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The Best Episodes of Flashpoint

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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 Fan Favorite
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    Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 13 - Keep the Peace (2)
    9.3/10(289 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 12 - Keep the Peace (1)
    9.1/10(265 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 14 - One Wrong Move
    8.9/10(341 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  4. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 7 - Shockwave
    8.7/10(216 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 12 - Last Dance
    8.6/10(296 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Charles Binamé
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  6. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 6 - Jumping at Shadows
    8.6/10(232 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 11 - Fit for Duty
    8.5/10(177 votes)

    #7 - Fit for Duty

    S5:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Flashpoint Season 1 Episode 9 - Planets Aligned
    8.4/10(322 votes)

    #8 - Planets Aligned

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Clark Johnson
    Writer:Tracey Forbes

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  9. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 11 - Perfect Storm
    8.4/10(282 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Tassie Cameron

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  10. Flashpoint Season 1 Episode 6 - Attention Shoppers
    8.3/10(347 votes)

    #10 - Attention Shoppers

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Tracey Forbes

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  11. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 4 - Between Heartbeats
    8.3/10(263 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Tassie Cameron, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  12. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 17 - Priority of Life
    8.3/10(202 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Alex Levine

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  13. Flashpoint Season 1 Episode 8 - Never Kissed a Girl
    8.2/10(292 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Charles Binamé
    Writer:Esta Spalding

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  14. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 22 - Behind the Blue Line
    8.2/10(237 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  15. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 8 - Grounded
    8.2/10(181 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writer:Karen Walton

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  16. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 15 - Blue on Blue
    8.2/10(200 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Stefan Pleszczynski
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 7 - Acceptable Risk
    8.1/10(212 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 13 - Fault Lines (1)
    8.1/10(209 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 1 - Broken Peace
    8.1/10(298 votes)

    #19 - Broken Peace

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 9 - Lawmen
    8.1/10(158 votes)

    #20 - Lawmen

    S5:E9

    Parker's and Ed's sons join the team on a routine call that suddenly turns dangerous when a shootout occurs at a drug den.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Flashpoint Season 2 Episode 3 - Haunting the Barn
    8.0/10(269 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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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  22. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 1 - Personal Effects (2)
    8.0/10(218 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Kelly Makin
    Writer:Mark Ellis

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  23. Flashpoint Season 4 Episode 6 - A Day in the Life
    8.0/10(202 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Ellis

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  24. Flashpoint Season 5 Episode 3 - Run to Me
    8.0/10(164 votes)

    #24 - Run to Me

    S5:E3

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

    Director:Stefan Pleszczynski
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Flashpoint Season 1 Episode 2 - First In Line
    7.9/10(398 votes)

    #25 - First In Line

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:David Frazee
    Writers:Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

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Best Episodes Summary

"Keep the Peace (2)" is the best rated episode of "Flashpoint". It scored 9.3/10 based on 289 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/13/2012. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Keep the Peace (1)".