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This was a great episode. Nathan Fillion was front and center which I think we all want and everyone loves to hate Rosalind. The overall events aren't really believable but most of the show is like that now anyway. You're either used to it by now or you've stopped watching, or probably should have.

Problem is, they've just killed off the show's best antagonist. I'm sure this isn't the end of her story and she's probably set up all kinds of stuff to further antagonise John in the future after her death but it won't be as good as her simply still being alive and doing it.

Feels like this character has been cut short. They've either made a mistake, in my opinion, or they have some genius reason for doing this. Rosalind has felt like the "main" ongoing storyline for The Rookie for most of the series so I'm curious about where they go from here. It could be a wrap up and story reset to go in another direction. For it to happen so soon into the season is kind of strange. Feels like it would have been better served as a season finale.

Also, John's new rookie is kind of being forced on us very quickly. I'm not on board with her yet but time will tell I suppose. Seems like a wildcard so far.

I'm not sure if this episode just jumped the shark (or another shark), but I know it failed Nolan and his sworn duty as a police officer. John swore an oath to "protect and serve". That means protect the lives of innocent people, and serve justice when appropriate. In this case, Bailey was that innocent person. Only instead of being physically held with a gun to her head, while her attacker "threatens" to kill her, she was LITERALLY being murdered right in front of John's eyes. Nolan had a gun pointed directly at an ACTIVE murderer, and did nothing. He failed his oath, and he failed his duty. And if he can't fulfill those two things, then he shouldn't be a cop. I'll say it again, Rosalind was LITERALLY killing Bailey! Shooting Rosalind WAS the correct thing to do in that situation. They can spin it anyway they want to; so can viewers. But in my opinion, the show just let John Nolan down.

Its remarkable that a single person manages to outsmart well trained fbi and police officers (not only this show). But, its entertaining. I just want to say that a snipershot with a high power rifle doesnt just leave a tiny spot on the entrance, it will blow half the head of...but maybe thats just me. Furthermore using a axe would be better on concrete. Its just a story, I know. I would say I love this show and the actors. Also the 'collaboration' with the spin off Feds. I hope the stories continue with 'surprise ' and not go on and on with the next serial killer who keeps coming back, again and again. But overall, keep it up!

-- 10/23/2022 -- THE ROOKIE : FEDS should be CANCELLED IMMEDIATELY -- the characters violate so many LAWS RULES FBI REGULATIONS FBI PROCEDURES -- I hate that I have to watch this crappy show just to see continuations of episodes of THE ROOKIE -- the writing on this THE ROOKIE : FEDS is beyond ATROCIOUS and the characters and acting are even worse -- these people have no idea about how real FBI PROCEDURES and INVESTIGATIONS are conducted -- it's clear that the NONE of the WRITERS or the CAST MEMBERS have any clue about how THE FBI works or operates -- by the way THE FBI frowns on their agents having relationships with each other -- the blonde and her ex boyfriend get into a VERBAL PISSING CONTEST during a briefing about a SERIAL KILLER and they both would've been FIRED IMMEDIATELY -- the blonde needs to STOP ACTING like a schoolgirl around her ex boyfriend -- REAL PROFILERS of PSYCHOPATHS aren't pretty blondes that look like CHEERLEADERS they're creepy men that are literally PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNSTABLE and they suffer from not wanting to be around people or go out in public -- the 1 guy that is an ACTOR needs to STOP saying GNARLY and his getting PUKEY at crime scenes would get him fired -- they stole my idea of a VAMPIRE COP however in my version the female COP is a REAL VAMPIRE in the LAPD and THE FBI wouldn't hire a ACTOR because he's too well known and public to be used on any assignments ESPECIALLY UNDERCOVER ASSIGNMENTS -- NIECY NASH as SIMONE is : ANNOYING and HER VOICE IS SCREECHY and makes my ears hurt and her breasts are RIDICULOUSLY HUGE and they look even worse -- the fact that the ACTRESS that was introduced as SIMONE'S LOVE INTEREST in THE ROOKIE 2 parter quit before this series started tellls how unlikable NIECY NASH is -- NIECY NASH is as bad as RUBY ROSE as BATWOMAN because she's way too interested in hooking up with hot young women ( YUCK & PUKE ) like a 20 something would want to hook up with her 50 year old nasty ass -- SIMONE'S driving course scene on THE ROOKIE episode that introduced her character where she drove like a maniac , she would've been FIRED IMMEDIATELY for driving like that -- no FBI CADET / ROOKIE would be allowed to be a FIELD AGENT or given any FIELD COMMAND status in any way or in any situation -- SIMONE sure as hell wouldn't be allowed on any MAJOR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS CASES much less SERIAL KILLERS and TERRORISTS -- SIMONE violated about 25 FBI REGULATIONS in the 1st episode of THE ROOKIE : FEDS and she would've been FIRED IMMEDIATELY -- SIMONE put FBI AGENTS & COPS lives in danger MULTIPLE TIMES in the 1st episode of THE ROOKIE : FEDS -- she ignores the rules and disobeys direct orders and doesn't even read files she just goes off of her GUT INSTINCTS -- FRANKIE FAISON deserves better than this crappy series -- I watched THE ROOKIE : FEDS episode 4 because it's part 2 of ROSALIND DYER FINALLY DIES ( 👏 CHEERS 🎉 ) from THE ROOKIE and I'm happy that they didn't make ELI REYNOLDS the new ROSALIND clone and they didn't need the crossover episode to wrap up the ROSALIND DYER mess and I think that it was a surgically altered double because she didn't have that CREEPY EVIL vibe that ROSALIND has -- I was hoping BAILEY would DIE but no such luck -- THE ROOKIE : FEDS is unwatchable and no one should watch it -- my SCORE for THE ROOKIE part of this episode 8 STARS ⭐ -- my SCORE for THE ROOKIE : FEDS part of this episode 2 ⭐ STARS --

The premise of this episode is that firefighters and paramedics are lured to an abandoned house so Nolan's girlfriend can be lured into an inescapable death trap.

The very start of the idea is ridiculously flawed. You've got a half dozen people fanning out through a house, and the bad guys know the right person is going to happen to enter the room with the trap and ... no question ... will walk right over it?

No.

Then the trap is so foolproof they can find no way to get her out. Nope. Any savvy viewer could name a list of things the writers never considered to defeat the trap ... starting with simply employing a cell signal blocker to keep the bad guy from remotely triggering effects.

Oh, and the Rosalind element of the episode was just a dumb.

I don't fault writers for stretching for a story, but when stretching, the writer has an obligation to do a MUCH better job of thinking than this.

You've got to be kidding. A tank buerried in a house with multiple traps. An antagonist that can follow John anywhere he goes! Explosions! Gun fire. Fire. This isn't real cop action.

I don't care for these super criminals who seem to baffle the authorities. Where did Roslin get the money to buy the house and build an expensive unique trap that worked perfectly?

I'm glad to see Roslan is dead and the series can get back on track.

As always the cast is great. Production is good.

I see my three star rating is well below the average rating. I wonder if higher ratings are because Roslin was finally killed off.

Unrealistic, lame storyline with obviously ignored plot points where they could've save the girl, but just ignored obvious routes to prolong the story to a more dramatic conclusion to make it a close call. Fire dept could've not only used a chop saw on the tank once they were in the basement, but also on the electrics going to the tank. Instead they have the cop beat on the plexiglass with a hammer while they dig up a generator(and how do you bury a generator that can generate 2000v of electricity? Motors need air, and that would have to be one huge generator, which would also be noisy, even "buried"

How many more times are writers of these kinds of shows going to use the same tired old overused trope. "Mad, genius serial killer escapes custody to take revenge on the those who put them behind bars and the people close to them"? Virtually every other law enforcement show has done this to death already. I really liked this show for the first couple of seasons but they seem to have run out of original ideas and are now falling back on the same well trodden ground covered so many times before. To make it worse they have to drag it out over several episodes. Enough already. Give us something different and original or pack it in.

I actually like The Rookie, but this episode was JUST TRAGIC!!! This review will contain "spoilers" but if you watch this poor, simpleton, terribly written, disgrace of an episode, and DO NOT see the upcoming 'spoiler'....you should probably turn off the tellie!!

Imagine the intelligence level of the serial killer that she can set up a trap that manages to "trap" the EXACT intended target (out of 5-6 potential targets who could have stepped onto the 'trap'). You lost me at that!

As I watched this train wreck unfold with the missus, I made a comment that said, "If SHE, out of all those fire fighters falls into some sort of upcoming 'trap'.....I am done"

Well, F me dead if that didn't happen. This was lazy and pathetic writing on an epic level. Whoever wrote this episode should spend 10-15 years in a Federal Prison with no hope of parole.

And don't even get me started on the actual ending!!!! Is this what we will be subjected to for the rest of the season?

This is the point that I REALLY hope that The Rookie gets cancelled at the end of this tragic (and desperate) season. Either sack the writers, or make this show better!

There was so much wrong with this episode. I will just point out a few things. They never called any type of technical support ie Bomb Squad or Hazmat response teams, especially when they breached the warehouse the suspected builder was receiving his supplies in. Once they breached the basement, Why was an officer trying to punch thru the window with an ax when a drill or saw would have made short work of it and allowed the water to drain while they were trying to cut thru the top. Why is every female a mary sue? John Nolan never checks the gun he is given to make sure it is loaded. Why was he bringing out his suspect before any other police arrived? If this was a super hero or high action show then suspension of belief would be appropriate but not for a formulaic cop drama.

Seems like there are more bad episodes of the rookie than good ones, it's one after another of ridiculous plots that have more holes than Swiss cheese and all just seem to conviently fall into place every time.....we knew Bailey was going to fall into a trap despite the half a dozen others there who could of easily gone into that room but without any prompting Bailey just happened to be the one who fell into it,fantastic job in finding a sanitation worker just because he wore overalls maybe because he was building stuff he wore them but conviently it wasn't the case just like the second killer getting all the equipment delivered to his lockup address and not the one he installed all the traps in,plus good job Harper can read those diagrams of where the generator was in that house but even luckier was the fact they were left out for everyone to see....so where was the second guy going to release the trap if Nolan killed Rosaline?was it that building he blew up or had he conviently gotten a house really close to where Rosaline lived so he could conviently snipe her as Nolan left the house with her?it could of been a great series but it's just laughable how crap its become and only getting worse ....oh and I'm surprised Bailey wasn't flying the police helicopter looking for Nolan in the blue station wagon as I think this is the only role she hasn't played yet....

This shouldn't have been a crossover episode . It should have been resolved on The Rookie . The characters of both shows barely interacted with each other. Only Special Agents Stensen and Arces briefly appear at the start .It pretty obvious they only did this crossover to try and boost the ratings of The Rookie Feds. I'm surprised that show got a full season order considering how badly the backdoor pilot episodes were received by the fans . It feels like Rosalind was written supposed to have more of a recurring role this season . They must have had to change their plans because of Annie Wersching's condition getting worse .If you haven't heard she sadly passed away last Sunday from cancer. Rosalind had the most anticlimatic death . They should have given her a better ending .Her second protege is boring . Hes nowhere as interesting as Caleb. The writers did the same mistake with Detective Armstrong and ended his storyline abruptly too . It seems like since season 3 the writers have no idea what to do with John Nolan's character and are only giving good storylines to the other characters. They need to stop doing crossovers with Feds . 5/10.

The actress playing Rosalind in this episode sadly passed away. I am sorry about that, of course. I just wanted to comment that I think the fact that the character had only appeared in the last scenes (in the rest of the episode it was just her voice) and it died probably meant that the poor woman was too ill already. I suspect the writers had more (probably better) plans for the character that they had to change in a short notice.

That is probably why the episode is so unbelievable. A lot of the traps makes no sense. Like how would they know that Bailey was the person falling in the trap and not any other bomber? How did they make that trap? Why did Rosalind had exactly one plan for Nolan disobeying? Why didn't they pass a little tube sfrom above o Bailey could breath? Why there was only a person with an axe trying to hit the tank? And many other things.

As I said, I will give it a pass because I think the writers had to adapt to the actress condition. Knowing that she is dead, it is awful to see several characters looking at her character body and saying things like "I can believe she is really dead".

I gave it a mild rating because I think the acting was good (especially Nolan) and the visuals too but I also took some points because of the unnecessary crossover that only added some mess to the episode. I am also tired of the new rookie, who of course is a stereotypical wise instinctive woman, because women are in contact with Earth, and celestial things and whatever. I would be offended they did that to a Latina, but at least the rest of the women of the cast (Black, Latina, Asian) are less "magical". So I guess it is not as if the only Latina were a superstitious one.