In “Bridesmaids,” Officer Rhoads was going to give Annie a ticket for a broken taillight, but lets her off the hook. Annie is pulled over after driving erratically on her way home from Lillian’s engagement party. She passes the sobriety test, yet the damaged rear lights still give the officer a valid reason to cite her.
The scene introduces Officer Nathan Rhodes, played by Chris O’Dowd, and begins the film’s romantic subplot between him and Annie Walker. Annie is embarrassed and anxious about the ticket, especially because her former bakery, Cake Baby, has already failed and her life is generally unraveling. Rhodes recognizes her from the bakery and softens when he realizes who she is.
He agrees to remove the ticket on the condition that she repairs the taillights. The joke is that Annie does not promptly solve the problem: the broken lights remain dangerous, and they contribute to a later car accident. The character’s surname is usually spelled “Rhodes” in official film materials, but the stored answer identifies the actual violation correctly.