List of Rush episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the Australian television programme Rush on Network Ten.

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		2 September 2008 (2008-09-02)	25 November 2008 (2008-11-25)
2	22		16 July 2009 (2009-07-16)	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)
3	22		22 July 2010 (2010-07-22)	16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)
4	13		1 September 2011 (2011-09-01)	17 November 2011 (2011-11-17)

Episodes

Series 1 (2008)

Main article: Rush (series 1)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Australian viewers [1] (million)	Rank [1] (weekly)	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Andrew Prowse	Christopher Lee	1.161	37	2 September 2008 (2008-09-02)
2	2	"Series 1 Episode 2"	Geoff Bennett	Alice Bell	0.912	63	9 September 2008 (2008-09-09)
3	3	"Series 1 Episode 3"	Geoff Bennett	Justin Monjo	1.014	51	16 September 2008 (2008-09-16)
4	4	"Series 1 Episode 4"	Erin White	John O'Brien & Christopher Lee	0.883	70	23 September 2008 (2008-09-23)
5	5	"Series 1 Episode 5"	Erin White	Alice Bell	0.871	62	30 September 2008 (2008-09-30)
6	6	"Series 1 Episode 6"	Andrew Prowse	Tim Alexander & Christopher Lee	0.833	70	7 October 2008 (2008-10-07)
7	7	"Because I Got High"	Andrew Prowse	Shelley Birse	0.927	62	14 October 2008 (2008-10-14)
8	8	"Get Lucky"	Geoff Bennet	Tony McNamara & Christopher Lee	0.969	50	21 October 2008 (2008-10-21)
9	9	"Series 1 Episode 9"	Geoff Bennett	Kylie Needham	0.941	50	28 October 2008 (2008-10-28)
10	10	"Series 1 Episode 10"	Emma Freeman	Alice Bell	0.886	55	4 November 2008 (2008-11-04)
11	11	"Series 1 Episode 11"	Emma Freeman	Justin Monjo	0.883	57	11 November 2008 (2008-11-11)
12	12	"Series 1 Episode 12"	Andrew Prowse	Christopher Lee	0.898	56	18 November 2008 (2008-11-18)
13	13	"Series 1 Episode 13"	Andrew Prowse	Christoper Lee	0.846	61	25 November 2008 (2008-11-25)

Series 2 (2009)

Main article: Rush (series 2)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Australian viewers [2] (million)	Rank [2] (weekly)	Original air date
14	1	"Episode 1"	Daniel Nettheim	Adam Todd	1.167	25	16 July 2009 (2009-07-16)
15	2	"Episode 2"	Kim Farrant	Alice Bell	1.145	31	23 July 2009 (2009-07-23)
16	3	"Episode 3"	Daniel Nettheim	Christopher Lee	1.147	30	30 July 2009 (2009-07-30)
17	4	"Episode 4"	Michael Pattinson	Adam Todd & Andrew Prowse	1.228	19	6 August 2009 (2009-08-06)
18	5	"Episode 5"	Grant Brown	Adam Todd	1.206	37	13 August 2009 (2009-08-13)
19	6	"Episode 6"	Grant Brown	Justin Monjo	1.115	34	20 August 2009 (2009-08-20)
20	7	"Episode 7"	Daniel Nettheim	Kris Mrksa	1.320	12	27 August 2009 (2009-08-27)
21	8	"Episode 8"	Stuart McDonald	Michelle Offen	1.036	39	3 September 2009 (2009-09-03)
22	9	"Episode 9"	Grant Brown	Samantha Winston	1.136	27	10 September 2009 (2009-09-10)
23	10	"Episode 10"	Daniel Nettheim	David Caesar & Adam Todd	1.107	30	10 September 2009 (2009-09-10)
24	11	"Episode 11"	Kate Dennis	Todd Winston & Andrew Prowse	1.050	37	17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)
25	12	"Episode 12"	Grant Brown	Christopher Lee	1.008	43	24 September 2009 (2009-09-24)
26	13	"Episode 13"	Daniel Nettheim	Christopher Lee & Alice Bell	0.944	44	1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
27	14	"Episode 14"	Kim Farrant	Adam Todd & Meaghan Rodriguez	0.871	53	8 October 2009 (2009-10-08)
28	15	"Episode 15"	Grant Brown	Michelle Offen & Samantha Winston	0.909	57	15 October 2009 (2009-10-15)
29	16	"Episode 16"	Daniel Nettheim	Alice Bell & Christopher Lee	0.975	48	22 October 2009 (2009-10-22)
30	17	"Episode 17"	Kim Farrant	Rene Zandveld	0.890	53	29 October 2009 (2009-10-29)
31	18	"Episode 18"	Grant Brown	Justin Monjo	0.826	68	5 November 2009 (2009-11-05)
32	19	"Episode 19"	Daniel Nettheim	Steve Rodgers	0.948	42	12 November 2009 (2009-11-12)
33	20	"Episode 20"	John Hartley	Christopher Lee	0.830	N/A	19 November 2009 (2009-11-19)
34	21	"Episode 21"	Grant Brown	Samantha Winston	0.989	N/A	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)
35	22	"Episode 22"	Daniel Nettheim	Adam Todd	0.977	N/A	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)

Series 3 (2010)

Main article: Rush (series 3)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Australian viewers (million)	Rank (weekly)	Original air date
36	1	"Heist"	Andrew Prowse	Adam Todd	1.070 [3]	25 [4]	22 July 2010 (2010-07-22)
37	2	"Sniper"	Daina Reid	Adam Todd	0.836 [5]	61 [6]	29 July 2010 (2010-07-29)
38	3	"Truck"	Daniel Nettheim	Samantha Winston	0.983 [7]	42 [8]	5 August 2010 (2010-08-05)
39	4	"Snatch"	Sian Davies	Alice Bell	1.002 [9]	41 [10]	12 August 2010 (2010-08-12)
40	5	"CPP"	Andrew Prowse	Jeff Truman	1.005 [11]	38 [12]	19 August 2010 (2010-08-19)
41	6	"Brawl"	Daniel Nettheim	Jessica Redenbach	0.798 [13]	72 [14]	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
42	7	"L'homme"	Daina Reid	Adam Todd	0.668 [15]	83 [16]	2 September 2010 (2010-09-02)
43	8	"Train"	Grant Brown	Samantha Winston	0.788 [17]	62 [18]	9 September 2010 (2010-09-09)
44	9	"Cooked"	Andrew Prowse	Louise Fox	0.776 [19]	65 [20]	16 September 2010 (2010-09-16)
45	10	"Run"	Daniel Nettheim	Sam Carroll	0.800 [21]	60 [22]	23 September 2010 (2010-09-23)
46	11	"Hostage"	Michael Pattinson	John Ridley	0.861 [23]	52 [24]	30 September 2010 (2010-09-30)
47	12	"Crash"	Andrew Prowse	Samantha Winston	0.774 [25]	61 [26]	21 October 2010 (2010-10-21)
48	13	"Series 3 Episode 13"	John Hartley	Jessica Redenbach	0.689 [25]	75 [26]	21 October 2010 (2010-10-21)
49	14	"Series 3 Episode 14"	Ben Chessell	Adam Todd	0.687 [27]	74 [28]	28 October 2010 (2010-10-28)
50	15	"Series 3 Episode 15"	Sian Davies	Alice Bell & Todd Boland	0.773 [29]	60 [30]	4 November 2010 (2010-11-04)
51	16	"Series 3 Episode 16"	David Caesar	Leon Ford	0.708 [31]	69 [32]	11 November 2010 (2010-11-11)
52	17	"Series 3 Episode 17"	Andrew Prowse	Jeff Truman	0.707 [33]	63 [34]	18 November 2010 (2010-11-18)
53	18	"Series 3 Episode 18"	Robert Connolly	Sam Carroll	0.670 [35] [36]	70 [37]	25 November 2010 (2010-11-25)
54	19	"Series 3 Episode 19"	Sian Davies	John Ridley	0.687 [35]	66 [37]	25 November 2010 (2010-11-25)
55	20	"Series 3 Episode 20"	Grant Brown	Alice Bell & Leon Ford	0.936 [38]	22 [39]	2 December 2010 (2010-12-02)
56	21	"Proof"	Andrew Prowse	Jessica Redenbach & Adam Todd	0.821 [40]	29 [41]	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)
57	22	"Series 3 Episode 22"	Ben Chessell	Samantha Winston	0.910 [42]	16 [43]	16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)

Series 4 (2011)

On 12 November 2010, Network Ten renewed Rush for a 13 episode, fourth series to air from 1 September 2011. ^[44]

Main article: Rush (series 4)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Australian viewers (million)	Rank (weekly)	Original air date
58	1	"New World Order"	Andrew Prowse	Christopher Lee	0.778 [45]	38 [46]	1 September 2011 (2011-09-01)
59	2	"Escort"	Daina Reid	Samantha Winston	0.719 [45]	49 [46]	1 September 2011 (2011-09-01)
60	3	"Escort, Part 2"	Daina Reid	Christopher Lee	0.631 [47]	64 [48]	8 September 2011 (2011-09-08)
61	4	"Lion"	John Hartley	Adam Todd	0.660 [49]	57 [50]	15 September 2011 (2011-09-15)
62	5	"Threats"	Geoff Bennett	Ben Chessell	0.753 [51]	51 [52]	22 September 2011 (2011-09-22)
63	6	"In His Nature"	Ben Chessell	Christopher Lee, Vanessa Bates & Michael Boland	0.665 [53]	60 [54]	29 September 2011 (2011-09-29)
64	7	"Survival"	Grant Brown	Adam Todd	0.660 [55]	65 [56]	6 October 2011 (2011-10-06)
65	8	"Life Support"	Daina Reid	Keith Thompson	0.651 [57]	70 [58]	13 October 2011 (2011-10-13)
66	9	"Explosives"	Darren Ashton	Tim Dylan Lee & Michael Boland	0.617 [59]	TBA	20 October 2011 (2011-10-20)
67	10	"The Cuckoo"	Ben Chessell	Leon Ford	0.573	TBA	27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)
68	11	"Kiss"	Grant Brown	Samantha Winston	0.677	TBA	3 November 2011 (2011-11-03)
69	12	"Mortality"	Adrian Wills	Michael Boland & Jonathan Gavin	0.730	TBA	10 November 2011 (2011-11-10)
70	13	"Dirty Bomb"	Andrew Prowse	Adam Todd	0.512	TBA	17 November 2011 (2011-11-17)

Ratings

Rush : Australia viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																						Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	1	1161	912	1014	883	871	833	927	969	941	886	883	898	846	–									925
	2	1167	1145	1147	1228	1206	1115	1320	1036	1136	1107	1050	1008	944	871	909	975	890	826	948	830	989	977	1037
	3	1070	836	983	1002	1005	798	668	788	776	800	861	774	689	687	773	708	707	670	687	936	821	910	781
	4	778	719	631	660	753	665	660	651	617	573	667	730	513	–									664

Source: Audience measurement performed by OzTam ^[60]

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External links

• Rush at IMDb
• Rush at epguides.com