“He Wants To Be a Good Cop”: ’The Rookie’s Patrick Keleher Discusses Seth Ridley’s Future After Season 7 Shocker

The Rookie Season 7, Episode 16, "The Return," saw the return of a familiar and despicable character in Seth Ridley (Patrick Keleher). After being dismissed from the unit due to his mounting lies, most notably faking his cancer relapse, Ridley successfully sued the city, winning his return to the Mid-Wilshire training program. However, with his reputation as a pathological liar no longer hidden from the team, Ridley was always going to have it tough upon his return. However, no one could have predicted how quickly things would turn tragic for the latest rookie in this week's episode of the cop procedural. By the episode’s end, Ridley’s future in law enforcement hangs by a thread, but despite the unfortunate turn of events, Keleher remains optimistic that this might not be the end of the road for his character.