Double Trouble

I guess they were aiming for humorous with this, but it came off silly and over the top. It's similar to the episode of the Fonzie jumping over a shark. It's just wet to far with the concept and the result was what are the worst episodes in series history. I genuinely hope they learn from this. A lame episode in which the Chenford dopplegangers are overplayed to the point of self-mockery. And I think the creators and frankly Hollywood itself needs to get over its self fascination with episodes about people making films about people who are making a film. What a lame repetitive overused cliché.

Love this show but they need to stop doing these types of episodes. Adds no character development or progress the story. They tried this last season and it didn't work then so I'm surprised they did it again. It's very rare that these types of episodes where the characters are 'interviewed' is riveting watching. Feels like the writers wrote this so they could get an early knock off and whip up something in 5 minutes. Even the actors in the show don't feel like they really are on board with this episode. All good actors but for me their heart wasn't in the episode. Really hope they don't go down this path again.

Ok, so far...every time the rookie decides to do the following types of episodes, the ratings are always terrible.

• social media interview episodes
• that rookie spinoff character
• million weird camera angles

Clearly, they have zero awareness Or care. Thankfully we only have to endure these types of episodes 1-2 a season

There were very humorous moments in this episode. Even the plot was good. But how they went filming it was awkward and painful to watch. So many cellphone camera and body camera type footage that is horrible for viewers. Novel for a second...painful to endure a whole episode.

And WHY is an undercover cop doing tv interviews? That basically nullifies your career as undercover.

I don't think you read IMDb reviews for your episodes, but if you do, please read this one.

Please stop making documentary-type episodes like this.

Just, please.

As a huge fan of the show from the very beginning, please stop.

I beg you.

I naively thought that after the miserable ratings for the previous documentary-type episodes, I would never see an episode like that ever again.

I was wrong.

It is not a good way to convey the humour, action and drama of the episode's storyline.

It actually cheapens it a bit. What could have been a great storyline for an episode, was ruined.

So therefore, please. I beg you guys. Stop it.

Not just me then!

This is a show that I always watch with my wife but after 3 minutes she called a timeout and suggested I watch the rest of the episode some time when she wasn't there. A few days later I picked it up and battled through to 7 minutes before hitting the delete button.

Episodes like this are the reason shows get cancelled. Have the writers started leaving already or is this the modern day version of the old 'clips' episode where old footage is rehashed into an episode to save on production costs? American TV shows have a reputation for either running for not long enough (Fillion fans know which one I mean) or for way too long. In the case of the Rookie it's looking like it should have been 3 and out.