Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune and Nathan Fillion as John Nolan in ‘The Rookie.’ Disney/Mike Taing
Bailey Nune and John Nolan have weathered many storms on The Rookie — however has their newest snag derailed their future parenting plans?
Warning: Spoilers beneath for The Rookie season 7, episode 7.
“Proper now, we’re specializing in that — the therapeutic and their love,” Jenna Dewan, who performs firefighter Bailey on the ABC sequence, solely informed Us Weekly of Bailey and Nolan’s future.
She famous that the TV couple are additionally coping with the “complexities of their very intense life-threatening jobs that at all times deliver one thing to the taking part in subject that they must take care of.”
Through the Tuesday, February 18, episode of The Rookie, Bailey lastly admitted to herself that she was a sufferer of home violence. The revelation got here after she spoke with one other feminine survivor, who gave Bailey permission to name herself a “sufferer” after years of being terrorized by her ex-husband, Jason (Steve Kazee).
Steve Kazee as Jason Wyler and Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune in ‘The Rookie.’ Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja
Whereas Jason was killed earlier this season, he continued to hang-out Bailey and her marriage with Nolan (Nathan Fillion). Bailey and Nolan argued over the truth that Bailey was in touch with the hitman who finally killed Jason, as Nolan is a member of legislation enforcement and mentioned she was breaking legal guidelines.
“Psychologically that’s not the best factor to simply, , snap your fingers and be over. Regardless that the bodily menace of Jason is gone, psychologically and emotionally he lives on,” Dewan, 44, defined to Us. “It takes work on Bailey’s half to heal from that. Nolan has an enormous half in that as a result of he accepts her, and he exhibits her that he’ll love her it doesn’t matter what.”
She revealed, “Unconditional love, , on the finish of the day is likely one of the best therapeutic forces.”
Dewan famous that when Bailey was in a position to settle for the label of “sufferer” she was additionally in a position to absolutely let Nolan in, which was a part of their wrestle as a pair.
Nathan Fillion as John Nolan and Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune in ‘The Rookie.’ Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja
“That second of vulnerability for her is large. [It] is the important thing that unlocks the longer term therapeutic that comes for her,” the actress mentioned, including that though the trauma is “not gone” and can “take a little bit of time” to work by way of, Jason’s dying does push Bailey ahead.
Dewan pointed out, “There’s a freedom with out the bodily presence of her nightmare.”
Nolan’s skill to place apart his bruised ego — he was upset she saved the hitman dialog a secret — and take into consideration his spouse as a sufferer additionally helped the couple heal collectively.
“He finally goes, ‘OK, the particular person I like was a sufferer. And the particular person I like was given a cause to have her nightmare not be part of our life anymore. Now, how that went down is difficult, however I can at the very least perceive her and see and have empathy for her as a result of I like her,’” Dewan shared.
On the finish of the episode, Nolan apologized for making Bailey really feel unsupported in her quest to get Jason out of her life as soon as and for all. Their dialog marks the tip of that darkish chapter, in accordance with Dewan.
Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune and Nathan Fillion as John Nolan in ‘The Rookie.’ Disney/Mike Taing
“I feel they’re deciding, in that second, to move forward together,” she informed Us, including that whereas the couple’s belief points nonetheless linger “a tiny bit” their skill to confess to and acknowledge “one another’s vulnerabilities” assist them “transfer ahead and simply kind of settle for” what occurred.
That optimistic trajectory, nevertheless, received’t embrace increasing their household — at the very least not immediately.
Jenna Dewan is glad her eldest daughter, Everly, is a fan of her present The Rookie — however one in all her treacherous stunts nearly turned the 11-year-old off it for good. “It’s humorous, we simply began watching it as a result of [I] had all these 10-year-olds coming as much as me and saying, ‘I like The Rookie,’” Dewan, […]
“I wouldn’t say it’s off the desk simply in the mean time,” Dewan mentioned of Bailey and Nolan’s option to press pause on their efforts to have or undertake a child. “I feel they notice, ‘Maintain on, now we have some actually intense lives, and I don’t suppose both of us are actually within the place to be taking good care of a child. So we don’t wish to deliver one thing into our life that due to this fact we’re not in a position to be essentially the most answerable for.’”
She added: “They’ve that recognition of like, ‘timing is the whole lot,’ and possibly proper now shouldn’t be the appropriate time.”
Dewan teased, “However they finally nonetheless want that subsequent step.”
The Rookie airs on ABC Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
