Redwood

Redwood
Season	1
Episode	11
Air date	January 22, 2019
Written by	Ally Seibert and Liz Alper
Directed by	Sylvain White
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"Redwood" is the eleventh episode of the first season on The Rookie. This is the eleventh episode of the series overall.

Summary

An unscheduled visit by the vice president of the United States puts the station on high alert. The secret service tasks Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop with checking out a possible threat to the vice president while the rest of the team tries to keep the streets clear and safe for his visit.

Plot

The officers are called to come in to work on their day off, as the Vice President has made an unexpected visit to Los Angeles. Nolan and Bishop stop a man who was a threat to the Vice President after they find a flare gun in his underwear. Chen gets pricked by a used needle while trying to break up a fight between two homeless women and is forced to go to the hospital. Bradford tries to comfort her as she could have various diseases as a result of getting injected. Meanwhile, Lopez and West try to break up protestors and tell people who have obscene banners to take them down.

Nolan and Bishop engage in a shootout with several robbery suspects. When Lopez and West defy Agent Danvers' orders and decide to go help Bishop and Nolan, Grey defends them, saying it was the right thing to do. During the episode, West has trouble focusing on the job and nearly loses his cool with a man who left his elderly mother in hand restraints. At the end of the episode, West waits with Chen as she gets good news about her diagnosis. West tells Chen about his family problems and Nolan sells his house in Pennsylvania after having a dilemma about what to do with it.

Cast

Main 

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

Guest starring

• Currie Graham as Ben McRee
• Lauren Stamile as Agent Phoenix Danvers
• Bailey Noble as Rachel
• Chet Grissom as Luke Moran
• Eve Brenner as Ruth Moran
• Amanda Carlin as Alma
• Pooja Batra as Dr. Haddad
• Cameron J. Armstrong as Nurse Gino Brown
• Miriam A. Hyman as Broke Tenant
• Lamar Stewart as Illegal Subletter

Co-starring

• Kevin Covais as Stanley Knott
• Kevin Fry-Bowers as Donny
• Deep Rai as Praveen
• Adam Kang as Freddy
• Joaquin Huizar as Kid
• Aliee Chan as Protestor #1
• Travis Quist as Arnold
• Caryn Mower as Donna
• Vaia Zaganas as Jaclyn

Trivia

• This episode is directed by Sylvain White, who also directed a film adaptation of the Vertigo comic book The Losers, as well as episodes for several television shows.
• Luke Moran, who was arrested by Lopez and West in this episode for elder abuse, returned in the Season 5 finale "Under Siege" seeking revenge against the LAPD for ruining his life.
• The weapons turned in at the beginning of the episode are two Colt M1911A1 pistols, an M1 Garand semiautomatic rifle, and an M18A1 Claymore mine. Also appearing in this episode is a Blaser R93 sniper rifle, as seen when the Secret Service agents are setting up in an apartment along the motorcade route. (IMFDb)
• In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on January 22, 2019, Kimmel and Nathan Fillion both mentioned that Kevin Covais, who plays Stanley in this episode, was known for his participation in American Idol.
• West tells one of the apartment dwellers that hanging an obscene picture of the Vice President in public view is a violation of Penal Code 415.5, but 415.5 only covers fighting, noise, and obscene language, not imagery.
• Mike Pence was Vice President at the time this episode aired.
• The call sign "Redwood", used here to refer to the vice president, has been used for two other Secret Service protectees: George McGovern in 1972 and Gary Hart in 1988.

Quotes

Chen: 
I don't get all the fuss. It seems like we're getting a day of overtime just to close roads and hang signs.

Bradford: 
That's like saying being drawn and quartered is fun time with horses.

Bradford: 
Air-conditioning makes you soft. You gotta get comfortable with being uncomfortable. That's the job.

Bradford: 
Yep. Extra road flares for the uptick in accidents. Extra ticket books for the increase in idiots.
Lopez: Extra crime-scene tape for blocking sidewalks. And cones for closing roads.
Bradford: Hats and bats. Tactical helmets and 42-inch batons for riot control, along with heavy-duty vests if things get ugly. Lopez: And my personal favorite, the 40-millimeter tear-gas launcher for when democracy gets real.

Nolan: Did you just "glass half-full" our suspect? Who are you and what have you done with my T. O.?

Bishop: 
He's a nut with a flare gun wrapped in underpants. Not Jason Bourne. (grudgingly) But we just might have prevented a tragedy.

Lopez: 
Supreme Court ruled that displaying anatomically impossible pictures qualifies as obscene, so hanging erotic banners of the V. P. in 10 windows of an apartment building definitely isn't protected by the First Amendment.

Lopez: No, L.A.'s a sanctuary city. Our job is to police the streets, not check status.

Bradford: 
The hospital protocol dictates that an armed officer be seen immediately. So set her up in a room right now and find a doctor.

Bishop: Every job is an opportunity, sir.
Grey: (to NOLAN) Is she feeling okay?
Nolan: Being positive.

Bishop: 
Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you. My therapist is trying to get me to be more positive. You asked why I was acting differently today.

Bishop (on therapy): 
'Cause it's nobody's business. But, yeah it is looked at as a weakness amongst the boys in blue.
Nolan: 
No. The opposite. I think anyone brave enough to confront their problems head-on deserves respect.

Chen: 
I thought air-conditioning made me soft.
Bradford: Well, it does, but I can't solve all your problems today. Go splash some water on your face. Let's get back out there.

Bradford: 
Page a trauma surgeon and get an O.R. on standby. Incoming gunshot wound.

Bradford: 
For what? Doing my job?

Danvers: Look, earlier today, I gave a direct order to two of your officers that was disregarded.
Grey: 
I'm aware. And I support their decision.

Nolan: 
Oh. That you were right. Money and friendships just don't mix.