The Rookie
Tuesdays 9:00 PM on ABCThe Rookie Season 1 Quotes
We’re here to guard this guy not braid his hair and be besties.
Officer Bradford
Protection details are like watching paint dry.
Officer Bishop
Sgt. Grey: She felt your experience would make you a valuable addition to our house.
Officer Nolan: I guess I’ve got a lot to live up to.
Sgt. Grey: We all do. We all do.
Grief is grief. It’s a hole that can’t be filled but over time it will shrink enough so that you won’t fall in every time you take a step. If there’s one thing you can use to make you a better cop, it will be her life, not her death.
Officer Bradford
Officer Nolan: You were right. I was selfish. I got her killed.
Officer Bishop: Don’t do that. Don’t make this about you. She didn’t die because of your choice, she died doing her job the only way she knew how. You look at it any other way, you diminish her.
Killing this loser won’t honor her memory, doing our jobs will.
Sgt. Grey
Riding with the Captain. And I thought being greenlit was scary.
Officer Nolan
My training would be put on hold. I’d stay a rookie while you guys moved up. We’d be separated.
Officer Nolan
Officer Nolan: I mean I can’t just go to work, right? I’d be endangering everyone who came within five feet of me.
Captain Anderson: Being a cop means being at risk.
Officer Nolan: So you’re saying I should just report for duty, act like nothing happened.
Captain Anderson: I think we tell criminals what to do, not the other way around.
Officer Nolan: No matter the consequences.
Captain Anderson: No matter the consequences.
How’s a rookie get greenlit before me? I’ve got to step up my game.
Officer Bradford
If you have to change your behavior because of these reversals then we have a problem. My officers do things the right way every day.
Captain Anderson
You said there was nothing in my past that suggested that I could connect with people in high-stress situations. I mean, obviously negotiating with a suicide bomber is stressful but honestly, you need to try telling a single mother of four that her kitchen is delayed because her tiles are on back order or convincing a bank to give you an extra week to come up with the mortgage.
Officer Nolan
