She then begins training rookie Seth Ridley. She tells Bradford that her parents are both psychologists, the implication being that she joined the police force as an act of rebellion. In a later episode, she tells Nolan that she realizes how committed she is to her new career.
Chen drives a Datsun Z , which she has to push down the street in the pilot , and she says she lives in a one-bedroom apartment with a view of a methadone clinic. In the Pilot , it's apparent that Chen and John Nolan are romantically involved and trying to keep their relationship on the down low.
When Talia Bishop warns both Chen and Nolan about the stigma attached to female cops who sleep with male cops, they break off the relationship, though neither one is happy doing so. The break up happened at Nolan's house in " The Switch ". In " Caught Stealing ", Chen is forced to find a new place to live, as her landlord is evicting everyone to convert her building to condominiums.
In the course of the episode, a criminal is found dead in a "surprisingly upscale" apartment, and Chen ends up renting it at a discount due to the fact that there had been a death there.
Chen and Jackson West react with approval to the news. In " The Shake Up ", Chen's father, a psychologist, is injured by a patient and ends up in the hospital, where he and Chen have a difference of opinion about the role of the police in mental health cases.
