The Rookie
Summary
After appearing inThe Rookieseason 2,This Is Usstar Jon Huertas returned to the serial as the director of time of year 5 , episode 18 , and he now look back on the experience . The true - crime - style installment focus on the living of Tim and Lucy ’s criminal alter egos , Jake and Sava , who are also portrayed by Eric Winter and Melissa O’Neil . The series has raise multiple episodes in infotainment format , but " Double Trouble " was the first to feature showrunner , Alexi Hawley , onscreen .
Huertas antecedently play alongside Nathan Fillion as homicide tec Javier Esposito duringCastle ’s eight - twelvemonth discharge . Several of Fillion ’s former co - starshave been featured onThe Rookie , with doer such as Toks Olagundoye , Tamala Jones , and Sean Maher also making appearances . During an interview withScreen Rant , Huertas reflects on his clock time directing a rather irregular episode of ABC’sThe Rookie . take his full quote below :
That was a really fun episode . The Rookie had done a couple of other true criminal offense sequence before that . We get under one’s skin the handwriting kind of belated , but the playscript was so different from the other episode they had shot that were true crime . In the script , it was just surveillance cameras and consistency cam . I had pitch to Alexi Hawley , the showrunner , " Now that this documentary filmmaker , you , has become successful , I think he ’s upgraded , and now has a Cops - dash film crew . " So it allowed us to get a little closer and deeper into the natural action .
And also , it was Alexi Hawley ’s on - camera debut as an actor . In the original script , he was n’t on photographic camera , he was off camera . I was like , " I think we should capture you on tv camera . That would be fun . " I had so much sport doing that instalment because you tolerate these characters to break this quaternary wall and speak directly to the audience , and that ’s rare in a procedural boob tube show .
The actors had so much playfulness in these roles , which allowed me to have a lot of playfulness . I ’ve cognize Eric Winter for a farsighted clip , and he has so much fun take on that character . It ’s so funny . So does Melissa O’Neil . I think that they really love stepping out of Tim and Lucy to be these crazy , angry quality . I had a great sentence doing that installment and really reserve histrion to have fun , and allowing Alexi to have fun in front of the camera .
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Jake Butler and his lady friend , Sava Wu , first appear in the season 4 conclusion ofThe Rookieafter Jake is arrested on drug trafficking charge . The characters are superposable to Tim and Lucy , make the cognomen " Dim " and " Juicy " from their copper lookalikes . Their placement in the show allows the procedural ’s will - they - or - won’t - they pairing to act on their tangible feeling under the pretense of an undercover operation .
Given that the alter egos were created to furtherTim and Lucy ’s wild-eyed plot line , not much is initially bring out about Jake and Sava ’s backstories . The Rookieseason 5 , episode 18 , " Double Trouble , " dives deeper into their history when the fictional television camera crew return to create a young documentary . Jake reunites with Sava after being released from prison , and ascertain footage provides brainwave into the reprehensible life they lead together .
" blind " and " Juicy " allowed Winter and O’Neil to step outside their common theatrical role , but Jake ’s murder at the ending of the sequence preclude him from returning . However , Sava is last seen giving her issue to the infotainment ’s filmmaker , indicating they may remain in contact . Because she still survive withinThe Rookieuniverse , it ’s possible that viewers have not seen the last of O’Neil ’s " Juicy " fictitious character .
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The Rookieairs Tuesdays at 9 pm ET on ABC .
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Cast
The Rookie follows John Nolan , a lowly - town gentleman’s gentleman who embark on a new career as an LAPD ship’s officer after a life - commute event . As the force ’s honest-to-goodness cub , Nolan faces skepticism from superiors who look at his pursuit as a midlife crisis .
