Homefront

Homefront
Season	1
Episode	18
Air date	April 2, 2019
Written by	Bill Rinier and Natalie Callaghan
Directed by	April Mullen
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"Homefront" is the eighteenth episode of the first season on The Rookie. This is the eighteenth episode of the series overall.

Summary

When a detective is arrested by Internal Affairs for lying on the witness stand, it leads to the release of three felons whose cases he worked on; the Mid-Wilshire teams are assigned to check up on the ex-cons. In the process, Bishop encounters someone from her past whose criminal record may affect her future as a cop. Meanwhile, Officer Nolan finds out he is being sued by a man who claims Nolan used excessive force during a foot chase which led to an injury.

Cast

Main 

• Nathan Fillion as John Nolan
• Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez
• Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey
• Titus Makin as Jackson West
• Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen
• Afton Williamson as Talia Bishop
• Eric Winter as Tim Bradford

Guest starring

• Michael Beach as Cmdr. Percy West
• Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers
• Gregg Henry as Judge
• Joseph C. Phillips as Jephson Green
• Caleb Castille as Dylan Scott
• Robbie A. Kay as Simon Parks Jr.
• Evan Williams as Camel
• Shelley Robertson as Samantha Bennett
• Charles Baker as Terry Wright
• Troy Ruptash as Max Kegel
• Nicole Steinwedell as Alicia Kegel
• John Asher as Paintball Guy

Co-starring

• Theo James Forsett as Building Super
• Ashton Amaba as Nurse
• Lee Coc as Maurice
• Victoria Kelleher as Doctor
• Zachary Mooren as Larry Lynch
• Tim Doiron as Grant
• Matt Baker as Jimmy

Trivia

• Bishop's secret of her foster brother Dylan is revealed, and it could cost her job as she lied on her application when she joined the police force.
• Two characters are played by actors who appeared elsewhere with Nathan Fillion:
  • Joseph C. Phillips, who plays Jephson Green, played the Mayor of New York City in Castle episodes "Ghosts" and "Home Is Where The Heart Stops"
  • Gregg Henry, who plays the judge, played Winston Wellesley in the Castle episode "Kill the Messenger". He has also appeared in other works with Nathan Fillion, in an episode of Firefly as well as James Gunn films Slither, Super, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
• The "Brady List" is a real thing: "The Brady list — named for a landmark 1963 Supreme Court decision that requires prosecutors to alert defendants to favorable evidence, including information that could undermine the credibility of government witnesses — was established more than three years ago when the Sheriff’s Department was mired in scandal." - L.A. Times, December 8, 2017
• Hydramethylnon is an organic chemical compound used as a pesticide; when eaten, it has a slow-acting toxic effect.
• The reference to "a lot of 11-3 at that location" may refer to a police scanner code 11300 regarding narcotics.
• "I never flaked a guy to make a collar," says Percy West. The Free Dictionary defines "flake" in this context to mean "[for the police] to place drugs or traces of drugs on a person during an arrest." (Underworld. The person is then charged with possession of drugs.)
• Bradford's line "Remember, no mercy." may be a reference to the line "Remember, no Russian" from the controversial mission "No Russian" in the 2009 video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
• PHQ stands for Personal History Questionnaire.
• Caleb Castille (Dylan Scott) would later go on to play NCIS Special Agent Devin Rountree in the CBS show, "NCIS: Los Angeles", a spin-off of NCIS, a show based on the real-life Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS which is an agency that investigates crimes involving active or former members of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

Quotes

Nolan: The suspect I was chasing made a beeline for a group of nuns. A gathering - is it a flock of nuns? I know it's not a murder of nuns.

Lopez: Heard you're officially a cop now. Got hit with your first lawsuit.

Bishop: The oldest Boot paired with the youngest lawyer. (smirking) Sounds like a match made in heaven.

Nolan: They said, and I quote, "You get what you get," which is exactly what I said to my son when he wouldn't eat his peas.

Bishop: You got the vibe? What kind of vibe are you getting right now? Nolan: That I've overstepped.

Grey: Are you asking as head of Internal Affairs or a nervous father overstepping his bounds? Listen. I know you outrank me, but I'm gonna tell you exactly what I said when Jackson was assigned here: no special favors.

Lopez: Today must be like Christmas morning for defense attorneys

Lopez: I've got 15 minutes. Wesley: Don't worry. I'm good under pressure.

Chen: It's scary what happens when a man focuses on one thing only. It's a cautionary tale, really.

Percy West: Make sure they can bounce a quarter off your bunk. You hear me?

West: I'm not a boy. I'm a police officer.

Nolan: I am. Do whatever you need to do. Make it $1,000, $100,000, $100 million. I don't care. My T.O.'s in trouble.

Percy West: I wasn't dirty. I knew plenty who were, but that wasn't me. I never falsified evidence. Never took money. Never flaked a guy to make a collar. You have to believe me.

Nolan: And I, for one, should know better, than to judge someone on their age or their experience.

Chen: Got it. You're having fun, aren't you? Bradford: No. On me. Go!