05-06-2017, 12:46 PM
Nick seemed to be well liked by his fellow officers. They cheered him after his supposed heroic take down of the man responsible for the North Precinct massacre. And the most visible of these officers (extras) showed his reluctance in hunting down Nick with the order to shoot to kill. He even questioned it because he didn't understand why they were hunting someone he knew and likely respected with extreme prejudice. I think viewers own perception of the characters can sometimes fly against what actually happened on screen. There's nothing that says Nick was shunned at all or that he was corrupt before S1E01, that's pure speculation, nothing factual.