It seems like someone said, "let's put a bunch of writers into a room together that know nothing of policing and do a tv show"...
I get taking "dramatic license" but this is ridiculous.
Terrible lazy writing and it's disappointing because the show has a great premise....
The other bad thing is too many people believe this crap, too....(endless shootouts, killing of people, and then walking away like nothing happened)....
Are you sure you didn't see the last few seasons of Criminal Minds by mistake, or maybe Law & Order: SVU
Not all "cop shows" follow the exact rules of what being a police officer is really like- or if they've been on for too long and change their dynamic and decent objective. Leaving the writers to do what the fans what, without caring if it makes any sense.
Look at Whiskey Cavalier for "ridiculous" and over the top cheesy. Though it was entertaining, it got cancelled.
The Rookie isn't perfect, but it's entertaining enough to get renewed.
The lack of common sense in the writing has done it for me.....
For example, in the last episode I will watch.....all of them are stuck in an apartment building being attacked by thugs with automatic weapons. Somehow there is a 'jammer' in the building to cut off phone and cell signals. The pregnant woman is able to call the main thug with a landline and they don't use that phone to call out?
Or, the one cop uses a body cam to send video to his...gasp...cell phone that is being jammed by the 'jammer'?
Or how about the same guy being shot, almost killed then is back in action in what, a week? Or how they allow him to participate in ANYTHING involving his wife?
You have to have some sort of semblance of reality, that is all I'm asking.....
Ha, I'll give you that one and let alone I think any use of a cell jammer in TV/Movies is a very lame way to eliminate the use of cell phones. I remember that episode you're talking about, but not enough to debunk the jammer inconsistency.
Touche. Majority is for shock value, if a show has a few cliches of cheese or things aren't adding up, good for us for noticing it, but they don't care. I've seen SO many shows that don't make sense, have shitty timelines, etc. I tried watching Spectrum's LA's Finest the other day, wow that's a horrible cop show. Give that a try and get back to me.
At the end of the day, it is only television.
I guess my issue is I've never gotten into the unbelievable shows especially when they are trying to be somewhat believable.
Another example is when the Nolan character killed the man armed with a gun and how Nolan was treated as a suspect. Photos of him like he was arrested?? That is not how it's mostly done.
Been spoiled by Hill Street Blues, Homicide and The Wire......
There are a lot of unbelievable shows out there. The Rookie has its inconsistencies, but there are WAY worse shows out there that are very-very unbelievable.
The Wire is a good show though, even if you have been spoiled.
Yes, you are correct about that - there are much worse shows out there. I just find it frustrating that there really is a good premise behind this show and with plenty of story possibilities without the highly misrepresented parts of it.
I started to watch the episode after the one I said I'd quit watching and it was where Nolan was trying to get in his own truck after locking the keys inside and what came next was funny, amusing and believable and that's what I mean - there are countless ways to portray this show rather than a shoot out each episode.
(Take Longmire - loved that show, but a murder every episode turned that county into the murder capital of the world - and that was with all the great possibilities when it came to storytelling).
By the way, I've enjoyed the courteous back and forth...there is too much nastiness around here and it's good to have decent discussions.....
Overall, I think The Rookie is more target audience towards having fun, showing action, and keep characters in character development. It's nice when they follow the real world of police work, but as long as they try their best to make sense, I'll stick around. Some of the shoot out episodes are really intense, but if you think in too much about it, you're not going to enjoy yourself. Or if you take a show too seriously.
Like, Bates Motel, I know that's not a cop show, but after Season 1, it tanked in their stories, making any sense, and butchering their timeline and how they started with the show and had a horrible ending imo. People really enjoyed it even the garbage that is Season 3 & 4, but to each their own, that's just my opinion.
Yes, it is nice to discuss things out rationally
Here's an odd thing - I can watch and enjoy James Bond and Mission Impossible-like movies because there is already a sort of set up of the premise that the unbelievable is about to happen.
I was watching the French detective show Spiral and while it was good drama, the detectives kept doing things that pushed the believable envelope too far (they would keep doing things on the edge and then when they avoided the trouble, it seemed like in the next episode it was the same thing again).
best wishes
There are about 20 episodes a year of "The Rookie". LA has north of 260 murders per year, and rising. They're probably getting no more than their share.
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shareI'd say this show is somewhere between police academy and a police show - as such, you really shouldn't take much of what goes on here seriously. Though, the dramatic stuff can get way overdramatic (I'm currently watching the episode where he killed a robber).
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