The cast of The Rookie started work on Season 7 weeks ago with some behind-the-scenes pics to prove it , but one series regular from Season 6 won't be back when the action picks back up. Tru Valentino, who has been playing Aaron Thorsen since Season 4 and had been a series regular since Season 5, will not be back. While there's still a long wait before the cop drama will be back on NBC, it's already worth wondering if and how losing Aaron will affect the aftermath of the sixth season finale cliffhangers .
News that Tru Valentino won't be back for Season 7 comes courtesy of TVLine . The Rookie had already cast a pair of new characters for the new season – which won't premiere until after the end of the 2024 TV schedule after being bumped back to premiere in 2025 alongside Will Trent – with Deric Augustine and Patrick Keleher as new officers, but it had not been confirmed at the time that a regular was leaving as they joined. Given that Season 6 ended on both a potentially life-or-death cliffhanger for Nolan and Bailey as well as an emotional cliffhanger for Lucy and Tim, fans may be a bit stressed about changes happening over hiatus.
Jenna Dewan being absent from the first few episodes already means that the resolution of the Nolan/Bailey cliffhanger may be complicated unless Dewan and Nathan Fillion already filmed an extra scene at the end of Season 6. As it happens, Aaron wasn't key to either of the cliffhangers from back in the spring, which is a big departure from Seas.
