford fear for the worst so they send Chen to take the helm. Chen proves she has the leadership skills but she is relieved to hand over the reins to Grey once he feels better.
Ashley visits Bradford in the hospital and she starts talking about all the possibilities that can happen if Bradford retires. It seems she is already thinking of it being a possibility and deciding vacation destinations in her giddy excitement.
With the hospital in lockdown, the police and hospital security work tirelessly to arrest the perp. Bradford has an altercation with him when he randomly meets him in the hallway and the fight leads to him having an emergency surgery but he asks everyone to keep it a secret from Chen. In the end, Juarez saves the day by drugging the suspect when he holds her hostage in the ambulance.
After his surgery, Ashley breaks up with Bradford as he tells her he is not going to retire. She says she watched her mom suffer worrying over her dad who was also a cop and doesn’t think she can do it again. Chen goes back to the hospital after the end of her shift and keeps Bradford company. She doesn’t tell Chen that he was dumped by Ashley and he doesn’t resist the idea of her keeping him company as hard as he normally would. ..
After work, Nolan and Bailey celebrate her first day back to work after surviving the Rosalind ordeal. Bailey proposes to Nolan and he says yes. Bailey and Nolan are both relieved and happy to have survived the ordeal. ..
The Episode Review
This episode was great because the writers explored Lopez’s character further and deepened her backstory. We got to see her as a daughter and a sister but she is still an amazing protector of her family. We love her for that.
After years of planning and anticipation, Bradford and Ashley’s break-up was finally announced. I feel like she disappeared in the cracks but I am just glad she is gone. It is worth noting that Bradford told everyone not to tell Chen about his emergency surgery because he didn’t want her to worry. He wanted her to do well as an interim captain. This man was about to go under the knife and might end up paralyzed but his concern was Chen.
I’m happy for the couple. Bailey says it themselves, they have a healthy and loving relationship and they are happy. It is only natural that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. I just wish Nolan did not respond with, “try to stop me.” After everything he has seen and been through, why would he dare the universe?
