There may be an ongoing thriller in The Rookie that began approach again in the Season 5 finale, and it has by no means been resolved. Viewers would possibly bear in mind the occasions of the Season 5 finale, “Below Siege,” which have been orchestrated by the nefarious prison Boyd Taylor (Kristian Bruun). The actions Boyd induced in “Below Siege” have been merely a ploy so Boyd may enact a heist of the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles. The Season 6 premiere, “Strike Again,” picks up with Taylor lastly getting apprehended. Nevertheless, the remaining thriller regarding Boyd’s heist, involving the corrupt, villainous Monica Stevens (Bridget Regan), remains to be unsettled. It is time to unpack this thriller of The Rookie that might lastly see some decision with an M-I-A character’s highly anticipated return later this season.
Who Was Boyd Taylor’s Boss?
Throughout the Season 6 premiere, “Strike Again,” Taylor, the seeming mastermind behind the occasions of “Below Siege” and the theft of the Federal Reserve, is finally apprehended by the LAPD’s Mid-Wilshire Division. Whereas interrogating Taylor, Wade Gray (Richard T. Jones) and Angela Lopez (Alyssa Diaz) point out that Taylor labored for a higher-level boss, doubtless an inside man, to help Taylor and his crew. Which means a prison mastermind helped grant Taylor entry to the Federal Reserve constructing’s state-of-the-art and safe servers.
Earlier than the interrogation can transfer additional, Monica Stevens intervenes as Taylor’s lawyer, stopping Taylor from probably divulging any secrets and techniques or making a take care of the LAPD. After leaving her assembly with Taylor, Monica contacts an unknown and unseen affiliate over the telephone. She tells the affiliate, “Boyd may be an issue. Yeah, he is going through life in jail. If they provide him a ok deal, he is more likely to take it.” Monica’s dialogue signifies that she advises the shopper on the opposite line to have Taylor killed, saying, “You must do no matter makes you sleep probably the most soundly at evening.” Later, whereas Taylor is transported to jail, he’s killed by an unseen sniper. No matter secrets and techniques Taylor knew died with him, and the knowledge regarding who employed him is seemingly misplaced.
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Who Was Monica’s Unseen Shopper?
Curiously, Monica’s position on this complete occasion does considerably tie into her actions later within the season, which reveal that she has been illegally utilizing data gained from Dr. Blair London’s (Danielle Campbell) shopper periods with LAPD officers to disrupt police operations, sowing corruption throughout the division, and promoting the categorised data to LA’s prison underworld. Subsequently, it is smart that Monica could possibly be working with a prison mastermind who orchestrated a heist on the Federal Reserve.
That stated, we by no means discovered concerning the inside man who employed Boyd Taylor and who had him killed. Who was Monica speaking to on the telephone? It doubtless wasn’t Elijah Stone (Brandon McLaren) contemplating how issues ended between Monica and Elijah in Season 5. And it in all probability was not Eric Ramsay (Neil Hopkins) and Christian Batista (Will Beinbrink), who Monica offers with later within the season and seems to fulfill for the primary time in Season 6. Finally, this plot thread and thriller remained fully unresolved.
Monica Stevens Is Slated to Return in ‘The Rookie’ Season 7
Throughout a current interview with Collider, The Rookie star Nathan Fillion revealed that some earlier villains who’re nonetheless at massive and haven’t been seen since Season 6 would return later in Season 7. “We will have Bridget [Regan] come again and Matt [Glave] come again as each Monica and Oscar. Two individuals who have been thorns within the sides of those law enforcement officials for a while now,” Fillion stated. After we final noticed Monica in the Season 6 finale, “Escape Plan,” she was fleeing from a shootout in Argentina, the place she tried to commerce Dr. London to the Swiss cash supervisor of organized crime, Jakob Olmstead (Casper Andreas). John Nolan (Fillion) and Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox) intervened, saving Dr. London as a witness who may testify in opposition to Monica’s prison exercise. Monica managed to flee in the course of the chaos and fled to the Argentinian countryside. As of Season 7, she stays a fugitive, very similar to Oscar Hutchinson, whose escape Monica helped orchestrate in “Escape Plan,” together with Bailey Nune’s (Jenna Dewan) malevolent ex-husband, Jason Wyler (Steve Kazee), from jail.
With Monica now a fugitive, it is the right time to revisit the unresolved thriller of the Federal Reserve mastermind from Season 6. The shopper is highly effective and has sturdy sources, so Monica would doubtless search out this particular person for assist together with her present predicament. This is also a solution to arrange future returns for Oscar and Elijah Stone, who nonetheless have axes to grind in opposition to the Mid-Wilshire Division. When Elijah was final seen in jail with Oscar, he requested his fellow inmate if he had any good “revenge tales.” Monica and Elijah parted on unhealthy phrases, however now, they’ve widespread enemies in Mid-Wilshire. Whereas Oscar later escapes from jail with Wyler in “Escape Plan,” Elijah remains to be incarcerated and sure plotting his revenge. The Wyler thread has since been tied with the mysterious hitman Malvado (Jimmy Gonzalez), executing him in Season 7, Episode 5, “Until Dying.” Nevertheless, Oscar remains to be within the wind and so is Monica.
Monica Stevens’ Return Ought to Convey Readability to the Unresolved Season 6 Thriller
We at the moment do not know precisely after we can anticipate Monica and Oscar to look throughout Season 7, however after they do lastly make their superb returns, it’s going to hopefully present some much-needed readability on the Federal Reserve heist. If the particular person behind the heist was well-resourced and highly effective sufficient to orchestrate the occasions, sending the Mid-Wilshire division on a wild goose chase whereas additionally robbing the Federal Reserve, the unknown particular person is certainly a harmful foe who will trigger issues sooner or later. The Rookie does prefer to take its time resolving dangling subplots. Living proof, it took about 5 years for the sequence to lastly resolve what occurred to Tim Bradford’s (Eric Winter) ex-girlfriend, Rachel Corridor (Jasmine Mathews). Season 7 ought to deliver readability to this unresolved plot thread as properly.
New episodes of The Rookie Season 7 debut on Tuesdays on ABC. Each episode is on the market to stream now on Hulu within the U.S.
- Launch Date
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October 16, 2018
- Community
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ABC
- Showrunner
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Alexi Hawley
- Administrators
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Tori Garrett, Chi-Yoon Chung, Michael Goi, Sylvain White, Lisa Demaine, Lanre Olabisi, Invoice Johnson, David McWhirter, Liz Friedlander, Daniel Willis, Toa Fraser, Anne Renton, Jon Huertas, Cherie Nowlan, TK Shom, Rob Seidenglanz, Valerie Weiss, Barbara Brown, Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul, SJ Essential Muñoz, Nelson McCormick, Marcus Stokes, Adam Davidson, Anna Mastro
- Writers
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Corey Miller, Invoice Rinier, Zoe Cheng, Mary Trahan, Ally Seibert, Liz Alper, Nick Hurwitz, Racheal Seymour, Madeleine Coghlan, David Radcliff
