The WORST episodes of Rookie Blue

Every episode of Rookie Blue ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Rookie Blue!

The stakes are high for five young cops fresh out of the Academy and ready for their first day with one of the most elite units in the city. Under the watchful guidance of their officers, Andy McNally and her four fellow rookies quickly learn that no amount of training could prepare them for this new world where every day is a first. Each case they tackle and choice they make will impact their lives, but it's their personal relationships that may play an even greater role in defining the cops they become.

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Fresh Paint
star
7.35
1527 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.

Directors: David Wellington
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Fite Nite
star
7.35
1150 votes

#2 - 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.”

Directors: David Wellington
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Mercury Retrograde
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7.38
1227 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Charles Binamé
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Big Nickel
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7.48
890 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Steve DiMarco
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Messy Houses
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7.50
843 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: Sherry White
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In Blue
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7.51
879 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: John Fawcett
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The Rules
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7.53
742 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Gregory Smith
Writer: Greg Nelson
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A Real Gentleman
star
7.55
354 votes

#8 - A Real Gentleman

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/18/2015

When Traci is a no-show for her first raid, 15 Division fears the notorious gun dealer they’re after has kidnapped her. But when Andy realizes that the serial rapist who was never caught is back, it’s all hands on deck to find Traci – while Traci faces off with her captor and tries to escape before it’s too late.

Directors: Paul Fox
Writer: Karen Moore
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Letting Go
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7.56
351 votes

#9 - Letting Go

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/11/2015

When Nick’s estranged older brother emerges with new information on someone from their tragic past, Nick goes off the grid to track the man down. But Juliet is hot on his heels, and Nick is forced to let her into the secrets of his past.

Directors: Steve DiMarco
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Bullet Proof
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7.56
934 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Charles Binamé
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Perfect Family
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7.56
353 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
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You Are Here
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7.59
624 votes

#12 - You Are Here

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/22/2013

A routine drug bust turns into Traci's first murder case; Swarek, Oliver, Chris and Dov spend a weekend at Oliver's cabin; Andy and Sam both have confessions to make.

Directors: Teresa Hannigan
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Stung
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7.60
873 votes

#13 - Stung

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/21/2011

A local car dealership is the backdrop for a Division 15 sting operation to crack down on suspects with outstanding warrants. However, when one of the captured criminals tries to bargain for a lighter sentence by offering insider information to Dov and Chris, it puts them in peril in a booby-trapped meth house. Meanwhile, Jo convinces Luke to help her on a high-stakes surveillance job. Trapped together in a hotel room, the two detectives finally have it out over their past, raising the question of whether they are really finished

Directors: Paul Fox
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Open Windows
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7.61
379 votes

#14 - Open Windows

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/21/2015

Andy and Sam return to work; Andy is attacked at Traci's place and Sex Crimes Unit tries to take over the case

Directors: Peter Stebbings
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Home Run
star
7.62
346 votes

#15 - Home Run

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/24/2015

After a community-outreach baseball game erupts in a drive-by shooting, Gail’s relationship with her brother, Steve Peck, is put to the test in the search for the shooter. Meanwhile, Sam plans a getaway with Andy up to Oliver’s cabin, which goes off the rails in every possible way – except one.

Directors: Gregory Smith
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Friday the 13th
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7.64
623 votes

#16 - Friday the 13th

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/1/2013

When a missing persons case is reopened, Swarek teams with his training officer to solve it; Chloe and Dov deal with a witch and her client.

Directors: David Wellington
Writer: Sherry White
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To Serve or Protect
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7.64
803 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: Russ Cochran
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Uprising
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7.66
322 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Gregory Smith
Writer: Sherry White
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Going Under
star
7.67
654 votes

#19 - Going Under

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/16/2014

After tracking a gun found at a frat house, Division 15 goes under cover at a bar that is supplying illegal firearms; Dov becomes suspicious of Chris' behavior; Andy helps Sam with a missing person case.

Directors: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: John Krizanc
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Leap of Faith
star
7.67
799 votes

#20 - Leap of Faith

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2012

After losing a key witness in an upcoming trial, officers from 15 Division must turn to a man who claims to be psychic.

Directors: Peter Wellington
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Girlfriend of the Year
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7.68
887 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: David Wellington
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Heart & Sparks
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7.68
975 votes

#22 - Heart & Sparks

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/14/2011

The torching of a Laundromat is the latest in a series of arsons which the 15th Division must work. The list of suspects is long so Chris and Gail take to the streets while Traci interrogates a person found at the scene. Andy is left to deal with the widow who insists on entering the burnt-out building which ends with the two of them trapped inside.

Directors: T.W. Peacocke
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Breaking Up the Band
star
7.69
350 votes

#23 - Breaking Up the Band

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/22/2015

Now that Sam and Marlo’s baby girl has arrived, it’s clear nothing could have prepared Andy for this moment. So when Juliet offers Andy an opportunity to leave town for 4 months on an undercover project, Andy starts to consider it. Meanwhile, Jarvis reveals the shocking news that 15 Division will be restructured following the corruption scandal.

Directors: Jason Priestley
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Heart Breakers, Money Makers
star
7.69
637 votes

#24 - Heart Breakers, Money Makers

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/2/2014

Before Fite Nite, the officers have to seize all proceeds from crime.

Directors: Gregory Smith
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Might Have Been
star
7.70
899 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.

Directors: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Semi Chellas
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