Fresh Paint

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Fresh Paint
Season	1
Episode	1
Overall	1
Duration	41 minutes
Broadcast	June 24, 2010
Written by	Tassie Cameron
Directed by	David Wellington
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"Fresh Paint" is the first episode in the first season of the ABC police drama Rookie Blue. It is the series premiere, and aired on June twenty-fourth in 2010.

Synopsis

Triumph turns to humiliation when a high-stakes take-down of a suspect goes awry. Andy McNally has made a critical rookie mistake, ruining a long-running undercover drug sting, and tries to make up for it by going face to face with a volatile gunman who already has one man's blood on his hands.

Plot

The five rookies are given a mischievous welcome to the force by their superiors via a round of drinking games. In the morning, they arrive for their first official days of work, though newbie Traci Nash is revealed to have started a secret affair with Detective Jerry Barber. Andy McNally, assigned to training officer Oliver Shaw, is soon called to the scene of a shooting at a drug den. There, well-known dealer Mink Barker has been killed by a fleeing gunman, according to sex worker and now witness Sadie Falls. Andy rushes to save a young woman who is overdosing, while back at the station house officer Dov Epstein and Gail Peck, stuck on desk duty, are flummoxed by the arrival of a transgender suspect who needs to be searched.

Back at the crime scene, Chris Diaz attempts to take statements; Andy and Traci, who has arrived with her trainer Noelle Williams, find a young boy, Joe, hiding in a closet. Andy then chases down and proudly arrests two other witnesses — but then learns that one of them, Sam Swarek, is actually an undercover officer whose eight-month sting operation is now ruined. Chris' training officer, Frank Best, swiftly bargains with Sadie for information on the shooting; a highly annoyed Sam orders Andy to search for evidence of the still-missing gunman. Joe's father arrives to retrieve him, and Traci quickly figures out that he has been buying drugs from the house. Andy, after meeting charming Detective Callaghan, heads off on her own and finds herself caught by the distraught teenage shooter, Martin Bentz.

Andy reasons with Martin and convinces him to disarm himself; he eventually explains that he shot Mink in anger over his sister, the overdosing girl. Andy brings him in unharmed and soon learns that the sister is recovering at the hospital. Oliver reveals that he knew Andy's dad, Tommy, a former cop who has been "going through a hard time." Sam, still angry about missing out on an important arrest of a dangerous drug dealer, rejects Andy's offer of a conciliatory drink. Traci turns down Jerry's invitation and returns home to her young son, Leo. Andy goes home to her father; he assures her that, despite a tumultuous first day, she will make a great cop.

Cast

Starring Missy Peregrym as Andy McNally Gregory Smith as Dov Epstein Enuka Okuma as Traci Nash Travis Milne as Chris Diaz Eric Johnson as Det. Luke Callaghan Charlotte Sullivan as Gail Peck Matt Gordon as Oliver Shaw Noam Jenkins as Det. Jerry Barber Jake Michaels as Shaw and Sister Aidan Devine as Staff Sgt. Boyko Spocket Ladies as Uniqua Guest Stars Peter MacNeill as Tommy McNally Lyriq Bent as Frank Best Devon Bostick as Martin Bentz Sarain Boylan as Sadie Falls

Co-Starring Drew Davis as Leo Bill MacDonald as Inspector Bill Peck Tulsi Balram as Tabby Barnes Billy Otis as Pedro Jacob Ewaniuk as Joe Scott Yaphe as Hugh Alice Poon as Paramedic Caroline Peter Graham as Bartender Amanda Soha as Faye Bentz Anthony Ulc as Officer Andrews Toya Alexis as Mother Riele West Downs as Little Girl Kim Roberts as Anita Nash Bruce Tubbe as Jay Adam MacDonald as Steve Peck Kris Ryan as Officer #1 Pete Zedlacher as SIU Officer

Quotes

• Oliver Shaw: "First rookie out of their cuffs drinks for free. Everyone else pays."
• Boyko: "There is absolutely no training that prepares you for life on the street."
• Boyko: "Serve, protect and don't screw up."
• Noelle Williams: "Great, I get 'Jenny from the block.'"
• Oliver Shaw: "People can smell new cops like they can smell fresh meat."
• Oliver Shaw: "Don't shoot me in the back."
• Traci Nash: "Just follow you in, right? Gun in, gun out?"
  Noelle Williams: "Really?"
• Boyko: "It's not rocket science."
  Dov Epstein: "It's some kind of science."
• Andy McNally: "Fake it 'till we make it."
• Frank Best: "Look, rook, sometimes you have to give a little to get a little."
• Andy McNally: "Maybe you can act like a cop for five minutes."
  Sam Swarek: "You've only been a cop for five minutes."
• Sam Swarek: "You know, the one right near where you tried to tackle me, kiss me?"
• Andy McNally: "You'd make a really good cop."
• Andy McNally: "How was I supposed to know he was undercover. It's a compliment, isn't it?"
• Andy McNally: "Please don't make me shoot you, this is my first day!"
• Tommy McNally: "How was it?"
  Andy McNally: "It was good... It was terrible."

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