We’re back! The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze” begins to fit the pieces of the puzzle while Chenford has a scene that is the best part of the episode and gives us hope. Ready?
Here we go!
Invisible Enemies in The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze”
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The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze” is the first part of a two-part season finale. The episode was mostly about setting up the pieces so that the next week everything makes sense when it explodes. That means that a lot of things happened in the episode but not so many stuff can be deeply analyzed in this review.
But we will say this: if last week we commented that we didn’t like this whole storyline with Blair and Monica, we like this storyline less and less. They’re not doing a bad job connecting the dots but we think they wanted to make everything so big so they could surprise us that it has become a tangle of characters and plans that end up being difficult to follow and understand, which takes away from the plot’s impact.
We think it would have been better to make everything simpler because, frankly, now we’re more focused on understanding how seemingly disconnected characters fit together than trying to figure out the big plan that is behind it. So simpler would have been more effective.
That said, we reserve our final opinion on this point of The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze” for next week when everything comes to its conclusion and we can have the full picture. Only then will we know if it will have been worth it.
“Are You OK?” // “I Am Now”
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If we are honest, The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze” was worth it just for this scene. Lucy is still mad as hell with Tim but she knows him, she knows that he is suffering, and she needs to comfort him and support him, she needs to let him know that, despite everything, he can count on her because she is right by his side. For whatever he needs.
Tim’s jaw is clenched and his entire body is tense. He is worried about the investigation and is still affected by the suicide of his partner but, as always, he has that calm facade, keeping everything inside of him, without allowing himself to feel everything that he is feeling. Then Lucy does the most unexpected thing: she hugs him.
That hug is a comfort and a torture for both. For Tim, being so close to Lucy is like a balm that he instinctively calms him down. And Tim calms down even more after realizing that, no matter what, she’s going to be there for him when he really needs her. So Tim is fine now, in the arms of the love of his life, lowering his inner walls, allowing himself to feel. Although it’s torture to be so close to Lucy without being able to kiss her or touch her.
And Lucy feels something similar. It feels good to be so close to Tim again, to hug him, to touch him, to comfort him, and to show him her support. She needed to do something, anything, to help Tim. But, at the same time, she hates that that tiny hug is all she can do, for now, is all she has the right to do.
But if The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze” makes anything clear, it’s that Chenford are each other’s home and only in each other’s arms do they feel safe and secure. They getting back together it’s just a matter of time and we’re sobbing!
Other Stuff in The Rookie 6×09 “The Squeeze”
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- Gray protecting his kids tooth and nail. It’s so cute…and hot!
- Oscar!
- Lucy won’t be discovered thanks to Monica, right? RIGHT?
- Smitty of all people did the most to save the day. WTF?!
The Rookie Season 6 airs Tuesdays at 9/8 on ABC.