The Rookie season 2

The Rookie
Season 2
Starring	Nathan Fillion Mekia Cox Alyssa Diaz Richard T. Jones Titus Makin, Jr. Melissa O'Neil Eric Winter
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29) – May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)
Season chronology

The second season of The Rookie aired on ABC from September 29, 2019 to May 10, 2020, with 20 episodes produced.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of The Rookie characters

Main

• Nathan Fillion as John Nolan
• Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper
• Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez
• Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey
• Titus Makin, Jr. as Jackson West
• Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen
• Eric Winter as Tim Bradford

Recurring

• Sarah Shahi as Jessica Russo
• Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers
• Harold Perrineau as Nick Armstrong
• Ali Larter as Dr. Grace Sawyer
• Jasmine Mathews as Rachel Hall

Guests

• Mark Cuban as Himself
• Brent Huff as Quigley Smitty
• Seamus Dever as Chaz Bachman
• Jon Huertas as Alejandro Mejia/Cesar Ojeda
• Jane Daly as Patrice Evers
• Enver Gjokaj as Donovan Town
• Carsyn Rose as Lila Town
• Jordan Belfi as Ross "Corkscrew" Tegan
• Zayne Emory as Henry Nolan
• Madeleine Coghlan as Abigail
• Lauren Tom as Vanessa Chen
• Eve Harlow as Bianca Windle
• Matthew Glave as Oscar Hutchinson
• Eric Weddle as Himself
• Robert Woods as Himself
• Alan Tudyk as Ellroy Basso
• Sara Rue as Nell Forester
• Geoffrey Rivas as Howard Green
• Daniel Lissing as Sterling Freeman
• Presilah Nunez as Mandy Cross
• Karen David as Detective Rita Calderon
• Devan Chandler Long as Ripper
• Clark Furlong as Malcolm Tucker
• Michael Trucco as ADA Sean Del Monte
• Jeffrey D. Sams as Dr. Solomon Lowell
• Julian Acosta as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez
• Natalia Del Riego as Nora Valdez
• Annie Wersching as Rosalind Dyer
• Michael Cassidy as Caleb Wright
• Pete Davidson as Pete Nolan
• Roger Cross as Norman Jangus
• Seth Green as Jordan Neil
• Jeremy Davies as Detective Bill Summerland
• Tom Wright as Colin Hall
• Michael Esparza as Russell Scanlin
• Roselyn Sanchez as Valerie Castillo
• Bailey Chase as DEA Agent Michael Banks
• Jeff Pierre as Emmett Lang
• Don Swayze as Deputy Sharp
• Tina Lifford as Warden Miller
• Graham Patrick Martin as Elvis Grimaldi
• Hannah Kasulka as Officer Erin Cole
• Chris O'Shea as Officer Chris Rios
• Hrach Titizian as Ruben Derian
• Themo Melikidze as Serj Derian

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"Impact"	Mike Goi	Alexi Hawley	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	201	4.11
As Tim is rushed to the hospital, a third terrorist from the previous attack ambushes the police; Nolan and Tim, who had only suffered an allergic reaction to medication he was given, then take her out. Two weeks later, it is revealed that Talia resigned from the LAPD and has joined the ATF as a Special Agent while Nolan has moved into a new home, and the rookies learn the scores of their midterm exams, Nolan getting the highest score of 97, Lucy 91 and Jackson 81. They all pass, but Jackson is upset with his score. The team learns of a plan involving fake police officers after Nolan and Grey witness a robbery at a police uniform store. They later find one of the robbers dead after his partners killed him and set his body on fire. Lucy witnesses a fake police officer stealing a radio, but is unable to apprehend him before he escapes. Later, a clerk at the criminal court house is abducted, and Nolan helps to save her life after subduing the fake officer that Lucy had seen earlier. Tim, Lucy, Lopez, and Jackson also arrest the other fake cops following a shootout. Jackson is demoted by Grey, as Grey is disappointed in Jackson's speech that he had given to a group of cadets earlier. As a result, he cannot wear short sleeves until Grey can trust him again.
22	2	"The Night General"	Rob Bowman	Fredrick Kotto	October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	202	3.83
Jackson's landlord is arrested and he is evicted from his apartment. Nolan is assigned as partner to new detective Nick Armstrong, but their investigation into a recent murder leads to an unexpected reunion with Nolan's old love interest Grace. Lucy is also still upset at Tim because he will not allow her to wear short sleeves even though she passed the midterm exam. Meanwhile, the father of the murder victim kills one of the men who murdered his son, and nearly kills the other suspect as well by placing him in a concrete mold, before Nolan and Armstrong manage to save him. Unfortunately, the father commits suicide by hanging himself from a metal cable in a warehouse despite Nolan's attempts to persuade him not to. Jackson attempts to move into Smitty's trailer park as he doesn't have a place to live. However, Lucy learns of his predicament, and she allows him to move into her apartment.
23	3	"The Bet"	Barbara Brown	Corey Miller	October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)	203	3.60
Nolan tries to navigate his relationship with Jessica and he builds a rapport with Grace while investigating a criminal case involving a homeland security agent with Lopez. Jackson is assigned to Officer Smitty for the day and he struggles to deal with the laid back Smitty. Later, a criminal that Jackson is patting down escapes and the criminal drops his gun in a nearby yard. A young boy, believing that the gun is a toy, picks it up and accidentally shoots his mother fatally, infuriating Jackson. They are later able to capture the criminal following a search after learning that the gun was used another murder as well. Lucy also sets up Tim on a date with Rachel Hall, a social services agent and a friend of Lucy's from college, as a part of a bet. Lucy later discovers that Tim and Rachel are now dating, meaning that she has won the bet and can go back to wearing short sleeves.
24	4	"Warriors and Guardians"	Lisa Demaine	Brynn Malone	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)	204	3.76
Nolan gets introduced to a new training officer, Nyla Harper, a former undercover detective. He is confused by her extreme police tactics, notably overseeing minor offenses. They pull over a car with no plate, and all four occupants flee, with one falling of a roof top. Harper puts forward her body cam, showing he jumped himself and she didn't push him. While on patrol, they encounter Ross Teagan, who was a known drug dealer from Harper's past. An operation is commenced to set up Ross, but another suspect, Osito, is spotted leaving the scene by Nolan and when she later tells him she doesn't answer to him, Nolan agrees but informs her that if she's committed to making this an antagonistic relationship, then he won't roll over and take it. Together with Tim and Lucy, Nolan and Harper descend on Osito's location, leading to his arrest. Grey also has Harper apologize to Nolan for her treatment of him, which he accepts. Tim struggles to find a birthday gift for Rachel, and reluctantly accepts help from Lucy. Jackson and Lopez apprehend two boys who bothered a homeless woman, Alice Sheldon, whom turns out to be responsible for a hit and run ten years ago that left the victim paralyzed and eventually caused Alice to suffer a breakdown and become homeless. They track down her victim based on a photo she left, who is identified as Karin Arnoux. Despite initially being against Lopez's defence of Alice, Karin later decides to stand up for Alice.
25	5	"Tough Love"	Rachel Feldman	Vincent Angell	October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)	205	3.24
Lucy's mother comes to stay with her after having an argument with Lucy's father, frustrating Lucy. Nolan deals with surprising news that his son Henry is now engaged with his girlfriend, Abigail. The rookies also develop their first confidential informants. Nolan's first informant is a drug dealer, Bianca, who despite surviving an operation, first attempts to escape before it starts, and then overdoses afterwards. Armstrong helps Nolan by giving him a list of informant candidates. He also does a background check on Henry's girlfriend, which makes Nolan uncertain if he should read it or not. Nolan and Harper try their luck with a forger, whom easily flips. While awaiting a deal to go down at Whiteman Airfield, the buyers turn out to be women on the run from a cartel. The cartel's right hand man arrives, but escapes just as reinforcements arrive. Tim and Lucy deal with a young woman who is selling her stepmother's belongings to a pawn shop out of revenge. Despite Lucy urging her to change her ways, the girl ends up buying a gun and threatening her stepmother and firing shots at her bags. Lopez and Jackson try to flip a known FBI informant, who they later discover lied about his ex-wife sleeping with a known car dealer. They use this to their advantage to flip him completely the second time, leaving the FBI handler furious. However, this impresses Grey, who allows Jackson to finally wear short sleeves. Grace reads Abigail's background check, revealing that Abigail committed arson in the past, and Nolan brings it up to Henry and her. Abigail explains the truth about her arson, which Nolan forgives her for.
26	6	"Fallout"	Bill Johnson	Robert Bella	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)	206	3.50
The officers deal with an impending missile attack and also deal with their own disasters. Nolan attends a probationary court hearing, and he, Jessica, and Wesley help calm people down during the threat. They all hide in a fallout shelter, and Nolan and Jessica help subdue two prisoners that attempt to escape. Harper picks up her daughter from school, and has Rachel watch her at the station. Tim and Lucy also help a store owner deal with looters while Lopez and Jackson help save several people who are preparing to jump off of a building. Harper's ex-husband is furious at her for picking up their daughter and wants her arrested, but Nolan helps convince him that she has changed for the better. Wesley is also stabbed by one of the prisoners, Oscar Hutchinson, during the escape attempt and is hospitalized, but he survives his injuries.
27	7	"Safety"	Sylvain White	Terence Paul Winter	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)	207	3.73
The relationship between Nolan and Jessica gets a lot more complicated after she delivers some surprising news. Nolan also assists Grace at the hospital at a meeting for expectant mothers, where he helps to subdue the unruly boyfriend of one of the women. Lopez is on temporary leave from the force following Wesley's stabbing, and she takes a job in private security escorting a high profile businessman. Officers Tim and Jackson also help out the Watts Rams as volunteer coaches, and they help rescue the mother of one of the team's star players from several armed kidnappers. Lucy and Harper are also assigned to one another, and have several disagreements before they work together to subdue a serial bomber. Nolan and Jessica break up at the end of the episode as Nolan isn't ready to have more kids of his own.
28	8	"Clean Cut"	Toa Fraser	Mary Trahan	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)	208	3.61
Nolan kicks off his birthday by babysitting a crime scene at a law office. He meets Ellroy Basso, a professional cleaner, and they have to evade two criminals when they return to the scene looking for a hidden stash of money. Meanwhile, Tim is involved in an accident when he rear-ends a woman while on patrol. Jackson is also exposed to a substance during a traffic stop and begins to act like he is on drugs. Sgt. Grey also rides patrol with Officer Harper after she requests an early annual evaluation to better her chances of getting custody of her daughter, and Grey observes her compassion in dealing with a near-drunk driver who was depressed after a cancer diagnosis. In the end, it is revealed the boyfriend of the woman Tim hit is intentionally scamming people to earn money by disconnecting the brake lights on the woman's car. Tim and Lucy also thwart a potential murder that the woman's boyfriend is trying to commit. Jackson is evaluated at the hospital but his exposure to the substance is not as serious as initially feared, allowing both Tim and Jackson to receive a special award from the deputy chief.
29	9	"Breaking Point"	Leslie Libman	Alexi Hawley & Corey Miller	December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)	209	3.36
Nolan's trust is tested when he tries to help the previous owner of his home reconnect with his family. Nolan later has to subdue and arrest him when the other man breaks into the house in the middle of the night. Meanwhile, Officer Harper has finally earned an overnight visit with her daughter that is put into jeopardy when her past undercover life resurfaces again. Nolan also has to go undercover in order to save Harper's life. Tim and Lucy deal with a murder when a lost dog is found covered with blood, resulting in a disturbing case where a woman was killed by her own son because she broke up with her boyfriend. Wesley is brought in as the kid's lawyer, but struggles with PTSD from when he was stabbed after the boy brings up the knife. Lopez and Jackson assist the stars of a police drama by showing them proper LAPD procedure after running into the lead actor during an arrest, with Jackson hitting it off with the actor while Lopez assists his co-star in dealing with a stalker, learning that the stalker is one of the production crew who shoots Jackson before she is subdued.
30	10	"The Dark Side"	Bill Roe	Alexi Hawley	December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)	210	3.70
The department is tasked with assisting convicted serial killer Rosalind Dyer (Annie Wersching) to find the remains of 3 of her victims in exchange for commuting her death sentence to life in prison. While on the way to her gravesites, the team is forced to stop a man from killing her, and they discover new bodies in Rosalind's gravesites. Nolan talks to Rosalind about the possibility of there being a third victim, as two bodies were found along with Rosalind's original kills, having been killed by a different serial killer. Rosalind refuses to help them, and the team is forced to find the new victim on their own. Nolan and Harper manage to find the third victim alive but the killer manages to escape after attempting to drown Nolan in a storm drain. The episode ends with Lucy being drugged and forced into the back of a car by her date at a bar.
31	11	"Day of Death"	David McWhirter	Brynn Malone & Fredrick Kotto	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	211	4.92
Lucy awakes after being drugged by her date, tattooed by him with her "day of death". The station works to find Lucy after they all realize they haven't seen her in 13 hours. It is revealed that her date, Caleb Wright is the protégé of serial killer Rosalind Dyer. Caleb orders Lucy to get in a barrel at gunpoint, which he proceeds to bury in the middle of the desert. As the station works to find her, Caleb proceeds to kidnap Armstrong and take him to a house that belonged to Rosalind's uncle. Nolan and Harper proceed to track Caleb to the house, where Harper fatally shoots Caleb to save Armstrong. With Caleb dead, the officers spread out and search for loose dirt to find Lucy, with Tim finding and performing CPR on her, saving her life. Meanwhile, Angela and Wesley discuss his mental health after she found him unconscious after mixing his pills with alcohol. Wesley decides to go to work after seeing what Lucy went through and acknowledges that he can seek help. Nolan visits Rosalind in prison, revealing that they found the locations where she buried her victims, meaning there will be no more deals. Rosalind tells him that she has one more secret, which is about Armstrong. Nolan tells her that he doesn't care about that but Rosalind replies that she knows he'll be back.
32	12	"Now and Then"	C. Chi-Yoon Chung	Robert Bella	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	212	4.55
Nolan takes his son's fiancé Abigail on a ride-along with Tim after she reveals she wants to be a police officer. Tim offers to put in a word for her at the police academy, but tells Nolan that she won't be able to become a cop due to her criminal record. Harper asks Tim to switch rookies for the week, where she will ride with a recovering Lucy. Lucy struggles to trust her judgment again, so Harper and Lopez take her to speed dating to try to regain her judgment. Lucy gets triggered and snaps when one of the men at the event pulls a loose thread on her sweater, throwing him to the ground. Lucy says that Harper will never understand what she went through, where Harper later reveals that she was raped by her UC handler and implies that she sent him to early retirement, throwing him down some stairs.
33	13	"Follow-Up Day"	Liz Friedlander	Alexi Hawley	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	213	5.12
Nolan learns of the news that his father has recently died, and is sent his inheritance by a lawyer, which includes an old car. The rookies and their training officers are put through follow up day, where they're assigned dormant cases. Nolan and Harper investigate a robbery of lottery tickets which also left the wife of the store owner dead. Their leads point then to a strip club, where a pole dancer, Chastity, recognises the suspect they're looking for, Tucker Novak, on CCTV footage. Tucker points them to Colt Henry after they arrest him. They find him at the train station, arriving from Sacramento. He attempts to flee and holds an infant child at gunpoint before Nolan manages to negotiate with him into giving up. Jackson and Lopez investigate the theft of a statue, which they find lying over the alleged thief when they go door to door through the neighbourhood. Back at the station, Lopez encounters Wesley's mother who has been arrested for possessing an unlicensed gun. Wesley takes part in the case, and learns that his mother got the gun from Christian Roberts, who has a record of armed robberies. Lopez and Jackson track down Christian and arrest him after he attempts to escape. Tim and Lucy investigate a case of money laundering involving Nevin Cooper, who has gone through rehab and working at a local bakery, but is still in debt to his former gang. After encountering Nevin seemingly being threatened by the gang, Tim later attempts negotiate with their leader, Marquel, to let Nevin be, but he refuses. They later manage to get Nevin a permanent job at the bakery, forcing the gang to look elsewhere for laundering money. Tim receives his sergeant exam results, but turns down the offer of starting in North Hollywood, in favor of finishing training Lucy. Nolan meets his half brother Pete (Pete Davidson) while working his and Harper's case, who twice steals the car he inherited, but they manage work out a better relationship, and Pete begins a relationship with Chastity.
34	14	"Casualties"	Sylvain White	Bill Rinier	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	214	5.17
Lopez and Jackson are called to a man who is shot in the top of his head and seems to ramble. Tim and Lucy are called to a couple, where the wife reports to being stalked by a drone. The husband takes it further when he shoots down the drone the next time it appears. The boy responsible shows the footage to Grey, who reports to Lopez and Jackson that both their and Tim and Lucy's cases have been solved. Nolan and Harper chase a suspect into a warehouse, where a body, identified as Joe Delacruz, is discovered. They search the victim's hotel room, and encounter an Afghanistan war veteran, who attempts to flee before Tim and Lucy arrive. Tim is revealed to have been the veteran Mitch's commanding officer when they served together. Together with Armstrong, they search the warehouse again for evidence of counterfeit money according to Mitch, but find it empty. Grey, on orders from higher ups, orders them to let the case rest. Deciding against it, Tim calls LA Clear, and learns that the DIA is behind the counterfeit related to an ongoing operation. Nolan is confronted by Norman Jangus, the main man of the operation, at his home. Tim, Lucy, Harper and Nolan arrive at the docks and discover further counterfeit until they're confronted by Jangus and his crew. Tim makes Jangus give up who killed Joe Delacruz and decides that they should look away from the counterfeit. Lucy decides to have a dog, much to Jackson's annoyance. She later gives the dog to Tim, deciding she is not ready to have one yet.
35	15	"Hand-Off"	Michael Goi	Vincent Angell & Mary Trahan	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)	215	5.18
Nolan's identity is stolen and he works to restore his credit score to remain a police officer and get his money back to fund Henry's college tuition. He and Harper are able to track the identity thief (Seth Green) using one of the purchases made under Nolan's name, but later have to track him down when one of the other people whose identity he stole kidnaps him for his money back. Nolan and Harper are able to save the identity thief and in return for his gratitude, he gifts Nolan a secret comic book collection he purchased with his money so that he can get his money back. Grey and Lopez head to Lompoc Prison to testify at a parole hearing for a man who shot Grey and his partner Dennis Rowland, who died in Lopez's arms her first day on the job, something Lopez still has nightmares about although she remarks they're not as bad as they used to be. On the way there, Lopez reveals that she had smelled alcohol on Rowland's breath as he died, which shocked Grey as he believed Rowland was sober for four months. Despite the man's parole being denied, Grey votes in favor of parole after interacting with the man and his son. While Grey and Lopez are at the hearing, Jackson is assigned to make sure the station is in compliance with all guidelines, during which he finds an unassigned unsolved vandalism case which leads to him solving a homicide. Tim meets Rachel's father, a former sheriff of a small town who reveals he does not want his daughter marrying a cop, especially since there's a chance Rachel might have Huntington's disease.
36	16	"The Overnight"	Stephanie Marquardt	Corey Miller & Rachael Seymour	April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)	216	5.87
Lucy and Tim respond to a call at the Los Angeles auditions of "American Idol" and Lucy ends up facing Ryan Seacrest and the judges. Lucy befriends a reporter (Roselyn Sanchez) whose motives are not clear, and later she and Tim have to save the reporter during an arrest. Harper asks Nolan to come along with her to her ex-husband Donovan's home to help her daughter who is having trouble sleeping. This leads to Nolan's life being put in danger during a domestic dispute with one of Donovan's neighbors. At the end, Wesley proposes to Lopez and she accepts his proposal. Note: This episode includes a joke referencing Melissa O'Neil's victory on the third season of Canadian Idol.
37	17	"Control"	Marcus Stokes	Alexi Hawley & Robert Bella	April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)	217	4.57
Nolan and Harper encounter Nolan's former C.I. Bianca, and she tells them that Ripper has returned with a large shipment of fentanyl. DEA Agent Michael Banks (Bailey Chase) arrives and they determine that Nolan and Harper must go in disguise to confront Ripper. They successfully agree to meet with Ripper, but everything goes wrong when Bianca confronts Ripper and tells him about the operation, but she is abducted. Meanwhile, Lucy meets a firefighter, Emmett, during a call and is intrigued by him. Lopez also interrogates a bank teller after a woman is murdered, and clashes with Detective Calderon on how the case should be handled. Banks offers Harper a job with the DEA after they successfully rescue and arrest Bianca, but she respectfully declines his offer.
38	18	"Under the Gun"	Tori Garrett	Terence Paul Winter & Elizabeth Davis Beall	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	218	4.96
Nolan and Harper are tasked with escorting four juvenile delinquents to a correctional facility, but find themselves entrapped in a prison riot during their processing. The pair find themselves forced to make an unlikely alliance with Oscar Hutchinson in order to safely evacuate their detainees from the prison, as well as saving the warden from the hostage situation. Meanwhile, Rachel and Tim have to rectify a mistake that caused a mother to lose custody of her ailing child after learning that a compromised water system was the cause of his sickness. Lopez and Jackson have to escort a tech analyst who has flagged Lopez as an officer most likely to cause problems in the department, and also have to subdue an active shooter at the tech analyst's office building.
39	19	"The Q Word"	David McWhirter	Natalie Callaghan & Nick Hurwitz	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	219	5.00
When a fellow rookie colleague Chris Rios (Christopher O'Shea) is fatally shot in broad daylight by a member of the Derian crime family, the entire police department commences a manhunt where multiple complications arise. Tim and Lucy raid the gunman's house and learn that an L.A.P.D. officer is on the crime family's payroll; Nolan and Harper recover the murder weapon from the crime scene, but find out it is stolen after a raid on Ruben Derian's residence; Jackson deals with the aftermath of Chris's death at the hospital while Lopez attempts to search for the mole. While viewing through the officers' body camera footage, Lopez learns that rookie officer Erin Cole (Hannah Kasulka) did not have her body camera function at all during her shift, with the Wilshire precinct conducting another manhunt on Erin. Nolan encounters a guilt-ridden Erin by himself and learns that she was the actual target of the assassination attempt, with Chris being collateral damage. Despite Nolan's successful attempt in calming her down, Erin is fatally shot by Armstrong. During the aftermath and inspired by a recent conversation with Harper, Nolan reviews his body camera footage and deduces that Armstrong was the actual mole working for the Derian family.
40	20	"The Hunt"	Bill Roe	Alexi Hawley	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)	220	4.66
Harper agrees to help Nolan after he shows her the body camera footage. They lead Armstrong to an abandoned house to pick up his burner phone's signal in order to tap its records to uncover evidence of his crimes, but discover he had tossed it. Left with no other choice, Nolan returns to Rosalind Dyer, who reveals that, after Armstrong had broken into her house (as he had revealed to Nolan) to secure evidence to arrest her, she broke into his and found a stash of guns, cash, and files that incriminate Armstrong. Nolan breaks into Armstrong's house and locates it before escaping, but Armstrong sees him as he departs. He alerts Serj Derian, who is arrested after a raid on his house. Armstrong invites Nolan back to his house, explaining that he got in too deep with the Derians once the costs for his deceased wife's medical bills became too much for him to handle. Armstrong reveals that he plans to incriminate Nolan as the mole before Nolan incapacitates Armstrong in a shootout, who reveals that he planted his stash in Nolan's house as Serj tells Grey that Nolan is the mole. Nolan finds the stash hidden inside a wall in his bedroom. The season ends on a cliffhanger with Nolan standing in his bedroom as the police close in on him.

Production

Development

On May 10, 2019, ABC renewed the series for a second season which premiered on September 29, 2019. On October 28, 2019, the series received a full season order of 20 episodes for the second season.

Casting

On October 2, 2019, Mekia Cox joined the cast as a new series regular, Nyla Harper, for the second season.

On-set misconduct and harassment allegations

On July 26, 2019, TVLine reported that Afton Williamson, who portrayed Talia Bishop in the first season, would not be returning for the second season. While the outlet initially claimed that the split was amicable, Williamson, in a lengthy Instagram post, stated that she left the series due to having "experienced racial discrimination/racially charged inappropriate comments from the hair department." Williamson also alleged that she was sexually harassed by guest star Demetrius Grosse, who portrays Kevin Wolfe in a recurring role, as well as an incident of bullying that escalated into sexual assault at a party; the head of the hair department was identified as Sallie Ciganovich. Williamson claimed that she had gone to the showrunners multiple times with these allegations, but was ignored.

Everyone involved in the allegations denied them. An investigation was commissioned through the law firm Mitchell Sillerberg and Knupp along with a third-party firm, EXTTI, which conducted nearly 400 hours of interviews and examined video and other evidence. The results of the investigation were published on September 17, 2019, which found that the allegations made by Williamson had no merit and could not be proven. Williamson stood by her claims, calling the results of the investigation "heartbreaking" and postulated that the producers had lied to cover up the truth of what happened.

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Rookie season 2

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Impact"	September 29, 2019	0.7/3	4.11	0.7	4.02	1.4	8.13
2	"The Night General"	October 6, 2019	0.6/3	3.83	0.7	3.91	1.3	7.74
3	"The Bet"	October 13, 2019	0.6/3	3.60	0.7	3.92	1.3	7.52
4	"Warriors and Guardians"	October 20, 2019	0.6/3	3.76	0.7	3.83	1.3	7.55
5	"Tough Love"	October 27, 2019	0.5/3	3.24	0.8	3.91	1.3	7.15
6	"Fallout"	November 3, 2019	0.5/3	3.50	0.7	3.90	1.2	7.40
7	"Safety"	November 10, 2019	0.6/3	3.73	0.7	3.87	1.3	7.60
8	"Clean Cut"	November 17, 2019	0.5/3	3.61	0.7	3.67	1.2	7.28
9	"Breaking Point"	December 1, 2019	0.5/2	3.36	0.7	3.97	1.2	7.34
10	"The Dark Side"	December 8, 2019	0.6/3	3.70	0.7	4.12	1.3	7.82
11	"Day of Death"	February 23, 2020	0.8/4	4.92	0.6	3.99	1.4	8.91
12	"Now and Then"	March 1, 2020	0.7/4	4.55	0.7	3.96	1.4	8.51
13	"Follow-Up Day"	March 8, 2020	0.8/4	5.12	0.7	3.69	1.5	8.82
14	"Casualties"	March 15, 2020	0.8/4	5.17	0.7	3.90	1.5	9.07
15	"Hand-Off"	March 22, 2020	0.8/4	5.18	0.6	3.60	1.4	8.78
16	"The Overnight"	April 5, 2020	0.8/4	5.87	0.6	3.69	1.4	9.55
17	"Control"	April 12, 2020	0.6/3	4.57	0.7	3.71	1.3	8.27
18	"Under the Gun"	April 26, 2020	0.7	4.96	0.6	3.92	1.3	8.88
19	"The Q Word"	May 3, 2020	0.7	5.00	0.6	3.87	1.3	8.86
20	"The Hunt"	May 10, 2020	0.6	4.66	0.7	3.83	1.3	8.49