Stella becomes involved in an illegal car race with her girlfriend. After getting arrested, Kerry then gives her to the end of the day to find the man responsible for the races or else she is out of TR.
When a man wielding a knife holds up a strip club, looking for his daughter who works there, Dom comes up with a solution to the problem.
Kerry faces the inquest into the passing of a cyclist she accidentally hit. At the end of the day, Boyd visits her at home with a bottle of alcohol, and a rather interesting end result.
Rush follows the lives of members of the prestigious Tactical Response team (TR), which is based on the real life Victoria Police Critical Incident Response Team, a highly mobile unit that fills the operational gap between general duties police and the SWAT-like Special Operations Group. The team is seen responding to unhappy incidents such as carjackings, sleepings and armed offences. Rush focuses on the TR officers, their intelligence officers, Leon, Audrey and Inspector Kerry Vincent, head of the TR administration. It explores both the working and personal lives of the team.