Homefront

**"Homefront"** is the eighteenth episode of the first season on *The Rookie*. This is the eighteenth episode of the series overall.

## Summary

When a detective is arrested by Internal Affairs for lying on the witness stand, it leads to the release of three felons whose cases he worked on; the Mid-Wilshire teams are assigned to check up on the ex-cons. In the process, Bishop encounters someone from her past whose criminal record may affect her future as a cop. Meanwhile, Officer Nolan finds out he is being sued by a man who claims Nolan used excessive force during a foot chase which led to an injury.

## Cast

### Main

* Nathan Fillion as John Nolan
* Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez
* Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey
* Titus Makin as Jackson West
* Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen
* Afton Williamson as Talia Bishop
* Eric Winter as Tim Bradford

### Guest starring

* Michael Beach as Cmdr. Percy West
* Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers
* Gregg Henry as Judge
* Joseph C. Phillips as Jephson Green
* Caleb Castille as Dylan Scott
* Robbie A. Kay as Simon Parks Jr.
* Evan Williams as Camel
* Shelley Robertson as Samantha Bennett
* Charles Baker as Terry Wright
* Troy Ruptash as Max Kegel
* Nicole Steinwedell as Alicia Kegel
* John Asher as Paintball Guy

### Co-starring

* Theo James Forsett as Building Super
* Ashton Amaba as Nurse
* Lee Coc as Maurice
* Victoria Kelleher as Doctor
* Zachary Mooren as Larry Lynch
* Tim Doiron as Grant
* Matt Baker as Jimmy

## Trivia

* Bishop's secret of her foster brother Dylan is revealed, and it could cost her job as she lied on her application when she joined the police force.
* Two characters are played by actors who appeared elsewhere with Nathan Fillion:
	+ Joseph C. Phillips, who plays Jephson Green, played the Mayor of New York City in *Castle* episodes "Ghosts" and "Home Is Where The Heart Stops"
	+ Gregg Henry, who plays the judge, played Winston Wellesley in the *Castle* episode "Kill the Messenger". He has also appeared in other works with Nathan Fillion, in an episode of *Firefly* as well as James Gunn films *Slither*, *Super*, and *Guardians of the Galaxy.*
* The "Brady List" is a real thing: "The Brady list — named for a landmark 1963 Supreme Court decision that requires prosecutors to alert defendants to favorable evidence, including information that could undermine the credibility of government witnesses — was established more than three years ago when the Sheriff’s Department was mired in scandal." - L.A. Times, December 8, 2017
* Hydramethylnon is an organic chemical compound used as a pesticide; when eaten, it has a slow-acting toxic effect.
* The reference to "a lot of 11-3 at that location" may refer to a police scanner code 11300 regarding narcotics.
* "I never flaked a guy to make a collar," says Percy West. The Free Dictionary defines "flake" in this context to mean "[for the police] to place drugs or traces of drugs on a person during an arrest." (Underworld. The person is then charged with possession of drugs.)
* Bradford's line "Remember, no mercy." may be a reference to the line "Remember, no Russian" from the controversial mission "No Russian" in the 2009 video game, *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2*.
* PHQ stands for Personal History Questionnaire.
* Caleb Castille (Dylan Scott) would later go on to play NCIS Special Agent Devin Rountree in the CBS show, "NCIS: Los Angeles", a spin-off of NCIS, a show based on the real-life Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS which is an agency that investigates crimes involving active or former members of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.