Season 4 • Episode 13
LatestAs the bomb squad work to defuse a bomb, the team are tasked to fly to Fiji to extradite a South Korean National back to Australia. Shannon also responds to Lawson's marriage proposal, sort of.
They are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide. Rush was an Australian television police drama that first screened on Network Ten in September 2008. Set in Melbourne, Victoria, it focuses on the members of a Police Tactical Response team. It is produced by John Edwards and Southern Star. On 10 November 2011, as with Network Ten setting out DVD promotions for the finale of season 4, David Knox of TV Tonight has announced that Rush would not return after 4 years, as the next episode would be its last.
Acting
Rodger Corser's Lawson Blake — exhausted, excellent, utterly magnetic.
Direction
Tight, handheld action that puts you in the raid, not watching it.
Production
Melbourne locations give it authentic grit Hollywood can't fake.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Callan Mulvey (Joshua) left to chase Hollywood; his final episode drew series-high ratings as fans mourned.
Rush pioneered Australian 'tactical procedural' format later copied by shows like Hyde & Seek, proving local audiences wanted homegrown action heroes.
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