'The Rookie' Season 7 Episode 13 "Three Billboards" Review
- Val
- Apr 9
- 3 min read
It’s safe to say the whiplash episodes are here to stay for now. Last night’s all new episode of The Rookie titled “Three Billboards” took us deeper into Miles’ life, or more like the life he could’ve had.
Bailey and Nolan’s journey to adoption takes a bad turn when billboards of John (along with Nyla and Angela) turn up around L.A. claiming that they’re corrupt cops. As if that wasn’t bad, John and Bailey being on the news showing them being held hostage on a bus didn’t help their case either. When the social worker stops by and lays this all out to them, they somehow are convinced that they would still be great candidates for adoption. Two people with extremely dangerous career paths, really?
I didn’t get the impression that Bailey really wanted to be a mother. I feel so bad saying this, but when the social worker said that they would never be given the chance to be adoptive parents, she let the idea go and started to plan a trip. I like the idea of them volunteering to be youth mentors, but from being told a natural pregnancy will be difficult, and that adoption will not be an option, where’s the emotions? I guess I can’t police someone’s grief, but I feel like there wasn’t enough time spent with this storyline and it came and went too quickly.
Lucy’s friend Rachel is back – since we last saw her, she moved out of Lucy’s place and went MIA once again. Lucy’s still being Lucy and trying to help out her friend, but there’s something Rachel is holding back from her. When she turns up at a party Miles is attending, she’s drunk and very much not herself. Good call on Miles to reach out to Lucy letting her know about the situation before things got worse for Rachel. Celina tags along as back up and when they find Rachel she dismisses them saying she could take care of herself (Rachel, honey – what’s going on here?)
Once the partying is done, and the hangover took over – Rachel finally lets Lucy know what’s been going on with her. It turns out her father passed away and dealing with that alone has been tough for her. I feel for Rachel and once again, I will not police anyone’s grief, however, I wish this was another story that wasn’t rushed (more like thrown in at random?). Lucy knew Rachel’s father and I wish they would’ve explored that more.
While at a crime scene, Miles runs into an old college football teammate, AJ Knox, who went on to play for the NFL – a dream that was once the same for Miles before an injury derailed his plans. AJ invites him to a house party and while there, Miles gets a glimpse of the life that could’ve been his.
At first, I thought AJ was rubbing it all in Miles’ face, but it seemed like he wanted to get Miles’ involved in his world. AJ’s house was huge with people he didn’t even know all over having a great time – and some definitely not knowing their limit (Rachel, I’m looking at you girl). As Miles looked around, he seemingly had a case of FOMO. I felt bad for him; his entire situation is tough. He’s living in his car while someone he played with has so many rooms, there are some he doesn’t even go in.
While browsing around the house, Miles caught AJ’s best friend/personal trainer/chief of staff, Sean, stealing some of his jewelry and thought it was suspicious (he said AJ allowed him to borrow it). Miles is a good friend – he told AJ about it right away but AJ didn’t care. Instead, he offered Miles a job to be part of his security detail. Why would you keep someone around if they’re stealing from you? Something about AJ not caring about that was a red flag to me. The people around you 24/7 don’t respect you and you’re cool with that?
Sean didn’t just stop at stealing jewelry though, he tried (and failed) at setting AJ up to get robbed so that he could clear a debt. When Miles (with the help of Lucy and Celina) took Sean and his accomplices, AJ brought up the idea of Miles working for him again. Now here is where I know Miles has his head on straight – despite this role helping him get out of the situation he’s currently in, he declines the offer.
I loved the spotlight being on Miles in this episode and I hope we get to learn more about him. What’d you think of the new episode? Share your thoughts!
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