When the firefighter Bailey Nune (Jenna Dewan) made her initial debut in the Season 3 finale of the ABC series, The Rookie, “Threshold,” it was easy to be a bit suspicious of her. At first, the potential new love interest for John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) seemed too good to be true. Bailey shows up at Nolan’s doorstep, wearing nothing but a towel, after locking herself out of a neighbor’s home where she was house-sitting. Early on, the series arguably took a superficial approach to Bailey’s development. Her appearances quickly established a relationship with Nolan, depicting her as an extreme, heroic badass, one who can keep up with Nolan’s equally extreme lifestyle as an officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. The problem is that Bailey’s initial appearances lacked an organic, natural quality, and her character development felt rushed. However, since her introduction, the show has taken a much better approach in writing Bailey, and while her character isn’t perfect, she has since become one of the show’s strongest characters.
