The Rookie Showrunner Alexi Hawley chose his words carefully discussing Lucy (Melissa O’Neil), Tim (Eric Winter), and “Chenford’s” future.
Since we’ve been covering ABC and series creator and showrunner Alexi Hawley‘s The Rookie, we’ve gotten the distinct impression that there are more than a few of you out there who are “Chenford” fans. Okay, obviously, we’re joking – there are a ton of you out there keeping fingers and toes crossed that Lucy (Melissa O’Neil) and Tim’s (Eric Winter) future involves them living happily ever after. But they’ve also trusted the show’s writers to do right by the characters by presenting two well-rounded characters who have their respective personal issues to confront (and being on the police force together doesn’t exactly make things any easier). After a season finale that left fans concerned, the current season has been an interesting one for Lucy and Tim: much more intimate on a number of levels than we were expecting, but played out in a way that’s allowed them to grow individually and as friends. Of course, “Chenford” fans want the endgame to be more than just friends. Can they expect to see some movement on the relationship front by the end of Season 7, or will the slow-building burn continue?
“Every word I say about this is parsed very closely, so let me think about how to respond,” Hawley carefully began his response during his interview with Collider. “Let me back up a little bit by saying that I think that the journey this season has been really important, at least to us in the writers’ room and on the show, in terms of the real effects of the breakup and Lucy really coming to terms with who she is after, what she wants out of her career and out of her job afterwards, but also being a human being, and as we’ve all had moments of wanting something that maybe might not be emotionally healthy for you, like the hookups and all that kind of stuff, where, you know, have been a bit of a bouncing back and forth. That just feels very human to me. I mean, look, I do think that at the end of the day, that connection between them is impossible to break. And so I think, as we go forward, you will just see that.”
