Editor’s Be aware: The next incorporates spoilers for The Rookie Season 7, Episode 11. After their devastating breakup over the last season of The Rookie, Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil) and Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) have slowly been making their method again to one another this season. Whereas I do not like seeing them damaged up, I do not thoughts the truth that the present is taking its time with their reconciliation. And apart from, Tim and Lucy hardly act like two people who find themselves damaged up, anyway. They’re nonetheless one another’s closest buddy on the job, and he was her primary confidant all through the entire state of affairs with Seth (Patrick Keleher). They even connected on Valentine’s Day, though they agreed it could be a one-time factor (the preview for next week’s April Fool’s Day episode proves in any other case).
Tim and Lucy made some main progress towards their future reconciliation through the wildfire, however since then, they’ve simply gone again to the flirty but typically platonic method that they have been this season. There are actually some points that Tim and Lucy have to work via with the intention to get again collectively, however it was feeling like The Rookie was beginning to drag out their reunion for plot causes. This week’s episode, “Velocity,” continues that development – that’s, till that final scene between them, which supplies me probably the most hope that I’ve had for this pairing because the midseason finale.
Tim Helps Lucy Put together for Being a Sergeant in ‘The Rookie’s Newest Episode
The midseason finale, the place Lucy and Tim have been trapped beneath a fireplace blanket collectively, was a serious turning level, as Tim informed Lucy that he nonetheless liked her, and he or she did not deny that she nonetheless liked him. As an alternative of getting again collectively, although, Lucy informed Tim later on the hospital that she had made a serious resolution about her profession. She now desires to take the Sergeant’s examination as a substitute of shifting ahead on the Detective monitor. This took a backseat whereas Lucy needed to give attention to being a T.O., however now that Seth has been fired for all of his lies, she is again to her new objective.
On this episode of The Rookie, Tim suggests the opportunity of Lucy getting a brand new rookie now that Seth is gone, however Lucy desires to focus all of her power on making ready for the Sergeant’s examination. Tim decides to assist her follow for being a Sergeant whereas they spend the day on obligation collectively, and he even refers to her at one level as “Sergeant Chen.” I all the time like seeing these two have scenes collectively, however for some time, this episode was beginning to really feel like extra of the identical. The earlier joint love confession was large, however they’ve since been tiptoeing round one another. They joke round and infrequently reminisce about their previous; final time, it was about dancing at Nyla (Mekia Cox) and James’ (Arjay Smith) marriage ceremony collectively, and now, it’s about Lucy leaping from one shifting car to a different to save lots of Tim final season. Tim and Lucy have been so cautious to not correctly deal with their relationship because the wildfire, and each this pairing and the present have been struggling due to it.
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Lucy Lastly Tells Tim The place She Stands In ‘The Rookie’ Newest Episode
On the finish of the episode, although, The Rookie lastly delivers a Chenford dialog that I’ve been hoping to see all season, and actually, since their breakup. Whereas speaking about Lucy’s objective of being a Sergeant, Tim teases Lucy by saying that she has a knack for bossing folks round, and Lucy fires again, “By no means heard you complain.” She instantly backtracks, mortified that she let herself get so comfy with Tim once more. She apologizes for sounding flirty, however Tim tells her that he would not thoughts. Tim’s playing cards are all on the desk, now greater than ever, and he is able to get again collectively as quickly as she is. Since telling her that he’s nonetheless in love along with her a couple of episodes in the past, he isn’t holding again a lot anymore.
That is when Lucy and Tim lastly have a long-overdue dialog about their relationship. Lucy first does the reflexive factor of dismissing him as simply her coworker, however she then corrects herself and is lastly sincere with Tim about the place she stands. She tells him that she is not keen on relationship anybody else (he says that he is not both) however that she also hasn’t forgiven him yet for dumping her in the best way he did. Lucy then tells him that it is not a matter of if, however when, for her forgiving him (and, though it is not explicitly stated, for them getting again collectively as properly). It is very nice to see them talk so brazenly about their relationship in a extra sensible method. The love confession within the midseason finale was extra intense, whereas this really acknowledges Lucy’s lingering emotions of harm whereas nonetheless giving hope for his or her future relationship.
‘The Rookie’s Newest Chenford Dialog Is Nonetheless Simply the Starting
Whereas I liked Tim and Lucy’s conversation during the wildfire, I used to be upset that it did not change a lot between them afterward. The largest shift of their dynamic has been that, since studying that Lucy continues to be in love with him, Tim is holding again much less along with her and making extra little feedback that reaffirm the place he stands. There may be nonetheless this barrier preserving them from getting again collectively, and in some methods, it has felt a bit drained. This dialog is a reminder, although, that their points haven’t been mounted but. Tim actually harm Lucy final season, and she has no purpose to consider that he will not go away her once more after they get again collectively and he or she will get comfy once more. She hasn’t seen the progress that Tim has made on his personal, and he hasn’t expressed this to her.
Lucy has made it clear that she’s going to forgive Tim, however Tim additionally must do more than just wait patiently for her to be prepared. He wants to point out her that the breakup was a one-time factor and that he shall be sticking round this time. I believe Tim has nonetheless been a bit not sure about what Lucy desires even after the midseason finale, and now that he is aware of she is planning on forgiving him and certain getting again collectively once more, he is likely to be able to make extra of an effort. Tim has been holding again as a result of he thinks that he would not need to be with Lucy, however now, he must show to himself that he does.
New episodes of The Rookie air Tuesday nights on ABC.
