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Eric Winter, who plays Tim Bradford in ABC‘s The Rookie, has revealed that the cast filmed an alternate ending to season eight in case the show was canceled.
In the last episode’s final moments, which aired in May, Tim proposes to Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil). However, the newly engaged couple are kidnapped minutes later.
While chatting with People at Comic-Con 2026 over the weekend, Winter said, “We didn’t know when we wrapped last season if we would ever come back.”
Due to the uncertainty about the show’s future at the time, he explained, “We even shot an alternate ending to the show” that “would’ve been different.” However, Winter didn’t offer any details about the alternate ending, as it would be a “spoiler.”
