If Skip Tracer Randy Becomes John Nolan’s New Rookie, ‘The Rookie’ Season 7 Will Definitely Be Comedy Gold
Now that the show’s original rookie cops graduated from their probationary status, the show needs a continual revolving door of new rookie police officers for The Rookie to maintain its overall premise and title. Nolan went from a probationary officer to a patrol officer and is now a training officer, taking on Celina Juarez (Lisseth Chavez) as his first trainee. Celina will undoubtedly graduate as a training officer and move up to patrol eventually, which means Nolan will soon need a new rookie recruit to train.
Considering Flula Borg and Nathan Fillion already have tremendous chemistry and play off one another incredibly well, it would be tremendous for Randy to be Nolan’s future trainee. Randy becoming Nolan’s new trainee would provide potential comedy gold and portray different facets of the character. Also, Nolan taking on a trainee such as Randy would provide the character with an interesting new challenge in the series. Nolan potentially working with Randy’s various idiosyncrasies while molding him into a better police officer fits the sweet spot with The Rookie’s unique balance of comedy and drama.
Additionally, Randy has never actually shared some proper screen time with Quigley Smitty (Brent Huff). The series needs to show some sort of ultimate team-up between Randy and Smitty together in an upcoming episode; it would surely produce amusing results. Randy and Smitty taking a case together would serve as an ultimate culmination of their character arcs. Randy joining the LAPD guarantees that the character would share some screen time with the legendary Smitty, and the duo could provide infinitely hilarious comedic material.
‘The Rookie’ Brings in New Characters in Season 7
At the moment, Skip Tracer Randy becoming a series regular doesn’t seem to be in the cards for the hit series. The Rookie Season 7 will introduce Patrick Keleher as one of the newest rookies at the LAPD, Seth. Meanwhile, Deric Augustine will play a Texas transfer for the LAPD named Miles. Even if Skip Tracer Randy does not join the cast as a series regular, hopefully the writers bring him back for more guest appearances similar to Seasons 5 and 6. The Rookie Season 7 debuts later next year with eighteen new episodes.
