‘The Rookie’ Season 7 Premiere Recap: Flirty Chenford, New Rookies and a Nuke Loose in LA

The long-awaited return also found Nolan and the team hunting down Jason and Oscar while Bailey stayed safely overseas

A male cop and female cop sit side by side, looking ahead and crossing their arms in a matching manner.
Eric Winter and Melissa O'Neil in "The Rookie" Season 7 (ABC)

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Rookie” Season 7, Episode 1.

Welcome back to the Mid-Wilshire Division and get ready for more sprawling shootouts in the streets of Los Angeles, “The Rookie” is back for Season 7. The action-packed, strike-shortened Season 6 brought a big Chenford breakup that broke fans’ hearts; a shady psychiatrist, Blair London (Danielle Campbell), who even got Tim to open up to her before her; and a devious turn for Monica (Bridget Regan), who emerged as the season’s big bad before escaping in the finale — but not before she and Blair got Mid-Wilshire tangled up in a corruption scandal that cost the lives of officers.

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