The Best Episodes of The Rookie Season 4
Every episode of The Rookie Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rookie Season 4!
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Rookie" season 4 is "Life and Death", rated 7.4/10 from 1601 user votes. It was directed by Bill Roe and written by Alexi Hawley. "Life and Death" aired on 9/26/2021 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Five Minutes".
7.4/10 1,601 votes#1 - Life and Death
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2021
Officer Nolan and the entire team race against the clock to locate Lopez after she is kidnapped on her wedding day, not only to save her life but her unborn child’s.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
7.6/10 1,128 votes#2 - Five Minutes
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2021
Officer Nolan and Officer Chen’s run-in with an infamous thief tips them off to a potentially big heist surrounding the Getty’s big gala event. Meanwhile, Nolan works up the courage to ask Bailey out on a date.
Director: Lisa Demaine
Writer: Brynn Malone
7.7/10 985 votes#3 - In the Line of Fire
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2021
Officer Nolan and officer Chen report to a structure fire and suspect that there is more to the situation than meets the eye. Meanwhile, after witnessing a sniper shooting, the team searches for the shooter and discovers that the perpetrator has a connection to one of their own.
Director: Daniel Willis
Writer: Robert Bella
7.8/10 1,002 votes#4 - Red Hot
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2021
Officer Nolan and Officer Chen search for a missing person who may have international ties that puts everyone’s lives in danger. Meanwhile, Harper continues the search for a serial arsonist after responding to a report of an injured cyclist, and Wesley must overcome an impossible task.
Director: Lisa Demaine
Writer: Diana Mendez Boucher
7.7/10 1,096 votes#5 - A.C.H.
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2021
When a new designer drug hits LA streets, it turns users into “zombies,” and Officer Nolan and the team have a Halloween they won’t soon forget. Back at home, Lucy questions whether her apartment building might be haunted.
Director: Daniel Willis
Writer: Paula Puryear, Zoe Cheng
8.3/10 1,160 votes#6 - Poetic Justice
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2021
Officer Nolan and team are on a hunt to retrieve a buried stash of gold before any treasure seekers get hurt. Meanwhile, Bradford is tasked with encouraging the oldest cop at the station to retire and invites him to ride with him.
Director: Chi-Yoon Chung
Writer: Bill Rinier, Natalie Callaghan
7.8/10 989 votes#7 - Fire Fight
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2021
In the aftermath of Fred’s house explosion, Officer Nolan and Bailey discover there’s more to Fred’s death than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Officer Chen and Officer Bradford demand a treasure hunt rematch and enlist Sgt. Grey to help set the terms to a new bet, all while they arrest a series of wealthy female criminals. Elsewhere, Wesley struggles to keep it together under the pressure of his debt to Elijah.
Director: Tori Garrett
Writer: Corey Miller
7.1/10 1,094 votes#8 - Hit and Run
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2021
The team goes on a city-wide hunt for an individual who is threatening a mass casualty event. Meanwhile, Tim’s sister Genny shows up unannounced with some surprising news, and Lopez continues her inner struggle over Wesley’s deal with Elijah and tries to come up with a plan to get them out of it.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Vincent Angell
7.8/10 940 votes#9 - Breakdown
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2021
Desperate to break free from his connection to Elijah, Wesley tries to plant a listening device in his office to incriminate him; Officer Bradford and his sister, Genny, learn an unsettling truth about their father.
Director: Chi-Yoon Chung
Writer: Alexi Hawley
7.7/10 931 votes#10 - Heart Beat
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/2022
Now that John Nolan knows about Bailey’s past, he must decide if they still have a future. Meanwhile, when a plane crashes in the middle of the city the team races to find out why.
Director: SJ Main Muñoz
Writer: Fredrick Kotto
7.6/10 928 votes#11 - End Game
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2022
The team must rely on a criminal for his expertise to help take down an even bigger threat. Meanwhile, Officers Chen and Bradford investigate the murder of an unhoused teenager who used to be friends with Tamara.
Director: Tori Garrett
Writer: Terence Paul Winter
7.3/10 931 votes#12 - The Knock
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2022
The team responds to the report of a severed hand washing up on the beach and are on the hunt to find its owner. Meanwhile, Tim attempts to prove he isn’t a control freak to Lucy and invites her on a double date with him and Ashley.
Director: Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul
Writer: Zoe Cheng
7.2/10 946 votes#13 - Fight or Flight
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2022
Officers John Nolan and Lucy Chen must fulfill three quests if they want to get a stolen police helicopter back safely from a teenage thief. Meanwhile, Detective Nyla Harper and Officer Aaron Thorsen must guard a convicted cop killer in the hospital following a prison riot.
Director: Lanre Olabisi
Writer: Brynn Malone
6.7/10 1,047 votes#14 - Long Shot
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/2022
Officer Nolan and Detective Harper help Skip Tracer Randy on his first bounty hunter case. Meanwhile, Officer Chen and Sergeant Bradford are on the hunt for a perpetrator on a citywide crime spree.
Director: Fernando Sariñana
Writer: Natalie Callaghan
7.8/10 910 votes#15 - Hit List
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2022
Officer Harper puts Officer Aaron through “Plain Clothes Day,” but the exercise is interrupted by an unsuspected visitor. After two witnesses for an upcoming grand jury case are murdered, the team must track down the killers before it’s too late.
Director: Robert Bella
Writer: Elizabeth Davis Beall
4.8/10 1,769 votes#16 - Real Crime
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2022
Desperate to reset the way the world sees him, Officer Thorsen reluctantly decides to be a part of a reality show to help rebrand his image, only to be thrust back into yet another deadly situation. With cameras rolling, the show’s producer is found murdered and the team must investigate before Aaron is made suspect number one.
Director: Rob Seidenglanz
Writer: Bill Rinier, Paula Puryear
7.1/10 941 votes#17 - Coding
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/2022
Officer John Nolan and the team feel they must negotiate with a distraught man who is holding a hospital hostage to ensure his wife receives a lifesaving surgery.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Nick Hurwitz, Sylvia Franklin
7.6/10 902 votes#18 - Backstabbers
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2022
After the robbery of a train filled with valuable auction items turns deadly, the team is called to investigate. Meanwhile, Officer Chen has doubts about being Sergeant Bradford’s aide and is upset when he doesn’t give her the recognition she deserves. Elsewhere, Officer Harper takes matters into her own hands and makes a life-changing decision about her personal life.
Director: Tori Garrett
Writer: Vincent Angell
6.0/10 1,468 votes#19 - Simone
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2022
Officer Nolan and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of FBI trainee Simone Clark when one of her former students is suspected of terrorism following an explosion at a local power station.
Director: Liz Friedlander
Writer: Alexi Hawley, Terence Paul Winter
6.0/10 1,286 votes#20 - Enervo
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2022
The team alongside the LA Division of the FBI are in a race to stop bombs that have been scattered throughout the city by a suspected terrorist. Meanwhile, the joint task force is suspicious of the CIA’s involvement in the situation.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley, Terence Paul Winter
7.4/10 857 votes#21 - Mother's Day
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/2022
Sergeant Grey supports Officer Nolan’s desire to become a training officer and offers to ride with him for the day to get him ready. Meanwhile, Tim and Lucy must manage expectations in their respective relationships as they decide on their plans for Mother’s Day and a romantic vacation.
Director: Lisa Demaine
Writer: Fredrick Kotto, Diana Mendez Boucher
6.9/10 1,371 votes#22 - Day in the Hole
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2022
Officer John Nolan is forced to spend a week in solitary confinement in a quiet border town with a young local officer who is in need of some training. Meanwhile, Sergeant Bradford and Officer Chen discover that looks are deceiving and go undercover together in a possible drug trafficking case.
Director: Alexi Hawley
Writer: Alexi Hawley