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Deric Augustine Upped To Series Regular On ABC’s ‘The Rookie’
By Rosy Cordero   April 22, 2025 
https://deadline.com/2025/04/deric-augustine-series-regular-abc-the-rookie-1236374095/ 

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EXCLUSIVE: Deric Augustine has been promoted to series regular on ABC‘s hit series The Rookie, currently airing its seventh season.

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2025 Season Finale Dates: When Will Your Favorite Shows Be Ending?
Kelli Boyle   April 24, 2025
https://www.tvinsider.com/1182566/tv-season-finale-dates-2025/ 

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Tuesday, May 13
8:00 p.m.: Will Trent (ABC)
9:00 p.m.: The Rookie (ABC)
9:00 p.m.: FBI: International (series finale part 1) (CBS)

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'The Rookie' Is Falling Into a Bad Pattern With Its Villains
By Jeffrey Harris   April 26, 2025
https://collider.com/the-rookie-season-7-villains/ 

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The Rookie is falling into a disappointing pattern with its recurring villains, and that pattern is evident in the Season 7 episode "Mad About Murder." The recent installment disposes of the hitman, Malvado (Jimmy Gonzalez), in a very underwhelming and anti-climactic fashion that exemplifies a recurring problem throughout Season 7. The Rookie sets up cool, interesting long-term plots and characters, and then the show haphazardly jettisons them almost as an afterthought. The Malvado issue is the latest instance of this chronic issue in The Rookie, and it's a good time to explore the matter further.
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Malvado's death in Season 7 is incredibly disappointing. His earlier appearances established the character as a highly competent, smart, cunning hitman with a notorious reputation, impossible to catch, and he was practically a ghost. Malvado eluded capture by Nolan and the LAPD earlier in the season. He took out Jason Wyler (Steve Kazee) and Jason's accomplice later in the Season 7 episode "Till Death," where he easily avoided capture. The plot that reintroduces Malvado in "Mad About Murder" comes off as a random way to bring the character back into the fold, but it utilizes a dissatisfying storyline to conclude Malvado's overall character arc. The subplot involves Malvado performing clean-up work for a scheme involving a dark web hitman hiring service.
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... Later, the couple patch things up, but the show subsequently ignores Bailey's criminal actions. The return of Malvado provided a potential opportunity to force Bailey and Nolan to confront their actions. What if the LAPD somehow caught Malvado, and he attempted to use Bailey's text messages against her and Nolan? Bailey would have to deal with being implicated as an accomplice to the murder of her abusive ex-husband, who kidnapped and attempted to kill her. That would have made an incredibly dramatic, compelling storyline.