The Rookie got "super-lucky" it got to shoot its Season 2 finale just before the coronavirus shutdown

Entertainment Weekly

"We got super-lucky, because our last day of shooting (California Gov. Gavin) Newsom shut down the state," says creator Alexi Hawley. "So this is exactly what our end goal was. But we only do 20 (episodes). I guess the people who did 22 got cut short, but we just got in under the wire." ALSO: Harold Perrineau explains his "Denzel moment."