She’s baaaaaaaack.
This week’s episode of ABC’s The Rookie — an homage of sorts to the movie Speed — was ostensibly about the hijacking of a city bus by bomb-toting baddies seeking a kajillion-dollar ransom.
But that was not what the hijacking was about. Not at all.
About two-thirds of the way through the episode, the LAPD struck a deal with one of the hijackers, after his cohort/brother got shot and needed urgent care. The would-be bomber agreed to drop his brother off at a hospital, as well as release half of the bus’ 20-ish passengers.
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Among those who disembarked was Cassie (played by Last Man Standing‘s Molly Cook), a pregnant woman who appeared to endure some physical distress during the intense hijacking. But just as the Mid-Wilshire Division team realized that “Cassie” is the person who leased the house where a near-deadly booby trap had been set for Angela and Nyla earlier in the hour, the “pregnant” woman went missing.
Viewers saw “Cassie” (real name: Denise) scurry off, duck into a parked car, and take out the government ID card that belonged to a fellow passenger (played by The Flash’s Eric Nenninger). After using a gizmo to scan the ID card and upload info to a phone, Denise dialed the person for whom she was working:
Monica frickin’ Stevens, The Rookie‘s recurring bad apple (played winningly by Bridget Regan) who has been “in the wind,” as they say on cop shows, since last season’s finale.
After gloating about the LAPD’s wonderful predictability, Monica reminded Denise that she is being well paid to not ask questions about the true value of the swiped ID card, and that she is to keep her lips zipped, lest any harm come to her actual child.
And say nothing, Denise did, after being scooped up and questioned by the LAPD.
In the weeks ahead, The Rookie cast member Richard T. Jones told TVLine, Lt. Grey and his team may hear rumblings that the elusive Monica could have been involved in the bus hijacking, “but we don’t know completely. We’re still trying to figure it out.”
So, is the ABC procedural speeding its way towards another season finale in which Monica will make much mayhem?
“Yes, it is. Yes, it is,” Jones affirmed, adding that the finale, which is seven episodes away, will again require assists from The Rookie: Feds characters such as FBI agent Matthew Garza (played by Felix Solis).
“Some Monica mayhem is coming,” Jones warned. “She’s always stirring the pot.”
