Summary Angela Lopez has a pregnancy storyline in The Rookie that hits very close to home for the actor, Alyssa Diaz. Over six seasons and counting on The Rookie, the other officers in the LAPD have worked tirelessly to keep the city safe from crime all while teaching the oldest rookie, John Nolan , the finer points of police work.
Alyssa Diaz's Pregnancy Was Written Into Angela's The Rookie Season 3 Storyline Angela Named Her Baby After The Late Jackson West Close In season 3, episode 1, "Consequences", Angela learns that she is pregnant with her fiancé, Wesley Evers' , child. Angela has just been made detective in the premiere and she and Wesley decide to keep the news private as long as possible, worried it may derail her burgeoning career.
It's a critical storyline for Angela's character and The Rookie as a whole, more concerning her pregnancy in season 3 than the explosive premiere in season 4. Angela often comes up against the overt and discrete misogyny of being in a male-dominated professionand her pregnancy forces her to confront those realities head on. This whole storyline came about because Alyssa Diaz was pregnant.