Double Trouble

The first one was...fine. The second was pushing it. This one is terrible. The episode in itself isn't completely atrocious. The actors are great, as usual. But I have a huge issue with accepting the fact that they're making a documentary about...AN UNDERCOVER AGENT. And this is the 3rd one she's been in, the logic has left the building. They seriously need to stop with these, and they definitely need to remember some logic. We watch to be entertained, not infuriated by stupidity. It seems they care more about stupid filler we will probably watch anyway, as opposed to actually delivering a good episode. That's a sure fire way to not get renewed for another season.

Why do y'all keep doing these stupid types of episodes. I don't want to watch a show within a show. And how realistic is this type of plot anyways?! So, not just one doppelgänger, not two doppelgängers, but two couples of doppelgängers and one set are criminals and the other set are cops. Like come on man. On top of that, this particular precinct is soooooo special that they've had multiple documentaries and reality shows about the characters? This is absolutely beyond all belief. I mean, I'll give a pass if all of these style of episodes were filmed at the same time. It allowed for social distancing I suppose, so maybe they were all filmed in 2020. Lol.

When Dim and Juicy first appeared in previous episodes, that was barely watchable and borderline cringe. Now they re-appear, and if the whole doppelganger thing wasn't silly enough, they also decided to throw in an additional doppelganger painting of the sergeant, seriously? Whichever writer(s) has an obsession with doppelgangers, needs to go to therapy. If all this nonsense wasn't cringe enough, the entire episode is filmed from the perspective that a documentary is being filmed, another vomit-inducing side-plot, that borderlines infantile writing. As if the LAPD would even allow third-party outside filming during these multiple investigations. This entire episode felt cheap and lazily written, and something I'd expect to see from a high school drama class. So writers, stick to the basics, great police procedural episodes that have heart, humor and suspense, not this lame cheesy filler teenybopper garbage. Thankfully the writers eased up Nolans partner Celina Juarez and her nonsense premonitions on the job, because those were starting to get annoying, but not even close to this episode, the absolute worst of them all, no close second place.

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.

The producers and director of The Rookie at one time would be considered geniuses. After creating 2 episodes based on a documentary gives good reason to believe another documentary type of episode will be created. The ratings are the lowest for the documentary episodes. It's a complete waste of time. The series will plummet if this continues and a sudden finale will end up the cancellation of the series. The producers and director need to get their heads checked. Complete waste of a full hour of time for viewers initially looking forward to a great episode. Get your acts together otherwise the demise of the show will squarely fall on your shoulders.