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The Best Episodes of Flashpoint

Every episode of Flashpoint ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Flashpoint!

The Best Episodes of 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...

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  1. Background image for Scorpio
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. Background image for Who's George
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Who's George

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Keep the Peace (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Keep the Peace (1)

    S5:E12

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Keep the Peace (2)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Keep the Peace (2)

    S5:E13

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for One Wrong Move
    8.8/10(312 votes)

    #5 - One Wrong Move

    S2:E14

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

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    8.6/10(193 votes)

    #6 - Shockwave

    S4:E7

    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.

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    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Element of Surprise
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Element of Surprise

    S1:E3

    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.

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  9. Background image for Asking For Flowers
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Asking For Flowers

    S1:E4

    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.

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  10. Background image for Last Dance
    8.5/10(270 votes)

    #9 - Last Dance

    S2:E12

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

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  11. Background image for Jumping at Shadows
    8.5/10(204 votes)

    #10 - Jumping at Shadows

    S3:E6

    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. Greg's son comes for a visit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Between Heartbeats
    8.3/10(242 votes)

    #11 - Between Heartbeats

    S2:E4

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

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  13. Background image for Perfect Storm
    8.3/10(263 votes)

    #12 - Perfect Storm

    S2:E11

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

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    Director:Holly Dale
  14. Background image for Behind the Blue Line
    8.2/10(216 votes)

    #13 - Behind the Blue Line

    S2:E22

    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.

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  15. Background image for Grounded
    8.2/10(160 votes)

    #14 - Grounded

    S4:E8

    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, when she starts to text the police. Team One eventually storms the jet at the city airport. Stressed, Parker agonizes over shooting the hijackers.

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    Director:David Frazee
  16. Background image for Priority of Life
    8.2/10(182 votes)

    #15 - Priority of Life

    S4:E17

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

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    8.1/10(184 votes)

    #16 - Acceptable Risk

    S3:E7

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Fault Lines (1)
    8.1/10(187 votes)

    #17 - Fault Lines (1)

    S3:E13

    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 the heads of Team One individually, exposing deep secrets and faults. With the fate of the Team hanging in the balance, Ed’s (Hugh Dillon) wife Sophie (Janaya Stephens) goes into labour, Parker’s (Enrico Colantoni) leadership is questioned, Spike (Sergio Di Zio) and Wordy (Michael Cram) stare down the barrel of a life outside the SRU, and Sam (David Paetkau) and Jules (Amy Jo Johnson) must confront whether they’re willing to give up the job for each other. As Parker waits to hear the fate of his team, a devastating call comes into the station, involving one of his own.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Blue on Blue
    8.1/10(179 votes)

    #18 - Blue on Blue

    S4:E15

    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 puts Spike's life on the line.

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  20. Background image for Never Kissed a Girl
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Never Kissed a Girl

    S1:E8

    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.

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  21. Background image for Personal Effects (2)
    8.0/10(193 votes)

    #20 - Personal Effects (2)

    S4:E1

    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.

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    Director:Kelly Makin
    Writer:Mark Ellis
  22. Background image for Haunting the Barn
    7.9/10(242 votes)

    #21 - Haunting the Barn

    S2:E3

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

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  23. Background image for Just a Man
    7.9/10(187 votes)

    #22 - Just a Man

    S2:E16

    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 called in and Ed is surprised to find an old friend acting as riot spokesman. Investigation leads the team to suspect the gang is plotting a break, but they discover the gang’s true agenda is much worse.

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    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for You Think You Know Someone
    7.9/10(183 votes)

    #23 - You Think You Know Someone

    S2:E20

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

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    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for A Day in the Life
    7.9/10(179 votes)

    #24 - A Day in the Life

    S4:E6

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Ellis
  26. Background image for Clean Hands
    7.8/10(212 votes)

    #25 - Clean Hands

    S2:E7

    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.

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    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Mark Ellis

Best Episodes Summary

"Scorpio" is the best rated episode of "Flashpoint". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by David Frazee and written by Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern, it aired on 7/11/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Who's George".