The Rookie season eight returned on ABC on Tuesday, January 6, and the premiere episode ended with Lieutenant Wade Grey (Richard T. Jones) asking Sergeant Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) to step into the lieutenant role as Grey makes a side-step for a new project. It’s an incredible opportunity for Tim – but comes after he and his long-time love interest Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil) had decided to make a real go of their romance, now that Lucy is also a sergeant and there was no power imbalance.] It’s unclear what choice Tim will make, but Melissa tells HELLO! that fans of Chenford (the portmanteau for Chen and Bradford) need not worry: “I don’t think Alexi [Hawley, showrunner] is interested in enraging The Rookie/Chenford fans.” Trailer for season 8 of The Rookie on ABC © DisneyMelissa O’Neil stars as Lucy Chen “I don’t think he is interested in that – and that’s the beautiful thing about our show: we’ll tell a story, and we’ll tell it over and over again from every single angle, but once we’ve done it, we …