[DouglasPHill]

Another great, quirky ep. Enjoyed very much.

 

[Tony_T]

The surprise ending was good, but didn’t like most of the rest of it.
The undercover op seemed too unbelievable
Is it really true that an undercover officer can’t steal to protect their cover?

 

[justen_m]

I thought the episode was pretty good. Read an interview with a producer and he said they filmed the cliffhanger before they knew if the show was coming back for a fourth season. Lucky for us, they are.

I like the episode. Obviously time compressed, but I'm glad Lucy's UC Op didn't drag on for half a season.

 

[logic88]

So what would have happened if the show wasn't renewed? The series would have ended on a cliffhanger?

 

[justen_m]

So what would have happened if the show wasn't renewed? The series would have ended on a cliffhanger?

Yup. They only filmed a single season finale episode. The producer contrasted it with Castle, where he/they shot two different episodes. One a cliffhanger, and the non-cliffhanger that aired that served as a series finale.

[edit] Here's the interview I'm referring to
The Rookie Boss Breaks Down Finale's Wedding-Day Twist, That 'Saved Dance,' Quiet Casting Coups and More

 

[Tony_T]

If a show is canceled, maybe ending on a cliffhanger helps when shopping the show to one of the streaming services.

 

[LoadStar]

The producer contrasted it with Castle, where he/they shot two different episodes. One a cliffhanger, and the non-cliffhanger that aired that served as a series finale.

It wasn't two complete episodes, AFAIK, it was just two different fifth acts for the final episode. One act was a cliffhanger act, the other was a closed ending. (I don't remember if they actually filmed the cliffhanger act or not.)

 

[Pokemon_Dad]

Yup. They only filmed a single season finale episode. The producer contrasted it with Castle, where he/they shot two different episodes. One a cliffhanger, and the non-cliffhanger that aired that served as a series finale.

It wasn't two complete episodes, AFAIK, it was just two different fifth acts for the final episode. One act was a cliffhanger act, the other was a closed ending. (I don't remember if they actually filmed the cliffhanger act or not.)

Castle ending by transitioning from a scene where Castle and Beckett were bleeding out on the kitchen floor, to a glimpse of a future blissful family life with kids (using video that had been lying around unused from a previous episode). The alternate plan had been to fade out on the kitchen floor scene, then begin the next season with Beckett gone and Castle moving on by partnering with Ryan and Esposito.

 

[Agatha Mystery]

I feel like there is something more going on with the date that Nolan brought to the wedding. She shows up in a towel, says she's house sitting for a house (not people). She doesn't say who, but he does. He gives her the key to the house, rather than walking her over to it to make sure that she actually IS house sitting. And how did the dog get out and back in? Isn't plausible unless there is a doggie door, and as a cop, he should know that. She would know that there is a doggie door.

She phished him and he fell right for it.

 

[jasrub]

I feel like there is something more going on with the date that Nolan brought to the wedding. She shows up in a towel, says she's house sitting for a house (not people). She doesn't say who, but he does. He gives her the key to the house, rather than walking her over to it to make sure that she actually IS house sitting. And how did the dog get out and back in? Isn't plausible unless there is a doggie door, and as a cop, he should know that. She would know that there is a doggie door.

She phished him and he fell right for it.

I was thinking the exact same thing as she started tell him her 'story' about what happened. Then they showed up at the wedding together and figured I was just wrong.

 

[jcondon]

She phished him and he fell right for it.

We thought the same thing as we watched it.

Then I remembered he is a near 50 year old single guy looking at an attractive younger woman in nothing (supposedly) but a towel. Seems much more plausible then Schmidty (sp?) and some other no name cop being the only ones transporting a high level drug lord all by themselves without a second car or anything. Her crew rescues her and then others on her crew walk into a wedding with probably a least 10 LAPD officers and abducts the pregnant detective bride who busted her. The Sargent, nor Nolan, nor Tim or anyone else thinks maybe to be on guard for something like this.

Its a fun show but you have to just overlook lots that happens isn't likely to really happen in the real world.

 

[justen_m]

Its a fun show but you have to just overlook lots that happens isn't likely to really happen in the real world.

Ooh, internal struggle. Is Nolan being played, or is it just simplistic writing that wants to hook Nolan up with Jenna Dewan's Bailey, to create more possibilities of romantic conflict in the future? Nolan and law Professor Ryan or towel woman Bailey? Lucy and Tim? But Lucy and Nolan were a thing. I hope it doesn't take more than one or two episodes to get Lopez back and take down La Fiera.

 

[Tony_T]

… I hope it doesn't take more than one or two episodes to get Lopez back and take down La Fiera.

Well, a rookie undercover cop took down a criminal drug operation and the head of the cartel in an episode (in less than a week?), so….

 

[Wil]

Well, a rookie undercover cop took down a criminal drug operation and the head of the cartel in an episode (in less than a week?), so….

When Castle saved NYC from nuclear obliteration, that may have taken a two-parter; don't remember.

 

[JYoung]

I feel like there is something more going on with the date that Nolan brought to the wedding. She shows up in a towel, says she's house sitting for a house (not people). She doesn't say who, but he does. He gives her the key to the house, rather than walking her over to it to make sure that she actually IS house sitting. And how did the dog get out and back in? Isn't plausible unless there is a doggie door, and as a cop, he should know that. She would know that there is a doggie door.

She phished him and he fell right for it.

I did think about that.
Especially since Nolan's a cop and he should have known better than to give the house key to someone he just met.

But......
it's possible that this is a production issue.
Showing him walking her to the door would have cost them at minimum, one more shot setup, possibly two or three and would have necessitated another location to be used or set build to be done.

It's quite possible that they didn't have the time or the money to do that (production costs have gone up due to Covid and this show shoots out of the studio a lot) and could only use this clumsy scene for Nolan to ask her on a date.

 

[Tony_T]

“Let me take you there” (cut scene, switch to ….j

 

[justen_m]

I did think about that.
Especially since Nolan's a cop and he should have known better than to give the house key to someone he just met.

I wanted to buy into it. She's so perfect. Too perfect? I'm almost his age. A woman like Jenna Dewan, a firefighter, serves in the Army National Guard, martial arts instructor, who seems witty and funny and combative is a dream. She's a fantasy woman. C'mon. Nolan needs a break.

 

[JYoung]

"Let me take you there" (cut scene, switch to ….j

That doesn't flow.
What if she had shot him down?

 

[Tony_T]

That doesn't flow.
What if she had shot him down?

Where would she have hidden the gun?

 

[ncbill]

When Castle saved NYC from nuclear obliteration, that may have taken a two-parter; don't remember.

It's more dramatic when the show actually has the nuke detonate: