The WORST episodes of Rush (2008)

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

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Bush
star
5.80
5 votes

#1 - Bush

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/4/2010

TR go bush for a routine training exercise. Unbeknownst to Lawson and Josh, the younger members of the squad soon find themselves at the mercy of Oliver Ginsberg, who has rigged the forest with deadly traps. When they discover Ginsberg is on his way to the city with a van full of explosives, they realize the worst is yet to come...

Directors: Sian Davies
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Episode 10
star
6.26
34 votes

#2 - Episode 10

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/10/2009

Michael puts his life in danger when he goes against protocol taking on a group of robbers single-handedly. Tactical Response responds to a suspicious car tailing an armoured van. Michael goes against standard operating procedure taking on the robbers single-handedly. When the robbers discover their operation compromised, Michael finds his life in danger. Unable to hold back, Michael confesses his true feelings to Stella.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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Episode 15
star
6.33
90 votes

#3 - Episode 15

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/15/2009

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.

Directors: Grant Brown
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Episode 7
star
6.41
94 votes

#4 - Episode 7

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/27/2009

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

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
Writer: Kris Mrksa
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Episode 19
star
6.46
35 votes

#5 - Episode 19

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/12/2009

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.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
Writer: Steve Rogers
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Episode 10
star
6.52
75 votes

#6 - Episode 10

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2008

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.

Directors: Emma Freeman
Writer: Alice Bell
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Episode 4
star
6.57
84 votes

#7 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2008

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

Directors: Erin White
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Episode 2
star
6.62
94 votes

#8 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2008

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.

Directors: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Alice Bell
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Episode 22
star
6.67
63 votes

#9 - Episode 22

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/26/2009

Meanwhile Melbourne’s water supply is contaminated by a woman who believes fluoride in the water has killed her husband, and Michael’s faith is tested when he loses a large sum of money while swimming with two underage girls.

Directors: Grant Brown
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Episode 6
star
6.69
80 votes

#10 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2008

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

Directors: Andrew Prowse
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Episode 7
star
6.73
52 votes

#11 - Episode 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2008

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

Directors: Andrew Prowse
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Episode 11
star
6.77
93 votes

#12 - Episode 11

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/2008

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.

Directors: Emma Freeman
Writer: Justin Monjo
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Episode 8
star
6.77
77 votes

#13 - Episode 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2008

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.

Directors: Geoff Bennett
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Episode 3
star
6.87
87 votes

#14 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2008

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.

Directors: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Justin Monjo
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Episode 1
star
6.88
118 votes

#15 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2008

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

Directors: Andrew Prowse
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Episode 5
star
6.93
109 votes

#16 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2008

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

Directors: Erin White
Writer: Alice Bell
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Episode 9
star
6.96
103 votes

#17 - Episode 9

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2008

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.

Directors: Geoff Bennett
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Episode 3
star
7.03
120 votes

#18 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/30/2009

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.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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Episode 1
star
7.05
95 votes

#19 - Episode 1

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2009

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.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
Writer: Adam Todd
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Episode 11
star
7.05
93 votes

#20 - Episode 11

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2009

When John Welsh, an ex-SAS soldier robs a petrol station, TR join with a major crime squad to help bring him down. A drug-related story Jacinta is investigating ends up putting her life at risk. Lawson tries to protect her, but finds she is quite unwilling to accept his help.

Directors: Kate Dennis
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Episode 17
star
7.05
91 votes

#21 - Episode 17

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/29/2009

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.

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Episode 9
star
7.07
92 votes

#22 - Episode 9

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2009

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.

Directors: Grant Brown
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Episode 16
star
7.07
91 votes

#23 - Episode 16

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/22/2009

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.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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Episode 13
star
7.07
91 votes

#24 - Episode 13

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/1/2009

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?

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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Episode 5
star
7.09
93 votes

#25 - Episode 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/13/2009

During a routine cell extraction Dom and Stella are caught in a prison siege. As Shannon negotiates with the ringleader, she slips up admitting Dom and Stella are inside. When the situation escalates Lawson sends in Josh and the riot police. Meanwhile an accident throws Kerry a massive curve ball.

Directors: Grant Brown
Writer: Adam Todd
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