As of July 2026, The Rookie Season 4 aired in 2021 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Netflix. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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The Rookie Season 4

2021 22 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 9/10

The Rookie Season 4 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available on and . Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 3,379 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Nathan Fillion — stay for everyone else around them. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, The Rookie Season 4 is worth clearing space for. The Rookie Season 4 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Officer Nolan and the squad at the LAPD face their biggest challenges yet as they solve complex crimes involving their own team. Nathan Fillion and Melissa O'Neil lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2021. The timing in The Rookie Season 4 is precise enough that even the throwaway lines land on a second watch. It sustains a level of quality that very few manage to hold onto all the way through.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, The Rookie Season 4 respects your intelligence. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Nathan Fillion anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

📡 Where to Watch The Rookie Season 4

🇦🇺 Australia

Netflix Standard with Ads

Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels

Amazon Prime Video

🇺🇸 United States

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Amazon Prime Video

Netflix Standard with Ads

🇨🇦 Canada

Paramount+ Amazon Channel

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels

Amazon Prime Video

🎬 The Rookie Season 4 — Episode Guide

Officer Nolan and the entire team race against the clock to locate Lopez after she is kidnapped on her wedding day, not only to save her life but her unborn child’s.

Officer Nolan and Officer Chen’s run-in with an infamous thief tips them off to a potentially big heist surrounding the Getty’s big gala event. Meanwhile, Nolan works up the courage to ask Bailey out on a date.

In the Line of Fire

Officer Nolan and officer Chen report to a structure fire and suspect that there is more to the situation than meets the eye. Meanwhile, after witnessing a sniper shooting, the team searches for the shooter and discovers that the perpetrator has a connection to one of their own.

Officer Nolan and Officer Chen search for a missing person who may have international ties that puts everyone’s lives in danger. Meanwhile, Harper continues the search for a serial arsonist after responding to a report of an injured cyclist, and Wesley must overcome an impossible task.

When a new designer drug hits LA streets, it turns users into “zombies,” and Officer Nolan and the team have a Halloween they won’t soon forget. Back at home, Lucy questions whether her apartment building might be haunted.

Officer Nolan and team are on a hunt to retrieve a buried stash of gold before any treasure seekers get hurt. Meanwhile, Bradford is tasked with encouraging the oldest cop at the station to retire and invites him to ride with him.

In the aftermath of Fred’s house explosion, Officer Nolan and Bailey discover there’s more to Fred’s death than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Officer Chen and Officer Bradford demand a treasure hunt rematch and enlist Sgt. Grey to help set the terms to a new bet, all while they arrest a series of wealth...

The team goes on a city-wide hunt for an individual who is threatening a mass casualty event. Meanwhile, Tim’s sister Genny shows up unannounced with some surprising news, and Lopez continues her inner struggle over Wesley’s deal with Elijah and tries to come up with a plan to get them out of it.

Desperate to break free from his connection to Elijah, Wesley tries to plant a listening device in his office to incriminate him; Officer Bradford and his sister, Genny, learn an unsettling truth about their father.

Now that John Nolan knows about Bailey’s past, he must decide if they still have a future. Meanwhile, when a plane crashes in the middle of the city the team races to find out why.

The team must rely on a criminal for his expertise to help take down an even bigger threat. Meanwhile, Officers Chen and Bradford investigate the murder of an unhoused teenager who used to be friends with Tamara.

The team responds to the report of a severed hand washing up on the beach and are on the hunt to find its owner. Meanwhile, Tim attempts to prove he isn’t a control freak to Lucy and invites her on a double date with him and Ashley.

Fight or Flight

Officers John Nolan and Lucy Chen must fulfill three quests if they want to get a stolen police helicopter back safely from a teenage thief. Meanwhile, Detective Nyla Harper and Officer Aaron Thorsen must guard a convicted cop killer in the hospital following a prison riot.

Officer Nolan and Detective Harper help Skip Tracer Randy on his first bounty hunter case. Meanwhile, Officer Chen and Sergeant Bradford are on the hunt for a perpetrator on a citywide crime spree.

Officer Harper puts Officer Aaron through “Plain Clothes Day,” but the exercise is interrupted by an unsuspected visitor. After two witnesses for an upcoming grand jury case are murdered, the team must track down the killers before it’s too late.

Desperate to reset the way the world sees him, Officer Thorsen reluctantly decides to be a part of a reality show to help rebrand his image, only to be thrust back into yet another deadly situation. With cameras rolling, the show’s producer is found murdered and the team must investigate before Aaro...

Officer John Nolan and the team feel they must negotiate with a distraught man who is holding a hospital hostage to ensure his wife receives a lifesaving surgery.

After the robbery of a train filled with valuable auction items turns deadly, the team is called to investigate. Meanwhile, Officer Chen has doubts about being Sergeant Bradford’s aide and is upset when he doesn’t give her the recognition she deserves. Elsewhere, Officer Harper takes matters into he...

Officer Nolan and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of FBI trainee Simone Clark when one of her former students is suspected of terrorism following an explosion at a local power station.

The team alongside the LA Division of the FBI are in a race to stop bombs that have been scattered throughout the city by a suspected terrorist. Meanwhile, the joint task force is suspicious of the CIA’s involvement in the situation.

🎭 Cast of The Rookie Season 4

Nathan Fillion

Melissa O'Neil

Eric Winter

Alyssa Diaz

Mekia Cox

Richard T. Jones

Richard T. Jones

Shawn Ashmore

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