1Pilot
Small town guy John Nolan pursues his dream of being a police officer after a life-altering incident. As the force's oldest rookie he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as a walking mid-life crisis.
2Crash Course
Talia forces Nolan to confront his personal moral inclinations after he encounters a kidnapping victim; Lucy is temporarily placed with a new training officer who tests her patience; and Jackson confronts his short-comings.
3The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
After Nolan and Talia lose control of a crime scene, they begin to debate whether people are fundamentally good or bad and what that means for a police officer. Meanwhile, Lucy is concerned Tim is enabling his wife's destructive behavior and not taking care of himself.
4The Switch
The rookies are temporarily paired with new training officers and Officer Nolan is paired with Officer Lopez. When Nolan and Lopez track down an escaped criminal, they discover a little kindness goes a long way. Meanwhile, Jackson is forced to face his fears when he is partnered with Officer Bradford, while Officer Chen and Nolan must face a hard truth.
5The Roundup
Nolan, the rookies and their training officers get involved in a competition that pits them against each other, while Officer Lucy Chen notices Officer Tim Bradford is obsessed with winning at all costs.
6The Hawke
The team must help capture a cop and his former mentor from the academy after he becomes a fugitive following an assault; Officer Tim Bradford needs Officer Lucy Chen to learn to predict the moves of criminals in order to capture them.
7The Ride Along
Sergeant Grey informs Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop that they are going to have a movie director as a ride-along; Officer Bradford learns that his wife has been arrested for drug possession.
8Time of Death
Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop respond to a silent alarm call at a local convenience store where two men are attempting to rob the place. Officer Nolan pursues one of the suspects on foot and is forced to make a split-second decision that will affect both of their lives. Meanwhile, Officer Bishop helps coordinate a drug bust that hits a little too close to home for Officer Bradford.
9Standoff
Officer Bradford's wife, Isabel, is found shot but alive and he vows to track down the man responsible. Meanwhile, Officer Nolan must protect his home and the truth after a home invasion attack.
10Flesh and Blood
Officer Nolan and Sgt. Grey are paired up for the day on patrol. Nolan's son Henry and Grey's Daughter visit the station.
11Redwood
An unscheduled visit by the Vice President of the United States puts the station on high alert. The secret service tasks Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop with checking out a possible threat to the vice president while the rest of the team try to keep the streets clear and safe for his visit.
12Heartbreak
The most dangerous day of the year, Valentine's Day, has the team on high alert, and Officer Nolan invites everyone over for a party now that he is single,
13Caught Stealing
The rookies become the prime suspects after it is discovered a large sum of money used in a drug bust has gone missing.
14Plain Clothes Day
The rookies undergo a field training day where their training officers wear plain clothing while riding with them.
15Manhunt
When a prison bus crashes, some inmates face severe injuries while others seek an opportunity to flee; in the wake of the accident, officer Nolan tries to impress an FBI hostage negotiator while tracking down an escaped convict.
16Greenlight
Officer Nolan gets a lesson in respect after his arrest of a gang member leads to a free-for-all on his life; officer Chen and Bradford pull over Mario Lopez, who thinks he can talk his way out of a traffic violation.
17The Shake Up
A massive earthquake rocks the city and throws everything into chaos; Russo recommends Officer Nolan for a protective detail of Brad Hayes, a man whose dealings have put a target on his head.
18Homefront
When one of their colleagues is arrested by Internal Affairs for lying on the witness stand, it leads to the release of three felons whose cases he worked on and the team being asked to check in on them now that they are free.
19The Checklist
Sergeant Gray informs the rookies that they must track down a specific set of crimes in a 48-hour period in order to qualify for their final exam. Meanwhile, Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop answer a silent alarm call at will.i.am's house.
20Free Fall
As the rookies prepare for a big exam to see who moves on to the next stage of training, Officer Nolan and Officer Bishop are called to the scene of a murder and learn that the victim may be tied to a potential terrorist attack on the city of Los Angeles.
1Impact
The officers grapple with the aftermath of a plotted attack on the city of Los Angeles, leaving Bradford fighting for his life.
2The Night General
Nolan teams up with new night detective Nick Armstrong for a murder investigation case that results in an unexpected reunion with a former love interest.
3The Bet
Officer Nolan navigates his relationship with Jessica and a developing rapport with Grace while working a high-stakes criminal case involving an undercover homeland security agent; Officer Chen meddles with Officer Bradford's love life.
4Warriors and Guardians
Officer Nolan's first day with his new training officer gets off to a rocky start. Officer Bradford struggles to find a birthday gift for a new girlfriend. Officer Lopez has a case that triggers difficult memories.
5Tough Love
The rookies are asked to develop their first confidential informants; Officer Chen's mother complicates her home life when she comes to stay with her.
6Fallout
An emergency alert of an impending missile attack sends Los Angeles into chaos and uncertainty, while the officers each try to keep the peace and deal with their own disasters.
7Safety
John and Jessica's relationship gets a lot more complicated after she delivers some surprising news; Officer Bradford and Officer West are assigned a community policing project helping out the Watts Rams as volunteer coaches.
8Clean Cut
Nolan spends his birthday guarding a crime scene in a law office. Bradford and West receive special commendation. Harper requests an early annual review.
9Breaking Point
Officer Nolan's trust is tested. Meanwhile, Officer Harper has finally earned an overnight visit with her daughter that is put into jeopardy when her past undercover life resurfaces again.
10The Dark Side
Officer Nolan and team are charged with escorting a notorious female serial killer. Meanwhile, Officer Chen meets a seemingly perfect man who sparks her interest, and Officer Lopez worries about Wesley as his PTSD continues to increase.
11Day of Death
Officer Nolan and the entire team are in a desperate search to rescue Officer Chen after her abduction and must attempt to get Rosalind to help them in their search.
12Now and Then
Nolan takes his son's fiancée, Abigail, on a ride-along after she shows interest in becoming a police officer. Meanwhile, Jackson's relationship is becoming complicated at work.
13Follow-Up Day
Nolan is given some life-changing news and invites Grace over for a homecooked meal in his newly remodeled kitchen. Meanwhile, each unit is tasked with following up on dormant cases in the hopes they can uncover new leads.
14Casualties
Officers Nolan and Harper investigate a murder which may have national security implications, while Officer Bradford must confront his past when he crosses paths with a homeless veteran.
15Hand-Off
Officer Nolan is having a particularly bad day after learning his identity has been stolen. Meanwhile, Sgt. Grey must confront his past and testify at the parole hearing of the man who murdered his partner.
16The Overnight
Officers Chen and Bradford respond to a call at the Los Angeles auditions of "American Idol" and Officer Chen ends up facing Ryan Seacrest and the judges; Chen befriends a reporter whose motives are not clear
17Control
Officer Nolan's relationship with his first confidential informant is tested when he discovers her back on the street dealing drugs.
18Under the Gun
Officers Nolan and Harper are tasked with escorting four juvenile offenders to a Scared Straight program at a correctional facility that quickly becomes a riotous situation.
19The Q Word
Their rookie year is coming to an end and officers Nolan, Chen and West are about to be squeezed harder than ever before as their training officers evaluate whether they are truly ready for the job. Meanwhile, after one of their rookie classmates is involved in a shooting, the team uncovers some unsettling evidence.
20The Hunt
In part two of the season finale, Nolan's discovery goes much deeper than he expected and could put his life and career in jeopardy.
1Consequences
Nearing the end of the training, Nolan faces his biggest challenge as a police officer yet when he must come to terms with the choices he made in search of the truth.
2In Justice
Nolan and Harper are assigned to a community policing center in an attempt to rebuild the station's reputation.
3La Fiera
Nolan's mother makes an unexpected visit after a broken engagement. Sgt. Grey wants to retire.
4Sabotage
Officer Jackson West's relationship with his new training officer, Stanton, has escalated and he begins to work with Sargent Grey to find a solution.
5Lockdown
Officer Nolan is taken hostage by a man with nothing to lose; Officer Jackson and his training officer, Officer Doug Stanton, reach a tipping point in their relationship that could end Jackson's career.
6Revelations
Officer Nolan's decision to return to school in order to become a training officer proves to be much harder than he expected; Officer Chen considers going into undercover work after getting a taste of the job.
7True Crime
The team gets the true crime docuseries treatment when they analyse a recent case featuring a former child actor whose adult life has garnered him a cult following.
8Bad Blood
Officer Nolan, Officer Harper and Detective Lopez are assigned to the kidnapping of the son of a criminal court judge who has a long list of enemies who could possibly be involved.
9Amber
An Amber Alert sends the team on a race against time to find a newborn infant who was stolen from a local hospital. Meanwhile, Officers West and Chen work their last shift as rookies as Officer Nolan continues on for 30 more days.
10Man of Honor
Harper and Nolan respond to a bank robbery in progress and realize the motives of the thief run much deeper than just needing money. West and Chen's first day riding without training officers isn't what they thought it would be.
11New Blood
Two new Boots start at the mid-Wilshire station - Lucy gets jealous of how her FTO Tim treats his new charge. John's professor comes to the Sergeant with an annoying issue that goes from minor to terrifying overnight.
12Brave Heart
After rushing his son, Henry, to the hospital following his collapse, Nolan is reunited with his ex-wife, Sarah, and they must come together to help their son. Meanwhile, Detective Lopez discovers "La Fiera" is in the same hospital and wants to find out exactly why.
13Triple Duty
Officers Nolan and Bradford hope they can de-escalate a drug war before any innocent lives are lost. Meanwhile, Officer Harper hopes she can get Officer Chen ready to go undercover.
14Threshold
Officer Nolan mildly injures himself while chasing down a shoplifter and the local DA wants to charge the suspect with assault despite Nolan's wishes. Meanwhile, Lucy goes undercover, Lopez' wedding venue is seized by the FBI and Nolan meets his new neighbor.
1Life and Death
Officer Nolan and the entire team race against the clock to locate Lopez after she is kidnapped on her wedding day, not only to save her life but her unborn child's.
2Five Minutes
Officer Nolan and Officer Chen's run-in with an infamous thief tips them off to a potentially big heist surrounding the Getty's big gala event. Meanwhile, Nolan works up the courage to ask Bailey out on date.
3In the Line of Fire
Officer Nolan and officer Chen report to a structure fire and suspect that there is more to the situation than meets the eye. Meanwhile, after witnessing a sniper shooting, the team searches for the shooter and discovers that the perpetrator has a connection to one of their own.
4Red Hot
Officer Nolan and Officer Chen search for a missing person who may have international ties that puts everyone's lives in danger; Harper continues the search for a serial arsonist; Wesley must overcome an impossible task.
5A.C.H.
When a new designer drug hits LA streets, it turns users into "zombies," and Officer Nolan and the team have a Halloween they won't soon forget. Back at home, Lucy questions whether her apartment building might be haunted.
6Poetic Justice
Officer Nolan and team are on a hunt to retrieve a buried stash of gold before any treasure seekers get hurt. Meanwhile, Bradford is tasked with encouraging the oldest cop at the station to retire and invites him to ride with him.
7Fire Fight
In the aftermath of Fred's house explosion, Officer Nolan and Bailey discover there's more to Fred's death than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Officer Chen and Officer Bradford demand a treasure hunt rematch and enlist Officer Grey to help set the terms to a new bet, all while they arrest a series of wealthy female criminals. Elsewhere, Wesley struggles to keep it together under the pressure of his debt to Elijah.
8Hit and Run
The squad encounters a sovereign citizen and deals with a domestic terrorist plot. Angela and Wesley argue about their predicament.
9Breakdown
Wesley finally manages to break free of his dirty contract. Nolan deals with an increasingly serious relationship and underhanded election techniques. Bradford learns some unpleasant things about his parents.
10Heart Beat
Now that John Nolan knows about Bailey's past, he must decide if they still have a future; when a plane crashes in the middle of the city, the team races to find out why.
11End Game
The team must rely on a criminal for his expertise to take down a bigger threat. Officers Chen and Bradford investigate a murder of a homeless teenager.
12The Knock
The team responds to the report of a severed hand that has washed up on the beach. Tim attempts to prove his isn't a control freak to Lucy and invites her on a double date.
13Fight or Flight
John Nolan and Lucy Chen must fulfill three quests if they want to get a stolen police helicopter back safely from a teenage thief; Nyla Harper and Aaron Thorson must guard a convicted cop killer in the hospital following a prison riot.
14Long Shot
Nolan and Harper help Skip Tracer Randy complete his first bounty. Officer Chen and Sergeant Bradford hunt for a perpetrator on a citywide crime spree.
15Hit List
Seemingly random people are killed around Los Angeles. The squad must find a connection before its too late.
16Real Crime
Thorsen's documentary crew does another update with the squad.
17Coding
Officer John Nolan and the team feel they must negotiate with a distraught man who is holding a hospital hostage to ensure his wife receives a lifesaving surgery.
18Backstabbers
Robbery of a train filled with valuable auction items turns deadly, the team is called to investigate. Officer Chen has doubts about being Sergeant Bradford's aide and is upset when he doesn't give her the recognition she deserves. Officer Harper takes matters into her own hands and makes a life-changing decision about her personal life.
19Simone
Officer Nolan and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of FBI trainee Simone Clark when one of her former students is suspected of terrorism following an explosion at a local power station.
20Enervo
The team, alongside the LA division of the FBI, is in a race to stop truck bombs. The join task force is suspicious of the CIA's involvement.
21Mother's Day
Sgt. Grey supports Officer's Nolan to become a training officer and rides with him to help him prepare for the exam. Tim and Lucy decide on their plans for Mother's day and a romantic vacation.
22Day in the Hole
Officer Nolan is forced to spend a week in solitary confinement in a quiet border town with a young local officer who is in need of some training; Sgt. Bradford and Officer Chen go under cover together in a possible drug trafficking case.