Yahoo Lifestyle Here's When Jenna Dewan Is Coming Back to 'The Rookie' Season 7
Ever since Jenna Dewan debuted on The Rookie in season 3, fans of the ABC drama have been captivated by her character's trajectory.
Introduced on the show as firefighter Lt. Bailey Nune, Jenna's character quickly became the love interest for John Nolan (Nathan Fillion). Into the fourth season, we saw Jenna become a series regular. And by season 6, Bailey and John got married, and now the couple is now thinking about growing their family.
As art sometimes imitates life, Jenna is also expanding her family. The actress welcomed her third child back in June, a daughter named Rhiannon Lee Kathryn (she shares daughter Everly with ex-husband Channing Tatum and son Callum with fiancé Steve Kazee).
Of course, fans are absolutely thrilled for her, but many are wondering if Jenna will return for season 7 on January 7, 2025.
Is Jenna Dewan leaving The Rookie?
Jenna will be back!
While it's hard to tell for sure what the future holds, she is set to be a series regular for The Rookie season 7. That said, when The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley spoke to TVLine in May about when Bailey will appear in the upcoming installment, he said fans will have to wait a little while before Mrs. Nolan — and her present storyline involving the return of her abusive ex-husband Jason Wyler (played by her real-life partner, Steve) — re-appears onscreen.
"As you know, Jenna [Dewan]’s about to have a baby in real life, so we probably won’t see [Bailey] for the first few episodes because of that," Alexi told the outlet ahead of Jenna giving birth. "As a result, we aren’t sure when we’ll see Jason. But yes, I think we’re looking at how we can spread stuff out so we’re not just all diving into all of it at the beginning."
When will Jenna Dewan's first episode on The Rookie season 7 premiere?
When speaking with Parade in January 2025, Jenna revealed she won't be appearing on The Rookie season 7 until its third episode. Meaning: Jenna Dewan will be back on The Rookie season 7 beginning January 21, 2025. What's more, Jenna said that her absence is explained by Bailey being MIA to serve her National Guard duty. But don't worry — Bailey will reunite with John, and she'll have a lot in store when she gets back.
“We come back strong,” Jenna told the outlet. "Right away, Jason is on the run and looking for Bailey and threatening our lives and our relationship. I’m right away dealing with that and how we’re going to protect ourselves and capture him."
What do we know about Bailey's storyline in The Rookie season 7?
Fans will remember that at the end of season 6, Bailey and John were discussing adoption after learning about the couple's infertility issues. Alexi did tease to TVLine that the couple's journey to parenthood will be a part of season 7, but it will take time for the story to build.
"I think we’ll get into the real of it a bit," Alexi said. "I wanted to get into the fact that, when Bailey felt like a door had closed, that they hadn’t all closed." Although he did admit that he "can’t really say yet where it’s all going," he felt the topic of adoption was an important one to explore.
We can't wait!
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