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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 9 - The War Within
    7.1/10(188 votes)

    #1 - The War Within

    S4:E9

    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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 5 - Sons of The Father
    7.1/10(148 votes)

    #2 - Sons of The Father

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Stefan Pleszczynski
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 17 - Custody
    7.2/10(207 votes)

    #3 - Custody

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 18 - Coming To You Live
    7.2/10(181 votes)

    #4 - Coming To You Live

    S2:E18

    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 air.

    Director:Charles Binamé
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 21 - The Good Citizen
    7.2/10(187 votes)

    #5 - The Good Citizen

    S2:E21

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

    Director:Tim Southam
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 19 - The Farm
    7.3/10(203 votes)

    #6 - The Farm

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Érik Canuel
    Writers:Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock

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  7. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 2 - Severed Ties
    7.3/10(186 votes)

    #7 - Severed Ties

    S3:E2

    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 and sober, and yearns to bring her children home. When Maggie discovers that she can’t have her kids back, she turns desperate and kidnaps Becky and Riley. Team One answers the call. But when an unexpected complication threatens Becky’s safety, will Parker (Enrico Colantoni) be able to convince Maggie to make the ultimate sacrifice?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 4 - Whatever it Takes
    7.3/10(172 votes)

    #8 - Whatever it Takes

    S3:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Graeme Manson

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  9. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 10 - A World Of Their Own
    7.3/10(136 votes)

    #9 - A World Of Their Own

    S5:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Flashpoint Season 1 Episode 1 - Scorpio
    7.4/10(471 votes)

    #10 - Scorpio

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  11. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 5 - Business as Usual
    7.4/10(208 votes)

    #11 - Business as Usual

    S2:E5

    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

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  12. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 3 - Follow the Leader
    7.4/10(175 votes)

    #12 - Follow the Leader

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 10 - Terror
    7.4/10(161 votes)

    #13 - Terror

    S3:E10

    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. Team One works with Jules on the inside, fighting to calm the gunman down before the waiter dies, but its clear there’s more to this simple hostage-taking. Team One discovers that this delusional man is merely a pawn in a much more horrific act of terror, targeting a local mosque.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 12 - I'd Do Anything
    7.4/10(172 votes)

    #14 - I'd Do Anything

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 10 - Cost of Doing Business
    7.4/10(153 votes)

    #15 - Cost of Doing Business

    S4:E10

    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 relationship.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 11 - Wild Card
    7.4/10(167 votes)

    #16 - Wild Card

    S4:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Karen Walton

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  17. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 6 - Below The Surface
    7.4/10(143 votes)

    #17 - Below The Surface

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 2 - Backwards Day
    7.5/10(243 votes)

    #18 - Backwards Day

    S2:E2

    "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 1, while in North America, the episode aired as the second episode of season 2.

    Director:Érik Canuel
    Writer:Esta Spalding

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  19. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 9 - The Perfect Family
    7.5/10(220 votes)

    #19 - The Perfect Family

    S2:E9

    A couple kidnaps the baby they gave up for adoption.

    Director:Érik Canuel
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 11 - No Promises
    7.5/10(160 votes)

    #20 - No Promises

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 13 - A Call To Arms
    7.5/10(151 votes)

    #21 - A Call To Arms

    S4:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alex Levine

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  22. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 1 - Eagle Two
    7.6/10(250 votes)

    #22 - Eagle Two

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writer:Tassie Cameron

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  23. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 13 - Exit Wounds
    7.6/10(206 votes)

    #23 - Exit Wounds

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 15 - Never Let You Down
    7.6/10(206 votes)

    #24 - Never Let You Down

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Shelley Scarrow

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  25. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 1 - Unconditional Love
    7.6/10(196 votes)

    #25 - Unconditional Love

    S3:E1

    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 uncovers chilling secrets that reveal Paul is far from innocent. What began as a standoff ends as a desperate chase through the city’s sewer system, and it’s up to Parker to stop Paul from making a mistake that will change him forever. Meanwhile, Ed discovers that his cop brother Roy might have been responsible for one of the officers getting shot … and that his wife is, unexpectedly, expecting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The War Within" is the worst rated episode of "Flashpoint". It scored 7.1/10 based on 188 votes. Directed by David Frazee and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/27/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sons of The Father".