Mid-Wilshire and The Rookie are set to welcome some new blood in Season 7 when two rookies join the precinct for training. Deric Augustine and Patrick Keleher play Miles and Seth, respectively, two vastly different rookies. The Rookie’s showrunner, Alexi Hawley, talked to TV Line about bringing in these new characters whose characteristics earn them nicknames “Texas” and “The Virgin” for Miles and Seth, respectively. Miles was a police officer for two years in Texas before moving to Los Angeles. Department regulations demand that he be trained afresh.
“I thought it was super interesting to bring on a rookie who isn’t a rookie, although he is a rookie in Los Angeles. What’s always shocking when you dig into policing in the United States is there are thousands of police departments and there is no uniformity to how they do things,” Hawley previewed something different that Miles brings to the table. He teased how Miles’ previous experience as a police officer might influence his work and relationships, saying,
“To have a rookie who’s already done two years as a cop in Texas and see the difference between that police community and ethos, and what Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) brings….. That is not to say it’s perfect in any way shape or form, but Tim is a cop who takes doing things the right way very seriously.”
‘The Rookie’ Adds New Characters for Season 7.
Meanwhile, Seth is the opposite of the rookie who started this whole thing — Nolan (Nathan Fillion). He is young to a fault. “He’s so young, which is great, so to bring him in — his innocence and his eagerness, but also the sort of incompetence at times, falling down and all that kind of stuff — seemed really fun,” Hawley told the publication. It will be interesting to see the varying energy brought to the show by the two characters. One must unlearn his old policing skills while learning new ones, while the other, who Hawley describes as a “Boy Scout,” is absorbing new information and experiences at every turn, some of which might be too much for him.
In The Rookie Season 7, Episode 1, “The Shot,” Nolan is “Now recovering from a gunshot wound and feeling the effects of his age. John and the team welcome two new rookies and continue the hunt for two dangerous inmates with very personal vendettas following their prison escape.”
Tune in to ABC on Tuesday, January 7, at 10 p.m. to catch the Season 7 premiere of The Rookie. You can catch up with past episodes on Hulu before new ones debut.
