We’re here! Following the previous episode, The Rookie 4×20 “Enervo” is the resolution of the two-part special event and we get to know Simone a lot more… to the detriment of our favorite characters. Time for a review!
Here we go!
Paradoxically, Simone had more prominence in The Rookie 4×20 “Enervo” than in the previous episode called “Simone.” And that confirms what I wrote last week. I could literally copy and paste my previous review into this post and every word would apply to this episode (yes, now I see that it would have been best to do a single review for both parts).
Simone works, her family works, her relationship with her new partner works, and even her bond with The Rookie characters works. And we love her. However, we feel like we missed out on two episodes here. Two episodes of The Rookie were wasted to introduce a possible spinoff with Simone as the leading lady.
And The Rookie has its own storylines to focus on before the finale. Can everything go too fast now in this show? Because let’s remember, they’re only two episodes left for the season finale. Perhaps, these two episodes, wasted in presenting a possible new series, would have been necessary to develop the plots of this show.
That unnerves me. Because everything could be great if it had been the other way around. Just imagine it. I mean, the right thing to do would have been to risk making Simone’s pilot episode with The Rookie characters in it (so it appeals to the show’s fandom) but outside of The Rookie regular season. Because we love Simone, she has potential…but we don’t love feeling like she took time away from the important plotlines of our show.
So we’re full-on Simone… but we need her on her own show. We do sign up for a crossover from time to time, though.
Thus, there is little to say about The Rookie 4×20 “Enervo” beyond what we saw on our screens. And that’s not good because it shows how little character development we saw beyond introducing Simone and the case. We only have three points to make.
Simone and Agent Fox work…in more ways than one. This duo was what we enjoyed the most about The Rookie 4×20 “Enervo.” The two fit because they complement each other.
Agent Fox needs to be more like Simone in the sense of following her instinct, even if it deviates from the rules. And Simone needs to be more like Fox in the sense of learning to follow protocol more and be more formal in the FBI way. In Simone’s series, these two are going to be a bomb. Just like Simone and her father, a dichotomy that we still find very interesting.
The villain was too easy to catch. That’s probably because the show established that this villain was so good and so capable of doing everything without getting caught, that the capture felt completely anticlimactic. I was disappointed in a big way.
Speaking of the villain, as the third point, where are the backups when they’re needed? We don’t believe that Simone and Nolan went after a mass murderer alone, without backup and that backup arrives when all the action and danger is over. The logical thing would be to mount an operation. So the capture of the villain is not only too quick and anticlimactic but also very poorly planned.
And that’s it, folks. I would really like to write more but The Rookie 4×20 “Enervo” is not enough to write more. Again, this is an episode that won’t work for you if you’re hoping to see a regular episode of The Rookie.
However, it might work if you’re just hoping to see the second part of an introductory episode of another show. For us, it didn’t end up working like that either. Simone was great but the resolution of the case that brought her into our lives didn’t make sense.
With this episode, The Rookie has already tried to be something it is not four times (“Real Crime,” “True Crime,” “Simone,” and “Enervo”). And, as we always tell you, stepping out of its comfort zone for a show is fine, but trying to be something that it’s not is not ok and it never works out very well.
Personally, I can’t wait for The Rookie to be itself again next week. And you?
The Rookie airs Sundays at 10/9 on ABC.
A fair point, if these hadn’t have been bonus episodes. It brings the season count to 24 when they were only supposed to be 22. So without this backdoor pilot we simply would have got two episodes less. No character or SL progression either way. So bearing that in mind, I’m grateful for the two extra episodes brought to our screens, even if we see less of our favourites during them.
Hi!! Thank you for your comment! Looking at it like this, you have a good point :). But the season finale is in 2 weeks, it would be 22 episodes, I guess you mean it was 20 and because of this pilot it’s 22 😊. It will cost me to say goodbye to them until autumn in any case hahahahaha
Well d’oh! I owe you an apology for that. I really must fact check myself before commenting 😂. Why did I have it in my head it was 24 episodes this season? But yeah, I still think these two were supposed to be bonus episodes, so I’m going to keep viewing them that way, and assume we may only have got 20 without them? I have recollections of some announcement increasing the episode count this season to fit them in, but I may well be wrong about that.
No worries! hahahahaha in fact, I really like the way you see it. I think they did increase the episodes for this season but I don’t remember too much about it 🤣 In any case, we only have two weeks left to enjoy the show and I already miss it 🥺
Me too!
If I had to miss two episodes of this season, these would be my choices. Watching such an irritating character inserted in a cast I really enjoy was an ordeal, “back door” or not, I won’t be watching the new series if it materializes.