I love The Rookie. There is something refreshingly entertaining about The Rookie and John Nolan reminds us middle aged people we can start over and succeed.
This is not that.
Its trying too hard for the diverse audience. Instead of letting the characters present themselves and challenging the characters, the characters come across as whiny and irritating. Why can't I have it all now? Must be because I'm insert stereotype here
I want to see a character like simone who is vibrant and passionate, middle aged and not a pencil thin woman who survives off energy and good vibes. But that all fails if that woman doesn't earn it.
John earned his success. Simone is demanding it and that just switches me off. She's not willing to learn, make mistakes, she's just going to be instantly good at everything and if not, she'll just pester a man until she gets what she wants.