Day In The Hole

**"Day In The Hole"** is the twenty-second and final episode of the fourth season of *The Rookie*. This is the seventy-sixth episode of the series overall.

## Summary

Officer John Nolan is forced to spend a week in solitary confinement in a quiet border town with a young local officer who is in need of some training. Meanwhile, Sergeant Bradford and Officer Chen discover that looks are deceiving and go undercover together in a possible drug trafficking case.

## Plot

While pulling up Jake Butler's mugshot, Lucy is surprised by his face while Tamara questions her reaction until she sees the monitor, becoming equally shocked. Soon most of the squad and Wesley are gathered over the monitor before Tim comes into question this and they all look at him in silence.

On the streets, Tim and Lucy arrest Butler who is revealed to look remarkably like Tim, something commented on by both Lucy and Butler.

After the local cops arrive, John's group share banter with Ellroy stating if it were a contest on who would handled themselves best in the situation he'd win before he admits Bailey did better and he'd be second place. When a CHP officer notes it looks like a warzone, Ellroy remarks she should see the other guys and she questions their location before its revealed the perps are all locked in the holding cell.

## 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/Juicy
* Eric Winter as Tim Bradford/Jake “Dim” Butler

### Guest starring

* Pete Davidson as Pete Nolan
* Alan Tudyk as Ellroy Basso
* Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen
* Dylan Conrique as Tamara Colins
* Meg DeLacy as Chastity Sneed
* Stephanie Arcila as Officer Gabrielle Navar
* David Meunier as Man with Money
* Greg Ellis as Blair Darvill
* J.P. Pitoc as Roy Hajek
* Brent Huff as Officer Smitty
* Michelle C. Bonilla as Martina Sanchez
* Sara Rue as Nell Forester

### Co-starring

* Tommy Kijas as Doug Benedict
* Alex Barone as Will Benedict
* KB Holland as Wisco
* Yuli Zorrilla as CHP Cop

## Trivia

* Eric Winter and Melissa O’Neil both play dual roles in this episode.
* Shawn Ashmore and Brent Huff both make brief appearances as their characters, Wesley Evers and Officer Smitty respectively, but both have no dialogue lines in this episode.
* At the beginning of the episode, Tamara Colins (Dylan Conrique) is driving and singing along with the radio. The song she's singing to is the actress's own song.
* All of the following were uncredited members of Blair Darvill's group who fought against Nolan, Elroy, Officer Navar, and Bailey during the episode's finale: Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez as Sparrow, Tony Graham as Beast, Anthony Nanakornpanom as Spider, Gian Shaw as Scorpion, Ray Siegle as Raven, Eric Watson as Shark, and Dennis Fitzgerald as Mike.
* J.C. Pitoc played a minor role with Nathan Fillion in *Castle* as 'Darius Langley'.
* This episode marks the directorial debut of Alexi Hawley, who is the creator/showrunner of *The Rookie*. To date, this is the only episode of the Rookie series he has directed.