The Rookie Wiki
Advertisement


James Murray is a recurring character on The Rookie. He is the husband of Nyla Harper and runs a community center that the Mid-Wilshire officers frequently visit. He is played by Arjay Smith.

History[]

Season 4[]

During "End Game" James talks about "doing couple things", but is shocked when Nyla discovers she's six weeks pregnant with his child. Also, James fails to respond with anything but a shocked stare. After a talk with Wesley, he starts on working on ways to apologize. Eventually, they meet to talk about it and after Nyla explains she is having the baby, James apologizes and they make up.

As of "Backstabbers", Nyla is heavily pregnant and confesses to James that she is tired of being called his baby mama and proposes to him, to be called his wife. James was initially accepting but later confides it didn't seem right to be proposed to, since he considered it. James later talks with Nyla and after she accepts his position, he proposes to her on the spot and she accepts. They get married at courthouse, with all their friends in attendance. James was happy to have a wife and stepdaughter.

In "Coding", James takes Nyla to the hospital for a checkup on the baby before they see that her roommate is a child with a head injury. He was concerned when the hospital's power went out and Nyla got involved in a situation after the boy's parents didn't want to get it examined only for Nyla to discover that it was a kidnapping.

Season 5[]

In "Labor Day", he and Nyla have moved into a new house where she is hoping to give birth. Much later, James is found by Grey who apprehends his attacker. However, James was concerned for his wife and runs the room, where he finds the burglar alive but with a gunshot wound and Nyla, who has given birth, holding the baby (at the same time the burglar at gunpoint). She casually tells James "It's a girl". After the situation, he shares a moment with his family and watches Nyla tell Grey and Lopez that she is officially extending her maternity leave to watch their daughter. James holds her to that, as the cop instincts started the situation.

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • He is divorced from his first wife with two sons.
  • He went to high school with Simone Clark, who was his former crush.
  • He has a shellfish allergy. (Daddy Cop)
Advertisement