TWP

A topic to fill in the blanks where the story writers didn't.

I have a sneaking suspicion that over the next 17 episodes we'll have many occasions to discuss head-fankon ;-), so maybe we really do need a thread for it ;-) Also, I have huge respect for your commitment to this topic. I can see a cottage industry opening up of The Rookie LA scenery tours....well, if the show makes it a few seasons.

True, but how long does a story have to be? "Head canon" does work.

I've hung around political blogs too much to like any term that has "wank" in it. Ha-ha. Conjures up the image of a low life, in their parent's cold drab basement, all alone in their relationship, um, if you know what I mean. Ha-ha. I think I like the term "fan fiction" better ;-).

The Rookie has gotten a 7 episode back order, bringing the episode count to 20. Given the late start, this is a true full season order. https://deadline.com/2018/11/the-rookie-nathan-fillion-back-order-abc-1202496193/

I never did watch those shows. Husband does. I watched a little at first because I was in the room and now ask husband to watch something else or I leave the room. The Rookie really glosses things over, so it doesn't bother me as much. It's the psychological torture that gets to me. And yes, I skipped the serial killer arcs and the Beckett 24/water torture arc on Castle too. I'm just not into that. I lived near Spokane during the Kevin Coe era and now live about 10 minutes from one of Ted Bundy's favorite sites to pick up women. The rapist or serial killer theme is just TOO real to be entertaining. But yeah, smart comedies (I love Superstore), dramedies as long as they aren't soaps, sometimes sci-fi (The Orville is entertaining) and documentaries are my go-to. So I have 3 shows, LOL. If not for the husband who is a TV addict, I wouldn't own a television. I'd be so much happier. But this is an episode thread. We are definitely off-topic!

I should have said graphically uber violent. I'm thinking of Walking Dead and "Denny" with the barb-wire-decorated bat and that sort of image. (I call "Denny" by his Grey's Anatomy name, because I don't know or care about his Walking Dead name). I'm also thinking of the prison arc on Arrow. Or just about anything on The Mayans. And the constant underlying psychological torture that goes along with all of it. It actually gives me nightmares. Criminal Minds is another good one. On The Rookie, there's a hint at potential violence, but they don't cover it in nearly as grave of detail as in other shows.

Yeah, The Flash skews crazy young compared to about everyone else. You might convince the networks, but the advertisers are the final deciders. They don't think we 55 year olds are buying what they're selling. They may be right.

If ABC doesn't take advantage of their golden opportunity to let Alec Baldwin go for punching a guy (and/or the 0.2-0.3 ratings on his talk show) then TR definitely has a good chance of sticking around for another season.

Unfortunately, it also skews older -- not to NCIS levels, mind you, but still. So do they want males or do they want young people? If only we could be a fly on the wall in that discussion -- and could buzz around any faces that give the wrong answer :-D. The Muppets was also a Disney/ABC co-production, so I probably won't count on international sales to save TR.

Someone pointed out elsewhere that The Muppets had high international sales too. ........It looks like EOne is doing all the selling, but they may pass extra dollars through to ABC to keep the show alive. Who knows? Also, these days it seems that the networks think in terms of worst case scenarios, i.e., if they pull The Rookie, maybe the new show will do worse. Given that The Rookie has done much better in the time slot than other recent shows, it may stumble over the finish line for a season 2. I am hoping. It's one of the few shows on TV that isn't a soap, superhero, zombie, about horrific topics like cancer or suicide, or uber violent, so I keep believing that ABC will continue to supply me with something to watch. We'll see. We'll have to wait for the Forbes list of highest paid actors. If he doesn't make it, we'll know he's getting paid less than he was on Castle.

Narcan is sold over the counter at Walgreens in 46 states (not 45 as stated in the link title). https://vitals.lifehacker.com/narcan-is-now-available-over-the-counter-in-45-states-1819896107 Given the poor performance of its predecessors in the time slot, it may have a chance actually. Relatively speaking, it's improved the spot. However, the modestly improved ratings may not make up for its costs (Fillion probably doesn't come cheap). So yeah I hold one tick mark of hope more than your "not much".

Or so he says. Some of us think he's secretly rich.

Only with non-work-related dogs ;-). Hopefully he doesn't have a deal with CBS.

The time proximity in usage of these concepts is suspect. But I don't think it's espionage, maybe more it's members of various writer's rooms having drinks together or something and being a little too loose about story lines? I don't know. You'd think they'd be under NDA.

I figured out how to boost ratings. They need to recruit a police dog! or two. I'm thinking one like this, for that SyFy crossover effect ;-).

I was falsely accusing her, because I was thinking it happened twice, but I'm actually thinking of a very similar incident that happened on a recent Bull episode. I wonder if it's something that commonly happens to rookies and the two shows are using the same advisor?

Why doesn't she hold it on her lap. Silly.

How many times have I seen a cop show that was also dessert with dinner? I can't think of another time. "Unlikely, feel-good plot resolutions". It's just like Castle, in that respect as well. They're still packing too much into each episode. How many of these goofy mini stories do they have up their sleeves? They've got to run out pretty quickly and then? Content-wise, I want to know, if they caught the crook on the roof, who was in the helicopter? A patient, or.... Nolan seems to me to be quickly moving from naïve buffoon to the only one who really has it together. I'm excited for the TO switcheroo and will also be thrilled if Nolan and Lucy are no more.

Other than the home scenes and the WTWT, Castle was pretty tedious too a good share of the time, definitely something that doesn't require constant watching. So maybe expectations are too high? I don't know. I'm rooting for Lucy and her cute but messed up training officer. I'll watch to root for them!

I'm no fan of AH, but he left at the end of season 4 (one season after the glory days), and he returned after Castle (the show) was basically dead. He really shouldn't get the blame for killing Castle. The biggest killer of the ratings is the Tuesday 10pm slot. I should say though, that The Good Doctor earned a 1.0 afternoon adjusted rating last night. Broadcast TV pretty much isn't getting watched anymore. So the 0.8 rating isn't that far off. The only thing saving the major networks is that streaming is still catastrophically unreliable at times due to various forces (internet providers, the cloud, streaming itself). I agree that a better showrunner would help. I predict that if The Rookie survives season 1, it will get a new showrunner.

I'm not huge on the relationship, but I find this little gif swoon-worthy. These were the kind of moments people wanted on Castle. That legendary Nathan thumb though. It's still there! Ha-ha.

Having a home life does not automatically mean having a live-in. He has a girlfriend (Lucy). He could just as easily have a girlfriend who isn't a cop, so he'd have a relationship outside of the sphere. He apparently has an easy time meeting women at bars and such, so he could have met someone even with a busy training schedule. Considering that TR isn't performing well, maybe it's a good thing that they didn't try to go outside the work sphere. What's really missing is a "mystery". The upscale apartment could very well be part of some sort of mystery, but they don't emphasize it enough.

Martha and Alexis (Castle) were from a different sphere. They could have given Nolan a home life (with a girlfriend), in lieu of the yawn-worthy and for some cringe-worthy bedroom scenes with Lucy.

PCP, not roids ;-). I agree with everything else. I think Lucy and the racist TO will hook up and he'll decide he isn't so racist ;-). Hate is akin to love, you know.