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 June 24, 2010 on Global in Canada. [2] It also airs 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 July 14, 2009 and continued through November 2009. [5]
The series was renewed for a second season on July 12, 2010, after only three episodes had aired. [6] On July 13, 2011 the show was renewed for a third season. [7]
Three episodes into the third season, the series was renewed for a fourth season.
On July 17, 2013, the series was renewed for a fifth season. Unlike the previous 13-episode seasons, season 5 was produced in a batch of 22 episodes. [8] On August 7, 2014, it was announced that the 11-episode second half of season five would air in 2015, instead of being aired as a full season of twenty-two episodes, as originally intended. These remaining episodes were later re-branded as season 6. [9] [10] [11]
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 [12] |
2 | 2 | "Mercury Retrograde" | Charles Binamé | Morwyn Brebner | July 1, 2010 | 1.394 [13] |
3 | 3 | "Fite Nite" | David Wellington | Esta Spalding | July 8, 2010 | 1.753 [14] |
4 | 4 | "Signals Crossed" | Paul Fox | Sherry White | July 15, 2010 | 1.640 [15] |
5 | 5 | "Broad Daylight" | Alex Chapple | Semi Chellas | July 22, 2010 | 1.805 [16] |
6 | 6 | "Bullet Proof" | Charles Binamé | Ellen Vanstone | July 29, 2010 | 1.483 [17] |
7 | 7 | "Hot and Bothered" | David Wellington | Russ Cochrane | August 5, 2010 | 1.598 [18] |
8 | 8 | "Honour Roll" | Érik Canuel | Adam Pettle | August 12, 2010 | 1.529 [19] |
9 | 9 | "Girlfriend of the Year" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | August 19, 2010 | 1.476 [20] |
10 | 10 | "Big Nickel" | Steve DiMarco | Morwyn Brebner & Adam Pettle | August 26, 2010 | 1.682 [21] |
11 | 11 | "To Serve or Protect" | TW Peacocke | Russ Cochrane | September 2, 2010 | 1.547 [22] |
12 | 12 | "In Blue" | John Fawcett | Noelle Carbone & Esta Spalding | September 9, 2010 | 1.480 [23] [lower-alpha 1] |
13 | 13 | "Takedown" | David Wellington | Ellen Vanstone & Adam Barken & Tassie Cameron | September 9, 2010 | 1.480 [23] [lower-alpha 1] |
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] |
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 [36] |
28 | 2 | "Class Dismissed" | Tim Southam | Russ Cochrane | May 31, 2012 | 1.322 [36] |
29 | 3 | "A Good Shoot" | David Wellington | Greg Nelson | June 7, 2012 | 1.341 [37] |
30 | 4 | "Girls' Night Out" | Steve DiMarco | Noelle Carbone | June 28, 2012 | 1.121 [38] |
31 | 5 | "Messy Houses" | TW Peacocke | Sherry White | July 5, 2012 | 1.123 [39] |
32 | 6 | "Coming Home" | David Wellington | Ley Lukins | July 12, 2012 | 1.103 [40] |
33 | 7 | "Leap of Faith" | Peter Wellington | Tassie Cameron | July 19, 2012 | 1.275 [41] |
34 | 8 | "The Girlfriend Experience" | John Fawcett | Sandra Chwialkowska | July 26, 2012 | 1.150 [42] |
35 | 9 | "Out of Time" | John Fawcett | Russ Cochrane | August 9, 2012 | 1.325 [43] |
36 | 10 | "Cold Comforts" | Paul Fox | Sherry White | August 16, 2012 | 1.212 [44] |
37 | 11 | "The Rules" | Gregory Smith | Greg Nelson | August 23, 2012 | 1.269 [45] |
38 | 12 | "Every Man" | David Wellington | Noelle Carbone | August 30, 2012 | 1.070 [46] |
39 | 13 | "I Never" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | September 6, 2012 | 1.017 [47] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
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40 | 1 | "Surprises" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | May 23, 2013 | 1.157 [48] |
41 | 2 | "Homecoming" | David Wellington | Russ Cochrane | May 30, 2013 | 1.181 [49] |
42 | 3 | "Different, Not Better" | Lynne Stopkewich | Sherry White | June 27, 2013 | 1.042 [50] |
43 | 4 | "The Kids Are Not Alright" | Peter Wellington | Noelle Carbone | July 11, 2013 | 1.278 [51] |
44 | 5 | "Poison Pill" | Peter Wellington | Aubrey Nealon | July 18, 2013 | 1.226 [52] |
45 | 6 | "Skeletons" | T.W. Peacocke | Ley Lukins | July 25, 2013 | 1.205 [53] |
46 | 7 | "Friday the 13th" | David Wellington | Sherry White | August 1, 2013 | 1.336 [54] |
47 | 8 | "For Better, for Worse" | Kelly Makin | Tassie Cameron | August 8, 2013 | 1.244 [55] |
48 | 9 | "What I Lost" | Paul Fox | Noelle Carbone | August 15, 2013 | 1.192 [56] |
49 | 10 | "You Are Here" | Teresa Hannigan | Ley Lukins | August 22, 2013 | 1.165 [57] |
50 | 11 | "Deception" | Kelly Makin | Aubrey Nealon | August 29, 2013 | 1.196 [58] |
51 | 12 | "Under Fire" | Gregory Smith | Russ Cochrane | September 5, 2013 | 1.099 [59] |
52 | 13 | "You Can See the Stars" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | September 12, 2013 | 1.323 [60] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
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53 | 1 | "Blink" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | May 19, 2014 | 1.859 [61] |
54 | 2 | "All By Her Selfie" | David Wellington | Sherry White | May 26, 2014 | 1.570 [62] |
55 | 3 | "Heart Breakers, Money Makers" | Gregory Smith | Noelle Carbone | June 2, 2014 | 1.741 [63] |
56 | 4 | "Wanting" | Peter Wellington | Russ Cochrane | June 9, 2014 | 1.664 [64] |
57 | 5 | "Going Under" | T.W. Peacocke | John Krizanc | June 16, 2014 | 1.602 [65] |
58 | 6 | "Two Truths and a Lie" | Peter Wellington | Adriana Maggs | June 23, 2014 | 1.592 [66] |
59 | 7 | "Deal With The Devil" | David Wellington | Noelle Carbone | July 9, 2014 | 1.585 [67] |
60 | 8 | "Exit Strategy" | Jeff Woolnough | Matt MacLennan | July 16, 2014 | 1.498 [68] |
61 | 9 | "Moving Day" | Teresa Hannigan | Katrina Saville | July 23, 2014 | 1.677 [69] |
62 | 10 | "Fragments" | John Fawcett | Russ Cochrane | July 30, 2014 | 1.258 [70] |
63 | 11 | "Everlasting" | David Wellington | Sherry White | August 6, 2014 | 1.523 [71] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
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64 | 1 | "Open Windows" | Peter Stebbings | Tassie Cameron | May 21, 2015 | 1.532 [72] |
65 | 2 | "Perfect Family" | Eleanore Lindo | Adriana Maggs | May 28, 2015 | 1.576 [73] |
66 | 3 | "Uprising" | Gregory Smith | Sherry White | June 4, 2015 | 1.686 [74] |
67 | 4 | "Letting Go" | Steve Dimarco | Tassie Cameron & Katrina Saville | June 11, 2015 | 1.603 [75] |
68 | 5 | "A Real Gentleman" | Paul Fox | Karen Moore | June 18, 2015 | 1.568 [76] |
69 | 6 | "Home Run" | Gregory Smith | Shelley Eriksen | June 24, 2015 | 1.422 [77] |
70 | 7 | "Best Man" | Charles Officer | Adriana Maggs & Enuka Okuma | July 1, 2015 | 1.478 [78] |
71 | 8 | "Integrity Test" | James Genn | Alan McCullough | July 8, 2015 | 1.366 [79] |
72 | 9 | "Ninety Degrees" | T.W. Peacocke | Tassie Cameron & Bradley Simpson | July 15, 2015 | 1.466 [80] |
73 | 10 | "Breaking Up the Band" | Jason Priestley | Noelle Carbone | July 22, 2015 | 1.215 [81] |
74 | 11 | "74 Epiphanies" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | July 29, 2015 | 1.477 [82] |
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