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COLLECTION · Series · 2008

Flashpoint

The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.

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* 7.3 (150)ActionAdventureDramaCanada
Creators
Stephanie Morgenstern · Mark Ellis
Countries
Canada
Studios
CTV · Pink Sky Entertainment · Avamar Entertainment · Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund
Runtime
44 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
11/07/2008
Score
7.3 / 10 (150)

Awards and nominations

  • Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
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Specials
Specials
1 episodes · 2012
The Final Salute
Episode 1. The Final Salute
2012-12-13 · 44 min

"Flashpoint" stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau and Sergio Di Zio reflect on the series' five seasons. Host: Ben Mulroney.

Season 1
Season 1
9 episodes · 2008
Scorpio
Episode 1. Scorpio
2008-07-11 · 44 min

The team has to deal with a disturbed man who has just murdered his estranged wife and who has now taken a woman hostage outside of an office building. However, the situation only gets worse when his son arrives on the scene.

First In Line
Episode 2. First In Line
2008-07-18 · 44 min

A dying girl desperately needs a heart transplant and her father will do whatever it takes to make sure she gets one. Even if it means endangering his own life. The team is called and Parker attempts to defuse the situation.

The Element of Surprise
Episode 3. The Element of Surprise
2008-07-24 · 44 min

The team helps out some undercover agents who are involved in a major drug bust. However, the operation goes wrong when a customer gets in the middle of it.

Asking For Flowers
Episode 4. Asking For Flowers
2008-07-31 · 44 min

When a cop is being held hostage by an enraged family member, the team have to set aside their own feelings to resolve the situation. However, the tables turn when the hostage may not be who the team thinks.

Who's George
Episode 5. Who's George
2008-08-07 · 44 min

The SRU are called to a bank to deal with a hostage situation; Parker faces one of his toughest negotiations when the robber isn't who he thought.

Attention Shoppers
Episode 6. Attention Shoppers
2008-08-14 · 44 min

When a group of girls torment a troubled teen at the mall, the teenage rivalry turns deadly. The SRU is forced to put a lock down in place to control the situation.

He Knows His Brother
Episode 7. He Knows His Brother
2008-08-21 · 44 min

When the SRU responds to a violent altercation between a young man and his father, the boy flees the police and runs into the woods, sending the team on a manhunt.

Never Kissed a Girl
Episode 8. Never Kissed a Girl
2008-09-11 · 44 min

When a young man holds a courtroom hostage in an attempt to clear his name for a crime he didn't commit, an SRU team member is in the wrong place at the wrong time and must find a way to safely defuse a critical situation.

Planets Aligned
Episode 9. Planets Aligned
2008-09-18 · 44 min

The SRU attempts to rescue a kidnapped girl who is being held at a booby-trapped house, but while on the job they learn that one of the abductors is a teen who went missing several years earlier.

Season 2
Season 2
22 episodes · 2009
Eagle Two
Episode 1. Eagle Two
2009-01-09 · 44 min

The team have to protect some VIPs, only to find they have a kidnapping on their hands and limited time to rescue the victim.

Backwards Day
Episode 2. Backwards Day
2009-01-16 · 44 min

"Backwards Day " is the eleventh episode in the first season of the Canadian police drama television series Flashpoint. The episode first aired on January 16, 2009. In international markets, this episode is billed as episode 11 of season…

Haunting the Barn
Episode 3. Haunting the Barn
2009-01-23 · 44 min

"Haunting the Barn" is the twelfth episode in the first season of the Canadian police drama television series Flashpoint. The episode first aired on January 23, 2009. In international markets, this episode is billed as episode 12 of…

Between Heartbeats
Episode 4. Between Heartbeats
2009-02-13 · 44 min

"Between Heartbeats" is the thirteenth episode in the first season of the Canadian police drama television series Flashpoint. The episode first aired on February 13, 2009. In international markets, this episode is billed as episode 13 of…

Business as Usual
Episode 5. Business as Usual
2009-02-27 · 44 min

When three men take the CEO of a mortgage company hostage, the SRU team is called to the scene to diffuse the situation. Jules recovers from being shot and the team reluctantly looks at recruits to fill her spot

The Fortress
Episode 6. The Fortress
2009-03-06 · 44 min

When the SRU is called to the scene of an upper class household where four hostages are being held, they discover that the hostage taker is actually the boyfriend of the family's nanny.

Clean Hands
Episode 7. Clean Hands
2009-03-13 · 44 min

The SRU must decide how to respond against a colleague after discovering a federal agent they're working with during the transport of a serial killer is sabotaging their mission.

Aisle 13
Episode 8. Aisle 13
2009-04-03 · 44 min

SRU has to deal with a sniper that has taken over City Hall, who just happens to be the son of a man Ed killed during a mission. Meanwhile, a team member's health is in question after being caught in the line of fire.

The Perfect Family
Episode 9. The Perfect Family
2009-04-10 · 44 min

A couple kidnaps the baby they gave up for adoption.

Remote Control
Episode 10. Remote Control
2009-04-24 · 44 min

The SRU is called in when a bank employee whose wife is being held captive hacks into the computer system to steal money to pay off her captors.

Perfect Storm
Episode 11. Perfect Storm
2009-05-01 · 44 min

The team must diffuse a volatile situation when a student pushed to the limit by bullies bring a gun to school.

Last Dance
Episode 12. Last Dance
2009-05-08 · 44 min

The team must track down a young woman dying of a brain disease when she and her finacé go on a crime spree.

Exit Wounds
Episode 13. Exit Wounds
2009-05-15 · 44 min

The SRU team is deployed to a hospital to end a stand-off between gang members and a man trying to protect his wounded brother.

One Wrong Move
Episode 14. One Wrong Move
2009-09-25 · 44 min

A wave of terrorist bombs shuts down the city, pushing Team One to the limit and putting one of their own on the line.

Never Let You Down
Episode 15. Never Let You Down
2009-10-02 · 44 min

The SRU unit must rescue a woman from a delusional man who insists she is his missing daughter.

Just a Man
Episode 16. Just a Man
2009-10-09 · 44 min

Model prisoner Anton Burrows is up for parole but is denied when the victim’s family, the Amiris, speaks against him. Moments later, a ruthless gang incites a riot at Langstaff Maximum Security and takes the Amiris hostage. The SRU are…

Custody
Episode 17. Custody
2009-10-16 · 44 min

The SRU respond when a distraught man takes a lawyer at gunpoint.

Coming To You Live
Episode 18. Coming To You Live
2009-10-23 · 44 min

After hearing on the radio that a talk show host is holding a prominent politician hostage, seeking revenge for a murder he thinks the man committed years ago, the SRU team races to the station to talk the host out of killing him on the…

The Farm
Episode 19. The Farm
2009-10-30 · 44 min

The SRU are called in to resolve a gas station robbery but discover it’s connected to a deadly crisis on a cult compound.

You Think You Know Someone
Episode 20. You Think You Know Someone
2009-11-06 · 44 min

Parker is lured into a trap and confronted with a deadly choice: reveal a dark secret from his past or lose his life.

The Good Citizen
Episode 21. The Good Citizen
2009-11-13 · 44 min

The SRU team attempts to stop a vigilante who is out for blood.

Behind the Blue Line
Episode 22. Behind the Blue Line
2009-11-20 · 44 min

The team tries to capture a gunman who's shooting inside a historic arena. The investigation causes Sam to question his place on the team.

Season 3
Season 3
13 episodes · 2010
Unconditional Love
Episode 1. Unconditional Love
2010-07-16 · 44 min

Team One must resolve a standoff at a seedy motel with a fugitive who has shot two police officers and taken a teenager, Paul Wilder, hostage. At first, Paul seems like a good kid in a bad situation, but as the team digs deeper it…

Severed Ties
Episode 2. Severed Ties
2010-08-06 · 44 min

Maggie Perrello was the perfect mother until an addiction to prescription meds spiraled out of control. It cost Maggie a stint in jail, and the loss of her beloved daughters Becky and Riley into foster care. Now she’s out of jail, clean…

Follow the Leader
Episode 3. Follow the Leader
2010-08-13 · 44 min

Two Brothers become involved with a white supremacy group planning a terrorist attack.

Whatever it Takes
Episode 4. Whatever it Takes
2010-08-20 · 44 min

A high school athlete threatens suicide after being kidnapped and beaten.

The Other Lane
Episode 5. The Other Lane
2010-09-03 · 44 min

While investigating a shots fired call in an upscale neighborhood, the SRU team encounters a group of gun runners. Among them, Ed's brother.

Jumping at Shadows
Episode 6. Jumping at Shadows
2010-09-10 · 44 min

A girl calls a 911 dispatcher to say an intruder in trying to break in, the dispatcher doesn't believe that an actual intruder is breaking into the house until gunshots are heard. When SRU arrives on scene there is no sign of the girl.…

Acceptable Risk
Episode 7. Acceptable Risk
2010-09-17 · 44 min

In the wake of a museum gala shooting spree, the SRU's actions and judgments are called into question; however, the investigator seems to be focusing on Sgt. Parker in particular.

Collateral Damage
Episode 8. Collateral Damage
2011-01-04 · 44 min

Team One is out to capture a man for the murder of his daughter after escaping from a transport van for prisoners.

Thicker Than Blood
Episode 9. Thicker Than Blood
2011-01-11 · 44 min

Team One arrives on the scene of a bank robbery where a man claiming to be Roger Finch has turned to desperate measures after trying to withdraw $40,000 from his account. But the case is not so simple: the Team discovers the bank robber…

Terror
Episode 10. Terror
2011-01-18 · 44 min

The Team receives an urgent call from Jules (Amy Jo Johnson) on her day off – she and her date Steve are trapped in a restaurant with a gunman (Aaron Poole) who’s shot a waiter and is now holding hostages and making incoherent demands.…

No Promises
Episode 11. No Promises
2011-01-25 · 44 min

Spike (Sergio Di Zio) discovers his former mentor may be implicated in a tangled case involving corruption, drug dealers and an attempted gang execution.

I'd Do Anything
Episode 12. I'd Do Anything
2011-02-01 · 44 min

Complications arise in a high-risk SRU raid when an informant gets caught in a dangerous game of love, murder and betrayal.

Fault Lines (1)
Episode 13. Fault Lines (1)
2011-02-06 · 44 min

Team One grapples with life and death choices and tough decisions that leave viewers wondering if the team will ever be the same again. Dr. Larry Toth (guest star Victor Garber), a military psychologist and ‘team-breaker’, peers inside…

Season 4
Season 4
18 episodes · 2011
Personal Effects (2)
Episode 1. Personal Effects (2)
2011-07-08 · 44 min

The team members hunt for the gunman who shot Ed and learn that the shooter is linked to a drug lord. Meanwhile, Ed undergoes surgery; and his wife experiences complications while delivering their baby.

Good Cop
Episode 2. Good Cop
2011-07-15 · 44 min

When a cop who mistakenly shot and killed a young boy is declared innocent, Team One confronts a rioting crowd and the father whose dreams died the night he lost his son.

Run, Jaime, Run
Episode 3. Run, Jaime, Run
2011-07-22 · 44 min

When Team One goes up against a notorious serial robber who streams his robberies on the live Internet, they discover there is more to this man’s mission than first appears.

Through a Glass Darkly
Episode 4. Through a Glass Darkly
2011-07-29 · 44 min

The Strategic Response Unit is called when a mother and daughter are abducted, and the only clue they have about the culprit could expose a dark family secret.

The Better Man
Episode 5. The Better Man
2011-08-05 · 44 min

As a city-wide drug bust takes place, Team One struggles with a team member’s secret that could compromise their assignment and end Wordy’s career, on FLASHPOINT.

A Day in the Life
Episode 6. A Day in the Life
2011-08-12 · 44 min

When Raf, a new recruit, joins Team One, he learns what it means to be a member of the Strategic Response Unit on one of their toughest days of the year for hostage and suicide situations.

Shockwave
Episode 7. Shockwave
2011-08-19 · 44 min

Torn from his dying father’s bedside, Spike joins Team One to face their largest bomb threat yet, but realizes the only way to diffuse the bomb is to get inside the dangerous mind of its creator.

Grounded
Episode 8. Grounded
2011-09-19 · 44 min

Hijackers commandeer a passenger jet to bargain for a prisoner release. The lives of forty passengers and crew hang in the balance of negotiations over the prisoner, a relative of the terrorists. An ambitious passenger irks the hijackers,…

The War Within
Episode 9. The War Within
2011-09-27 · 44 min

Team One tracks a masked gunman terrorizing a group of teenagers – and discovers troubling connections between an outspoken gay student, a manipulative therapist, and a young man desperate to win back his parents.

Cost of Doing Business
Episode 10. Cost of Doing Business
2011-10-04 · 44 min

When a ransom drop goes wrong, Team One is drawn into the dangerous world of “express kidnapping” and the nightmare of a woman haunted by the brutal experience of captivity. Meanwhile, Greg finds out about Sam and Jules' secretly renewed…

Wild Card
Episode 11. Wild Card
2011-10-11 · 44 min

An armed robbery exposes a mother’s double life, while Ed gambles with his own safety and a promise he made to his family.

A New Life
Episode 12. A New Life
2011-11-01 · 44 min

Ed walks his friend Donna Sabine down the aisle. It should be the happiest day of her life, but the peaceful wedding is shattered by gunfire. Then Donna and Ed make a shocking discovery.

A Call To Arms
Episode 13. A Call To Arms
2011-11-08 · 44 min

Team One investigates a violent kidnapping in Chinatown where a store owner and his daughter have disappeared. They discover that a ruthless street gang is behind the crime and, in the process, uncover a tragic family secret.

Day Game
Episode 14. Day Game
2011-11-15 · 44 min

Team One races to Fletcher Stadium, where a knife-wielding robber has taken a hostage. When a security guard tries to be a hero, the situation turns bloody.

Blue on Blue
Episode 15. Blue on Blue
2011-11-22 · 44 min

Spike responds to a distress call from Sam's sister and finds himself in a hostile situation. The rest of Team One races to a call at the ultra-secure Metro Evidence Depot and finds a deadly connection between the two cases - one that…

Team Player
Episode 16. Team Player
2011-11-28 · 44 min

Team One is called to a high-security psychiatric hospital where a violent patient has taken a guard hostage and injured a fellow patient.

Priority of Life
Episode 17. Priority of Life
2011-12-06 · 44 min

Dr. Toth confronts Parker with devastating news; Team One responds to a break-in at a bio-lab across town.

Slow Burn
Episode 18. Slow Burn
2011-12-13 · 44 min

During the season four finale, Team One races to a hospital when Fire Captain Simon Griggs interrupts the attempted murder of a badly burned firefighter. When they corner the suspect, the team learns he’s behind a series of deadly fires…

Season 5
Season 5
13 episodes · 2012
Broken Peace
Episode 1. Broken Peace
2012-09-20 · 44 min

Team One must keep the peace when a broken, volatile man goes to dangerous extremes to set things right with his ex-wife and his estranged daughter.

No Kind of Life
Episode 2. No Kind of Life
2012-09-27 · 44 min

A gunpoint abduction at a doctors office puts Team One on a collision course with a desperate felon as his bleeding sons life rests in Sam's hands.

Run to Me
Episode 3. Run to Me
2012-10-04 · 44 min

Team One is on the trail of the notorious Business Card Bandit only to discover the shocking truth about the robbers identity.

Eyes In
Episode 4. Eyes In
2012-10-11 · 44 min

Team One is stunned when someone hacks into their ultra-secure computer system -- to show the team the video of a crime in progress. The team speeds after the thieves, who've stolen an eighteen-wheeler full of volatile chemicals. Ed is…

Sons of The Father
Episode 5. Sons of The Father
2012-10-18 · 44 min

On the trail of a serial killer, Team One must convince a haunted, frightened man to reveal his darkest secret to save the life of an innocent woman.

Below The Surface
Episode 6. Below The Surface
2012-10-25 · 44 min

Parker must stop a remorseful Criminal Intelligence Agent from risking everything to save the life of her young confidential informant.

Forget Oblivion
Episode 7. Forget Oblivion
2012-11-01 · 44 min

Team One must stop a man cursed with a perfect memory from unleashing a deadly weapon on the city streets.

We Take Care Of Our Own
Episode 8. We Take Care Of Our Own
2012-11-08 · 44 min

An armoured car robbery pits Team One against an elite group of ex-soldiers who will stop at nothing to create a new life for themselves.

Lawmen
Episode 9. Lawmen
2013-11-15 · 44 min

A vigilante cops quest for justice puts the lives of both Parker and Eds sons in danger

A World Of Their Own
Episode 10. A World Of Their Own
2012-11-20 · 44 min

Team One confronts a man desperate to keep the promise he made to his deaf nephew by protecting the only place the boy has ever felt safe.

Fit For Duty
Episode 11. Fit For Duty
2012-11-29 · 44 min

A tragic shooting on a city ferry forces Ed to confront his deepest fears and threatens to tear Team One apart.

Keep the Peace (1)
Episode 12. Keep the Peace (1)
2012-12-06 · 44 min

In part one of the series finale, Team One faces it’s most chilling adversary yet: a brilliant serial bomber who takes an entire city hostage. They are put to the ultimate test in this shocking conclusion, changing Team One forever.

Keep the Peace (2)
Episode 13. Keep the Peace (2)
2012-12-13 · 44 min

The second of the two-part series finale, and Team One faces a serial bomber who takes an entire city hostage. They are put to the ultimate test in this shocking conclusion, changing Team One forever.

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