Rookie Blue Boss on Season 7 and Marlo’s baby
With Season 6 of Rookie Blue premiering May 21 on Global (and June 25 on ABC), fans are already worried and hoping that this won’t be 15 Division’s farewell tour. The show wrapped production on Season 6 last fall but the show’s future has been somewhat of a mystery up until this point. In January, ABC entertainment president Paul Lee expressed interest in the show continuing. Then, later on, the official Rookie Blue twitter feed shared a story that cited Sherry White (Orphan Black) as the new showrunner. Up until that point, fans figured if current showrunner Tassie Cameron was stepping down (as she previously told The TV Junkies she was considering doing), that would be it for the show, too. Yet there’s still no official word on whether or not the show will return for Season 7, so we went straight to the source herself, Tassie Cameron.
“We’d love to do more,” she tells The TV Junkies. But unfortunately for fans it sounds like things are out of her control at this point. That means for fans — and the cast and crew — it’s more of a waiting game at this point. “We’re waiting to hear. We’re open to doing it,” Cameron says. Everything now hinges on an official word from Global.
If Season 7 does indeed happen, Cameron confirmed she will not be at the helm. “I will not be showrunning past what I’ve done,” she explains, before adding that “if we were to get a Season 7 then Sherry White would show-run. I’d consult and butt in and probably make a nuisance of myself.” While this may worry some fans, Cameron herself thinks this will benefit the show. “I think it’s a good time for the show to have a new vision,” she adds.
Not to mention the fact that Cameron’s latest pilot, Rope, is currently in contention for a pickup among NBC’s current pilots.
Some more good news for fans is that White and the show already seem to have some ideas about where to take things should Season 7 happen. “Sherry has come up with an incredible plan for Season 7. It’s kind of fresh and new but also retains some of the characters and the spirit of the first six seasons,” previews Cameron.
With at least one of the biggest Rookie Blue mysteries partially solved, what about the future of Rookie Blue’s popular couple Andy and Sam, a.k.a. McSwarek? The Season 5 finale left fans in shock over Sam’s ex-girlfriend Marlo’s surprise pregnancy and some fans have been holding out hope that the baby won’t really be Sam’s. “It’s his baby,” Cameron confirms. “I know fans will be very disappointed to hear that, but if it wasn’t his baby it wouldn’t be much of a complication.”
What does this baby and the complications it brings mean for McSwarek? Will they not get that happily-ever-after moment after all? Not so fast says Cameron. “When this pregnancy bomb hits it’s obviously going to be a massive shift for both of them. We were working on the theme this season that even if life isn’t a fairy tale it doesn’t mean we can’t have a happy ending,” she says. It may be how McSwarek reacts and deals with the Marlo news that will prove to be the real test for the couple. “We were trying to explore that life may end looking a lot different than you imagined when you were first starting out on the job, or first starting out in a relationship, and life kind of takes you by surprise and throws you curveballs. It’s really how you react to them together. That’s what’s going to determine whether you can make it through them,” Cameron explains.
Not only does this Marlo’s unexpected pregnancy allow Rookie Blue to explore that theme, but it also provides a new and exciting twist to throw at the couple. “We didn’t want to do a love triangle with anybody, we wanted to show life itself as the complication for these two,” said Cameron. Fear not so soon though, McSwarek fans.
“I can just say this: they are in as good of a place as they have ever been to handle something like this.”
Do you want more Rookie Blue? Are you nervous about Marlo’s pregnancy in Season 6? Will Sam and Andy be able to survive this latest complication in their relationship? Sound off in the comments below.
Rookie Blue premieres Thursday, May 21 at 9 p.m. ET on Global and Thursday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
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I won’t be watching after hearing this. What a ridiculous storyline.
It’s a show. Some relationships do actually go through these types of struggles. no biggy.
I can’t wait for June 25th rookie blue is my favorite show on the air right now!! Totally love mcswarek. I really hope this isn’t the end of an Era 🙁 Just wish I didn’t have to wait til June the suspense is killing me lol
please keep ROOKIE BLUE on thank you
I adore the whole rookie blue original cast members. Love the show! Cam’t wzit for season 6 to star and praying there will be a season 7 and more to come!
I am counting the days until my absolute favorite show starts on a 21st!!! Rookie Blue fan all the way! Just need to know how I can get a role on that show! 😉 THE best writers and producers not to mention the best cast ever!
They won’t be getting a season 7. I can guarantee that. Goodbye Rookie Blue. You were once a great show. Now you are just a soap opera. No one likes Marlo or wants her on this show. and this is how they use her? Be more original Tassie. I will never support anything else you write.
And you must be 12. Get a bit more
Life experience and stop with these veiled threats- the fans that do that areso pathetic IM NOT WATCHING IF blah blah blah- so DONT then! Good riddance!
Love rookie blue!!!! Even if the Marlo situation makes a turn for the worst for McSwarek, I’ll stick through it cause this show is worth it! Renew rookie blue for season 7! You’ve got my vote 🙂
I will still be watch, but I agree about how ridiculous the idea that this is his baby is, she doesn’t even look pregnant and how many months have passed since they hooked up? I mean…
The season 5 picked up right where Season 4 left off so it is possible no matter how upsetting
Nope, actually nope possible.
5 months at the very very least, more like 6
Exactly. Way of much of a stretch. In 5-12 Marlo said something about sam not needing to come around, or last week either. Then sam is shot. End S4. As much as S5 picked right up, sam wouldn’t have been allowed to come back to work in a week…or are they stretching that too. And that return to work was 5-3. Marlo shows up in 5-10 and only a few months have come to pass. Please!!!
This confirmation isn’t actually a big surprise to me. I was less than thrilled at first, but now I’m excited to see what the writers and actors did with this huge bump in the road. I’ll be tuning in and routing like crazy for Sherry to get the chance to take the reigns and run with her plan for the show. I’m not ready to say goodbye to these great characters!!
Another fan that will not watch the new season. Sam and Marlo were not even together toward the end of the season. . . she ignored his phone calls and he hadn’t seen or spoken to her in days. Calendar wise this just doesn’t make sense. . .Marlo’s pregnancy would be much further along.
Keep Rookie Blue!!!
As someone who thought S5 McSwarek was as boring as dishwater, I’m totally on board this mini-Sam! baby train. Sam will be an amazing father and Andy needs an ultimatum from life to finally grow up and act her age. We all knw she’ll react badly initially and run away yet again but obviously this is the kick up the arse she’s long needed to stop being so self-absorbed and put her love for Sam first for once. S7 needs to happen now if it means we get to see Daddy Sam Swarek!
I literally could not agree more with this comment!
Amen!!!
I love Rookie Blue, I have watched every episode and I have every episode that I watch over and over again. I can’t wait until June 25 for season 6 and hoping for season 7. I love Sam and Andy, hoping they can stay together. All of my family and my host of friends and their families will continue to watch the show.
Hi Liz, if you and your family can’t wait, I suggest you go to youtube, if you have a gmail account and watch full episodes on it. If not, I can say it’s worth waiting for!
that confirmation just means I don’t need to have any hope and don’t need to keep watching the show, so thanks Tassie.
Andy deserves so much better then Sam. No one wants this child. Poor Andy. Something else she has to put up with. Sam would walk away so fast if it was Andy who got pregnant by Nick. Andy shouldn’t put up with this. She’s better off with out someone like Sam. My only hope is the baby is never born. The only children that deserve to be born are ones produced by Sam and Andy.
I cannot believe your comment was approved. You are sick. Like mentally in the brain disgusting sick. Let’s hope for your sake someone never wishes that upon you.
A friend introduced me to Rookie Blue shortly before season 2 started. I loved the show immediately – it felt like a fresh idea, had a great ensemble and amazing guest stars who had me sitting on the edge of my seat to see how their story would unfold. I enjoyed the heart of the characters, the messages behind the madness of their jobs and yes, the thrill of danger and unexpected chaos. For me, from day one, there was one certainty and that was Sam and Andy. They had “it” – that undeniable connection, that reaction to one another that made me root for them, to fall in love with them as they didn’t even know they were falling in love with each other. Of course, a couple’s journey on any show isn’t a straight line – what would be the fun in that? Instead it’s a zig zag of ups, downs, twists and turns. I expected that and admit it’s often the best part. Sadly, it is possible to veer too far off course. It is possible to stray too far from a winning formula. For me, Sam and Andy were unique – they had a trust, an honesty between them that should have never wavered. You don’t take something that was built on a solid foundation, break it down, blow it up just to rebuild it because then, it’s built upon sand – the slightest ripple washes it away. I feel like this is what has been done to Sam and Andy. On their own, they had so much to overcome, issues they needed to work through together and separately. Inserting a third party and an unplanned pregnancy (by the way, whatever happened to the “safe sex” movement???) has been done to death. It’s predictable. It’s a cheap way out. It’s unnecessary. And honestly, it’s an insult to this fan. In my eyes, Sam and Andy deserved better. No matter where the journey ends, this couple is now a shadow of it’s former self. That makes me sad.
You are totally right. Sam and Andy are just finally in a good place , it should of stayed like that for a while. We all knew Sam is going to do right by his child and be there which means Andy is on the back burner along with their relationship. There’s no normal relationship stuff taking place between them. I love a Rookie Blue but I am not looking forward to this season. I hate Marlo, I did in season 4. The story could of went else where and it would of been before. Wish Andy got back with Nick or a new guy all together. She needs someone just got her and not have to share, especially if it’s a new relationship. Only relationship that should be sharing one other to kids is those that have them already, and the people getting involved with someone with a child already knows exactly what their getting them self into.
I agree with you completely and with the poster above you. But fear not. This season you will see Andy and Sam get married. They will overcome this pregnancy (as ridiculous as it is) and be together….I just hope WE as their fans can all get through the stupid soap opera episodes first…..
i love rookie blue and watched every ep. I’d love another season to return. I still have finale ep from season 6 on my planner ready for season 7 to start were we left off.
Of course I want to see the season 7 and more if possible, Rookie Blue is a show that has that something that drew me to it, I can not really explain in words, but the main reason I watch RB is McSwarek of course, although I like everything else in it, too… they’re all just great … I can not wait for season 6 to start, even though I do not like this story with the baby, (With time past Marlo should be at least 5-6 months, but still flat as a board) …. but again better this storie turnaround and obstacles on the road then God forbid they kill someone important in the show …. That would be something that I’d given up on the show without thinking …
What a F**king Joke. I know life isn’t a fairy tale but come on, they have the power to give he fans what they want and yet they pull a stunt like this. Sam and Andy have been through enough, separately & together for that theme to still stand. Why make he fans hate a show they we so clearly loved. A couple who some of us have grown emotionally attached to. I hope it doesn’t get picked up for another season because I and quite a lot of other fans won’t be watching
Rookie Blue has just lost me as a viewer after hearing this and as far as this show is concerned you can just cancel it.
This news shortly before the season starts makes my heart heavy. The writers spent 5 years building up this couple of a life time for what? For this? For a storyline that ruins them for so many viewers? It all seems a bit pointless if you ask me. But hey what do I know I’m not in the writers room I just get to watch it from my couch. I hope that they can pull this out and rise from the ashes but I don’t see that happening. You could have given a better storyline and stayed away from love triangles and this ridiculous storyline. I mean for crap sake they killed Jerry off for “real life” aspect and look at the revolt that happened there. I can’t wait to see the revolt that happens when this crap storyline airs.
I was really hoping it was going to turn out not to be Sam’s baby =-( I’m still confused with the timing?? I mean Marlo doesn’t look pregnant at all and it’s been what…5/6 months since her and Sam were together? Also, if you look really close at the ultrasound photo you can see it says the date as 2009 so that is quite strange…Anyway I’m just hoping that this won’t screw Sam and Andy up again =-( The ups and downs are getting a bit tedious. McSwarek forever after please =-)
Amber, I don’t see your comment on 15 things that we want to see in Season 6. Can you help?
I agree, love Mcswarek and will never get my head around why the writers had to do this to them and RB fans.
je suis déçue pour cette saison 6;pourquoi faire revenir marlo et en plus enceinte de Sam. j’aurais aimer que Andy qui soit enceinte ensuite imaginer le scénario que vous voulez ;comme quoi Sam part en infiltration sans le savoir par exemple.
I feel the same way about this stupid pregnancy deal, bringing her back wasn’t enough, they had to add this. I am finished too, enough, is enough, now a soap opera.
i can’t wait till June.I hope it continues rookie blue is one of my favorite cop shows
After being an avid watcher for years, this is one storyline that I have no interest in sticking around to see. If this kind of cheap, soap-opera drama is what the show runners are going for, I hope to god there isn’t another season.
I have to admit my heart dropped when I heard Marlo was pregnant and that it is Sams baby. Just when things seem to be going good for Andy and Sam. Praying it sorts itself out and they stay together. The last show that I saw that kind of an attraction was many years ago on General Hospital with Luke and Laura. Whether or not we have another season, which would totally make my year or it ends after season six the only thing that could make it bearable is to see Andy and Sam have stuck together. Here’s hoping for season 7 and McSwarek!! ❤️
For tassie to say she knows fans will be disappointed its SAMs baby goes beyond insulting. Clearly you don’t care about the fans that kept the show around for 6 years. It’s such a cheap cliche daytime soap storyline. Absolutely no interest in watching. A wonderful Canadian show has been ruined. These are police officers, and that’s the best way you could come up with to test their character. It’s BS. So long.
The fact that the writers are going to these unrealistic lengths (a pregnant ex gf? That’s a soap opera move) just for drama? I’ve definitely lost some respect for them. My excitement for season 6 has been drastically diminished. Remind me to stick to showrunners that care about their fans….
I’m looking forward to seeing this all unfold. I do think if done properly, I will enjoy the final result for Sam and Andy. That being said, I do have to wonder why Tassie and her team thought bringing a pregnant Marlo back into the mix was a sound idea. Not saying this simply to pick at the writers. I’m truly curious what the thought process was here. I’m looking around this fandom, seeing the disgust. I understand and appreciate that the writers don’t feel the need to cater to every want and desire of their audience. They want to tell their story. But, is their a point past where writers should push their fans? A point where they’re teetering between good angsty entertainment, and just plain driving folks off? If there is, I believe this may be it. Did they underestimate just how hated the character of Marlo Cruz is? Underestimate viewers ability to notice glaringly obvious issues with the timeline? Overestimate the fans tolerance for bringing her back again as nothing more than a big messy foil for Sam and Andy?
I’m still excited to watch. I adore McSwarek! I support this show. I respect the writers. I’m in love with the actors. Ben Bass and Missy Peregrym will blow us away with their stellar performances. I have no doubt about this! None of my questions or concerns nullify any of that, nor does it mean that I’m less of a fan for voicing them. That’s where I’m at with all this.
Jenn, I agree with you about the timeline of Marlo’s pregnancy and indeed it is so insulting to the intelligent fans of RB. I’m convinced that Marlo knew she was pregnant in S4 E 13. She couldn’t even go to his side when Sam was shot and Andy was there, she’s such a coward and so dishonest.
Tassie and her team of writers are so wrong with the who’s the daddy but am looking forward to how it plays out. Sam and Andy have such a strong and loving relationship that nothing will stop them from being together forever. It’s Andy’s turn to open up and support the man she has loved for more than 5 years. There will be a McSwarek wedding, has to be!
Tess, an excellent summary of your views and I’m sure reflects many RB fans, including me! No slamming of the writers but definitely makes one wonder WHY?
I’m sure Marlo is the most disliked character which is justified. I would have preferred that she had disappeared from the cast!
I’m also excited to watch season 6 and see the loving McSwarek relationship that is so sensual and passionate.
As I read these reviews there is a clear spilt. Sometimes that’s good, but this isn’t a mccollins vs mcswarek split. Fans are needed for a shows success and it’s clear here that this sampling is an ‘I’m done ‘vs ‘i d like to see what they do…’
I don’t think it’s going to end well for this show. But it certainly looks like it’s going to end and for some season 6 doesn’t even need to happen never mind season 7. Fans are prepared for angst, but this storyline can’t be undone and that’s the biggest problem. Plus the timeline… I mean andy was suspended for 3 months for jepordizing SAMs undercover. Marlo hides her bi polar, has an innocent man beaten up after spreading lies he’s a pedophile to his neighbours, ultimately getting the man killed, and sam and Chloe shot. Yet according to sam is 5-11 she been back on the job a couple of months. Sorry too much of a forced timeline for any intelligent fan
I do wonder why Tassie would let so much about the season out though, and telling fans it’s all going to be good in the end for mcswarek fans is grasping at straws. I think she underestimated the passion of the fans to accept anything as long as they got a mcswarek wedding.
It’s sad really because this was a great show, till it was taken too far.
Don’t like it, but who knows.
I absolutely love Rookie Blue and I hope the series does go on to have season 7 and many more seasonso after. I love Mcnally and the gorgeous Sam Swarek and I love them together, I can’t wait to see what happens with the marlo storyline too. I really like Detective Steve Peck I think he plays a good part and he’s cute, I would like to see him get alittle more action scenes. I Really miss Detective Luke Callahan though I really liked him. Any chance you could try convincing Eric Johnson to come back to the show? That would be great
Here I go! I too am very shocked and disappointed in Tassie and her team of writers with regard to Marlo’s pregnancy and Sam being the father. The timeline, Marlo not looking preggers at all,her lies about not planning to return to 15! What a liar and someone that can’t be trusted. In S4 , she told Andy she went of her meds so she feel the love, excluding the info that she went off her BCP and had NO discussion with Sam about her plan to keep him! She`s a character I haven`t liked since she joined the cast. What is so disturbing is the fact that she didn`t consider Sam and the unborn child, only meeting her warped ideas.
It`s so obvious in the clip when she tells Sam she`s pregnant and he had no foreknowledge of her devious plan, what a B..ch!
I can see that McSwarek are in a good place, caring and loving each other and I truly have faith that Andy will open up to Sam about where they will go in the future and be the dream couple that they are,
Sherry White taking the helm maybe what the show needs,new ideas and direction. Cheers to Season 7!
A question I have to throw out there. Did anyone else see the photo and child art on the fridge at ? Sam’s apartment? Sam’s sister Sarah may have a child and Sam is an uncle!! Getting the viewers ready for Sam to be a daddy! The idea of him becoming a father of Marlo’s baby is so hard to take.
I believe that is not Sam’s apartment. It really seems like it is Traci’s apartment. There is a picture of Leo, some drawings by Leo and a pic of Traci on the fridge, plus there are yellow flowers there that were sent by Steve.
That was Traci’s appartment.
I know that Tracey and Andy are close friends but I can’t understand why Andy would go there. I think that she has accepted Sam’s key to his place, he did prove to her how much he loves her.
Andy didn’t open the xoxo card cuz it’s for Sam from Marlo perhaps???
I love that show and the characters. I am looking forward to see how Andy and Sam will cope with this unexpected situation. Without this big challenge in Andy and Sam’s relation, the show wouldn’t be as interesting as it will be. Please make a season 7 !!!!
To me it sounds like she conveniently forgot about all the other stuff she turned into an obstacle for Sam and Andy.
And IMO, there’s such a thing as to much real life. Would anyone actually wait all that BS out we saw those two go through in order to come to a Point where one of them’s about to be a parent with a third person? That’s the most unrealistic Thing about this entire Show.
And what did she mean about it not being a triangle? It might not be entirely romantic because Sam won’t have any romantic Feeling for the babymamma, but he’ll still be emotionally torn between doing the right Thing for Andy and being there for Marlo as the mother of his child. And the latter will probably milk that for all it’s worth, just like she tried to put the blame for everything that happened in S4, because she wanted to think the rules don’t apply to her, on something that’s out of her control.
Am I the only one who doesn’t really want Andy with Sam? I mean he’s great and they’ve been at it so long it’s about time they’re happy, but I really wanted Andy to be with Nick…. Probably the only one but I prefer that couple, but I fear they’ve come too far with Sam to be able to go back to that 🙁
i hate Marlo was so happy when I thought she was gone for good. Now you idiots brought her back which is bad enough now she is pregnant . Ugh! I hope you guys have good enough sense to make her have a miscarriage and get rid of her for good.
Love love love this show!!
Please continue it and do season 7 and more!!
Love the story line and love Andy and Sam! It’s the perfect drama! Wish it wasn’t just a summer show in the states!!
Please make more shows! 🙂
Why do they always can the best shows… Like In Plain Sight, King, so sad when great entertainment get the axe …. Please don’t get rid of Rookie Blue and think about bring back other shows that are great entertainment ….
Great show, been watching from the beginning and do hope for a season 7.
I would love for there to be a season 7!!! I love this show :))
Am I the only one who thinks the baby looks nothing like Sam or Marlo? I demand a paternity test!!!!! Haha. My husband and I were watching the episode where Marlo has the baby and we looked at each other and said there is no way that baby is Sam’s. Looks like selection of babys were slim, because this was a horrible choice.
I’m rookie blue biggest fan, I have being watching season 1 to season 6 really enjoyed it. Hope and will be waiting patiently if and when season 7 is going to be aired. Really love this show. 15 division rocks Mcswarek
…..don’t like Marlo. She’s not a very good actress and always posing. Respectfully write her out; leaving team McSwarek to mind the baby.