Rush series 3
Appearance
Rush Series 3 | |
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Series 3 | |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | July 22 – December 16, 2010 |
Series chronology | |
Series 3 of police drama Rush premiered on July 22, 2010 on Network Ten. The third installment continues to follow the lives of two teams employed with the prestigeous Tactical Response Unit in Victoria, Australia.
Series 3 introduces new characters Audrey Khoo, a intelligence officer working alongside Leon, and Christian Tapu, a young constable who joins the teams.
Cast
Regular
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Recurring
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Episodes
№ | # | Titel | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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36 | 1 | "Don't Attack a Helicopter" | Andrew Prowse | Adam Todd | 22 July 2010 | |
The Tactical Response team investigate an attack on a police helicopter and multiple car bombings, however only after time passes, they realize it is all part of a cunning plan to rob a money-holding accommodation, learning this, the teams pursue the case. | ||||||
37 | 2 | "Don't Shoot Your Sniper" | Daina Reid | Adam Todd | 29 July 2010 | |
After a man is shot dead, the TR's investigation work alerts the teams to a gunman who has infiltrated an office building, however with numerous victims from both police and emergency workers alike, they struggle to find a motive for the shootings. Meanwhile Christian, Michael and Josh chase after a woman. | ||||||
38 | 3 | "Don't Import Things You Shouldn't" | Daniel Nettheim | Samantha Winston | 5 August 2010 | |
Lawson's constant reminders of a case where money thieves escape him and his team without being caught threatens to tear apart the Tactical Response operations and TR2 help with the arrest of a well-known illegeal importer. | ||||||
39 | 4 | "Don't Meet With a Gang" | Sian Davies | Alice Bell | 12 August 2010 | |
Tactical Response discovers a civilian involved with a lottery ticket scam with Andrew Kronin's gang which causes Dom to break-down and begin a shooting spree after Lawson refuses to help the civilian. | ||||||
40 | 5 | "Don't Attack the Prime Minister" | Andrew Prowse | Jeff Truman | 19 August 2010 | |
Christian is excited to be protecting one of his favorite childhood Idol's whilst he is on a visit to Australia. However he and the teams become concerned after it becomes obvious the prime-minister is being targeted by an assassin, and Dom is rejected by Lawson after he requests his job back. | ||||||
41 | 6 | "Don't Get Married Escaping from the Cops" | Daniel Nettheim | Jessica Redenbach | 26 August 2010 | |
TR try to track down and arrest a recently bankrupt couple on the run and Stella tries to deal with a potentially suicidal bar owner, who recently shot a patron. | ||||||
42 | 7 | "Don't Show Him Your Badge" | Daina Reid | Adam Todd | 2 September 2010 | |
Tactical Response turn their undivided atention to armed robbers Andrew Kronin and his gang, however Shannon finds herself taken hostage by Andrew without him knowing she's a police officer. | ||||||
43 | 8 | "Don't Board a Runaway Train" | Grant Brown | Samantha Winston | 9 September 2010 | |
Tactical Response notice a runaway train relentlessy traveling through numerous stations along a crash course with another train. Lawson boards train, unaware Andrew Kronin, a criminal he's been pursuing, is also onboard. | ||||||
44 | 9 | "Don't Cook Meth" | Andrew Prowse | Louise Fox | 16 September 2010 | |
A former drug user helps Tactical Response arrest a gang, however an hostage situation breakouts after the former drug users boyfriend breaks up with him, meanwhile, Kerry discovers her son James, has a drug problem. Meanwhile, Josh is injured when being pursued by a hired assasin. | ||||||
45 | 10 | "Don't Steal an Airplane with No Fuel" | Daniel Nettheim | Sam Carroll | 23 September 2010 | |
On Shannon's first day as a Sergeant, her confidence is hurt after a juvenile delinquent steals the TR02 vehicle, however while pursing the criminal, she discovers he is easily avoidable. Tragedy strikes and Stella discovers she's pregnant. | ||||||
46 | 11 | "Don't Let Her That Close with a Knife" | Michael Pattinson | John Ridley | 30 September 2010 | |
The Tactical Response team becomes involved in stopping a weird hostage situation, meanwhile, Audrey discovers Michael slept with Stella in the aftermath of her miscarriage. | ||||||
47 | 12 | "Don't Get Trapped in the Lift" | Andrew Prowse | Samantha Winston | 21 October 2010 | |
A cyber hacker manages to take down communications, businesses and banks across the city, bringing Josh and Tash together as they race against time to save the life of a badly injured woman. As the attack becomes more lethal, Leon and Audrey put their wits together to stop the faceless hacker. | ||||||
48 | 13 | "Don't Hold a Shotgun to Michael's Head" | John Hartley | Jessica Redenbach | 21 October 2010 | |
After Andrew Kronin stages a brazen escape, Michael struggles with past demons as TR hunt down the armed robber and murderer. Burning for revenge, Michael is helped by Lawson to come to terms with his emotions. | ||||||
49 | 14 | "Don't Fall Seven Stories Down an Air Duct" | Ben Chessell | Adam Todd | 28 October 2010 | |
TR have a tough task when a group of Afghani asylum seekers seize the control of Frankston's Peninsula Centre and as a result, take several hostages, including the son of the Minister for Immigration. | ||||||
50 | 15 | "Don't Train in the Bush" | Sian Davies | Alice Bell & Todd Boland | 4 November 2010 | |
Most of the members of TR go to the bush for a routine training exercise. Unknown to Lawson and Josh however, they soon find themselves at the mercy of Oliver Ginsberg, who has rigged the forest with deadly traps. When they discover that Ginsberg is on his way back to the city with a van full of explosives, they realise the worst is yet to come. | ||||||
51 | 16 | "Don't Annoy the Senior Sergeant" | David Caesar | Leon Ford | 11 November 2010 | |
Lawson and Dom must find themselves working together again as TR and the bomb squad try to find and disarm the explosives Oliver Ginsberg has planted under the city. Dom dies in a blast. | ||||||
52 | 17 | "Don't Refuse Treatment" | Andrew Prowse | Jeff Truman | 18 November 2010 | |
Kerry is shocked when she receives a phone call saying that her son James has been arrested after being involved in a stoush during a flight back from Vietnam. Meanwhile Lawson refuses treatment when he is knocked down by a car after saving someone's life. | ||||||
53 | 18 | "Don't Take Away the Baby" | Robert Connolly | Sam Carroll | 25 November 2010 | |
The Tactical Response team takes a new born baby away from a crime-family, in order to protect the child from harm, though after the family kills a police officer, Kerry sets out to destroy the crime syndicate. | ||||||
54 | 19 | "Don't Be Taken Hostage" | Sian Davies | John Ridley | 25 November 2010 | |
After a soldier escapes his confinements from the Military Police, the TR team search for the suspect around the barracks, though Christian soon finds himself held hostage by the soldier, trying to save a shot officer and faced with an ultimatum. | ||||||
55 | 20 | "Don't Screw on My Futon" | Grant Brown | Alice Bell & Leon Ford | 2 December 2010 | |
Lawson and his team must watch over a wreckless private security force in order to resolve their kidnapping case without another shooting incident and Shannon sleeps with Lawson, though, Shannon discovers they were being filmed and Michael saw the tape. | ||||||
56 | 21 | "Don't Trust Him" | Andrew Prowse | Jessica Redenbach & Adam Todd | 9 December 2010 | |
A informant from Josh's past tries to frame him with a crime he didn't commit, though this sets off a chain reaction which threatens the lives of himself, his friends, Tash and her daughter. | ||||||
57 | 22 | "Don't Die on Me" | Ben Chessell | Samantha Winston | 16 December 2010 | |
After numerous distress calls and no communication from Baleen Island, the unit travel there to investigate, though the team is personally rocked after they find Michael with a spear-gun wound. Shannon finds a boat to transport Michael, though she finds herself battling with a rogue officer while Michael hangs on for life with Stella at his side. |
Ratings
Episode | Date Aired | Timeslot | Rating | Nightly Rank | Weekly Rank |
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#3.01 | 22 July 2010 | Thursday 8:30pm | 1,070,000[1] | 7[1] | 25[2] |
#3.02 | 29 July 2010 | 836,000[3] | 14[3] | 61[4] | |
#3.03 | 5 August 2010 | 983,000[5] | 11[5] | 42[6] | |
#3.04 | 12 August 2010 | 1,002,000[7] | 8[7] | 41[8] | |
#3.05 | 19 August 2010 | 1,005,000[9] | 10[9] | 38[10] | |
#3.06 | 26 August 2010 | 798,000[11] | 19[11] | 72[12] | |
#3.07 | 2 September 2010 | 668,000[13] | 17[13] | 83[14] | |
#3.08 | 9 September 2010 | 788,000[15] | 14[15] | 62[16] | |
#3.09 | 16 September 2010 | 776,000[17] | 15[17] | 65[18] | |
#3.10 | 23 September 2010 | 800,000[19] | 15[19] | 60[20] | |
#3.11 | 30 September 2010 | 861,000[21] | 9[21] | 52[22] | |
#3.12 | 21 October 2010 | 774,000[23] | 14[23] | 61[24] | |
#3.13 | Thursday 9:30pm | 689,000[23] | 15[23] | 75[24] | |
#3.14 | 28 October 2010 | Thursday 8:30pm | 687,000[25] | 16[25] | 74[26] |
#3.15 | 4 November 2010 | 773,000[27] | 13[27] | 60[28] | |
#3.16 | 11 November 2010 | 708,000[29] | 17[29] | 69[30] | |
#3.17 | 18 November 2010 | 707,000[31] | 16[31] | 63[32] | |
#3.18 | 25 November 2010 | 670,000[33] | 18[33] | 70[34] | |
#3.19 | Thursday 9:30pm | 687,000[33] | 17[33] | 66[34] | |
#3.20 | 2 December 2010 | Thursday 8:30pm | 936,000[35] | 7[35] | 22[36] |
#3.21 | 9 December 2010 | 821,000[37] | 8[37] | 29[38] | |
#3.22 | 16 December 2010 | 910,000[39] | 4[39] | 16[40] |
DVD release
DVD title | Release date | Episodes |
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Rush - Series Three : Volume one | December 2, 2010[41] | 12 |
Rush - Series Three : Volume two | March 3, 2011[42] | 10 |
References
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 30". TV Tonight. July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (July 25, 2010). "MasterWeek as TEN wins the ratings". Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 31". TV Tonight. July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (August 1, 2010). "TEN's ratings week burnt by Seven win". Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 32". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Rafters rule the ratings roost". TV-Tonight.com.au. August 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 33". TV Tonight. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Viewers swing to ABC". TV-Tonight.com.au. August 15, 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 34". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
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- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 35". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (August 29, 2010). "Bad Boys dominate Seven's week". Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 36". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (September 5, 2010). "7TWO grabs first win over GO!". Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 37". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (September 12, 2010). "The big bang on Nine's Ratings theory". Retrieved September 12, 2010.
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- ^ Knox, David (September 19, 2010). "Run for the ratings". Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 39". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (September 26, 2010). "2.8m for AFL but Nine wins the week". Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 40". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (October 3, 2010). "Blokes rule as Seven wins Week 40". Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Ratings: Week 43". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ a b Knox, David (October 24 2010). "SBS birthday present: under siege from digitals". Retrieved October 31, 2010.
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(help) - ^ a b "Ratings: Week 44". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (October 31, 2010). "ONE holds up the main game at TEN". Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 45". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (November 7, 2010). "Seven's Cup runneth over". Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 46". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (November 14, 2010). "All the drama of Week 46". Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 47". TV Tonight.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (November 21, 2010). "It's the final countdown". Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Senior Writer, Spy Report (November 26, 2010). "Ratings: Thursday 25th November". Media Spy. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b Knox, David (November 28, 2010). "Week 48: the winner announced". Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 1-Summer Period". December 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (December 5, 2010). "7TWO beats GO! in first week of summer". Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 2-Summer Period". December 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (December 12, 2010). "Summer all Seven's way". Retrieved December 13, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ratings: Week 3-Summer Period". December 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ Knox, David (December 19, 2010). "Oprah upstages summer ratings battle". Retrieved January 21, 2011.
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