Officers React #47: The Rookie - Nolan Responds to a Robbery and Draws the Shortest of Straws (OIS)

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""Time of Death" is the eighth episode of the first season on The Rookie. This is the eighth episode of the series overall.
In the opening scene, Bishop and Nolan chase down a burglary suspect and end up locked into an "escape room" with him; they have to cooperate in order to puzzle their way out of the room. Bishop is given the go-ahead to take the detectives' exam. Isabel Bradford is brought to the station, having been offered leniency in exchange for being an informant. She's assigned a meet with her dealer's supplier but is pessimistic about the result, and Tim is livid when he finds out she's being sent to the meet. He confronts the captain but is told that he can't be part of the operation. Bishop and Nolan respond to a silent alarm and come upon a robbery in progress; when Nolan chases one of the armed suspects into a nearby house and confronts him, Nolan shoots the man dead. The aftermath involves Nolan's disorientation, interrogation, questioning of his associates, and removal from active duty while the incident is examined. Isabel goes to the meet, but her video and audio feed is cut off and when the detectives and Bradford enter the scene, no one is there. Lucy takes Nolan back to his house and they sleep together, but while Lucy's in the shower Nolan is attacked by the brother of the man he killed.
The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series created for ABC by Alexi Hawley. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is based on real-life Los Angeles Police Department officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.
The series stars Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Mercedes Mason, Melissa O'Neil, Afton Williamson, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore and Eric Winter.
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[@bluej511]

The scene where Sgt Grey drops him off at home was amazing.

[@leethomas169]

Just finished watching season 6 episode 1 of this show live man officer nolan has come a long way but he still always draws the short stick every fucking episode.

[@OnlyCops]

Nolan is definitely a shit magnet 🤣

[@siddmic]

They even bust his balls about being a shit magnet…and a horrible driver.

[@pxmonkeederp]

I'm a trained first responder and Marine Corps veteran, and the one thing that always kinda bugged me on this show was cops, EMS, and everybody else under the sun calling time of death. The reason being they aren't doctors, and while it may be obvious that a subject is deceased mechanically (no breathing, no circulation) they may still be alive electrochemically (in the brain). Rendering aid with rescue breathing and chest compressions, ensuring that the blood remains somewhat oxygenated, gives someone a better chance at being revived by EMS or in an ER. Are they probably dead and not going to make it? Probably. But it's not for you to determine that.

[@OnlyCops]

I couldn't agree more!

[@ohauss]

That may be true, but it does nothing to further the narrative. It would also require introducing additional characters. Every episode has only so much time to tell its story. Basically, consider "He's dead" as a signal to the audience that the story won't be about keeping this character alive.

[@sivonni]

I had Nolan level luck in my occupational experience. I was never a cop but in my military time and in other jobs, every time I heard, "This will never happen, but--" it was almost guaranteed to happen to me. Luckily I was an analyst and not in combat but, for a general example, during training we were apprised of a "just in case" scenario that no one had had to deal with in at least a decade. I had that exact "just in case" occur the same day. At another job, I was given stacks of papers to data enter and analyze and apprised of various aspects to watch out for, including 2 different "you'll never see this but, if you do..." scenarios. Both were in my first stack. 🤷‍♀

[@OnlyCops]

God bless you friend 😅 the short stick definitely has it's favorite people unfortunately lol

[@LibiB26]

Fantastic review and so insightful! Please do more Rookie reacts, they are always great!

[@OnlyCops]

We're filming a bunch more this weekend!

[@LibiB26]

Re calling off the ambulance and calling time of death on the spot confused me too. From my understanding only a doctor can do that.

[@michaelhogg324]

True and usually EMS will call in to request the TOD

[@OnlyCops]

100% Time of death will always go to the highest medical authority present. And that will never be police 🤣

[@Shifty51991]

@@michaelhogg324Can Paramedics call TOD? (my understanding is they have more training/pull than a EMT or are they the same thing lol?)

[@rainerbloedsinn182]

@@Shifty51991 As a German I really like the abbreviation TOD for time of death, since "Tod" literally means "death" in German.

[@matthewdemarey4762]

@@Shifty51991 I've certainly heard of it happening in extreme circumstances. I saw (Censored thankfully) bodycam footage of a cop who shot someone from like three feet away in the face with buckshot from a shotgun. Even still the on-scene police didn't call TOD and had to wait for an ambulance to arrive, even though it was very obvious from half the guy's face missing that he was very much killed instantaneously.

[@Alfredo12O44]

Oh my God that whole OIS scene...I dont even wanna get started because everything about that scene makes me wanna tear my hair out

[@OnlyCops]

Yeah......

[@nathanhendrickson790]

It’s a tv show

[@cameronhermann9400]

Been waiting for you guys to review this for a while, and the wait was worth it😊

[@OnlyCops]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffrey-bg1jz]

U werent lying when I asked for episode 8 and you said its coming soon, Thankssss!!! Was really interesting!

[@robert_bbiii]

I think at least bringing up him asking what if the guy want trying to kill me is valid. The captain nipping it in the bud is the good part. Thousand if's in our thoughts none in our actions.

[@amywong1]

Yeah, I think that Nolan wondering "maybe I could've talked him down" is just meant to display a reasonable human reaction to the situation, and to show us the type of man he is - one who will always be looking for the solution that causes less harm to others. I appreciate you guys using that bit as a launch point to talk about the bigger picture of cop-level "clear and present danger" standards vs. civilian "reasonable expectation of harm", but imo, Nolan worrying about the what if was not meant as any kind of commentary about OIS. If anything, I think the fact that the captain (who is written as this Mary Sue character, I think?) immediately contradicts this thinking tells us the show has no issues with Nolan's actions.

[@JustArry]

I was waiting for the reaction of this episode! I have seen this is one of the most controversial episodes with how inaccurate the shooting scene was and sepcifaclly how Bishop handled it. Great vid and love the Rookie reactions!

[@OnlyCops]

We're glad you enjoyed the episode!

[@croceyzx2433]

Should react to him getting greenlit. Can’t remember the S and Ep numbers I’m afraid. Idk why, but it’s a little heartwarming when Tim gives him a standing ovation..but I’ll let you figure out why 😅

[@benpamer7174]

Please do this episode

[@benpamer7174]

I think it was the end of the first season

[@OnlyCops]

We will be filming this week and see if we can get to it 😁

[@zaccampa4055]

Ugh that episode was horrible. Horribly sad. The events took place over two episodes I think.

[@OnlyCops]

Update: We filmed this! It will be coming out soon!

[@mysteryl738]

I just found you guys and love your Rookie reacts!! Would also love to see your reactions to 9-1-1, Hawaii Five-O or Will Trent!

[@OnlyCops]

I am glad you found us! We have done a bunch of Rookie episodes for your pleasure 😁

[@swimmerman2233]

I’ve been waiting for this episode for awhile.

[@OnlyCops]

We are glad we could deliver 😁 there will be more to come!

[@johndsdevblogs]

This will be very interesting to see. I always wondered how realistic this episode is. Unfortunately primer is 3pm local time for me.

[@OnlyCops]

On no! We'll you will have a morning treat!

[@michaelhogg324]

That was surprising that she called EMS and usually EMS will call in to the ER to request a TOD!

[@Mitchelled]

In LivePD I believe it was, a tanker exploded somewhere, or some documentary series, it could've been a show too but the people from EMS called a Doctor themselves, told them what happened and the Doctor himself had to state the time of death. (it was over the phone when they knew for a fact the guy was dead dead)

[@OnlyCops]

What a wild set of circumstances

[@katieplayz_2012]

1:03 - you can't say thanks on the radio, Bishop!

[@OnlyCops]

🤣🤣🤣 right?

[@ChunkyWhiteMexican]

Josh better have brought his Bible and some tissues

[@OnlyCops]

Both are clutched in my hands

[@London_J]

Season 1, the very first fatal shooting, he's traumatized and horrified by everything that happened, suffering severely, season 3 and any season after it's just an everyday thing. He doesn't care

[@OnlyCops]

I'm not sure that is anyone experience in real life but apathy is definitely something you do experience in policing due to being around a bunch of bad situations.

[@Davefacestation]

Forever thankful our officers in the UK don't get faced with the possibility of every person they meet having a gun nor are they forced to carry one.

[@OnlyCops]

Well it is until it isn't, I would rather live in the woods away from everyone where I wouldn't need a gun accept for maybe an animal. But alas I live in a city

[@splitmid3697]

@@OnlyCops Your reply is either... strangely sarcastic or you just misunderstood what DavefaceFMS meant. In the UK, guns are hard to get. In the US, at least in some states, you can buy one quite easily. This creates a situation where US police officers have to consider the possibility of every suspect they're dealing with having a gun. To have any chance of doing their job effectively, they have to be armed as well. In the UK, the likelihood of a suspect having a gun is much lower, they're much more likely to pull a knife on you. So, UK police officers, even in London, one of the biggest cities in the world, can walk around and do their jobs without carrying a gun, simply because they're much less widely available, so the general population is much less likely to carry one. Because guns require extensive background checks in the UK and the rest of Europe, honestly, most people just don't bother even if they like the idea of owning a gun, which most people actually don't. This means that we don't get many OIS incidents and there aren't really any school shootings, compared to how often it happens in the US. Honestly, as far as gun laws and policy are concerned, you guys got it very very wrong. Owning a gun for self-defense used to make sense in the early days of the US because everyone had one and the nearest neighbor was half an hour away, with police non-existent. so if someone invaded your home, your only option was to pull out your gun. Now? The only reason you need a gun is because other people think they need a gun to protect themselves from people who have guns because they wanted to protect themselves from people owning guns, you get what I mean. Barring taking everyone's guns away, which would probably provoke Civil War 2 because of the NRA nuts, there's no way to solve that issue, though. Someone REALLY fucked up a long time ago and your country will keep paying for it for a very long time, unfortunately. Anyway, the rest of the developed world looks at your gun control situation and just shakes their heads. It's a complete third-world-level clusterfuck.

[@Robert53area]

I am with you guys on the reviewing of body cam footage. I never got to see my combat footage from Afghanistan, which was rolling when I had to treat people. Psychologically not being able to see it still makes me often question did I do everything possible, did I make the right calls? Being able to review your on actions given time helps relieve the trauma and restore faith in yourself.

[@OnlyCops]

If something is learned from our suffering, then there was at least growth. Thank you for your service brother

[@bentonhousand4187]

I don’t understand why OIS investigations are so extreme. Most are pretty cut and dry from what I’ve seen. Suspect did something stupid. He played stupid games got a stupid prize. In this case Nolan shot him. It shouldn’t be complicated. There shouldn’t be an overly long investigation. Investigation shouldn’t leave the scene that’s just my opinion.

[@OnlyCops]

Loss of life or even just severe injury should always be examined and treated with due deference. Both for misconduct and to ensure that it can be expanded accurately and transparently to the public

[@taylorhope6404]

I wish these videos were longer 😭

[@Davefacestation]

You say you have less rights, but in this very clip they say he can't be criminally charged with murder. That's one hell of a right.

[@OnlyCops]

Definitely never said cops can't be charged for murder 🤣 there are plenty of cops sitting in prison for that

[@czaaje]

I just finished The Rookie few days ago, and then YT decided to recommend your channel to me(me searching for videos of Chen to simp on her had nothing to do with that fact I'm pretty sure), and I really like your vibe guys and I hope you do reactions to every episode of The Rookie sooner or later :D

[@OnlyCops]

We just filmed another 8 from season 1! They’ll be out soon

[@czaaje]

@@OnlyCopsthat's so nice to hear, looking forward to them

[@shannonrice5277]

The new season premieres at 9:00 est feb 20th so same day. You could do a live reaction 😂🎉

[@OnlyCops]

We can't livestream it unfortunately 🤣

[@Manifoldrock760]

@@OnlyCopsQuick way to get a vacation from streaming for a while 🤣

[@Davefacestation]

The Rookie reacts are awesome, could really use a separate playlist for these though.

[@OnlyCops]

We are working on making that play list 😁

[@erice3525]

I think most people say cops are above the law because often times there are no actual consequences for their actions, and often times they are not held to a higher standard than civilians.

[@OnlyCops]

Though I would agree there are too many times that this is indeed the case. We send more cops to prison here in the states than any other country in the world. We are also one of the few countries that both allows and empowers citizens to sue the government and win. We are far from perfect but MILES ahead of most places when it comes to police corruption or misconduct. The same cannot be said about politicians

[@pupszzzz]

are you gonna watch season 6 when it comes out tomorrow?

[@OnlyCops]

We will try to catch up!

[@AC-no8kc]

As a high schooler who loves this show and is looking into joining law enforcement this series is awesome. I don’t know whether or not y’all are going in order but I’d love to see your reaction to the beginning of S5E13

[@OnlyCops]

We are going in orderish, but we will likely have to jump around 😁

[@MoA-Reload...]

I really liked this episode but it does suffer from the same thing a lot of TV shows and movies are going to have when portraying first responders. They have limited time to fit the story in so have to keep things moving and they'll have limits on what would be allowed to air. I was an RNLI volunteer and worked at sea for years so trained for search & rescue and first aid trained up the whazoo. I've seen very few shows and movies get the details right like what shock and panic looks like, exposure & hypothermia, drowning and even CPR. The number of shows and movies that show casualty being rescued and it's like "have a seat and here, have some water" and I'm like "WTF, NO! Get them wrapped and warmed first and even then you need to control fluid intake" CPR is probably the best example. The vast majority of the general public will know what CPR looks like but the number of ppl that are still genuinely shocked when they see it actually done to a real casualty. Like it's brutal and violent and very few TV shows or movies depict the force required, the toll that has on the casualty and the ppl performing it.

[@OnlyCops]

Super based comment! 1) thank you for your service and 2) your 100% correct, first aid is almost always a joke in shows and movies

[@johndaltrocanto]

Only doctors can declare someone dead

[@OnlyCops]

There it is!

[@Ultraviolet02]

When it comes to calling TOD I've been told EMS can't even call TOD it has to be the ME's office

[@OnlyCops]

That has been my experience as well

[@seguajardo1]

Another great video!!

[@OnlyCops]

Thanks Sara!

[@Buzzsawbrian1985]

I would like if you guys started from season 1 and just watched each episode. You did 1st and 2nd episode . I like the rookie reacts when is base on a whole episode and not just random clips of the show. Didn't know if you have the time but I think that would be entertaining. Also awesome videos so far. injoy seeing the real perspective of a Police officer.

[@OnlyCops]

We are starting to watch them in order due to a ton of requests like this 😁 thank you for the support and I'm glad you are enjoying it!

[@Buzzsawbrian1985]

@@OnlyCops awesome

[@nesrinebk2743]

Love these videos

[@OnlyCops]

We love YOU!

[@TheR00k]

The captain is based, even though the amount she involves herself in regular patrol officer's service is not believable. Sergeant Grey over here though... I'm not a cop, but I wouldn't want to serve under him. Like, I know he gave his reasons that he doesn't want aging rookies in their very dangerous line of work, but that's just a crap reason. A young hothead gets shot as easily as an old guy. Or any other cop. Like, from the start he says he's not gonna have my back. Why should I? And everyone's gonna see that, and maybe there's a question brewing in the back of their mind - what if he doesn't like me next? Or my bro? What if someone else thinks that too?

[@OnlyCops]

I couldn't agree more! His character is pretty crappy for no good reason and he exhibits poor leadership in almost every episode

[@TheR00k]

@@OnlyCops I wonder why the writers have difficulty writing good leadership. I mean, loyalty is such a basic concept, even a Hollywood writer should know that comes first

[@AxiomsMedia]

Heads up depending on the state EMS can call/Pronounce someone dead. I as a paramedic have been to calls where I pronounce someone. Leave the scene, LEO comes out does there investigations, photos ECT then they will call us back out to transport the body to the morgue. However on the death certificate it is still signed by a MD, PA NP, or by the Medical Examiner. Im pretty sure in my state I work EMS in Leo can call time of death in certain cases, like a well fair check where the body is decomped ECT. But a majority still do call us out to CYA. But yeah no LEO is going to call T.O.D on someone their partner just shot.

[@OnlyCops]

That is pretty wild! I could see EMS doing it, but in no universe do I see a cop doing it 🤣

[@AxiomsMedia]

@@OnlyCops hey I edited what I said because after rereading it I was like... That made no sense. Anyways keep up the work love the content.

[@KBGaming28]

Please do more of The Rookie

[@OnlyCops]

We will be filming more this weekend!

[@KBGaming28]

Hope youll get into the other seasons aswell 😊 ​@@OnlyCops

[@kelsieknock9788]

​@@KBGaming282x10 2x11 are great.

[@ghostcod26]

​@@OnlyCops I'm just waiting for you guys to see crystal you will get the reference season 2

[@SevenStarMountain-X7]

3:05 Also weird that he fired one shot and then waited to see if it was effective. I am NOT a LEO, but I have trained with a bunch of them and I've never taken a single class where you shoot 1 round and then wait to see if the threat stopped. 🤨

[@OnlyCops]

I can confirm that this is not taught anywhere 🤣

[@Glurger]

I'm surprised you guys haven't talked about robocop at all

[@OnlyCops]

We NEED to add this to the list! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@pledgegamer]

I hate that muzzle closeup. It’s clearly an airsoft gun. I use the same one for training.

[@OnlyCops]

It definitely hurts immersion

[@BGA_Grimeyy]

Bro, if anyone watches Viva La Dirt League the guy on the left looks just like dude from their channel XD

[@OnlyCops]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 they are a great channel, we'll take it as a compliment lol

[@KilothATEOTT]

The lady at the counter doesn't press charges. The state does. Victims ultimately have no choice on if the state presses charges for the crime or not. The state prosecutor may ask them their opinion, but they have zero obligation to uphold the victim's choice.

[@OnlyCops]

What you're describing depends greatly on the state where the offense occurs and what specific crime is being alleged or witnessed by the officer. There are instances like in domestic assaults where that is the case, but it's pretty rare for the state to have legal grounds to prosecute if there is not victim.

[@Utubesuperstar]

I love that it’s quite clearly an airsoft gun lmao

[@OnlyCops]

It's probably cheaper and easier to go that route

[@Utubesuperstar]

@@OnlyCops they should at least paint out the brass barrel tho or do a different camera angle

[@mitchellkennedy1482]

@OnlyCops what do you think about donut operator

[@OnlyCops]

I think he's a wonderful man

[@Rick_Eastland]

Surprised y'all didn't catch that Nolan had an airsoft pistol at 2:27

[@OnlyCops]

It was so obvious we didn't feel the need to mention it 🤣🤣🤣 I am very surprised they didn't do more to try and cover that up in post

[@antonio19xy]

I love these

[@OnlyCops]

And we love you! Thanks for the comment!

[@nannerz1994]

Nolan is so insufferable in this first season, do more chen and tim eoiaodes!

[@OnlyCops]

It's definitely going to happen soon!

[@oaf-77]

And smitty

[@blankforge7151]

Doctors need to call ToD and there is like a 8 step process for it

[@OnlyCops]

Yep, shit is wild

[@arciere5511]

I'm actually really interested, what are the 8 steps?

[@JJ_LL]

Not all Law Enforcement Departments do a homicide investigation on every Officer Involved Shooting.

[@lunafox447]

I really wanna see you guys react to to 3x13 of the rookie

[@OnlyCops]

We are filming this weekend so we will hopefully get closer to that episode!

[@angelosdodopoulos6625]

Have you ever reated to brooklyn 99 would love to see it!

[@OnlyCops]

Not yet but it is on a list!

[@nathanschultz1810]

You should check out Blue Bloods. It’s really good

[@OnlyCops]

We will add it to the list!

[@angelosdodopoulos6625]

How about you also react to some Hawaii 5-0 episodes

[@OnlyCops]

That is a new one for our list! We will write that one down 😊

[@GuusJanssen2011]

Make a video about the dead of zoe anderson!!❤

[@OnlyCops]

Check out Playlist, I believe we've done that episode

[@GuusJanssen2011]

@@OnlyCops yah, I'm watching it NOW!! Thx for this episode!!

[@Douggy80]

Let me say I am a fan of the Rookie so I might not be objective here. I also like to watch your commentary. But do you guys realize that this is a show and not a documentary. It is made to entertain not to mirror reality. So common take it easy on them. :)

[@OnlyCops]

The show is actually pretty good on the entertainment side of things and is actually pretty realistic compared to A TON of other shows. The only reason we started doing these reactions was to mediate expectations for reality. The CSI series of shows blew people's expectations for forensics WAY out of proportions, we are trying to make sure that doesn't happen with policing 😁

[@silviamorganti9782]

*requests the rookie episode reaction*

[@OnlyCops]

Thanks 😁

[@mikelim2493]

Judge Dredd?

[@OnlyCops]

🤣 it's an old 80s movie reference

[@brandonlaw9668]

Can you react to the TV show swat

[@OnlyCops]

We will add that to the list!

[@togapika]

Season 1 episode 20 please

[@OnlyCops]

We should be doing that episode soon!

[@jameharris098]

They can't show multiple shots its a tv show the show to much violence unless they want ma rating

[@OnlyCops]

That might make sense

[@redex5536]

Can you react to S1E16

[@OnlyCops]

I believe we filmed that one this weekend!

[@markmonoton6224]

Id love to see some True Detective. GL

[@OnlyCops]

We will add it to the list!