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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Rush Season 3 Episode 14 - Siege
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #1 - Siege

    S3:E14

    A group of Afghani asylum seekers have seized control of Frankston’s Peninsula Centre and taken several hostages, including the son of the Minister for Immigration. With the siege now in its thirty-third hour, TR’s stamina is put to the ultimate test as Lawson starts to question the integrity of his key interpreter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Rush Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    When a group of students are lured into being drug mules, TR races to stop them, as Kerry warns Lawson he risks compromising a federal investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Rush Season 2 Episode 14 - Episode 14
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #3 - Episode 14

    S2:E14

    Lawson extracts an undercover operative from a drug syndicate only to discover she has crossed the line and is pregnant to a known criminal. Tactical Response races to track her down before her boyfriend discovers she is a cop. Lawson and Shannon negotiate the awkwardness of their personal and professional relationship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Rush Season 3 Episode 1 - Heist
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #4 - Heist

    S3:E1

    The Tactical Response team investigate an attack on a police helicopter and multiple car bombings, however only after time passes, they realize it is all part of a cunning plan to rob a money-holding accommodation, learning this the teams pursue the case.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Rush Season 2 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #5 - Episode 13

    S2:E13

    When a taxi driver assaults Shannon, Tactical Response links the incident to a spate of attacks against female passengers. As Tactical Response searches for the driver, Josh struggles to contain his anger. Tactical Response responds to a disturbance at a swinger's party only to discover the gatecrasher is a disabled woman. Meanwhile Lawson's love life takes a turn for the worse… or does it? He offers Shannon his spare room — will she shack up with her ex?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Christopher Lee

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

    #6 - 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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  7. Rush Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S2:E7

    When teenagers blow up a series of parking pay stations, TR races to prevent them killing themselves and innocent bystanders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Rush Season 2 Episode 19 - Episode 19
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #8 - Episode 19

    S2:E19

    Lawson tries to save Caleb from a life of crime, only to discover it's already too late. Meanwhile, Dom's home life explodes when Sandrine's depression threatens to harm their baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Rush Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    When TR is called to a domestic dispute, Lawson connects with a young boy struggling to care for his drunken father; Michael discovers being a hero isn't all it seems.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Rush Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #10 - Episode 9

    S2:E9

    Stella's future in Tactical Response is threatened when she becomes involved in an illegal car race. Kerry faces the coronial inquest into the cyclist's death. Later, Boyd visits Kerry at home with a peace offering and Dom finds a creative solution to an unusual situation at a strip club where an out of control father demands to see his daughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Rush Season 2 Episode 17 - Episode 17
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Episode 17

    S2:E17

    Michael and Josh clash when dealing with a delusional man. Tactical Response races to stop a woman murdering her husband. Meanwhile, Lawson and Jacinta renegotiate their relationship when Jacinta spends a day travelling with TR.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Rush Season 2 Episode 21 - Episode 21
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Episode 21

    S2:E21

    TR assists in the removal of underage girls from a community where reports have been made of inappropriate behavior. The situation turns serious when a member of the community hijacks a bus and demands the girls be released. When the hijack escalates, Lawson is forced into action with devastating consequences for the team when it is revealed one of them is responsible for the shooting of an innocent man. Stella clashes with Lawson as the team waits for the ballistic report.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Rush Season 3 Episode 20 - Punta
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Punta

    S3:E20

    TR find themselves having to work with a slick, well-run private security firm to save the life of a kidnapped businessman. But is their leader, Michael Shmitt, all he is making out to be or does he have other plans in mind?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #14 - 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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  15. Rush Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    When a container of illegal weapons is broken into, Josh and Dom race to save the life of a security guard, who has a bomb strapped to her body, and attempt to find the men responsible. Lawson, Michael and Shannon deal with a disgruntled worker, who is holding his boss against his will.

    Director:Daniel Nettheim
    Writer:Adam Todd

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  16. Rush Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    TR is called to a domestic siege on the outskirts of Melbourne where they journey into dense bush to save a young boy. When Josh is shot, Lawson faces a dilemma in how to neutralise the boy. Meanwhile, Kerry receives the brief for the coronial inquest and must prepare to face the consequences of causing a cyclist’s death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

    #19 - 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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  20. Rush Season 2 Episode 15 - Episode 15
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #20 - Episode 15

    S2:E15

    Lawson, Shannon and Stella race to save the lives of college students when two teenagers go on a rampage at a college campus. Dom and Michael attend an armed robbery to find the gunman has been attacked by a security dog and is missing an ear. Josh, on suspension, visits Gabe, a psychologist to deal with his anger issues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rush Season 2 Episode 16 - Episode 16
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Episode 16

    S2:E16

    Stella is caught in the crossfire when an informant is removed from witness protection against his will. When the negotiation takes a turn for the worse, Stella has to deal with the consequences of Alana being taken hostage. Josh and Shannon stake out two hapless crooks who are planning an armed robbery. Michael delivers a baby and finds himself a changed man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Rush Season 2 Episode 18 - Episode 18
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #22 - Episode 18

    S2:E18

    Lawson and Josh come to blows when Lawson discovers Josh's relationship with Shannon. Meanwhile, Tactical Response tracks an escaped criminal who Josh believes has been wrongly imprisoned. Lawson tries to locate an elderly couple who were seen scoring drugs and have left suicide notes for their children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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

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

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Siege" is the worst rated episode of "Rush". It scored 7/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/28/2010. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 2".