The Reckoning

**"The Reckoning"** is the sixth episode of the fifth season of *The Rookie*. This is the eighty-second episode of the series overall.

## Summary

Officer John Nolan and a sleep-deprived Celina investigate a cash deposit linked to an old DEA (Drugs Enforcement Agency) case. Meanwhile, Wesley grows increasingly concerned about his deposition and is shocked when he realizes Elijah’s attorney is a familiar face from his past.

## Plot

Nolan and Juarez respond to a money dispute at a bank, which is later revealed to have been burned following a robbery. Harper and Lopez launch an investigation in cooperation with the DEA after it's revealed that the money once belonged to drug smuggler Winslow Harris. Juarez herself suspects that the money is cursed after the woman they met at the bank, Macy Tomkins, is found dead at a luxury flat. Juarez has another dream where she gathers that Harris would depart by boat, which the DEA agent confirms from his older cases. Together with Nolan and Juarez, the DEA agent apprehends Harris at the marina; Harris explains that he killed the agent's partner by accident.

While helping a movie director with some props, Bradford loses his radio. The director returns it to Chen, who decides to prank Bradford by leading him and Thorsen on a hunt for it. She eventually returns it, hoping it will help him move on from the breakup with Ashley.

Wesley and Sean Del Monte proceed with the case against Elijah Stone, and Wesley is surprised to learn that his ex-girlfriend, Monica Stevens, is Stone's defense attorney. She tries to portray both Wesley and the LAPD as incompetent and goes out of her way to make the case personal for Wesley. Despite his warnings to her that Stone is manipulative, she also blackmails Del Monte into dropping the case. Stone later meets Wesley outside the office and warns that Wesley hasn't seen the last of him yet.

## 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

* Jack Tapper as Himself
* Jake Tapper as Himself
* Lisseth Chavez as Celina Juarez
* Bridget Regan as Monica Stevens
* Michael Trucco as Sean Del Monte
* Kanoa Goo as Chris Sanford
* Arjay Smith as James Murray
* Brandon Jay McLaren as Elijah Stone
* J. August Richards as Xavier Lind
* Carsyn Rose as Lila Town
* Deyo Forteza as Knife Guy
* Kasey Landoll as Chloe
* Walter Perez as Winslow Harris

### Co-starring

* Luciana Faulhaber as Macy Tomkins
* Maggie Carney as Manager

## Trivia

* Some examples of peppers in the 100,000-350,000 Scoville scale range are Habanero chili, Scotch bonnet pepper, Peruvian white habanero, and Guyana Wiri Wiri. Nolan mentions 130,000 in his competition with Bailey.
* Nolan's offhand comment about syrup may refer to the fact that Nathan Fillion's home country of Canada produces 80% of the world's supply of maple syrup.
* The "slightly older man" in the last scene is indeed Jake Tapper of CNN fame, and the younger man is his son Jack.

## References

1. ↑ DGE Press
2. ↑ "Scoville scale", Wikipedia
3. ↑ "Maple syrup", Wikipedia