The Rookie Season 8 Episode 4: Nolan and Bailey Clash Over D.C. Move

Collider reports Season 8, Episode 4 of The Rookie centers on a major conflict between John Nolan and Bailey Nune after Bailey is offered a Pentagon think-tank position that would require the couple to relocate to Washington, D.C. Bailey's former captain, Russ, recruits her and presses her not to decline the role; Nolan is asked to reconsider and to explore what a relocation would mean for his career.

Nolan learns from colleagues Nyla Harper and Wade Grey that a move would effectively make him a rookie again — at age 50 — and likely come with a pay cut, while also reminding him of the family he has at the Mid-Wilshire precinct. The episode ends with a somber conversation in which Bailey says she still wants the job and Nolan says he wants to remain in L.A., and Bailey asks, "Where does that leave us?" The episode pairs that relationship drama with case work: Nolan and Bailey witness an assassination of a man later identified as Fred Wilson, initially implicating his wife and her boyfriend before police focus on two men, Ryder Frost and Kingston Holmes.

Ryder falls to his death while fleeing, and investigators learn the pair were foster brothers raised by Mabel Sinclair, who had been hit in a prior hit-and-run by Fred. Kingston is later found at a gang house, beaten and then killed by a younger gang member.

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Culture, The Rookie, John Nolan, Bailey Nune, Washington Dc, Mid-wilshire Precinct