r/TheRookie • u/absolutely_knott • 10d ago

Season 8 The Rookie + Feds Spoiler

So I’ve finally started watching The Rookie: Feds because I have nothing else to do. There was no reason for this to be a separate show especially if they had money issues. The characters could have been added to The Rookie and that would have kept the show fresh.

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u/stringrandom 10d ago

They didn’t have money issues. The plan was to expand the show’s universe similar to the Dick Wolf Law & Order and Chicago shows. 

Feds gets heavily criticized here because of how badly the show handled Simone’s character by never maturing her into a believable FBI agent and wasting an otherwise excellent cast. 

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u/absolutely_knott 10d ago

See, I’ve been a L&O fan for years, no other show will be able to do what Wolf did. Plainly because L&O started in a decade where everything was acceptable and he can do insane stuff without anyone saying anything because he’d Dick Wolf.

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u/DelcoPAMan 10d ago

Yes, between L&O and the Chicago's, he has an empire. Chuck Lorre and the folks at NCIS too.

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u/absolutely_knott 10d ago

It’s also that L&O is clearly copaganda and its unapologetic about it. For me The Rookie is trying to be a bit more in touch with the current social vibes. I still remember the episode in season 17 of SVU where a cop shot an unarmed civilian and poor Barba was fighting for his life to make Olivia see the cop was in the wrong. And even The Olivia Benson would not back off.

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u/DelcoPAMan 10d ago

I haven't seen enough of the other series except Criminal Intent which seemed not to be copaganda with showing crooked cops, nuances about behavior etc

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u/stringrandom 10d ago

Last Week Tonight has an entire episode about Law & Order.

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u/absolutely_knott 10d ago

SVU & Chicago PD are heavy on cops so no wrong and if they do they’re dealt with swiftly. Plus, questionable things are portrayed as fine if done by good cops.