Redwood

**"Redwood"**is the eleventh episode of the first season on *The Rookie.*This is eleventh episode of the series overall.

## Summary

An unscheduled visit by the vice president of the United States puts the station on high alert. The secret service tasks Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop with checking out a possible threat to the vice president while the rest of the team tries to keep the streets clear and safe for his visit.

## Plot

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The officers are forced to come in to work on their day off, as the Vice President has made an unexpected visit to Los Angeles. Nolan and Bishop stop a man who was a threat to the Vice President after they find a flare gun in his underwear. Chen gets pricked by a used needle while trying to break up a fight between two homeless women and is forced to go to the hospital. Bradford tries to comfort her as she could have various diseases as a result of getting injected. Meanwhile, Lopez and West try to break up protestors and tell people who have obscene banners to take them down. Nolan and Bishop engage in a shootout with several robbery suspects. When Lopez and West defy Agent Danvers' orders and decide to go help Bishop and Nolan, Grey defends them, saying it was the right thing to do. During the episode, West has trouble focusing on the job and nearly loses his cool with a man who left his elderly mother in hand restraints. At the end of the episode, West waits with Chen as she gets good news about her diagnosis. West tells Chen about his family problems and Nolan sells his house in Pennsylvania after having a dilemma about what to do with it.

## Cast

### Main

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

### Guest starring

* Currie Graham as Ben McRee
* Lauren Stamile as Agent Phoenix Danvers
* Bailey Noble as Rachel
* Chet Grissom as Luke
* Eve Brenner as Ruth
* Amanda Carlin as Alma
* Pooja Batra as Dr. Haddad
* Cameron J. Armstrong as Nurse Gino Brown
* Miriam A. Hyman as Broke Tenant
* Lamar Stewart as Illegal Subletter

### Co-starring

* Kevin Covais as Stanley Knott
* Kevin Fry-Bowers as Donny
* Deep Rai as Praveen
* Adam Kang as Freddy
* Joaquin Huizar as Kid
* Aliee Chan as Protestor #1
* Travis Quist as Arnold
* Caryn Mower as Donna
* Vaia Zaganas as Jaclyn

## Trivia

* This episode is directed by Sylvain White, who also directed a film adaptation of the Vertigo comic book *The Losers*, as well as episodes for several television shows.
* The weapons turned in at the beginning of the episode are two Colt M1911A1 pistols, an M1 Garand semiautomatic rifle, and an M18A1 Claymore mine. Also appearing in this episode is a Blaser R93 sniper rifle, as seen when the Secret Service agents are setting up in an apartment along the motorcade route. (IMFDb)
* In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on January 22, 2019, Kimmel and Nathan Fillion both mentioned that Kevin Covais, who plays Stanley in this episode, was known for his participation in *American Idol*.
* West tells one of the apartment dwellers that hanging an obscene picture of the Vice President in public view is a violation of Penal Code 415.5, but 415.5 only covers fighting, noise, and obscene language, not imagery.