The Rookie: Nathan Fillion stars in season five trailer

Everyone who lives with a partner will be aware of the dire penalties of daring to watch a few episodes of a show that “we’re watching together” on their own. With a partner that regularly travels overseas for work, that’s forced me to be quite inventive, from time to time, when it comes to my evening entertainment.

So, mooching through NOW TV’s crowded menu for something that might fit the bill one day last month, my attention was captured by the show that’s been sitting at No.1 in the Sky-affiliated streamer’s ‘most watched’ chart for weeks.

After giving one episode of The Rookie a chance, I really only had one question: “Why haven’t I been watching this all along?”

Fast-forward a month and I am almost up-to-date with a seven-

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