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The series follows John Nolan, a 45-year-old newly divorced man from [[Pennsylvania]], who, nine months after helping police officers during a bank robbery in his hometown, Foxburg, moves to [[Los Angeles]] to pursue a new career as a police officer in the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD). After graduating from the Police Academy as the oldest rookie on the force, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, unpredictable nature of his job. He is determined to make it in his new career despite the challenges.<ref name="SeriesOrder">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 26, 2017 |title=Nathan Fillion To Star In ''The Rookie'': ABC Lands Cop Dramedy From Alexi Hawley & The Mark Gordon Co. With Series Order |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/nathan-fillion-cop-drama-the-rookie-series-order-abc-1202195585/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213051454/http://deadline.com/2017/10/nathan-fillion-cop-drama-the-rookie-series-order-abc-1202195585/ |archive-date=February 13, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |
The series follows John Nolan, a 45-year-old newly divorced man from [[Pennsylvania]], who, nine months after helping police officers during a bank robbery in his hometown, Foxburg, moves to [[Los Angeles]] to pursue a new career as a police officer in the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD). After graduating from the Police Academy as the oldest rookie on the force, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, unpredictable nature of his job. He is determined to make it in his new career despite the challenges.<ref name="SeriesOrder">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 26, 2017 |title=Nathan Fillion To Star In ''The Rookie'': ABC Lands Cop Dramedy From Alexi Hawley & The Mark Gordon Co. With Series Order |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/nathan-fillion-cop-drama-the-rookie-series-order-abc-1202195585/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213051454/http://deadline.com/2017/10/nathan-fillion-cop-drama-the-rookie-series-order-abc-1202195585/ |archive-date=February 13, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |
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During an interview, the series lead [[Nathan Fillion]] |
During an interview, the series lead [[Nathan Fillion]] that the drama was inspired by a true story as the LAPD is one of just two agencies that accepts new officers over the age of 37.<ref name="Interview with Nathan Fillion">{{Cite web |last=BUILD Series |date=October 15, 2018 |title=Nathan Fillion Talks ABC's ''The Rookie'' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kzLgUiaLA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611155811/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kzLgUiaLA |archive-date=June 11, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2019 |at=4:15 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The man whose story inspired the premise of the show was later revealed to be Bill Norcross, a college friend of executive producer Jon Steinberg, who based the show on his story. Norcross continues to serve in the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] and also as executive producer on ''The Rookie''.<ref name="norcross">{{Cite news |last=Starr |first=Michael |date=December 23, 2019 |title=Meet the LAPD cop who inspired ABC's 'The Rookie' |work=New York Post |url=https://nypost.com/2019/12/23/meet-the-lapd-cop-who-inspired-abcs-the-rookie/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229171054/https://nypost.com/2019/12/23/meet-the-lapd-cop-who-inspired-abcs-the-rookie/ |archive-date=December 29, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Episodes== |
==Episodes== |