The Choice

Just finished the episode and I felt compelled to say something....

I have been a fan of this show from Day 1, and look forward to each episode. I usually watch them in the morning after my shift to help me "decompress", and look forward to the almost procedural mix of action and light hearted banter, with the occasional story driving or "one off" episode. I actually smile when I see a new episode is available.

That said, this was hands down the worst episode I've seen. I almost don't have words to describe it. My initial description was just a string of expletives, so I stepped away for a second. After reading it again, I added more. After another break I decided I would be better off warning anyone who reads this to brace themself.

I'll have to go back and look at who wrote it, but I have a feeling it was the team from the absolutely cringe worthy "The Rookie: Feds" spin off since it's a crossover event. If not, I'm even more disappointed.

The most unfortunate part? If you're a fan of the story at all, this is a must watch episode. That statement makes me want to hide in shame but, if your a fan and watch it, you'll understand. You'll also understand how they destroyed a great (if slightly overused lately) plot line that could potentially have carried the show to its series finale.

I hate this very stupid and lazy episode.

This is absurd. The entire premise is simply asinine. The timeline of things happening makes zero sense. I understand dramatization because it's TV but this just suspense of disbelief yet again. I think I'm done with the show as a whole after this. I loved the first 2 seasons, the third was a catastrophe, the fourth was hit and miss but the fifth is just atrociously bad. It's just convenient plot points one after another just to milk some story instead of grounding stories into something believable and real. All the women have become Mary Sue type characters, all the male characters sound like 20 year olds taking gender studies classes. It is so goddamn stupid, nobody is allowed to have any flaws whatsoever anymore.

I've enjoyed The Rookie since its first season when it had some excellent character interactions that allowed you to get to know their personalities and life situations. I came to really enjoy Nolan and the other main characters.

Maybe they are starved for ratings, but the entire "Rosalind" storyline has been ridiculous from the start. It has just been one ridiculous "serial killer" story after another.

This episode is the worst of them all. Nothing in the episode is believable. The idea that someone could build all these elaborate torture devices in a home like this without anyone noticing and all the other things that happened just left me shaking my head.

I hope this show gets back to more realistic situations now.

Rosalind is boring and ridiculous. The new rookie with the psychic/astrology tilt is annoying. I'm stopping now. The episodes are hard to watch and it feels like I'm for I g myself to watch TV. Sorry. The show started with a good premise but became some kind of weird world in which a uniformed cop solves all the major crimes, and they sprinkle in terrible villains with outrageous scenarios.

It's a shame because the cast is mostly really good and some of the characters have potential to be interesting. Unfortunately, they ruined the show with the lack of interesting ideas and the over exaggerated idea that one uniformed cop could resolve all these extreme cases.