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 13 July 2011 the show was renewed for a third season.[7]
After three episodes into the third season, the series has been renewed for a fourth season.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 13 | 24 June 2010 | 9 September 2010 | 31 May 2011 | — | — | |
2 | 13 | 23 June 2011 | 8 September 2011 | — | — | — | |
3 | 13[8] | 24 May 2012[8] | — | — | — | — |
Episodes
Season 1 (2010)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Fresh Paint" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | June 24, 2010 | 1.900[9] |
2 | 2 | "Mercury Retrograde" | Charles Binamé | Morwyn Brebner | July 1, 2010 | 1.394[10] |
3 | 3 | "Fite Nite" | David Wellington | Esta Spalding | July 8, 2010 | 1.753 [11] |
4 | 4 | "Signals Crossed" | Paul Fox | Sherry White | July 15, 2010 | 1.640[12] |
5 | 5 | "Broad Daylight" | Alex Chapple | Semi Chellas | July 22, 2010 | 1.805[13] |
6 | 6 | "Bullet Proof" | Charles Binamé | Ellen Vanstone | July 29, 2010 | 1.483[14] |
7 | 7 | "Hot and Bothered" | David Wellington | Russ Cochrane | August 5, 2010 | 1.598[15] |
8 | 8 | "Honour Roll" | Érik Canuel | Adam Pettle | August 12, 2010 | 1.529[16] |
9 | 9 | "Girlfriend of the Year" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | August 19, 2010 | 1.476[17] |
10 | 10 | "Big Nickel" | Steve DiMarco | Morwyn Brebner & Adam Pettle | August 26, 2010 | 1.682[18] |
11 | 11 | "To Serve or Protect" | TW Peacocke | Russ Cochrane | September 2, 2010 | 1.547[19] |
12 | 12 | "In Blue" | John Fawcett | Noelle Carbone & Esta Spalding | September 9, 2010 | 1.480[20][a] |
13 | 13 | "Takedown" | David Wellington | Ellen Vanstone & Adam Barken & Tassie Cameron | September 9, 2010 | 1.480[20][a] |
- ^ 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)
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.[21] Camille Sullivan joined the cast as Detective Jo Rosati.[22] Lauren Holly guest starred as Elaine Peck, a Superintendent in charge of Operations at the Metropolitan Police Service.[23]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "Butterflies" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | 23 June 2011 | 1.380[24] |
15 | 2 | "Might Have Been" | Paul Shapiro | Semi Chellas | 30 June 2011 | 1.070[25] |
16 | 3 | "Bad Moon Rising" | David Wellington | Russ Cochrane | 7 July 2011 | 1.399[26] |
17 | 4 | "Heart & Sparks" | TW Peacocke | Morwyn Brebner | 14 July 2011 | 1.250[27] |
18 | 5 | "Stung" | Paul Fox | Noelle Carbone | 21 July 2011 | 1.506[28] |
19 | 6 | "In Plain View" | David Wellington | Adam Barken | 28 July 2011 | 1.311[29] |
20 | 7 | "The One That Got Away" | Steve DiMarco | Tassie Cameron | 4 August 2011 | 1.402[30] |
21 | 8 | "Monster" | John Fawcett | Sean Reycraft | 11 August 2011 | 1.585[31] |
22 | 9 | "Brotherhood" | Steve DiMarco | Adam Pettle | 18 August 2011 | 1.226[32] |
23 | 10 | "Best Laid Plans" | John Fawcett | Russ Cochrane | 25 August 2011 | 1.642[33] |
24 | 11 | "A Little Faith" | Sturla Gunnarsson | Sherry White | 1 September 2011 | 1.365[34] |
25 | 12 | "On The Double" | Peter Wellington | Ellen Vanstone | 8 September 2011 | 0.964[35] |
26 | 13 | "God's Good Grace" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | 8 September 2011 | 1.465[35] |
Season 3 (2012)
On 13 July 2011 ABC and Global announced that Rookie Blue had been renewed for a third season of thirteen episodes.[8] William Shatner guest starred in the season premiere as a drunk driver. Peter Mooney plays new rookie, Nick Collins.[36]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
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27 | 1 | "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | May 24, 2012 | 1.303[37] |
28 | 2 | "Class Dismissed" | Tim Southam | Russ Cochrane | May 31, 2012 | 1.322[37] |
29 | 3 | "A Good Shoot" | David Wellington | Greg Nelson | June 7, 2012 | 1.341[38] |
30 | 4 | "Girls' Night Out" | Steve DiMarco | Noelle Carbone | June 28, 2012 | 1.121[39] |
31 | 5 | "Messy Houses" | TW Peacocke | Sherry White | July 5, 2012 | 1.123[40] |
32 | 6 | "Coming Home" | David Wellington | Ley Lukins | July 12, 2012 | 1.103[41] |
33 | 7 | "Leap of Faith" | Peter Wellington | Tassie Cameron | July 19, 2012 | 1.275[42] |
34 | 8 | "The Girlfriend Experience" | John Fawcett | Sandra Chwialkowska | July 26, 2012 | 1.150[43] |
35 | 9 | "Out of Time" | John Fawcett | Russ Cochrane | August 9, 2012 | 1.325[44] |
36 | 10 | "Cold Comforts" | Paul Fox | Sherry White | August 16, 2012 | 1.212[45] |
37 | 11 | "The Rules" | Gregory Smith | Greg Nelson | August 23, 2012 | 1.269[46] |
38 | 12 | "Every Man" | David Wellington | Noelle Carbone | August 30, 2012 | 1.070[47] |
39 | 13 | "I Never" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | September 6, 2012 | 1.017[48] |
Season 4 (2013)
On June 26, 2012 ABC and Global announced that it was renewed for a fourth season once again only three episodes into season 3.[49]
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External links
- Official website for Global
- Official website for ABC
- Rookie Blue at IMDb
- Template:Tv.com episodes
- List of Rookie Blue episodes at The Futon Critic
- List of Rookie Blue episodes at MSN TV