7.2/10347 votesLoading...#1 - Fresh Paint
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/24/2010
Andy McNally’s first shift on the job turns into mayhem when shots are fired in a downtown rooming house. In the midst of the chaos, Andy triumphantly makes her first big arrest – a suspected drug dealer – who turns out to be Sam Swarek, an undercover officer from her own division. She makes up for her grave mistake by going face to face with a dangerous gunman who already has one man’s blood on his hands.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Tassie Cameron
7.3/10232 votesLoading...#2 - Mercury Retrograde
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/1/2010
As the other rookies hunt down a dangerous escaped convict, Swarek drags Andy through his undercover haunts on a mission he won’t explain. At first, Andy assumes Swarek is a rogue cop trying to settle scores from his undercover days. Then she realizes two things: he’s actually trying to track down a missing informant whose life is in danger now that his cover has been blown; and, that there is an undeniable attraction between them.
Director: Charles Binamé
Writer: N/A
7.3/10223 votesLoading...#3 - Fite Nite
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/8/2010
While working on a high-stakes gun raid, Andy and Gail stumble upon a victim of domestic abuse whose brutal experience in the system has taught her not to trust the police. When Andy promises to protect the woman from her abuser, she soon learns that it takes more than just following protocol to be good at her job. Meanwhile, the other rookies get caught up in the annual police retirement boxing match – a fundraising event known as “Fite Nite.”
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Esta Spalding
7.4/10214 votesLoading...#4 - Signals Crossed
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/15/2010
Andy’s undercover skills are tested – and found to be lacking – during a citywide campaign to clean up the streets, when she’s tapped to pose as a prostitute in order to arrest unsuspecting johns. But the real test comes when Andy and Dov inadvertently put a vulnerable street informant’s life in danger, and it’s up to the two rookies to infiltrate a dangerous gun deal in order to save the trapped woman from a group of ruthless criminals.
Director: Paul Fox
Writer: Sherry White
7.4/10178 votesLoading...#5 - Big Nickel
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/26/2010
Andy’s attempt to avoid Swarek is thwarted when both are assigned to a prisoner transport. When things go awry and the inmate breaks loose, the two officers are led on a cat-and-mouse foot chase through the meandering woods. Meanwhile, Chris and Traci help Jerry reconstruct the missing notes of a vital court case, and Dov and Gail piece together the mystery behind an amnesiac John Doe.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: N/A
7.5/10202 votesLoading...#6 - Broad Daylight
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/22/2010
A home invasion at an upscale address leads to a massive first response call that brings out the training officers in full force. After the scene is cleared, Andy and Traci remain behind with the terrified homeowner. When Traci is called away to deal with an emergency with her son, Andy is left alone to face the armed thief who is still prowling around the house.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Semi Chellas
7.5/10182 votesLoading...#7 - Honour Roll
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/12/2010
After their High School Outreach assignment goes awry, Andy and Chris stumble on the victim of a vicious beating behind a nightclub. When the trail of clues leads them to discover the man’s assailant was a cop, the rookies are faced with a gut-wrenching moral decision – a choice that could dramatically jeopardize their future on the force. Meanwhile, the senior officers compete in a retraining exercise led by Frank Best, the new acting Staff Sergeant.
Director: Erik Canuel
Writer: N/A
7.6/10194 votesLoading...#8 - Bullet Proof
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/29/2010
Andy’s romance with Det. Luke Callaghan gets complicated when he chooses her for a special assignment - serving a search warrant for a bullet lodged in the head of a witness to murder. When the witness escapes, Andy risks her life to apprehend him, but later finds herself at odds with Luke over the next steps in the case. Meanwhile, the other rookies discover the shocking truth behind evidence from a fatal traffic accident.
Director: Charles Binamé
Writer: Ellen Vanstone
7.6/10180 votesLoading...#9 - Girlfriend of the Year
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/19/2010
After a routine speed trap leads to a messy accident on a city highway, Chris and Gail find one of the cars mysteriously empty and quickly realize that its license plate matches the one being broadcast in a citywide “Amber Alert” – a nine-year old girl has been abducted and the driver of the vehicle is the prime suspect. A whirlwind manhunt ensues involving a complex interrogation of the missing child’s parents. As always, everyone has a secret.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Tassie Cameron
7.6/10171 votesLoading...#10 - To Serve or Protect
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/2/2010
What was to be a routine day for Andy is abruptly put on hold when her ex-copper father, Tommy, confesses that he might have committed a serious crime during one of his alcohol-induced blackouts while settling a score that has tortured him for years. As she and Swarek try to piece together what happened, little by little she begins to uncover the truth about the case that sent her father over the edge – evidence that could possibly send him to prison.
Director: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: Russ Cochrane
7.6/10149 votesLoading...#11 - Different, Not Better
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/27/2013
Andy and Officer Cruz butt heads when a disturbed woman forces them to make a crucial decision; an armed burglar is sought after a string of ATM robberies; Dov and Chloe have to work together.
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Writer: Sherry White
7.6/10133 votesLoading...#12 - All by Her Selfie
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 5/26/2014
It's a day of firsts as Oliver gets promoted to Acting Staff Sergeant and Andy is tasked with training 15 Division's newest rookie, Duncan Moore. But when Andy and Duncan respond to a messy homicide at a pawnshop, it's clear this rookie is going to give Andy the challenge of a lifetime.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Sherry White
7.7/10157 votesLoading...#13 - Class Dismissed
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2012
While tracking down a police car stolen by students as a prank, Andy and Swarek pick up the trail of a teen who robbed and assaulted a local criminal.
Director: Tim Southam
Writer: Russ Cochrane
7.7/10137 votesLoading...#14 - Messy Houses
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2012
Andy answers a domestic disturbance call to find the social worker on the scene is her estranged mother; Sam, Nick, Chris and Gail search for a mother and her two children; a stash of guns recovered by Detective Barber turns up on the streets.
Director: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: Sherry White
7.7/10157 votesLoading...#15 - The Kids Are Not Alright
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/11/2013
During a routine traffic stop, Gail and Andy find a teenage boy bound and gagged in the trunk of a car; Oliver, Chris and Swarek track a gunman.
Director: Peter Wellington
Writer: Noelle Carbone
7.7/10139 votesLoading...#16 - For Better, for Worse
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/8/2013
A robbery on a casino-bound bus filled with seniors threatens Frank and Noelle's wedding; Traci loses Noelle; Andy and Nick share an intimate moment.
Director: Kelly Makin
Writer: Tassie Cameron
7.8/10175 votesLoading...#17 - In Blue
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/9/2010
There’s a nervous tension in the air on Judgment Day for all the rookies at 15 Division who will have to undergo make-or-break assessments by Staff Sergeant Frank. But after the death of an unidentified girl at a house party – an emotionally harrowing experience that pushes all of her buttons – Andy begins to question whether she has what it takes to be a copper and contemplates handing in her badge.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Esta Spalding, Noelle Carbone
7.8/10145 votesLoading...#18 - Girls' Night Out
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2012
Traci worries that she mishandled the investigation into a car accident that yielded a dead body; Chris realizes he has feelings for Gail.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: Noelle Carbone
7.8/10144 votesLoading...#19 - The Rules
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/23/2012
Andy and Nick investigate when a neighborhood drug lord threatens a priest's life; a young drug-runner's refusal to turn informant leads Traci to make a decision about her career; Chris and Swarek butt heads; Dov's relationship takes a dark turn.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Gregory Nelson
7.8/10124 votesLoading...#20 - Uprising
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 6/4/2015
A riot breaks out at a women’s correctional institute while Andy, Juliet, Nick, and Gail are there to transfer prisoners. They end up separated and in a lock-down situation that finds Andy and Juliet trapped with a woman desperate to prove her innocence.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Sherry White
7.9/10209 votesLoading...#21 - Hot and Bothered
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/5/2010
A severe heat wave wreaks havoc on the city, forcing the rookies to work around the clock to keep the peace. In the midst of the chaos, Andy discovers that a serial rapist may have resurfaced to prey on vulnerable teenage girls. And when the extreme temperature precipitates a citywide blackout, Andy finds she’s cut off from all backup and must take.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Russ Cochrane
7.9/10159 votesLoading...#22 - Brotherhood
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/18/2011
It's a race against the clock as Dov and Gail work under Swarek's expert tutelage in a stakeout operation to stop an Asian gang from killing a snitch. Meanwhile, at Mounted Unit training day, Andy and Chris join the rookies from Division 27 in a competitive equine training event that gets Andy back in the saddle - both personally and professionally.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: N/A
7.9/10109 votesLoading...#23 - Deal with the Devil
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/9/2014
Oliver prepares Andy to defend herself at Duncan's dismissal hearing.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Noelle Carbone
7.9/10121 votesLoading...#24 - Perfect Family
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 5/28/2015
Andy contemplates her future with Sam after learning heartbreaking news. Andy meets a teen in need of protection.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Adriana Maggs
7.9/10116 votesLoading...#25 - Letting Go
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 6/11/2015
Nick receives new information on his tragic past, and goes off the grid to track someone down; Nick is forced to tell Juliet about his secrets.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: Tassie Cameron, Katrina Saville
The Worst Episodes of Rookie Blue
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Fresh Paint" is the worst rated episode of "Rookie Blue". It scored 7.2/10 based on 347 votes. Directed by David Wellington and written by Tassie Cameron, it aired on 6/24/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mercury Retrograde".