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The Best Episodes of Rush Season 1

Every episode of Rush Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rush Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Rush Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.1/10(70 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    After rescuing two children, Josh's rage spills onto their father, who may have attempted to kill them. The new inspector challenges Josh's position on the team

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Christopher Lee

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  2. Rush Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Lawson and Grace try to talk-down a troubled teenager when she threatens suicide, trapped on a rooftop with her young boyfriend. She was later found to have killed her boyfriend's father. Grace's inexperience is quickly revealed when she tries to fix the situation, which ends in the young woman's tragic death.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Rush Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    The TRG is called out to a sports oval where a heavily-armed gunman shoots Stella, who is saved by her kevlar vest. When the gunman requests to meet with a senior officer, Lawson approaches him and finds he was actually a former weapons-master who intends on suicide-by-cop. The situation ends when, after trying to avoid shooting the man, Lawson is forced to shoot and kill the man when he pulls a handgun on him.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  4. Rush Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    A criminal in custody escapes from the prison van he is being tranported in, and makes an audacious break for freedom. In doing so, he assaults Grace and takes a woman hostage. He then forces Josh to drive him around town before playing a little Russian Roulette. However, Josh is saved and the criminal is arrested

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John O'Brien, Christopher Lee

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  5. Rush Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    When the TR team intercepts a known drug dealer, they discover that a robbery is about to take place, which then turns into a siege when the robbers take hostages. One of the criminals falls into a basement beneath the bar and later dies. Dom goes in to try to convince the robbers to stop, but the owner of the bar is shot by a spear gun. Eventually, one of the criminals gives up while the other is arrested

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rush Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    Josh, Grace and Michael investigate when an alarm is going off at a high-security laboratory. They find that an animal rights activists group calling themselves 'Freedom From Torture' has freed almost all of the research animals from their cages. Michael is bitten by a monkey who is later found to have herpes

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Christopher Lee

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  7. Rush Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    Michael is found cleared of the herpes. The team arrives at a big surburban party and find a group of teenagers have stolen a gun from a security guard. Stella and Michael then go undercover to try and retrieve the stolen weapon. Michael then saves a high school boy from being severely beaten by kids from a rival high school

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Rush Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    When a politician’s daughter and her school friend are kidnapped, the team is asked to run a covert operation to get the girls back safely. After it goes wrong, the team discovers the daughter and her friend set the ransom up, before they need to be saved from a lying con-artist.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Christopher Lee

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  9. Rush Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    #9 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    Lawson is a part of a high speed chase involving a group of carjackers, Kerry is pulled over for drunk driving, and Josh, Grace and Michael are involved in a fatal car accident.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Rush Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.6/10(41 votes)

    #10 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

    TR is called to a media centre, where a man has locked himself in a room and has planted a number of paint bombs throughout the building. Michael is hit, but not injured. Dom discovers where the bombs really are, and him and grace are both hospitalised after the explosions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Rush Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    8.6/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Episode 11

    S1:E11

    Lawson and Stella deal with a suicidal ex-footballer, Michael and Josh chase burglars through a series of complex tunnels, and Kerry is kept busy at the hospital where Dom and Grace are recovering. Grace unfortunately dies abruptly, while Connor confronts Josh after Grace revealed to him she was cheating on him with Josh.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  12. Rush Season 1 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #12 - Episode 12

    S1:E12

    After a nasty domestic dispute, the TR team are called to look for a man, who has hospitalised his wife after an argument. The team reveals he has a gun, as-well as his son. Lawson has the job of calling him down from a rooftop.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Rush Season 1 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #13 - Episode 13

    S1:E13

    TR is given the responsibilty of protecting an underworld figure, who is testifying in court. A decoy is used, with an actor playing the man, but it goes downhill after the actor is shot dead. Serveral more attempts were made, and Kerry comes up with a unique way of protecting the man. Josh takes the man by himself, but is later cornered by the people trying to kill the underowrld figure. As they leave, TR shows up and the men are arrested. The episode ends with Micheal kissing Stella as she sleeps, and Kerry and Lawson having a conversation about the report on TR that Kerry wrote

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Rush" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Andrew Prowse and written by Christopher Lee, it aired on 9/2/2008. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".