The Rookie
Tuesdays 9:00 PM on ABCThe Rookie Season 1 Quotes
I don’t want to be that cop. I don’t want to do it this way, running around ticking off boxes. It’s not me.
Officer Chen
Officer Lopez: New shades?
Officer West: I can hear your mockery.
Officer Lopez: Then I said it right.
Ben: That’s your problem, you know?
Nolan: Oh good, I was hoping we could make this about my inadequacies.
Ben: No, I’m serious. You have a pathological need to fix things for people even when you know there’s nothing you can do.
Nolan: Okay, look, I simply refuse to believe that there’s never not a solution.
Ben: That’s like a triple negative.
You know this lawsuit wasn’t about you? It was about the uniform. Get used to it.
Simon Parks
Officer Nolan: Nicely done.
Simon Parks: I told you I know what I’m doing.
Officer Nolan: Yeah you did, and I for one should know better than to judge someone on their age or their experience, so I’m sorry and thank you very much.
Officer Nolan: The union says I can’t switch lawyers. They said, and I quote, “you get what you get,” which is exactly what I said to my son when he wouldn’t eat his peas.
Officer Bishop: He’s a lawyer, Officer Nolan, not a fish. You just can’t throw him back because you think he’s too small.
What I know is that you’re not ready to have a man to man about what’s going on with you but I expect you to be by end of the day, so come find me when you’re ready.
Commander West
The oldest boot paired with the youngest lawyer. Sounds like a match made in heaven.
Officer Bishop
Officer Bradford: Don’t take it personally, being sued is part of the job.
Officer Lopez: That’s why we’re required to have liability insurance.
I know you’re disappointed in me but you and mom always taught me to be true to myself and this job it’s who I am, it makes me happy. You hate the system because it’s designed to punish people not care for them but that will never change unless people like me step up and make it change.
Officer Chen
This is a city with people in crisis. We will serve them, we will protect them, and we will make them safe. Understand?
Sgt. Grey
Jessica: Your wife called me. She said you were considering throwing the new Captain out a window.
Sgt. Grey: And you came to talk me out of it.
Jessica: Or open a window, whichever one seems more productive.
