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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...
Genres:CrimeDramaComedy
Network:ABC

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Life and Death" is the best rated episode of "The Rookie" season 4. It scored 7.4/10 based on 1664 votes. Directed by Bill Roe and written by Alexi Hawley, it aired on 9/26/2021. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Five Minutes".

  • Life and Death
    7.4/101,664 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

  • Five Minutes
    7.6/101,175 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

  • In the Line of Fire
    7.7/101,030 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

  • Red Hot
    7.8/101,049 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

  • A.C.H.
    7.7/101,148 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

  • Poetic Justice
    8.3/101,207 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

  • Fire Fight
    7.8/101,034 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

  • Hit and Run
    7.1/101,139 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

  • Breakdown
    7.8/10983 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

  • Heart Beat
    7.7/10973 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

  • End Game
    7.6/10970 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

  • The Knock
    7.3/10977 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

  • Fight or Flight
    7.2/10997 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

  • Long Shot
    6.7/101,093 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

  • Hit List
    7.8/10957 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

  • Real Crime
    4.9/101,837 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

  • Coding
    7.1/10988 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

  • Backstabbers
    7.5/10950 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

  • Simone
    6.0/101,524 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

  • Enervo
    6.0/101,342 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

  • Mother's Day
    7.4/10900 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

  • Day in the Hole
    6.9/101,438 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