Episode
Rookie Blue: Butterflies
Overview
Andy's world explodes by a seemingly senseless act of violence during a concert shooting. When she sets out to unravel the details, she comes into direct conflict with Luke's former partner, Detective Jo Rosati, a new detective with Division 15. As Rosati investigates the case, sparks soon fly between her and Luke.
Details
- Series
- Rookie Blue
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2011-06-23
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Butterflies is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Rookie Blue. It aired on 2011-06-23. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 4: Heart & Sparks
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Episode 5: Stung
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Episode 6: In Plain View
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Episode 7: The One That Got Away
Detectives Callahan and Rosati are at odds over how to correlate and interpret the facts of two vicious crimes. Luke feels strongly that the latest woman attacked on her watch is connected to an unsolved rookie's murder, but his erratic behavior gets him kicked off the case. Andy may be in serious trouble when Luke urges her to follow through with his hunch on the crimes.
Episode 8: Monster
Gail and Traci apprehend a man who mysteriously collapses at the station which in turn places Division 15 under quarantine. Andy and Swarek are after a brutal bank robber and his partner but it will take some out-of-the-box thinking to solve this crime. Dov goes out on a first date with the bomb tech who saved his life.
Episode 9: Brotherhood
It's a race against the clock as Dov and Gail work under Swarek's expert tutelage in a stakeout operation to stop an Asian gang from killing a snitch. Meanwhile, at Mounted Unit training day, Andy and Chris join the rookies from Division 27 in a competitive equine training event that gets Andy back in the saddle - both personally and professionally.
Episode 10: Best Laid Plans
While working a kidnapping case, Andy and Swarek find themselves on the scene of a car accident. As Swarek and the rest of Division 15 pursue the kidnapper and missing child, Andy remains at the scene with a woman trapped in her car. A transgression involving Gail puts Chris at odds with Dov. Andy concludes that it's time to re-evaluate her life.
Episode 11: A Little Faith
When Traci and Andy are sent out on an undercover training exercise, they stumble upon a young woman who is about to die of an overdose. Meanwhile, Dov finds himself on a “ride-along” with a drug dealer and old friend of his deceased brother. Back at the station, Chris and Gail deal with a teenage boy they found tied up at a graveyard; sifting through the wreckage of their relationship, to try to get to the bottom of a bullying situation.
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