{"id":325824,"date":"2026-04-28T16:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=325824"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:38:30","slug":"the-rookie-kills-off-monica-with-shocking-death-before-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/the-rookie-kills-off-monica-with-shocking-death-before-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rookie Kills Off Monica With Shocking Death Before Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Rookie<\/em> just killed off a personality in a shocking death scene ahead of the season 8 finale.<\/p>\n

Through the Monday, April 27, episode of the hit ABC series, Monica (Bridget Regan<\/strong>) tried to get away from the Feds and the arms dealer she crossed.<\/p>\n

She tried to search out a technique to run away \u2014 after having a conversation with ex Wesley (Shawn Ashmore<\/strong>) \u2014 but her trip to the airport took a turn when the motive force passed the LAX exit.<\/p>\n

Monica accepted her fate by just asking that the motive force not shoot her \u201cwithin the face.\u201d As a substitute, Monica is shot twice within the chest and her body is left on the side of the road for Tim (Eric Winter<\/strong>), Nolan (Nathan Fillion<\/strong>), Nyla (Mekia Cox<\/strong>), Angela (Alyssa Diaz<\/strong>), Grey (Richard T. Jones<\/strong>) and Garza (Felix Solis)<\/strong> to search out before Wesley joined them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [showrunner] Alexi [Hawley]<\/strong> called me \u2014 I mean, well, initially, every time a showrunner calls you, you’ve gotten to be fearful that it\u2019s the decision of death. But truly, I used to be not surprised. I used to be thrilled that she lasted so long as she did,\u201d Regan told TV Insider<\/em>. \u201cIf you happen to play with fire, so long as she has, eventually you\u2019re going to get burned. And as I said to Alexi and everybody, I used to be like, she\u2019s not on her ninth life. She\u2019s on her thirty seventh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regan identified that Monica \u201cescaped multiple assassinations and prison time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen her number was finally up, I wasn\u2019t surprised. I believed, fair enough. She\u2019s had a tremendous run, 4 years on this show. I\u2019m only full of gratitude,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut what I used to be surprised by was just how incredibly sad I used to be for her. Not that she died, but that she never truly flipped, that she actually succumbed to the dark side and couldn\u2019t find her way back. And I felt like there was this version of Monica that might have been something else, but she just could never get there. So to me, that was the true heartbreak of all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress recalled being promised an epic onscreen death, adding, \u201cYou hear about all these famous shows where everyone\u2019s dying on a regular basis, like The Sopranos, etc. Everyone\u2019s reading the script, going, \u2018Do I die? Do I die? Do I die? Do I die?\u2019 I all the time had that at the back of my mind because I felt prefer it was inevitable. Either in some unspecified time in the future, she was going to go to jail, or she was going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Regan, it was special attending to see Monica exit on her own terms.<\/p>\n

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