In a new and exciting series that begins with an ambitious man named John Nolan hoping to become a police officer in his country. He may be subject to many confrontations. Since John is the oldest Rookie, so he will raise some doubts through senior officials who still see him as just a middle-aged crisis. John tries to use his youthful experience with a sense of humor to stay distinct.
If anyone but Fillion tossed out a line so smothered in schmaltz, you'd either laugh or groan. But Mr. Likable nails it and largely nails this comfy, corny and (yup) likable pilot, too.
The Rookie seems destined to test the limits of [Fillion's] charm, in a show where the shaky imagery can't obscure that we've seen every beat here before.
Fillion grounds The Rookie with just enough wry humor and low-key charisma to lift the formula, and he gets yeoman support from a diverse ensemble of rookies, training officers and bosses.
The Rookie is just good enough to be a show you can watch without taxing your brain all that much. And sometimes you just need shows like that in your life.
It's kind of fun to have a series more interested in building out a large ensemble of characters, where the cases are secondary to the characters bouncing off each other.
