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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 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Keep the Peace (2)" is the best rated episode of "Flashpoint". It scored 9.2/10 based on 262 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/22/2012. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Keep the Peace (1)".

  • Keep the Peace (2)
    9.2/10262 votes
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    #1 - Keep the Peace (2)

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Keep the Peace (1)
    9.0/10241 votes
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    #2 - Keep the Peace (1)

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One Wrong Move
    8.8/10303 votes
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    #3 - One Wrong Move

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/2009

    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

    Writer: Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

  • Shockwave
    8.6/10187 votes
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    #4 - Shockwave

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2011

    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: N/A

  • Last Dance
    8.5/10260 votes
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    #5 - Last Dance

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/8/2009

    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

    Writer: Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

  • Jumping at Shadows
    8.5/10196 votes
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    #6 - Jumping at Shadows

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Planets Aligned
    8.4/10282 votes
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    #7 - Planets Aligned

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/18/2008

    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

  • Lawmen
    8.4/10157 votes
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    #8 - Lawmen

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2013

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Between Heartbeats
    8.3/10234 votes
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    #9 - Between Heartbeats

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2009

    "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

    Writer: Tassie Cameron, Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

  • Perfect Storm
    8.3/10253 votes
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    #10 - Perfect Storm

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/2009

    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

  • Attention Shoppers
    8.2/10307 votes
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    #11 - Attention Shoppers

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2008

    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

  • Behind the Blue Line
    8.2/10210 votes
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    #12 - Behind the Blue Line

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 11/20/2009

    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

    Writer: Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

  • Grounded
    8.2/10154 votes
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    #13 - Grounded

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/19/2011

    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

  • Priority of Life
    8.2/10176 votes
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    #14 - Priority of Life

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 12/6/2011

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

    Director: David Frazee

    Writer: Mark Ellis, Alex Levine

  • Broken Peace
    8.2/10267 votes
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    #15 - Broken Peace

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Never Kissed a Girl
    8.1/10255 votes
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    #16 - Never Kissed a Girl

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2008

    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

  • Acceptable Risk
    8.1/10178 votes
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    #17 - Acceptable Risk

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fault Lines (1)
    8.1/10181 votes
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    #18 - Fault Lines (1)

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blue on Blue
    8.1/10173 votes
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    #19 - Blue on Blue

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 11/22/2011

    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: N/A

  • We Take Care Of Our Own
    8.1/10135 votes
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    #20 - We Take Care Of Our Own

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Personal Effects (2)
    8.0/10186 votes
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    #21 - Personal Effects (2)

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2011

    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

  • Run to Me
    8.0/10140 votes
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    #22 - Run to Me

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2012

    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: N/A

  • The Element of Surprise
    7.9/10302 votes
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    #23 - The Element of Surprise

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2008

    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.

    Director: David Frazee

    Writer: Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

  • Haunting the Barn
    7.9/10234 votes
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    #24 - Haunting the Barn

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2009

    "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

    Writer: Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern

  • Just a Man
    7.9/10180 votes
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    #25 - Just a Man

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 10/9/2009

    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.

    Director: Holly Dale

    Writer: N/A