It becomes apparent immediately this guy is going to be a problem, particularly for Sergeant Gray who has to work with him most often.
Outside of the precinct, things are going well between Nolan and Jessica Russo. She even has a volunteer job for him. One of her work friends needs volunteers for a protection detail and John offers to go. He gets paired with Bradford, who welcomes the chance to work with Nolan in a pairing we haven't seen much of yet.
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The outburst is a little strange and I suppose it's meant to add more drama to what is a boring stake-out (at first). Then a big earthquake hits and rattles every character and their given circumstances. For John and Tim, it almost gets them killed. With landlines and radios down, they're alone and out of touch from the aids looking into the cartel planning to kill Brad. When they show up, firing guns without hesitation, they barely make it out alive.
Where would you go to hide? In plain sight, it's John's line of thinking anyways. They go to the beach, it's the last place the cartel would think to find them. Until they find out Brad has a tracker in his shoe! Another firefight breaks out. Tim and John barely make it out yet again. But they do eventually emerge triumphant.
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Ultimately, Lucy makes the arrest. But she does ensure he will get the mental health assistance that he needs.
Meanwhile, West has romantic issues when he inadvertently offends Gino by shooing him out of his workplace when he was simply trying to help him out by returning his weapon (which he had left at his house - a fireable offense). The two make amends, particularly after the earthquake when Jackson realizes how thankful he is just to see Gino is okay.
As for Sergeant Gray, he takes complete control at the precinct in the earthquake's aftermath while the captain is absent. He excels at keeping everything organized and under control, even without the use of their radios and communication servers.
Ultimately, Gray pretends it was the captain who did so well and sings his praises to those higher in command, thus ensuring he gets promoted and gets the heck out of their precinct. Who will be the next captain? Why doesn't Sergeant Gray give it a shot?
New episodes of The Rookie premiere Wednesday nights on ABC.