Talia Bishop

Talia Bishop
Gender:	Female
Nationality:	American
Profession:	ATF Special Agent, LAPD Officer (formerly)
Affiliation:	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Los Angeles Police Department (formerly)
Rank/Position:	Police Officer III (formerly)
Sibling(s):	Dylan Scott (foster brother)
Status:	Alive
Appearances
Seasons:	1
First episode:	"Pilot"
Appears in:	1 series, 1 season, 20 episodes
Played by:	Afton Williamson
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Talia Bishop is a Special Agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and a former LAPD officer. She had been promoted to a Police Officer III and assigned as a training officer in the Mid-Wilshire Division. Bishop was the training officer for John Nolan in Season 1. Bishop's badge number was 27459. She was portrayed by Afton Williamson.

Biography

Season 1

Apparently, Talia was a foster child who got shuffled between several homes.

In "Crash Course", she tells Nolan, "My childhood was pretty turbulent, so I got really good at reacting quickly."

In "The Switch", she tells a young foster child, "I grew up in the system - four foster families by the time I was your age, each of them worse than where you are now. At first, I was angry all the time. It was unfair, you know? Every other kid got to have a happy childhood. But you got to get past that. ... The sooner you stop feeling sorry for yourself and do what has to be done, the better off you'll be."

In the pilot episode, Talia counsels Chen to break up with Nolan in order to keep focus on her career.

In "Heartbreak", we learn that Talia had been seeing a married man, who sent her flowers on Valentine's Day but who "went back to his wife". At the end of the episode, when Talia shows up to Nolan's un-party, she requests a dirty martini, which Ben happily makes for her.

In "Plain Clothes Day", Talia is content to sit back and let Nolan take charge, until he needs her help rescuing a woman from her abusive husband. By the time of "The Checklist" Nolan has acted as primary on enough calls that he has nothing to make up, thanks to his T.O.

In "Homefront", Talia meets up with a foster brother whom she hasn't seen for years; when listing her foster siblings on her Academy application, she left him off the list because he was a convicted felon. She later regretted that action and is called to account for it in "The Checklist".

Season 2

In the Season 2 premiere "Impact", her career stalled due to her not revealing information concerning her foster brother when she originally applied to join the LAPD, and she quit the LAPD and joined the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a Special Agent.

Appearances

The Rookie: Season 1
"Pilot":	"Crash Course":	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly":	"The Switch":	"The Roundup":	"The Hawke":	"The Ride Along":
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"Time of Death":	"Standoff":	"Flesh and Blood":	"Redwood":	"Heartbreak":	"Caught Stealing":	"Plain Clothes Day":
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"Manhunt":	"Green Light":	"The Shake Up":	"Homefront":	"The Checklist":	"Free Fall":
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Trivia

• Bishop's goal was to become a detective and then eventually the Chief of Police.
• Tim Bradford was formerly her training officer.
• Bishop did not return for Season 2 because Afton Williamson left the show citing claims of racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and assault.