Lucy and Tamara’s friendship has been one of my favorite parts of The Rookie since Tamara was introduced as the person who stole Lucy’s car at the start of Season 2. It was so much fun to see Tamara go from Lucy’s “puppy,” to her close friend and roommate. At the end of this week’s episode of The Rookie, Lucy tries to warn Tamara about Seth. She tells Tamara that Seth has a history of lying, and she cautions Tamara against dating him. I was very frustrated by Tamara’s reaction here, and I thought she treated Lucy unfairly when Lucy was only trying to protect her. Tamara defends Seth by pointing out that he’s a cop, then she gets mad at Lucy for telling her not to date him, and she storms off.
I can already see how this storyline will play out, with Tamara eventually realizing that Seth is a liar and ultimately apologizing to Lucy for her reaction. The Rookie could even escalate this storyline by revealing that Seth has nefarious motives for his lies. In the meantime, though, I just hate to see Tamara getting mad at Lucy, especially for doing the right thing. It might have helped if Lucy had gone into more details about Seth’s lie, but Tamara is just not receptive to anything that Lucy had to say about Seth, and it seems like this is something that she will have to learn on her own.
