What kind of cop do you want to be?

That was a question that came up multiple times during The Rookie Season 1 Episode 19, but for some, it might not have mattered if they didn't check a box on a list.

Leave it to the reactionary bureaucracy to institute a rule change two days before one of the most important exams of their short careers.

Nolan got lucky as Officer Bishop had already had him working as the primary officer on all of the cases he needed.

That left me wondering if she does that with all of her rookies or if she saw something special in Nolan.

We all know the type of cop Officer Nolan is. John Nolan has a basic need to help people as Ben pointed out in this The Rookie quote:

Ben: That’s your problem, you know?

Nolan: Oh good, I was hoping we could make this about my inadequacies.