‘The Rookie’ Creator Reveals Supersized Season 9 Premiere As Melissa O’Neil Apologizes For Shocking Season 8 Finale Cliffhanger

The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley and nan cast, led by Nathan Fillion, made a return to Comic-Con pinch immoderate news astir ABC series’ upcoming ninth season. It had started accumulation earlier this week without Fillion who will subordinate them connected group Monday but was reunited pinch his colleagues connected nan show’s Comic-Con sheet Saturday.

Hawley revealed that nan Season 9 premiere will beryllium unusual. “It’s a two-parter, truthful it won’t each beryllium resolved successful 1 episode, there’s a batch going on,” he said. “I deliberation it’s nan champion of what we do, it’s incredibly precocious stakes, dramatic. It’s a emotion story, it’s funny and unexpected. I conscionable wish everything up to hold till January to spot it.”

The past portion is simply a reference to nan truth that, arsenic it has done for nan past mates of seasons, The Rookie once again will motorboat its play successful January.

The agelong hold whitethorn beryllium excruciating for fans who, 2 and a half months on, are still reeling from nan jaw-dropping Season 8 finale cliffhanger successful which Tim (Eric Winter) and Lucy (Melissa O’Neil) were abducted seconds aft she had accepted his romanticist sunset formation proposal.

Fans successful nan Indigo Ballroom were vocal astir it erstwhile O’Neil asked really they felt astir nan “rollercoaster” last segment during nan panel, prompting bid prima Nathan Fillion to measurement successful with, “Show of hands who had a conniption successful their surviving room?”

After seeing nan oversea of hands, O’Neil felt bad astir it.

“Oh no! We will nonstop you immoderate magnesium to calm you down, person a bully small spot of tea,” she joked, adding. “We’re truthful sorry for that, but besides convey you for going on for nan ride.”

O’Neil besides was asked astir her guidance erstwhile she first publication that segment successful nan finale script, written by Hawley.

“Honestly, erstwhile I was reference it nan first clip it was like, I can’t judge he’s yet giving it to them, I’m successful shock,” she said. “And past nan adjacent infinitesimal I was like, ‘See, I knew he wasn’t going to springiness it to then’ And also, admittedly, my bosom went retired to everyone who’s profoundly invested because I was like, ‘This is gonna beryllium hard.’ So convey you for being truthful invested. But I went connected nan rollercoaster pinch you guys. It was great.”

As for filming nan scene, “it was very rushed to sprout that day, though, it was very unceremonious. We were chasing nan light.”

Added Winter, “Yeah, we timed it to nan sunset. It was interesting, nan full point was benignant of moving quick. We had to sound it out. But I deliberation seeing that book was surprising, and it made maine laugh. Kind of like, ha-ha, really bad. It was great.”

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Below are Nathan’s comments astir nan joyousness of moving connected The Rookie wherever “my worst time is simply a awesome day.”

The sheet was collapsed by Jay Ellis, prima of nan upcoming spinoff The Rookie: North, which besides premieres successful January connected ABC. As a novice to nan franchise, he asked The Rookie formed for advice.

Fillion: “Learn everybody’s name, it make is overmuch easier to apologize if ever you are late.”

Shawn Ashmore: “Stretch earlier stunts.”

Richard T. Jones: “Padding. Don’t beryllium excessively masculine, usage kneepads.”

Destiny Jackson contributed to this report.