The BEST episodes of Rush (2008)

Every episode of Rush (2008) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Rush (2008)!

They are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide. Feel the rush, with an insider's view of police under pressure - watch the supremely trained Tactical Response team defusing crises, save lives and prevent crime.

Last Updated: 11/16/2024Network: Network 10Status: Ended
Life Support
star
8.93
67 votes

#1 - Life Support

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2011

Senior Constable Michael Sandrelli remains in intensive care whilst Tactical Response are left to pick up the pieces. Meanwhile, Shannon lets her emotional guard down.

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Island
star
8.92
61 votes

#2 - Island

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/16/2010

The members of TR are called to a mysterious island in response to a distress call. When one of them is injured, they find themselves in a race against time to not only save their colleague, but to find out who else is there with them and make an arrest.

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Army
star
8.79
34 votes

#3 - Army

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/25/2010

The team find themselves in unfamiliar territory when Christian is taken hostage during a siege at an army barracks. Christian's philosophies are challenged when his captor forces him to choose between killing a guilty life or saving an innocent one.

Directors: Sian Davies
Writer: John Ridley
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Dirty Bomb
star
8.72
39 votes

#4 - Dirty Bomb

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/17/2011

As the bomb squad work to defuse a bomb, the team are tasked to fly to Fiji to extradite a South Korean National back to Australia. Shannon also responds to Lawson's marriage proposal, sort of.

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Sniper
star
8.53
64 votes

#5 - Sniper

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2010

Tactical Response attempt to find a sniper on the run, with an city under fire, the teams swiftly respond however struggle to find a reason for the gunman's actions.

Directors: Daina Reid
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Oedipus
star
8.48
61 votes

#6 - Oedipus

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/18/2010

After the death of their mate Dom, TR honor him in their own special way. Kerry is shocked when her son James is arrested for assault on a flight from Vietnam. When James flees, Kerry finds herself in a race against time to save him from two violent drug runners. Meanwhile, Lawson refuses medical treatment when he is knocked down saving a cilivian from the path of an oncoming car. He and TR1 come to a new understanding of parental love when they encounter an abusive teenager who hates his mother.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Jeff Truman
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Truck
star
8.33
6 votes

#7 - Truck

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2010

As Lawson's growing obsession with the robbery crew threatens to pull Tactical Response apart, Josh shows his leadership as TR2 assist Drug Squad with the arrest of a drug importer. But things aren't as simple as they first seem when TR discover the offender's niece has been kidnapped and held to ransom. Josh must race to save the girl, in the process meeting her mother, Tash, who will change everything.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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Out
star
8.33
6 votes

#8 - Out

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/21/2010

When Andrew Kronin stages a brazen escape, Michael struggles with past demons as TR hunt down the armed robber and murderer. Burning for revenge, Michael is helped by Lawson to come to terms with his feelings.

Directors: John Hartley
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Mortality
star
8.30
10 votes

#9 - Mortality

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/10/2011

Tactical Response find themselves up against a carefully planned manoeuvre when Lawson and others are taken hostage by the Cuckoo as part of an escape attempt from a military courtroom. As part of the team negotiates for Lawson’s freedom, Josh and Stella follow their own investigation: searching for a bomb.

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Heist
star
8.29
95 votes

#10 - Heist

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/22/2010

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.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Adam Todd
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Snatch
star
8.29
92 votes

#11 - Snatch

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2010

TR score a lead when an ordinary civilian unwittingly implicates himself with Andrew Kronin's gang. As Lawson pushes the man to get to Kronin, Dom takes umbrage. Dom snaps, turning his gun on TR and flees. As TR 2 track down Dom, Lawson exults when he recovers a substantial amount of the heist money.

Writer: Alice Bell
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Threats
star
8.07
67 votes

#12 - Threats

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/2011

Headstrong Kerry is dismissive of her own safety but when the threats are redirected to her son, her anger at the perpetrators can't be contained.

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Proof
star
8.03
32 votes

#13 - Proof

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/9/2010

Josh's proposal to Tash is interrupted when ESD storm Tash's house and arrest him. Facing charges of corruption, Josh realises that his arrest is closely linked to the earlier attempt on his life, as he strives to clear his name once and for all.

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Explosives
star
8.03
67 votes

#14 - Explosives

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/2011

Tragedy can have a profound effect on those involved. Everyone has different coping mechanisms, and Tactical Response continues to reel from a tragedy within their own ranks. Stella can barely build up strength to face the day and Christian appreciates a comforting presence from Amber. Josh, feeling responsible and immense guilt from what has happened, goes underground, deliberately avoiding contact from anyone at TR.

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Hostage
star
8.02
63 votes

#15 - Hostage

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/30/2010

The Tactical Response team becomes involved in stopping a weird hostage situation, meanwhile, Audrey discovers Michael slept with Stella in the aftermath of her miscarriage.

Writer: John Ridley
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Lion
star
8.02
64 votes

#16 - Lion

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2011

Lawson challenges Charlie’s authority to pursue his own agenda with the Marauder bikies while the rest of the team protect a journalist under threat.

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Escort (2)
star
8.00
36 votes

#17 - Escort (2)

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2011

Shannon struggles to overcome the impact of a personal crisis, and must face her demons in order to save a woman’s life.

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Punta
star
8.00
33 votes

#18 - Punta

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/2/2010

TR are forced to work with a slick private security firm to save a kidnapped businessman. Working closely with its charming leader Shmitt, Shannon is enticed by the prospect of joining the firm. Lawson, however, has other plans as he and Shannon play the waiting game they take a moment to drop by Shannon's investment property, and they succumb to mutual attraction, as Shannon's sexual hiatus finally comes to an end. Unbeknownst to them, they have just been caught by a hidden camera, which Michael has set up to catch thieves.

Directors: Grant Brown
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L'Homme
star
8.00
67 votes

#19 - L'Homme

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/2/2010

As Tactical Response gather to move on armed robber Andrew Kronin and his men, Michael's foray into the world of underground fighting creates a dangerous complication when he is identified as a police officer by one of Kronin's crew and he quickly finds himself a marked man. Shannon later discovers Tactical Response are not the only group who want Kronin when she is caught in the middle of an attack on him by violent criminal associates.

Directors: Daina Reid
Writer: Adam Todd
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Train
star
8.00
36 votes

#20 - Train

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2010

A runaway train ploughs through country stations on a collision course with another train. Lawson sets foot on the relentless express, unaware that he is on his own collision course with Andrew Kronin. As the final showdown beckons, Lawson will have to overcome more than just the train if he is to win back his teammates' faith.

Directors: Grant Brown
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Blood
star
7.98
62 votes

#21 - Blood

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/25/2010

TR embark on an unusual and confronting assignment when they must remove a newborn baby from its mother as part of an intervention order. When the mother's family murder a police officer in retaliation, TR find themselves resorting to extreme tactics to catch the men responsible.

Directors: Robert Connolly
Writer: Sam Carroll
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Catch-22
star
7.95
61 votes

#22 - Catch-22

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/11/2010

Tactical Respose race into town, on the hunt for Oliver Ginsberg. They learn that Ginsberg has placed a very large bomb under the city and that he has plenty more deadly tricks in store for them. Lawson finds himself in an awkward position when he must work with Dom, now a member of the bomb squad, to defuse the bomb.

Directors: David Caesar
Writer: Leon Ford
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Kiss
star
7.86
126 votes

#23 - Kiss

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/3/2011

With a renegade Josh risking everything to find Michael's killer, the team finds themselves chasing one of their own and are forced to confront the question of how far they'll have to go to stop him.

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New World Order
star
7.86
36 votes

#24 - New World Order

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2011

After the assassination of the Victorian police minister, Kerry appoints a new task force, Cicero, in order to find those responsible. How will Lawson and the team react to new boss, Charlie Lewis?

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Brawl
star
7.84
37 votes

#25 - Brawl

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/26/2010

Back on the job with Tactical Response, Stella helps to settle a violent ethnic dispute. But when one of the offenders takes a special liking to her, she's forced into a dangerous situation that truly puts her courage to the test. Meanwhile, Lawson is on the trail of a volatile young couple who are desperate to get married and Josh receives a drunken phone call from teenage Minka, the daughter of his new love interest Tash.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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