‘The Rookie’: Melissa O’Neil Says Lucy’s ‘Really Happy’ With Where Chenford Is

One relationship may be rocky right now on The Rookie, but Chenford is certainly going strong. And Melissa O’Neil says it’s because of that that Lucy’s able to focus on other parts of her life in Season 8.

“I think Lucy is really happy,” she tells TV Insider in the video interview above. “I think sometimes when a woman is well-loved and their home is good and safe and secure, they start to excel in other parts because they’re not busy tending the home, which I think is like a biological imperative for a lot of us, where it’s like, ‘I’ve got to make sure my home is good, regardless of who’s in it.’ And so when it’s good and settled, it frees up our energy to be more creative, more decisive, more in our power. And I do see that reflected very much in Lucy’s journey holistically. The home is feeling good and safe for the first time in a long time, and she’s being entrusted with more responsibility and cases that intrigue her and allow her perceptiveness to come to the surface and her capacity and capability.”