Daddy Cop

**"Daddy Cop"** is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of *The Rookie*. This is the eighty-ninth episode of the series overall.

## Summary

In the midst of a heatwave and a citywide blackout, Officers John Nolan and Aaron Thorsen follow increasingly large leads after they discover criminals hiding at the station. While on duty, Officer Chen makes an alarming discovery after being called to a scene where a pungent smell has wreaked havoc. Meanwhile, Lucy and Harper scheme to get Tim out of his new job and into a more exciting position.

## Plot

*This summary came from Wikipedia.*

A heat wave is causing rolling blackouts across the city, but the precinct has a backup generator. Nolan's trainee Juarez misses a question from Sgt Grey, causing him to be her partner for the day. They foil a robbery in progress, and Grey puts her on command post duty. She is overwhelmed, but the assignment was meant to teach her to ask for help, which she does when she can't get in contact with her mother. When the backup generator at the station fails to come on, Nolan and Thorsen discover two people pretending to be cops to try and break a friend out of jail. They rat on a ghost gun seller who Lopez takes down in an undercover operation. The gun seller rolls on a fentanyl dealer processing raw product in a home. Surveillance shows there to be a child in the building. Juarez is exposed while rescuing her, but resuscitated by a dose of Narcan. Lucy sets dominoes in motion to get Tim transferred to Metro, back on the street where he belongs. Juarez carefully checks in with her mother from the hospital, who thinks she only does desk duty. A side story has most of the cast spending time at Nolan's, who installed a backup generator and has air conditioning.

## Cast

### 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
* Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen

### Guest starring

* Lisseth Chavez as Celina Juarez
* Arjay Smith as James Murray
* Alysia Reiner as Lieutenant Pine
* Marlene Forte as Karla Juarez
* Drew Powell as Eric 'Knuckles' Mills
* Brandon Black as Bobby/Fake Cop 1
* Veronica Cartwright as Beatrice O'Malley
* Brent Huff as Quigley Smitty
* Kevin McCorkle as Marty
* Joel Steingold as Kevin Hicks
* Shea Buckner as Kyle/Fake Cop 2

### Co-starring

* Zander Hawley as Rodge
* Jordan Gagne as Bass Player
* Cameron Lee as Drummer
* Andrew Pham as Keyboardist
* Bennett Emery as Percussionist
* Devin McGee as Mitch
* Adrienne Lewis as Sharona
* Keilan Matthews as Big Mister
* Gloria Sandoval as Unhoused Woman
* Ellia Rae Love as Little Girl
* Alex Mauga as Hardware Store Employee

## Trivia

* Zander Hawley, who is the lead singer in the band at the cold open, is the son of series creator Alexi Hawley.
* Jordan Gagne, who is the bass player in the band at the cold open, is also composer of original music for *The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds,* and *The Recruit.*
* The names of Mrs. Juarez' birds, Lorca and Neruda, are most likely references to two Spanish-language poets, Federico García Lorca (Spain) and Pablo Neruda (Chile).