# The Rookie season 6

The sixth season of the American police procedural crime drama The Rookie premiered on ABC on February 20, 2024, and concluded on May 21. The season consisted of 10 episodes.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Nathan Fillion as John Nolan
* Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers
* Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper
* Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune
* Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez
* Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey
* Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen
* Eric Winter as Tim Bradford
* Lisseth Chavez as Celina Juarez
* Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 99 | 1 | "Strike Back" | Bill Roe | Alexi Hawley | February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20) | 601 | 3.77 |
| Following Luke Moran's death, the Mid-Wilshire officers learn that his attack was a diversion for a professional crew to rob the Federal Reserve Bank. Nolan and the others arrive at the bank and a shootout ensues, forcing the crew to sacrifice three of their own to stall for time to escape. Six weeks later, one of the surviving thieves, Boyd, is hospitalized following a car crash and is killed during a confrontation. A search of his rental house turns up a phone which leads them to the remaining crew, all of whom is arrested after a shootout at the airport. Lucy is studying for her detective exam and asks Tim to challenge her with outside the box tests. She makes a mistake that compromises evidence in a murder. Her self-doubt causes her to question Tim's motives. Aaron returns to duty following his shooting and is assigned to desk duty until the department psychiatrist, Dr. Blair London, signs off on him. Boyd takes a deal following his interrogation but is killed by a sniper while en route to jail. ||||||||
| 100 | 2 | "The Hammer" | Alexi Hawley | Alexi Hawley & Brynn Malone | February 27, 2024 (2024-02-27) | 602 | 3.29 |
| Nolan and Bailey's wedding day is just one day away, but first must contend with a seemingly endless stream of disasters, including a lawsuit against Nolan by Oscar Hutchinson. Skip Tracer Randy accidentally pawns Bailey's ring, and Tim and Lucy go to retrieve it from a known criminal called "The Hammer", who has a penchant for fighting. The two also take time to address their own fight over Lucy becoming an undercover detective, which Tim discovers he has more reservations over than he thought. Celina and Harper discover a heroin smuggling ring disguised as a pottery dealer and Celina uses it to try and land her first case. Grey ends up officiating when the minister gets stuck in traffic and the ceremony goes off well, with Randy filling in as DJ. Tim and Lucy agree to work through their issues, but Aaron is gently rebuffed when he tries to kiss Celina and gets drunk as a result. Celina goes to meet an informant and is kidnapped leading the rest of the team to come to her rescue. ||||||||
| 101 | 3 | "Trouble in Paradise" | TK Shom | Madeleine Coghlan & Glen Mazzara | March 5, 2024 (2024-03-05) | 603 | 3.49 |
| Nolan and Bailey's secluded getaway honeymoon turns into an active crime scene when their housekeeper washes up dead on the beach. They suspect a bandaged loner also staying at the resort of being the killer and all efforts to escape and get help prove fruitless before they are abducted. Harper and Lopez join them as backup and use footage from Nolan's cameras to track them down, arriving just as he escapes and subdues the suspect. Celina is assigned to Tim in Nolan’s absence while she also struggling with Aaron's kiss, and he struggles with his own feelings. Lucy continues to prepare for the detectives' exam and Tim cautions her about overpreparing. They and Celina soon get caught up trying to identify an amnesiac shoplifter. Lucy takes her detectives' exam, while Tim and Celina follow a lead and find the shoplifter's partner stuck in a wall, having got stuck during an attempted heist. Aaron and Celina mend their friendship and Lucy passes her exam but ranks low. Nolan and Bailey salvage their honeymoon by having a relaxing staycation back at home. ||||||||
| 102 | 4 | "Training Day" | Tori Garrett | Fredrick Kotto & Natalie Callaghan | March 26, 2024 (2024-03-26) | 604 | 3.06 |
| Aaron is cleared to return to duty and undergoes tests with Tim to see if he can still overcome the workload. Aaron decides to be more thorough in the case they are given but is frustrated when it comes to an unexpected end, with the husband of a woman supplying a criminal with money, ends up dead in prison. Furthermore, the wife is revealed to have ordered his death due to his history of abuse. Nolan and Celina respond to a dead body discovery, which they soon learn could be another victim of the long-lost Pentagram killer. The case takes a turn when they learn that the victim was disliked at her school, and a man escapes after witnessing his wife being killed at his home. The victim's brother is revealed to be responsible when he shoots up the recovery scene, and Lucy is injured. Despite this she faces the brother solo, who she later learns survived his injuries, meaning that she will potentially be witnessing against him. ||||||||
| 103 | 5 | "The Vow" | C. Chi-Yoon Chung | Vincent Angell & Diana Mendez Boucher | April 2, 2024 (2024-04-02) | 605 | 3.40 |
| Tim calls off a date night with Lucy, to meet a former army friend, Mark Greer, to discuss plans to eliminate Ray Watkins, who once betrayed them in the past. But he finds himself unable to go through with the mission after confronting Ray, deciding to take all the heat if Ray ever strikes back. Nolan and Celina respond to a murder of a family, with only a mother and her infant daughter surviving. However, the mother later dies in hospital and Nolan suggests he and Bailey could take care of the infant until either relatives or a foster family is found. Bailey worries about taking care of the infant due to past trauma looking after a neighbor's child. Harper and Lopez lead the investigation into the family's death and learn from their tenant that a coworker of the father became vengeful over a lottery ticket. A shootout ensues at the coworker's residence before a swift arrest. Nolan and Bailey decide to adopt the family's infant, but are disappointed when her uncle arrives to take care of her instead. ||||||||
| 104 | 6 | "Secrets and Lies" | Bill Roe | Elizabeth Davis Beall & Leland Jay Anderson | April 9, 2024 (2024-04-09) | 606 | 3.31 |
| Lopez inquiries into the nature of Tim's secrecy after learning about Lucy's worries. Eventually Tim comes clean to them after Ray visits Lucy's home. The trio determine that he is a gun for hire just as he abducts a Venezuelan activist, which they manage to stop, and an IA investigation is launched. The investigation clears him of any wrongdoing against Ray, but internal ramifications await. Additionally, Tim decides to break up with Lucy. Nolan and Celina track an escaped inmate from a community event, learning that she sought retaliation against whoever cheated with her boyfriend, surprisingly revealed to be her own mother. A bag from the same event leads Harper and Aaron to reopen the investigation into Karina Lewis' murder, which they gradually determine had a false confession and murder weapon. After pinpointing the gun's make, model, residue and owner, the district attorney reverses the original verdict in favor of the new evidence. Bailey is more determined to have a baby, but Nolan is hesitant, citing his old age and work schedule, but eventually decides in favor of having another baby. ||||||||
| 105 | 7 | "Crushed" | Tori Garrett | Brynn Malone & Natalie Callaghan | April 30, 2024 (2024-04-30) | 607 | 3.72 |
| Tim is demoted and placed back on patrol. He also receives a psychological evaluation from Dr. London, who concludes that he still is fit for duty. Meanwhile, Nolan and Celina track down a man who sexually assaulted a babysitter. They and the others later learn that the babysitter's friend also was kidnapped alongside her, but later find her dead in a parking garage. The babysitter later manages to escape, and they find the man dead in his car. En route to the hospital, the babysitter escapes and wields a knife at police. She reveals that the man was meant to kill her and her friend, but her friend wanted to call the police once she leafed of the babysitter's revenge plan. Tim decides to go to therapy despite Dr. London's positive conclusion. As Tamara moves out, Celina asks Lucy if she can become her new roommate, which she accepts. Harper and Lopez share babysitter advice and vet a new babysitter, which they ultimately decide to share, with her taking care of both of their children when required. ||||||||
| 106 | 8 | "Punch Card" | Lanre Olabisi | Vincent Angell & Fredrick Kotto | May 7, 2024 (2024-05-07) | 608 | 2.87 |
| Tim and Aaron are placed on watch duty for a Metro SWAT raid. Meanwhile, the LAPD has to handle a massive gang war between the Eastern Front and a rival gang that finds its way to the hospital. After repeatedly intervening to help, Nolan and Bailey eventually get to their doctor's appointment and learn that she can't bear children. Although IVF is suggested as a solution, Bailey decides against it. The SWAT raid is compromised and an officer is left paralyzed. Tim suspects "Mad Dog", a member of his Metro team, is a mole and confronts him on a rooftop. Mad Dog confesses to his suspicions and commits suicide, giving Tim a tiny hint. Celina moves in with Lucy, and shortly afterwards receives a birthday card from Tim. The defense attorney Monica is assaulted by a professional hitman in her home. The hitman dies mysteriously in the hospital, and it is also implied that Monica is working with Dr. London. Meanwhile, Harper and Lopez both suspect that Monica had something to do with the hitman's death, which they currently can't prove. ||||||||
| 107 | 9 | "The Squeeze" | Michael Goi | Diana Mendez Boucher & Leland Jay Anderson | May 14, 2024 (2024-05-14) | 609 | 2.98 |
| IA investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding Mad Dog's death, but Tim finds himself being tainted by the IA investigator, who it is implied has a vendetta against him. Nolan and Celina secretly investigate Dr. London and later turn to Smitty, asking him to keep an eye on her comings and goings and her patients. Monica investigates who might be looking to kill her, which leads her to the city's money laundering top criminal, Christian Bautista. Concurrently, Lucy goes undercover as a new babysitter at the Bautista home after Harper and Lopez learn that their babysitter formerly worked for him, and his enforcer shows up at Lopez' home. Nolan confronts Dr. London with evidence from Mad Dog's flat that implicates her, and she eventually agrees to testify in exchange for immunity. A lead from a computer search leads Grey, Harper and Lopez to proof that Tim's IA investigator was in on the conspiracy. Monica tracks down her attackers and learns that they were hired by Eric Ramsey. In exchange for assistance against Eric, she agrees to help Oscar Hutchinson escape prison. ||||||||
| 108 | 10 | "Escape Plan" | Bill Roe | Alexi Hawley | May 21, 2024 (2024-05-21) | 610 | 3.14 |
| Nolan and Harper team up with the FBI to uncover the conspiracy. Meanwhile, Monica's hit crew starts taking out any witnesses against her, which includes the IA investigator on her payroll and Gundo, a now former hired gun and later captures Dr. London. Monica makes plans of her own for revenge against Eric Ramsey, in which she resorts to blackmail against him over an affair with Swiss businessman Jakob Olmstead's wife. She takes Dr. London to Argentina, and it is revealed that Dr. London escaped hit and run charges with Monica's help, and plans to reel Jakob over to her side against Eric. Nolan and Harper rescue Dr. London in Argentina through a black op with the assistance of the CIA and FBI, but Nolan is shot in the hip during the rescue. Oscar and Jason, Bailey's emotionally abusive ex-husband, break out of prison. The FBI ensures that an international warrant is placed on Monica. Tim and Lucy reconcile but decide they're not ready to get back together yet. ||||||||

## Production
### Development

On April 17, 2023, ABC renewed the series for a sixth season which premiered on February 20, 2024. Production on the season was suspended due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes including the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

### Casting

On December 14, 2023, Lisseth Chavez was promoted to series regular.

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Rookie season 6 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Strike Back" | February 20, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.77 |
| 2 | "The Hammer" | February 27, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.29 |
| 3 | "Trouble in Paradise" | March 5, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.49 |
| 4 | "Training Day" | March 26, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.06 |
| 5 | "The Vow" | April 2, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.40 |
| 6 | "Secrets and Lies" | April 9, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.31 |
| 7 | "Crushed" | April 30, 2024 | 0.2 | 3.72 |
| 8 | "Punch Card" | May 7, 2024 | 0.3 | 2.87 |
| 9 | "The Squeeze" | May 14, 2024 | 0.3 | 2.98 |
| 10 | "Escape Plan" | May 21, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.14 |