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
Series	Episodes	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)

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

Series 2 (2009)

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

Series 3 (2010)

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

Series 4 (2011)

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

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

Ratings

Rush : Australia viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																						Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Average
	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

References

1 2 "Rush Series one: Episode guide". Australian Television Archives. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
1 2 "Rush Series two: Episode guide". Australian Television Archives. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
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↑ "Ratings: Week 32". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
↑ "Rafters rule the ratings roost". TV Tonight. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
↑ "Ratings: Week 33". TV Tonight. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
↑ "Viewers swing to ABC". TV Tonight. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
↑ "Ratings: Week 34". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
↑ "ABC wins Election Night, but Seven takes the week". TV Tonight. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
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↑ Knox, David (5 September 2010). "7TWO grabs first win over GO!". Retrieved 5 September 2010.
↑ "Ratings: Week 37". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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↑ Knox, David (14 November 2010). "All the drama of Week 46". Retrieved 26 November 2010.
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↑ Knox, David (21 November 2010). "It's the final countdown". Retrieved 26 November 2010.
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External links

Rush at IMDb
Rush at epguides.com

[ratings_S1-1] 1 2 "Rush Series one: Episode guide". Australian Television Archives. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[ratings_S2-2] 1 2 "Rush Series two: Episode guide". Australian Television Archives. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[3] "Ratings: Week 30". TV Tonight. July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

[4] Knox, David (25 July 2010). "MasterWeek as TEN wins the ratings". Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[5] "Ratings: Week 31". TV Tonight. July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

[6] Knox, David (1 August 2010). "TEN's ratings week burnt by Seven win". Retrieved 8 August 2010.

[7] "Ratings: Week 32". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[8] "Rafters rule the ratings roost". TV Tonight. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

[9] "Ratings: Week 33". TV Tonight. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[10] "Viewers swing to ABC". TV Tonight. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[11] "Ratings: Week 34". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

[12] "ABC wins Election Night, but Seven takes the week". TV Tonight. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

[13] "Ratings: Week 35". TV Tonight. August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

[14] Knox, David (29 August 2010). "Bad Boys dominate Seven's week". Retrieved 29 August 2010.

[15] "Ratings: Week 36". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 September 2010.

[16] Knox, David (5 September 2010). "7TWO grabs first win over GO!". Retrieved 5 September 2010.

[17] "Ratings: Week 37". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

[18] Knox, David (12 September 2010). "The big bang on Nine's Ratings theory". Retrieved 12 September 2010.

[19] "Ratings: Week 38". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 September 2010. ^{[dead link]}

[20] Knox, David (19 September 2010). "Run for the ratings". Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[21] "Ratings: Week 39". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 September 2010.

[22] Knox, David (26 September 2010). "2.8m for AFL but Nine wins the week". Retrieved 26 September 2010.

[23] "Ratings: Week 40". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[24] Knox, David (3 October 2010). "Blokes rule as Seven wins Week 40". Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[ep12-13_V-25] 1 2 "Ratings: Week 43". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

[ep12-13_W-26] 1 2 Knox, David (24 October 2010). "SBS birthday present: under siege from digitals". Retrieved 31 October 2010.

[27] "Ratings: Week 44". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

[28] Knox, David (31 October 2010). "ONE holds up the main game at TEN". Retrieved 4 November 2010.

[29] "Ratings: Week 45". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[30] Knox, David (7 November 2010). "Seven's Cup runneth over". Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[31] "Ratings: Week 46". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[32] Knox, David (14 November 2010). "All the drama of Week 46". Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[33] "Ratings: Week 47". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[34] Knox, David (21 November 2010). "It's the final countdown". Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[ep18-19_V-35] 1 2 Senior Writer, Spy Report (26 November 2010). "Ratings: Thursday 25th November". Media Spy. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

[36] "Ratings: Beauty and the Geek dominates". Media Spy. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[ep18-19_W-37] 1 2 Knox, David (28 November 2010). "Week 48: the winner announced". Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[38] "Ratings: Week 1-Summer Period". December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.

[39] Knox, David (5 December 2010). "7TWO beats GO! in first week of summer". Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[40] "Ratings: Week 2-Summer Period". December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[41] Knox, David (12 December 2010). "Summer all Seven's way". Retrieved 13 December 2010.

[42] "Ratings: Week 3-Summer Period". December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

[43] Knox, David (19 December 2010). "Oprah upstages summer ratings battle". Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[44] Knox, David (23 August 2011). "Renewed: Rush". Retrieved 27 August 2011.

[auto2-45] 1 2 "Ratings: Week 36". TV Tonight. September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[auto1-46] 1 2 "X Marks the Spot". TV Tonight. September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[47] "Ratings: Week 37". TV Tonight. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[48] "Wild Boys shoots up ratings week". TV Tonight. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[49] "Ratings: Week 38". TV Tonight. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[50] "Ratings war to focus on Seven". TV Tonight. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[51] "Ratings: Week 39". TV Tonight. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[52] "Two and a Half Men tops the week". TV Tonight. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[53] "Week 40". TV Tonight. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[54] "AFL grand final tops ratings week". TV Tonight. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[55] "Week 41". TV Tonight. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

[56] "NRL Grand Final tops ratings week". TV Tonight. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

[57] "Week 42". TV Tonight. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

[58] "ABC's Doc Martin beats Nine, TEN's best all week". TV Tonight. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

[59] "Thursday 20 October 2011". Throng. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

[60] "OzTAM". oztam.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2025.