The seventh season finally has a UK release date.
The seventh season of The Rookie may have already premiered in the US, but at last, UK fans will be able to get stuck into the next instalment of the cop procedural.
That’s right, it’s now been confirmed that The Rookie season 7 will debut in the UK on Sky Witness and NOW on Tuesday 3rd June at 9pm.
Season 7 originally premiered in the US back in January of this year, so UK fans have been waiting patiently to see what’s happening with John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), LAPD’s oldest rookie officer.
Fillion returns to helm the series alongside the likes of Alyssa Diaz, Richard T Jones, Mekia Cox and Eric Winter.
One person who won’t be back for season 7 is Aaron Thorsen star Tru Valentino, who departed the show following the end of season 6.
While Valentino hasn’t explained the reason for his departure, the actor did leave open the door of possibility around a guest appearance, teasing: “You never know who may pop back up in the Mid-Wilshire precinct. Until then, 7 Adam 19, this is Officer Thorsen, over and out!”
Showrunner Alexi Hawley previously spoke with TVLine about what’s in store for the new season. Season 6 saw Nolan and Bailey start to think about beginning their family via adoption, with Bailey’s ex-husband Jason also breaking out of prison with Oscar.
Hawley said of Nolan in season 7: “He’s feeling very pressured, because Jason is out there, as is Oscar, but Jason is more of the existential threat to Nolan’s family.
“We come in with that sense of, ‘We have to catch this guy before he comes for my wife and myself,’ only to – spoiler! – get thwarted by the fact that they have bad information.”
New episodes are still airing in the US, so thankfully there are no finale spoilers to avoid just yet, but we do know that the seventh season will feature an especially dark episode.
Lisseth Chavez, who plays Officer Selena Juarez, was asked if there was a particular episode that she was excited for fans to see, telling ScreenRant: “There is, but it’s a little bit on the darker side. I am excited.
“I’m excited to see how everything got put together. I don’t know what I can say. I don’t even remember the episode number. But I am excited for a specific episode. It is a little bit more on the darker side.”
