The Worst Episodes of Rookie Blue
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Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Rookie Blue" is "Fresh Paint", rated 7.2/10 from 344 user votes. It was directed by David Wellington and written by Tassie Cameron. "Fresh Paint" aired on 6/24/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Mercury Retrograde".
7.2/10 344 votes#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
7.3/10 230 votes#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
7.3/10 222 votes#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
7.4/10 213 votes#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
7.4/10 177 votes#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
7.5/10 201 votes#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
7.5/10 181 votes#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
7.6/10 193 votes#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
7.6/10 179 votes#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
7.6/10 170 votes#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
7.6/10 148 votes#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
7.6/10 130 votes#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
7.7/10 156 votes#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
7.7/10 136 votes#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
7.7/10 154 votes#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
7.7/10 137 votes#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
7.8/10 174 votes#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
7.8/10 144 votes#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
7.8/10 143 votes#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
7.8/10 120 votes#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
7.9/10 208 votes#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
7.9/10 156 votes#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
7.9/10 117 votes#23 - 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
7.9/10 112 votes#24 - 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
8.0/10 171 votes#25 - Might Have Been
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/30/2011
Andy and Gail go undercover as cocktail waitresses to clean up a drug-infested club, but get more than they bargained for when their fellow waitress turns out to be involved with a vicious criminal. Meanwhile, Traci wrestles with feelings for her old flame, Detective Barber, Dov tries to weather the storm when a young woman files a complaint against him, and Andy unwittingly opens up to Sam about her commitment to Luke.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Semi Chellas