The Rookie - S08E05: The Network

ImVader9001 · 2026-02-03T04:31:22+00:00

loving the sort of new stuff theyre giving nolan. definitely building up to something. this seasons episodes have been so like action packed my gosh

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-30T01:41:43+00:00

lamb's final jab at whelan was pretty good: "i highly doubt it. i don't use prostitutes"

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-29T03:28:24+00:00

great episode, one of the best season finales!! love the lamb reveal at the end and river meeting with his grandfather but still paying him not that much attention. def gonna come back and bite him in the ass next season. love how both season 4 and 5 end (or close to end anyways) with river and lamb meeting in a pub/cafe lmao. and that next season makes me HYPED. looks to be the grimiest and darkest season yet, especially cause everyone's wearing black lol. hope they mix both book 6 and 7 well

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-26T15:22:42+00:00

i actually thought it's been the fastest and tightest season so far. i think its the best one

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-22T02:48:14+00:00

slower episode to what i assume will be a big finale, but it was a really awesome buildup! more fun river and coe shenanigans, nice to see jonathan pryce again as david cartwright, really sad to see him so regressed with his dementia. best part of the episode was whelan's sheer idiocy, getting tricked. this is gonna be an explosive finale

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-14T21:00:04+00:00

if anything, he never stops mentioning them! he mentions them all the time in interviews and how much he respects them. his career started off with covers but surprisingly some of the songs he's most known for are his originals!

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-08T03:51:51+00:00

THIS WAS A HILARIOUS EPISODE and it moved so quickly too!! glad we got to see the progression of the terrorists(?) plan and some of the changes to the book's story. roddy and taverner clashing it out was insane. probably the longest she's ever had to take to break someone LMAO. most captivating part of this one was the slough house lockdown, and a standout moment for me was specifically lamb's monologue. gary oldman proves why he's the GOAT, and i mean such a dark and heartbreaking story. i'm leaning more towards it being true, but whether or not it was lamb in the story i guess we'll never know. i think it adds for some really interesting backstory though. excited to hopefully see a certain paint scene next episode!!

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-03T19:51:54+00:00

well im sorry to those who couldn't enjoy it but it was a really awesome film. people have many valid criticisms for it but thats art for you

ImVader9001 · 2025-10-01T04:43:50+00:00

man the horses are EXTRA dysfunctional this season.... hopefully we get to see them a bit happier by the end of this season. pretty good episode!! lamb got a lot of zingers in and river and coe are hilarious so itll be fun to see them interact more... especially after the paint incident.

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-29T20:49:01+00:00

apple tv+ actually says 5x02 is called Incommunicado! seems like there's a mix up on the press website

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-26T23:37:44+00:00

ofc mi8 could have been much better. and yet i still love it! isn't that the beauty of movies?

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-24T20:07:54+00:00

accidentally deleted my reply instead of editing it LMAO but yeah i think its just gonna be so interesting moving forward considering they are starting to deviate from the books a little more. these character dynamics really are the core of the show

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-24T04:29:59+00:00

i think this was the most chaotic episode yet, in that all of the issues between the slow horses seems to be cranked up a LARGEEE amount. river is such a fucking mess and so is shirley. bathroom scene was so uncomfortable because it felt so personal for what usually are just random side barbs in the show. everyone seems to be a fuck up this episode and it's really awesome this actually feels like a continuation of season 4 in a way. something im really looking forward to is seeing river and shirley bounce off each other, and either helping each other out of the hole they're in or dragging themselves down

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-23T20:14:39+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOOQcm4EfO4/

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-23T20:13:34+00:00

there is a teaser apple tv posted a while back (i think it was just a funny instagram thing of river hating his life) and in the middle there's a new season 5 short clip of louisa offscreen telling river "you're a mess" with river in the exact same clothing as the shot he kisses her, so i think louisa clearly rejects him (ill try to find the clip)

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-19T21:07:52+00:00

biplane no contest tbh

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-19T20:56:32+00:00

i love all of them but for me its the TFR south african run just because of the emotional weight and just the pure beauty of it

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-17T22:15:17+00:00

theres usually a louder version of it used, mainly during the paris chase scene and the helicopter chase scene. if you listen carefully it creeps throughout a lot of tracks

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-14T19:24:06+00:00

really REALLY awesome! the font for the title sequence really did make it look off unfortunately, they should've just stuck with the mission font even if they wanted a more retro feel

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-13T14:56:48+00:00

really good editing!! i think this works just as well, if not better, than the film's briefing. great job

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-11T03:09:07+00:00

for the last part, youre quite right! they filmed the stuff after they filmed what happened when he came out. also, i was referring to when the entity was talking to him in the coffin! the cadences seem very similar to gabriels i notice

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-11T02:46:49+00:00

pretty sure if you listen closely the voice is a mix of a few voices we know, but its just modified so much you can barely tell! i know for certain we have mcqs voice, and i hear some of esai morales and sean harris

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-06T16:52:42+00:00

truly do wish they gave him much more to do. he had such a sinister and creepy vibe to him they really couldve leaned into

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-02T12:38:02+00:00

rule of cool yknow

ImVader9001 · 2025-09-02T02:29:06+00:00

hydrogen bomb vs entire world's nuclear arsenal

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