Rush: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Rush Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jul 16, 2009
When a container of illegal weapons is broken into, Josh and Dom race to save the life of a security guard, who has a bomb strapped to her body, and attempt to find the men respons
Episode 2
Jul 23, 2009
When a group of students are lured into being drug mules, TR races to stop them, as Kerry warns Lawson he risks compromising a federal investigation.
Episode 3
Jul 30, 2009
When TR is called to a domestic dispute, Lawson connects with a young boy struggling to care for his drunken father; Michael discovers being a hero isn't all it seems.
Episode 4
Aug 6, 2009
When a family court judge is taken hostage by a disgruntled father, TR tries desperately for a peaceful resolution. As the situation escalates, Shannon is in a race to talk him dow
Episode 5
Aug 13, 2009
During a routine cell extraction Dom and Stella are caught in a prison siege. As Shannon negotiates with the ringleader, she slips up admitting Dom and Stella are inside. When the
Episode 6
Aug 20, 2009
When an ex-newspaper editor causes a disturbance at Federation Square, Tactical Response tries to talk him down before he tragically falls to his death. A series of TAB robberies l
Episode 7
Aug 27, 2009
When teenagers blow up a series of parking pay stations, TR races to prevent them killing themselves and innocent bystanders.
Episode 8
Sep 3, 2009
TR is called to a domestic siege on the outskirts of Melbourne where they journey into dense bush to save a young boy. When Josh is shot, Lawson faces a dilemma in how to neutrali
Episode 9
Sep 10, 2009
Stella's future in Tactical Response is threatened when she becomes involved in an illegal car race. Kerry faces the coronial inquest into the cyclist's death. Later, Boyd visits K
Episode 10
Sep 10, 2009
Michael puts his life in danger when he goes against protocol taking on a group of robbers single-handedly. Tactical Response responds to a suspicious car tailing an armoured van.
Episode 11
Sep 17, 2009
When John Welsh, an ex-SAS soldier robs a petrol station, TR join with a major crime squad to help bring him down. A drug-related story Jacinta is investigating ends up putting he
Episode 12
Sep 24, 2009
When a baby is abducted Lawson races to find the kidnappers before the child's grandfather, a known criminal figure, finds them first. Meanwhile, a man threatens to jump from an ap
Episode 13
Oct 1, 2009
When a taxi driver assaults Shannon, Tactical Response links the incident to a spate of attacks against female passengers. As Tactical Response searches for the driver, Josh strugg
Episode 14
Oct 8, 2009
Lawson extracts an undercover operative from a drug syndicate only to discover she has crossed the line and is pregnant to a known criminal. Tactical Response races to track her do
Episode 15
Oct 15, 2009
Lawson, Shannon and Stella race to save the lives of college students when two teenagers go on a rampage at a college campus. Dom and Michael attend an armed robbery to find the gu
Episode 16
Oct 22, 2009
Stella is caught in the crossfire when an informant is removed from witness protection against his will. When the negotiation takes a turn for the worse, Stella has to deal with th
Episode 17
Oct 29, 2009
Michael and Josh clash when dealing with a delusional man. Tactical Response races to stop a woman murdering her husband. Meanwhile, Lawson and Jacinta renegotiate their relationsh
Episode 18
Nov 5, 2009
Lawson and Josh come to blows when Lawson discovers Josh's relationship with Shannon. Meanwhile, Tactical Response tracks an escaped criminal who Josh believes has been wrongly imp
Episode 19
Nov 12, 2009
Lawson tries to save Caleb from a life of crime, only to discover it's already too late. Meanwhile, Dom's home life explodes when Sandrine's depression threatens to harm their baby
Episode 20
Nov 19, 2009
A discussion about Kerry's birthday leads to a bet on who in the team will have sex with her. Meanwhile, Leon investigates a series of video store robberies, only to be caught in a
Episode 21
Nov 26, 2009
TR assists in the removal of underage girls from a community where reports have been made of inappropriate behavior. The situation turns serious when a member of the community hija
Episode 22
Nov 26, 2009
Meanwhile Melbourne’s water supply is contaminated by a woman who believes fluoride in the water has killed her husband, and Michael’s faith is tested when he loses a large sum of