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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 1 - Fresh Paint
    7.3/10(397 votes)

    S1:E1

    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

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  2. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 2 - Mercury Retrograde
    7.4/10(273 votes)

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 3 - Fite Nite
    7.5/10(257 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

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  4. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 4 - Signals Crossed
    7.5/10(245 votes)

    S1:E4

    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

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  5. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 8 - Honour Roll
    7.6/10(207 votes)

    S1:E8

    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:Érik Canuel
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 10 - Big Nickel
    7.6/10(203 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  7. Rookie Blue Season 5 Episode 2 - All by Her Selfie
    7.6/10(157 votes)

    S5:E2

    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

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  8. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 5 - Broad Daylight
    7.7/10(231 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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  9. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 11 - To Serve or Protect
    7.7/10(195 votes)

    S1:E11

    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

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  10. Rookie Blue Season 3 Episode 5 - Messy Houses
    7.7/10(163 votes)

    S3:E5

    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

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  11. Rookie Blue Season 4 Episode 3 - Different, Not Better
    7.7/10(170 votes)

    S4:E3

    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

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  12. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 6 - Bullet Proof
    7.8/10(220 votes)

    S1:E6

    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

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  13. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 9 - Girlfriend of the Year
    7.8/10(204 votes)

    S1:E9

    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

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  14. Rookie Blue Season 3 Episode 2 - Class Dismissed
    7.8/10(180 votes)

    S3:E2

    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

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  15. Rookie Blue Season 3 Episode 4 - Girls' Night Out
    7.8/10(169 votes)

    S3:E4

    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

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  16. Rookie Blue Season 4 Episode 4 - The Kids Are Not Alright
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    S4:E4

    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

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  17. Rookie Blue Season 4 Episode 8 - For Better, for Worse
    7.8/10(165 votes)

    S4:E8

    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

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  18. Rookie Blue Season 3 Episode 11 - The Rules
    7.9/10(166 votes)

    S3:E11

    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

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  19. Rookie Blue Season 6 Episode 3 - Uprising
    7.9/10(148 votes)

    S6:E3

    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

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  20. Rookie Blue Season 6 Episode 9 - Ninety Degrees
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    S6:E9

    As the officers of 15 Division try to move on from the corruption scandal, a heat wave hits and Jarvis opens the division to the public as a cooling station. Andy heads out with a very-pregnant Marlo to find a volatile woman who’s gone missing after group therapy, but neither Andy nor Marlo are prepared when Marlo suddenly goes into labor.

    Director:T.W. Peacocke
    Writers:Tassie Cameron, Brad Simpson

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  21. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 7 - Hot and Bothered
    8.0/10(237 votes)

    S1:E7

    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

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  22. Rookie Blue Season 1 Episode 12 - In Blue
    8.0/10(199 votes)

    S1:E12

    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
    Writers:Noelle Carbone, Esta Spalding

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  23. Rookie Blue Season 2 Episode 2 - Might Have Been
    8.0/10(195 votes)

    S2:E2

    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

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  24. Rookie Blue Season 2 Episode 9 - Brotherhood
    8.0/10(179 votes)

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown

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  25. Rookie Blue Season 4 Episode 2 - Homecoming
    8.0/10(185 votes)

    S4:E2

    On her first day back, Andy is forced to work a bank robbery case with newly promoted Swarek; a distraught woman gives Nick perspective on his life with Gail; a bombshell is dropped on Noelle.

    Director:David Wellington
    Writer:Russ Cochrane

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Fresh Paint" is the worst rated episode of "Rookie Blue". It scored 7.3/10 based on 397 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".