Season 1 is the most realistic (yes there are stupid mistakes too). After season 1 they went the Hollywood road.

This show has some massively insane scenarios however there’s something about it that has great charm to it. And overall super enjoyable.

The whole Q-word superstition also goes for food service lmao

Personally I do not really care if it is not realisitc or not. For me series/movies are there to escape the realism.

5:27 Hey I'm pretty sure that 99% of police cars have ballistics plates in their doors to stop rounds from turning the "shop" into a coffin, and its passengers into DBs.

What's ironic is that the director of this show wanted it to be as realistic as possible, but it's completely the opposite.

As a former jail officer, the LAST thing you want to say is how quiet your shift is.

The fact that the bad guys have more sense to get behind cover. While the HIGHLY TRAINED police officers stand out in the open and get into a shootout is just... amazing. Also 18 inches off the wall bullets love walls.

The Q word is real no matter what job it is I swear 😂😂

that gunfight was hilarious

i get its not a realistic show, but that's what I like. If it were Too realistic, it would be Boring! i watch tv for escapism not realism . Real Cops are boring

NEVER say the Q word! Accurate asf as a public sector employee!

The last time someone genuinely wished me a quiet shift, I was one of only two officers on duty. And we had an armed robbery while we were both busy at the jail processing a different arrest…

LAPD cars have plates in the doors

It's a riot reading the asinine comments from ppl that suddenly become police experts. The lines are so cringy I couldn't imagine a shopping mall security or crossing guard say any of them with a straight face.

3:05 Behind the EOtech is a PVS-14 (night vision monocular) which make absolutely no sense obviously.

It's fun to compare shows to real day to day scenarios and the professional insight is awesome. For the commentors, complaining about the "That would never happen in real life" events, don't lose sight that this is filmed for entertainment and isn't meant to be a docuseries. It's "escapism" at best.

The scene with the door is realistic as I have seen police cruises using Kevlar sheets in the door

I will make a comment about the rounds that hit the door. LAPD does have level IIIA armor in the front doors and on the windshield of their cruisers.

I watched the first episode and I was immediately done. I love Nathan Fillion, but in the first episode he has a hostage taker and shoots him in the leg to take him down without killing him. Literally everything was wrong with that, if a trainee had a hostage scenario and failed to take the headshot when it was available, thus putting the hostage at risk, they would be super fired. A tv depicting a cop doing that is super frustrating because it contributes to the public having unrealistic expectations.

The Q Word is also exist in healthcare as well. I always use the Q word to mess with people.

Ex cop here in the UK and I find it impossible to watch UK cop drama series for this reason 🤣

Harper went full auto with the carbine, as a police officer. hmm...

Alright, as for the shootout around 3:40 when they shoot the car door, I do know that LAPD has Ballistic paneled doors that I believe are IIIA rated. So, theoretically it's possible you could have someone fire rifle rounds into your door and still not get hit. To clarify: I know they have ballistic doors, but I am unsure exactly what level. I believe I hear somewhere is was level III but not totally sure.

Bro was running an Acog on a holo

they might have ballistic panels in the doors of that cruiser. it is LA after all.

Bringing their cell phones inside the prison, and visiting inmates in their cell like Oscar is so unrealistic 😂😂 I still love the show and the chenford relationship

To be fair, I would assume most LAPD cruisers are equipped with the Ford factory ballistic door inserts which are Level IV+ rated.

The Q word is true I think in every profession

LAPD has kevlar in the doors.

I’m not sure where you are a cop at but I unfortunately live in Los Angeles county and dealt with lapd sometimes in my job and the front doors for lapd and la county sheriffs have armor panels in them capable of stopping rifle rounds. So for the exact situation it’s accurate being lapd but other departments I’m not sure so I won’t argue overall.

If I remember correctly, I think Tim once had a rifle with two laser sights and a like two scopes after joining Metro one time. At that point, bro just add a third laser and become the Predator

"Do you ever watch a TV show or movie and say 'there's no way...'" Yes, anything medical in my case.

i love full hollywood to be fair

In another episode they got an acog set up with a pvs-14 but they got it set up so you had to look through the pvs-14 first and then into the acog

The only thing good or realistic in that last scene was calling out malfunction cover and I always thought the doors on a squad car have kevlar lining in them you would think they would have some resistance to small caliber

I really liked the Rookie for the first season. The 2nd was ok for parts but it’s gone full comicbook stupid since. I can’t list the amount stupid it’s become.

i always wondered how realistic the rookie is,obviously they deal with crazy stuff for tv purposes but like do cops actually say shop? call rookies boots and other things

Do they even train the actors to make use of cover?

Every time someone says that stupid word, s*** hits the fan.

I thought in season 1 that the rookie FTO relationship was fairly accurate honestly

Quiet is throughout first responders. EMS is the same way on the East Coast.

Lady with the AR isn't even aiming down the fucking sights. I was like...that's a dumb set up. Not only is it a short barrel making it worse for range, it is also gonna be much louder than a more longer barrel. Not sure if that's a thermal or a night scope on the AR but damn it was pointless. You should watch a scene later where they kept using that exact weird scope behind a red dot but the dude's red dot was mounted on the handguard

"I'm gonna put the trauma plate in my vest". It's like, supposed to be there, from the beginning of carrying the damn thing. There are so many ex-LEOs in circulation, why don't they hire/listen to them so that basic stuff, that won't hurt the entertainment aspect of the movie/show, isn't overlooked? Btw, Southland, older series, when I watched it, it did feel somewhat "real", mind giving that a go?

Look, I'm just saying EVERY time the Q word is said, something really shitty ALWAYS happens.

I love this show but ya that last scene when I watched it the first time was super immersion breaking. She asked for night vision and an Ar15.... Even though it's day time and the gun they gave her looks more like an m4.

My favourite is the nvg scope mounted 6 ft away from the eotech 😂 and in some episodes an acog 😂 and they are always firing full auto with their rifles lol

Who cares its a great show

There was literally an episode where they were talking about 24 hours till you can report a missing person but I still love the episode

Holy christ! Did the advisors really attach a PVS-14 (Night Vision) behind an EOTech??? That "gunfight" was something else. I've never watched this show because it just looked awful (made for suburban housewives) and wow, I am not disappointed. I'll stick to the first few seasons of SouthLand, although they were really jumping the shark in that final season. That first season is still the best. I did try an episode of the new SWAT but yeah, again, AWFUL!

God bless you brother! I hope your channel grows!

Show is just entertainment. I don’t think anyone is fooled into thinking this is accurate portrayal

I love your videos, I’m you’re 700th subscriber now. Keep up the good work

I am one of those superstitious ones for the Q word. I work in EMS and even I might say this is much but I got sent on calls out of county not too bad til we got stuck outside the county and held over and got ran non stop and a crew down there got into a accident. Like I said it might be a stretch putting that together but that doesn’t make saying the Q word on shift any better

You're talking like rifle silhouette shooting (forgot the /proper/ name) in rapid firefights with no civs doesn't exist. As for the device, during this episode Harper (black woman sporting M4) asks Nolan to get "her" rifle with AN\PVS NV module and funnily enough if you google "Eotech ANPVS" you can see it's either Eotech's own M914 or a mounted AN\PVS-14 NV monocular, even in this particular setup. Why? I guess they've wanted something that looks "tacticool" and more exotic than just a magnifier, simply to emphasize Harper's unique approach due to earlier drug busting work (where actually during night raids or pushing into dark warehouses such optic setup could indeed be a godsend). Thus, it's an interesting detail that doesn't need to be bad. As for using door as cover and treating cruisers like it's some MRAP, others already pointed out why, so again - seems you're wrong.

What is your take of the daddy cop song

I love seeing real cops react to these cop shows and movies. You get a real perspective, just like when veterans react to war movies. Great job 👍🏽

I hate them they use the 30. Cal sound for a rifle 🤦‍♂️

You should react to SWAT. It is probably very realistic, but you’re the cop so you’re the one who sees if it’s realistic or not.

Oh please do some on SWAT CBS.... Cringe galore

Not sure how much you know about it but you should do SWAT on CBS, not the original one but the 2017-present one. I see a lot of stuff that is relatively realistic in it but there is without a doubt a lot of moments I find myself saying "Wow this is so stupid why would they even....wtf"

Funniest thing i've seen to date is ''green screening myself into station 19, to make it more realistic'' 😂 that's hilarious

Same as working in the emergency room

3:51 you can pause zoom in real good. Looks like a magnifier for the most part, seems a bit big but also lines up pretty good. She definitely isn’t looking through it though

this actually really funny for someone who watches the rookie

In the Army out in the field the no no word is Rain

Q word definitely affects people while playing games lol

You’re saying your department doesn’t run an m4a1 sopmod?

There’s a lot of stuff on this show that I shake my head about, but I don’t know. I just such a funny show to watch.

The Q word is a no-no in EMS for sure.

at the end, they could have moved the service laptop before climbing out.

Also, does LAPD actually run full auto rifles in patrol?? I suppose its plausible, but I highly doubt it. Also, there's absolutely no chance all three would instantly give up just cuz they got yelled at to give up one time. The two guys in the garage woulda been out the back door. Also even if they did give up, why tf would all the officers leave their cover and walk up to them?? Realistically they would have called them all back and detained them and then slowly and methodically cleared the vehicle and structures.

Surely crawling to the other side is much better than sitting there waiting to get shot

They always use the car doors as cover and maybe the doors of the LAPD are reinforced to withstand small handguns, but you would need a few centimeters of steel to stop an assault rifle.

Was that an ELCAN behind an Eotech? Edit, saw the other angle and it was a PVS14, with the lens caps on. That's histerical.

This is just first season. It gets better than this, I assure you.

This show is what made me want to become a LEO 😂

That's not even a Magnifier, it looks like a airsoft ACOG which doesn't make sense on why would they put it with a eotech lmaooo

honestly i feel like anytime Hollywood wants to make use of firearms for shows, they need to get veteran input and go to thunder ranch with clint

5:26 This scene is really interesting to me, as in either the Pilot episode or MAYBE episode 2, the trainer ALSO calls the car a coffin...so I am not sure why the writers decided to forget that and pretend like the doors are cover now, not concealment.

The number of women bossing around all the men made me laugh my head off. 😂

im not even american and i like the show a scary amount

I love his use of "very hollywood". But there are tons of bodycam footage that is so much more unrealistic. He NEEDS to react to PoliceActivity

i can't. fingers on the booger hook, no recoil or slide movement

3:02 is that an ACOG with an eotech???

I would love to see your reaction to Cop Cuties from The Rookie :D

You should do the most recent episode of the office. From a military perspective it was hilariously wacky. Grab a military buddy to do it with. Lol

The Q word is so true and I'm not a cop. Literally one shift in (as a new person) I said it and shit hit the fan complete work overload for the rest of the day 😂😂

I have told Officers I know. “Have a quiet shift”. Some growl. Those I don’t I change to “safe” Nolan getting a burst of 9mm? From a carbine in his vest? But in 10 seconds he has recovered, can run & gun with no impairment? Bit of grimace, then advancing smooth?

4:20 Re: rifle optic. Looked to me like a thermal module (which is REALLY good for target ID in a situation like that.....honest, what do you mean all these white blobs look the same and i just shot a bystander? nah, its thermal only bad guys glow, Y'see? - Hollywood's understanding of weapon sights.) dunno if it was more telling i knew exactly what scene you meant in the 5 sec preview at the start. cos me and the shooting friends said about the same thing about her getting drilled through the car. there's a very good reason cars are concealment, not cover (yes, even the engine block isn't quite as protective as youd like to to be)

I think that was an Aimpoint.

The rookie is awesome

not nolan with a shot gun at long range

i like this series but it is all about but shoting. i can't stand shoting scenes. for example plateau is strong enough to ricochet bullet, don t even move and don t even bend

Dig the shirt! Where ya get it?

Check out Southland its 10x better

15 year's as a Leo and Hollywood is a joke compared to real world policing

Since its debut, The Rookie has been the absolute WORST depiction of police work ever shown on TV. Two cops alone going against a gang of criminals, many other unbelievable and nonsensical and non-realistic situations that would NEVER happen in Los Angeles or any other department bigger than Mayberry with Andy and Barney!

isit real that the cops hav a gun under the jacket off duty

You should react to the Southland TV Show. It was awesome