The Best Episodes of Rescue: Special Ops

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8.4/10(47 votes)
#1 - A Day in the Life of Dean Gallagher
S2:E27/5/2010
A jetskier causes an explosion at a marina fuel depot, with deadly results for Dean. Passions ignite during a turf war between Rescue and a glamorous firefighter, and Chase's love life takes an unexpected turn.
Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:John Ridley
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Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:John Ridley
8.4/10(31 votes)
#2 - Class of Their Own
S3:E198/22/2011
The Rescue team are called to a teenage party, where a balcony has collapsed, trapping many. It's chaos on the ground as drunken kids interfere with the rescue and hysterical bleeding teens need to be wrangled.
Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Chris Hawkshaw
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Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Chris Hawkshaw
8.4/10(31 votes)
#3 - Two Fires
S3:E229/5/2011
When a truck crashes into a service station, everyone is stretched to the limit dealing with multiple traumas.
Director:David Caesar
Writer:Sam Meikle
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Director:David Caesar
Writer:Sam Meikle
8.3/10(51 votes)
#4 - Episode Thirteen
S1:E1310/25/2009
Rescue faces its most extreme emergency yet when an oil tanker is involved in a massive accident. Dean realises Lara's life is in danger from a violent stalker. Can he rescue her in time? It's Lara's wedding day, but does she have cold feet?
Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:John Ridley
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Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:John Ridley
8.3/10(47 votes)
#5 - Enemy Mine
S2:E16/28/2010
Dean and the team are back, and they risk their lives to save a miner trapped in an underground disaster. Michelle fears for her team's safety when Vince uncovers a criminal conspiracy at the gold mine, and Vince is tempted by a lucrative job offer to leave Special Ops.
Director:Peter Andrikidis
Writer:John Ridley
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Director:Peter Andrikidis
Writer:John Ridley
8.3/10(36 votes)
#6 - Break Out
S3:E127/11/2011
The Rescue team attend an overturned bus on a lonely stretch of bush highway, only to discover it is full of female prisoners.
Director:Ben Chessell
Writer:Giula Sandler
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Director:Ben Chessell
Writer:Giula Sandler

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8.3/10(35 votes)
#7 - In Deep
S3:E117/4/2011
The team rescue Tan, an injured rock fisherman who doesn't speak English. Jordan goes up with the man to the Lifeblood chopper, piloted by Heidi. They soon learn what the man was trying to say another man is stuck on the cliffs.
Director:Ben Chessell
Writer:Catherine Ferla
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Director:Ben Chessell
Writer:Catherine Ferla
8.3/10(33 votes)
#8 - It's Not the Fall That Kills You
S3:E96/27/2011
Called to a high-rise office to rescue a general manager and his assistant when their late-night tryst goes horribly wrong, Rescue are shocked to discover the real reason for the GM's heart attack.
Director:David Caesar
Writer:Sam Meikle
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Director:David Caesar
Writer:Sam Meikle
8.3/10(32 votes)
#9 - Man In The Machine
S3:E76/20/2011
Due to his shoulder injury, Chase takes over Vince's normal role at the station while Vince heads into the field responding to a routine man-in-a-machine run
Director:Jeremy Sims
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Jeremy Sims
Writer:Dave Warner
8.3/10(30 votes)
#10 - Art Attack
S3:E178/8/2011
Rescue are stretched thin having responded to an incident at a large art gallery where a cleaner has launched himself from the mezzanine and impaled himself on a valuable steel sculpture below. Around the same time a woman has wedged her car into an adjoining alley.
Director:Geoffrey Nottage
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Geoffrey Nottage
Writer:Dave Warner
8.3/10(26 votes)
#11 - Bad Company
S3:E218/29/2011
The Gallagher brothers' boot-camp session on Freshwater beach is interrupted when a kite-surfer is blown against a beachfront condo.
Director:David Caesar
Writer:Fin Edquist
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Director:David Caesar
Writer:Fin Edquist
8.2/10(49 votes)
#12 - Eco-warriors
S1:E1010/4/2009
An explosion in a shopping centre sees Rescue Special Ops reunite with the Firies to get panicked shoppers to safety. But there's a little boy missing, and locating him becomes a top priority for Vince. When an environmental activist group (ECO) takes responsibility for the explosion, one of the frightened shoppers overhears the word 'bomb', and causes major panic. Things are further complicated when a steroid abusing, gym junkie has a heart attack in the car park and Heidi and Chase have to save him. Meanwhile newly single Lara rescues a man stuck on a balcony and is given a small boost by his flirting. But their day isn't over yet. Another ECO activist glues himself to a pole in order to spread the message. And when Lara and Jordan go to rescue some passengers stuck in a lift, they discover an attractive young activist Caitlin, who succeeds in getting her message across to just one person - Jordan. And Lara realises that it might not be so great being single after all.
Director:Geoff Bennett
Writers:David Ogilvy, Liz Doran
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Director:Geoff Bennett
Writers:David Ogilvy, Liz Doran
8.2/10(46 votes)
#13 - Episode Twelve
S1:E1210/18/2009
Lara's first day as Team Leader goes horribly wrong when a hoax emergency puts the team in danger. Vince and Michelle are terrorised by an intruder at Rescue HQ and Heidi is jealous when Jordan flirts with a sexy bushwalker.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Dave Warner
8.2/10(37 votes)
#14 - Out of the Ashes
S2:E98/23/2010
Michelle risks the future of Rescue when she covers up a sex scandal involving a government minister. The team uncovers a trail of arson and murder while rescuing guests from a luxury hotel, and Dean learns the heartbreaking truth about his girlfriend Anika.
Director:Garth Maxwell
Writer:John Ridley
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Director:Garth Maxwell
Writer:John Ridley
8.2/10(34 votes)
#15 - Crazy Love
S2:E139/20/2010
Michelle and her baby are kidnapped, sparking a desperate manhunt and rescue for Dean, Vince and the team. Michelle receives the DNA tests on her son. So who is the father? Chase suffers a painful injury during a high rise rescue.
Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Sarah Smith
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Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Sarah Smith
8.2/10(33 votes)
#16 - The Dunes
S3:E137/18/2011
The team are testing out their new quad bikes on the Kurnell dunes when they come across a critically injured boy, Shaun, in a smashed-up dune buggy.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:John Ridley
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:John Ridley
8.2/10(31 votes)
#17 - Storm Chaser
S3:E168/1/2011
Wind buffets the Patrol as Heidi and Jordan race to rescue a storm chaser, Ed, trapped in his upturned car. However, the wind hampers their rescue and threatens to send the car over a cliff.
Director:Catriona McKenzie
Writer:Fiona Kelly
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Director:Catriona McKenzie
Writer:Fiona Kelly
8.2/10(29 votes)
#18 - The Intervention
S3:E208/29/2011
Rescue search the bush for a missing prospector, Simon Prestwich, but Lara and Dean are distracted when a car crashes on a fire trail.
Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Dave Warner
8.1/10(50 votes)
#19 - Luna Park
S1:E79/13/2009
Heidi's life is thrown into chaos when she makes a chilling discovery at a fun park rescue. Jordan helps save the life of a serial rapist — but have the police got the wrong man? Dean rescues an old flame, sparking a hot new romance.
Director:Garth Maxwell
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Garth Maxwell
Writer:Dave Warner
8.1/10(35 votes)
#20 - Find My Baby
S2:E78/9/2010
Dean is obsessed with finding a missing child after a freak car accident. Chase wins more than gratitude when he saves his counsellor, Emma, from a violent patient. A dispute over a winning lottery ticket threatens to wreck Jordan and Heidi's friendship.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Dave Warner
8.1/10(31 votes)
#21 - Him Or Me
S3:E56/13/2011
The private lives of Rescue are in turmoil. Lara struggles to cope with her marriage break-up, while Chase hides a debilitating shoulder injury, worried that coming clean could cost him his job.
Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Dave Warner
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Director:Arnie Custo
Writer:Dave Warner
8.1/10(31 votes)
#22 - Chemical Brothers
S3:E147/25/2011
When a light plane strays into city airspace and can't be contacted, Rescue is dispatched to trail it in the event of an emergency.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Sam Meikle
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Sam Meikle
8.0/10(43 votes)
#23 - Bride In The Balloon
S1:E1110/11/2009
A wedding turns to tragedy when the bride is trapped in a hot air balloon. Dean suspects sabotage when a series of life-threatening accidents hits the Rescue team and Michelle is blackmailed by a hi-tech stalker.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Michaeley O'Brien
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:Michaeley O'Brien
8.0/10(36 votes)
#24 - Fearless
S3:E25/30/2011
Rescue attends an MVA involving a truck and a BMW. Dean and Chase attempt to free trapped Tyler, a stressed-out share trader who's more worried about making a morning meeting than any injuries he may have acquired. But his crush injuries look serious, and Dean and Chase doubt his chances of survival.
Director:Ian Barry
Writer:John Ridley
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Director:Ian Barry
Writer:John Ridley
8.0/10(35 votes)
#25 - True Romance
S3:E36/6/2011
After receiving a panicked call from a man lost in a foggy ravine, Rescue are flying blind as they try to reach him. Meanwhile, Chase, Jordan and Heidi struggle to find Katie, and the LifeBlood chopper tasked with helping them is useless.
Director:Ian Watson
Writer:Sam Meikle
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Director:Ian Watson
Writer:Sam Meikle