The Rookie
This report covers the full series to date. A network police procedural following the LAPD's oldest rookie, the show balances warmth and humor with recurring moderate violence -- shootings, stabbings, kidnappings, and on-screen deaths -- that grows somewhat more intense in later seasons.
Sexual violenceExplicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuse
Episodes to know about
The pilot establishes the show's violence baseline: a bank robbery with pistol-whipping, a graphic neck stabbing with visible blood, a large shootout in which a cop is shot with blood spray, and a suspect shot in the leg.
Nolan fatally shoots a suspect in self-defense; the episode centers on the psychological aftermath of an officer killing someone.
A main character is stabbed on screen by a criminal in a tense, potentially disturbing sequence.