Chen and Bradford are partnered for a UC prep drill. The exercise forces them to roleplay a married couple at a drug meet. The tension is unbearable – not romantic, but broken . Tim’s cold professionalism cuts Lucy deeper than any fight. By the end, she breaks character and asks: “Are we ever going to talk about what happened in that elevator?” Tim walks out. The drill is failed. Sgt. Grey assigns them to desk duty until they resolve their “personal friction.”
(to Lucy & Tim): “You two survived a barrel, a serial killer, and a breakup. But you can’t survive a car ride? Figure it out. That’s an order.” the rookie s07e02 h255
TV-14 – LV (Language, Violence) Runtime: 42 minutes Chen and Bradford are partnered for a UC prep drill