The essential episodes of Rookie Blue
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Rookie Blue — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Five young, ambitious cops, fresh out of the Academy, are plunged into the world of big city policing on their very first day on the job, a world where even the smallest mistake can have life-or-death consequences, coupled with some serious emotional fall-out. Andy McNally is the soul of this close-knit group. She and her uniformed family of boyfriends, best friends, mentors and competitors will undergo extreme trials and tribulations, share their triumphs, cherish their camaraderie and revel in their competition. These rookies are about to learn that no amount of training can prepare them for life on the street.
- 02
As the other rookies attempt to hunt down a violent escaped convict, Andy gets a lesson in the dangers of undercover work when she and her training officer, Detective Sam Swarek, search for a missing informant whose cover has been blown. Swarek's rogue tactics on the job aren't all that Andy finds troubling -- there's also a surprising, undeniable attraction between the two of them
- 03
Andy's undercover skills are put to the test when she's brought in to pose as a prostitute during a citywide sting operation. But a bid by Andy and Dov to impress Sergeant Boyko with their initiative backfires when the two rookies put a vulnerable informant's life in jeopardy, and it's left to Andy to infiltrate a risky gun deal in progress to save her.
- 04
Andy and Traci are part of a massive first response to a home invasion at an upscale address - an incident that ends up spilling many of the officers' personal secrets. Once the crisis appears to be over, Traci hurries off to handle a personal emergency, leaving Andy alone to confront the armed predator, a surprisingly volatile thief left prowling around the house.
- 05
A fatal traffic accident involving an elderly man and a cyclist may not be as open and shut as it seems, and Andy's romance with Detective Luke Callaghan also seems headed for a collision after she objects to how he handles a young murder witness with a bullet lodged in his head.
- 06
When Andy and Chris investigate a vicious nightclub beating, the probe takes a surprising turn. The two rookies must make a gut-wrenching decision that will send shock waves through the division and jeopardize their careers. Meanwhile, things get up close and very personal as Luke and Sam compete during a retraining exercise.
- 07
After stumbling on gruesome evidence that Andy's ex-cop father may have committed a murder during a drunken blackout, Andy and Swarek furiously search for proof of his innocence. Meanwhile, Chris and Dov show they're not superhero crime fighters when a masked vigilante dressed like a caped crusader robs their squad car and the unintentional consequences help a drug dealer.
- 08
It's judgment day for the rookies, who soon will learn whether or not they've passed their evaluations and can keep their badges. Before she hears her fate from Staff Sgt. Frank Best, Andy has a harrowing experience involving the suspicious death of an unidentified girl that causes her to consider leaving the force.
- 09
When Andy and Chris make an untimely arrest, they unknowingly compromise a major drug bust. Andy steps up, attempting to salvage the operation by going undercover with Swarek, but a critical change in plans puts both of their lives in danger. Back at the station, Dov learns more about his girlfriend than he wanted to know—forcing him to chose between police work and his love life.
- 10
When Gail's uniform is stolen from her car, she and the other rookies from Division 15 attempt to catch a cop-impersonating vigilante. A drug deal gone awry may offer clues to help Chris and Dov unravel the motive behind the cop masquerade. Meanwhile, Andy and Sam's inability to stay away from each other poses a life-threatening risk to Swarek.
- 11
The officers of 15 Division are forced to release a suspected predator for lack of evidence. But when Dov and Chris make a grim discovery -- a missing girl's body, hidden in a deserted ravine -- all bets are off. Detective Luke Callaghan returns to oversee the homicide investigation, and soon realizes this might be the work of a serial killer. When they learn that Andy has been assaulted and Gail violently abducted following the call girl sting, the officers rally in a race against time to track down Gail's captor before it's too late. Following up on a simple lead, one officer ends up directly in the path of the killer. Will it end with the ultimate sacrifice?
- 12
A chaotic drug arrest by Andy and Marlo triggers an all-out crisis when it's discovered that the drugs are contaminated with deadly bacteria. Swarek leads the squad in the scramble to get the tainted drugs off the streets before an outbreak sweeps the city. Meanwhile, Andy and Marlo are plunged into an intimate decontamination process, forcing Marlo to expose a shocking secret while under quarantine. And Dov and Chloe see their budding romance threatened when Dov suspects Chloe is hiding secrets.
- 13
The officers of 15 Division have been assigned a thankless task: "helping" tenants move out of a condemned subsidized-housing complex and into a neighboring building. While checking on an empty unit, Andy and Chloe find a man who has been tortured and beaten unconscious, leading to the discovery of a ruthless criminal operation. Meanwhile, Nick and Gail arrest a pair of teenage siblings with secrets of their own, forcing Nick to divulge some of the darker truths of his own past.
- 14
A drive-by shooting occurs at a community-outreach baseball game where Gail is trying to impress the woman who decides whether she is suitable to adopt Sophie; Sam plans a getaway with Andy.
- 15
On their wedding day, Andy has her car stolen on her way to the church, while Sam gets an uninvited guest.
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