List of Rookie Blue episodes

Rookie Blue is a Canadian police drama television series created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron and Ellen Vanstone.[1] It stars Missy Peregrym as Andy McNally, Enuka Okuma as Traci Nash, Travis Milne as Chris Diaz, Charlotte Sullivan as Gail Peck, Gregory Smith as Dov Epstein, and Ben Bass as Sam Swarek. The drama follows the lives of a group of police officers who have just graduated from the academy. They must not only learn to deal with their duties as police officers, but also deal with the problems and expectation of their families and friends. The series premiered on 24 June 2010 on Global in Canada.[2] It also airs simultaneously on ABC in the U.S.[3]

The original pilot script was written by Ilana Frank, after which thirteen episodes were ordered by Canwest.[4] Casting began in June with Missy Peregrym being cast first and Gregory Smith shortly after. Production of the first season started 14 July 2009 and continued through November 2009.[5]

The series was renewed for a second season on 12 July 2010, after only three episodes had aired.[6] On July 13, 2011, the show was renewed for a third season.[7]

Contents

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 13 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 9 September 2010 (2010-09-09) 31 May 2011 (2011-05-31) N/A N/A
2 13 23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)[8] 8 September 2011 (2011-09-08) N/A N/A N/A
3 13[9] June 2012[9] N/A N/A N/A N/A

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Main article: Rookie Blue (season 1)
# # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Canadian viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Fresh Paint" David Wellington Tassie Cameron 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 1.900[10]
2 2 "Mercury Retrograde" Charles Binamé Morwyn Brebner 1 July 2010 (2010-07-01) 1.394[11]
3 3 "Fite Nite" David Wellington Esta Spalding 8 July 2010 (2010-07-08) 1.753 [12]
4 4 "Signals Crossed" Paul Fox Sherry White 15 July 2010 (2010-07-15) 1.640[13]
5 5 "Broad Daylight" Alex Chapple Semi Chellas 22 July 2010 (2010-07-22) 1.805[14]
6 6 "Bullet Proof" Charles Binamé Ellen Vanstone 29 July 2010 (2010-07-29) 1.483[15]
7 7 "Hot and Bothered" David Wellington Russ Cochrane 5 August 2010 (2010-08-05) 1.598[16]
8 8 "Honor Roll" Eric Canuel Adam Pettle 12 August 2010 (2010-08-12) 1.529[17]
9 9 "Girlfriend of the Year" David Wellington Tassie Cameron 19 August 2010 (2010-08-19) 1.476[18]
10 10 "Big Nickel" Steve DiMarco Morwyn Brebner & Adam Pettle 26 August 2010 (2010-08-26) 1.682[19]
11 11 "To Serve or Protect" TW Peacocke Russ Cochran 2 September 2010 (2010-09-02) 1.547[20]
12 12 "In Blue" John Fawcett Noelle Carbone & Esta Spalding 9 September 2010 (2010-09-09) 1.480[21][lower-alpha 1]
13 13 "Takedown" David Wellington Ellen Vanstone, Adam Barken, & Tassie Cameron 9 September 2010 (2010-09-09) 1.480[21][lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Ratings from BBM Canada for the two hour season finale are reported as a single 2-hour time block instead of being divided into individual episodes.

Season 2 (2011)

Main article: Rookie Blue (season 2)

The series was renewed for a second 13 episode season on 12 July 2010. Filming of the second season was scheduled to take place between 1 September 2010 and 24 January 2011.[23] Camille Sullivan joined the cast as Detective Jo Rosati.[24] Lauren Holly guest starred as Elaine Peck, a Superintendent in charge of Operations at the Metropolitan Police Service.[25]

# # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Canadian viewers
(millions)
14 1 "Butterflies" David Wellington Tassie Cameron 23 June 2011 (2011-06-23) 1.380[26]
15 2 "Might Have Been" Paul Shapiro Semi Chellas 30 June 2011 (2011-06-30) 1.070[27]
16 3 "Bad Moon Rising"[28] David Wellington Russ Cochrane 7 July 2011 (2011-07-07) 1.399[29]
17 4 "Heart & Sparks"[30] TW Peacocke Morwyn Brebner 14 July 2011 (2011-07-14) 1.250[31]
18 5 "Stung"[32] Paul Fox Noelle Carbone 21 July 2011 (2011-07-21) 1.506[33]
19 6 "In Plain View"[34] David Wellington Adam Barken 28 July 2011 (2011-07-28) 1.311[35]
20 7 "The One That Got Away" Steve DiMarco Tassie Cameron 4 August 2011 (2011-08-04) 1.402[36]
21 8 "Monster"[37] John Fawcett Sean Reycraft 11 August 2011 (2011-08-11) 1.585[38]
22 9 "Brotherhood"[39] Steve DiMarco Adam Pettle 18 August 2011 (2011-08-18) 1.226[40]
23 10 "Best Laid Plans"[41] John Fawcett Russ Cochrane 25 August 2011 (2011-08-25) 1.642[42]
24 11 "A Little Faith" Sturla Gunnarsson Sherry White 1 September 2011 (2011-09-01) 1.365[43]
25 12 "On The Double" Peter Wellington Ellen Vanstone 8 September 2011 (2011-09-08) 0.964[44]
26 13 "God's Good Grace" David Wellington Tassie Cameron 8 September 2011 (2011-09-08) 1.465[44]

Season 3 (2012)

On July 13, 2011 ABC and Global announced that Rookie Blue had been renewed for a third season of thirteen episodes, which they expect to air in the summer of 2012.[9] William Shatner will guest star in the season premiere as a drunk driver. Peter Mooney will play a new rookie, Nick Collins.[45]

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