List of Flashpoint episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the Canadian Drama series Flashpoint, which is airing on CTV in Canada and on CBS in the United States. Its first episode was aired on July 11, 2008.
Flashpoint follows the lives of several operators working for an elite police tactical unit known as Stragetic Response Unit, which is called in by regular police to resolve situations beyond their control.
In December 2008, only nine of the 13 episodes produced during the series' first season had been aired in North America, although all 13 episodes had been aired by New Zealand's TVNZ (TV2) as of December 10, 2008. In North America, the four remaining episodes of Season 1 were aired in January and February 2009; in North America, CBS and CTV (initially) billed these episodes as part of Season 2, rather than as part of their intended season, Season 1, as was done in international markets.
Eighteen new 2009 episodes were ordered by CTV and CBS (the original 13 ordered by CTV on August 25, 2008 plus 5 additional episodes that were ordered on November 19, 2008). The first nine of these new episodes, combined with the four holdover episodes from 2008 were aired as Season 2 in North America. The remaining nine episodes, although originally filmed for Season 2, were aired as "Season 3" beginning September 25, 2009 in Canada (CTV), however CTV later corrected their online episode guide to report the seasons as produced rather than initially aired. The correction also holds for the DVD releases of "Season 2, Volume 1" and "Season 2, Volume 2". The last nine episodes of Season 2 began airing on June 4, 2010 in the United States (CBS). CBS, however, is erroneously referring to these episodes as "Season 3". An additional 13 episodes were produced in Toronto from January to May, 2010. These will likely air in both Canada and the United States in 2011.
In the following tables, the episodes are listed by their official seasons per CTV episode lists and DVD releases, and include the original airdates in North America. Note that in a few instances Flashpoint episodes have been broadcast out of their production order by both CTV and CBS.
Series overview
| Season | Product | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | |||||
| 1 | Flashpoint: Season 1 | 13 | July 11, 2008 | February 13, 2009 | October 13, 2009[1] | |
| 2 | Flashpoint: Season 2 – Volume 1 | 18 | February 27, 2009 | November 20, 2009 | May 23, 2010[2] | |
| Flashpoint: Season 2 – Volume 2 | — | |||||
| Flashpoint: The Second Season | May 25, 2010[3] | |||||
| 3 | — | 13 | July 16, 2010 | — | — | |
Episode list
Season 1 (2008–2009)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Scorpio" | David Frazee | Stephanie Morgenstern & Mark Ellis | July 11, 2008 | 101 |
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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. Meanwhile, new team member Sam Braddock arrives. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "First In Line" | David Frazee | Stephanie Morgenstern & Mark Ellis | July 18, 2008 | 102 |
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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 in and Greg attempts to confront his own feelings to defuse the situation. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Element of Surprise" | David Frazee | Stephanie Morgenstern & Mark Ellis | July 24, 2008 | 106 |
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The team helps out some undercover agents who are involved in a major drug bust. However, the operation goes haywire when an ex-junkie gets involved. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Asking for Flowers" | Clark Johnson | Tassie Cameron | July 31, 2008 | 108 |
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When a cop is being held hostage by an enraged family member, the team has to set aside their own feelings to resolve the situation. However, the tables turn when the hostage may not be who the team thinks. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Who's George?" | Holly Dale | Adam Barken | August 7, 2008 | 107 |
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When the infamous Monday Morning Robber's takedown of a major bank goes south, the SRU must use every tactical trick in the book to save the robber's hostages, before he makes good on his threat to kill them all. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Attention Shoppers" | Holly Dale | Tracey Forbes | August 14, 2008 | 103 |
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Tasha Redford - an awkward 16-year old with a chronically alcoholic mother - has always been a perfect target for bullies. When a dangerous gang inflicts a vicious and humiliating "uglying-up" on Tasha at a mall, she finally explodes and shoots one of the gang. The SRU is called and Jules chases Tasha to an outdoor advertising tower. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "He Knows His Brother" | Stephen Surjik | Adam Barken | August 21, 2008 | 105 |
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A teenager escapes military school to save his younger brother from their abusive father, but when the father ends up shot, the father's reputation as a reputable lawyer may shift the blame to his son. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Never Kissed a Girl" | Charles Binamé | Esta Spalding | September 11, 2008 | 109 |
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When a young man named Michael Jamson holds Ed and a Court Officer hostage in an attempt to clear his name for a crime he didn't commit, the SRU tries to safely rescue their colleague and arrest Michael without any losses. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Planets Aligned" | Kelly Makin | Tracey Forbes | September 18, 2008 | 110 |
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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. | ||||||
| 10 | 10[4] | "Eagle Two" | Stephen Surjik | Tassie Cameron | January 9, 2009 | 104 |
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The SRU is handling a routine VIP protection shift when a bomb goes off. Realizing the bomb was a distraction tactic so that the VIP's wife could be kidnapped, the SRU attempts to find her. The kidnapping turns to horror when the wife is found alive - with a remote-controlled collar bomb around her neck. | ||||||
| 11 | 11[4] | "Backwards Day" | Eric Canuel | Esta Spalding | January 16, 2009 | 112 |
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A distraught wife holds a woman she suspects is having an affair with her husband hostage at knifepoint in the couple's suburban house. The woman swears she isn't involved with the husband, but the wife doesn't believe her and demands she tell her everything. Tension mounts on the team, too, when Parker orders Ed to run the command post from the truck, rather than be in the field, because he believes Ed's exhaustion is causing him to lose focus. The mission gets more difficult, however, when the woman admits she is pregnant. | ||||||
| 12 | 12[4] | "Haunting the Barn" | David Frazee | Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern | January 23, 2009 | 111 |
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An SRU veteran locks himself in a room at SRU Headquarters to commit suicide. Ed is called in to talk the man down when it is discovered that the man is Ed's former teacher. | ||||||
| 13 | 13[4] | "Between Heartbeats" | David Frazee | Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern & Tassie Cameron | February 13, 2009 | 113 |
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Petar Tomasic, the son of the man Ed shot at First York Plaza and a war-trained sniper in his own right, is determined to get revenge for the 'murder' of his father. He takes control of city hall, and a team member struggles to stay alive after being caught in his line of fire. | ||||||
Season 2 (2009)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Business as Usual" | David Frazee | Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern | February 27, 2009 | 201 |
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A CEO is taken hostage after a mortgage scheme goes bad. The team is called in to resolve the situation. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "The Fortress" | Eric Canuel | Ian Weir | March 6, 2009 | 202 |
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The SRU is shocked when they arrive at a household where a hostage situation takes place to find the situation is completely different than they first realized. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Clean Hands" | David Frazee | Adam Barken | March 13, 2009 | 203 |
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The SRU has a tough case where they must protect a serial killer during his return to Canada. Sam has to make sure a victim's father sees that taking the law in his own hands won't help anyone. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Aisle 13" | Stephen Surjik | James Hurst | April 3, 2009 | 204 |
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A teen goes too far in his anger over his friend moving away. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "The Perfect Family" | Eric Canuel | Adam Barken & John Callaghan | April 10, 2009 | 205 |
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A couple steals the baby they gave up for adoption. | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Remote Control" | Charles Biname | Russ Cochrane | April 24, 2009 | 206 |
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A man whose pregnant wife is taken hostage by a ruthless gang is persuaded by his brother to electronically rob a bank and transfer $500,000 into the thugs' account. If the money isn't wired, the gang will kill the wife on camera. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Perfect Storm" | Holly Dale | Tassie Cameron | May 1, 2009 | 207 |
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A student brings a gun to school to carry out revenge against some bullies who pushed him too far. Parker leads the SRU's efforts to calm the boy and defuse the volatile situation. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Last Dance" | Charles Biname | Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern | May 8, 2009 | 208 |
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When a woman finds out that she has a brain disease she teams up with her fiance and they begin leaving a trail of criminal activity behind them. The SRU team catches up with them at a ballroom where the two plan on killing themselves after sharing one last dance. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Exit Wounds" | David Frazee | Russ Cochrane | May 15, 2009 | 209 |
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When a standoff between a gang and a man protecting his brother takes over a hospital the SRU team is sent in. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "One Wrong Move" | David Frazee | Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern & James Hurst | September 25, 2009 | 211 |
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The SRU team must save a city from an explosion as a team member puts his life on the line. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Never Let You Down" | Ken Girotti | James Hurst & Shelley Scarrow | October 2, 2009 | 212 |
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The SRU unit must rescue a woman from a delusional man who insists she is his missing daughter. | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Just a Man" | Holly Dale | Riley Adams | October 9, 2009 | 213 |
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A prison riot begins during a parole hearing. The SRU is summoned to quell it. Ed finds out that the prisoner was somehow from his past as a police officer prior to being recruited by the SRU. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Custody" | Paul A. Kaufman | Bob Carney | October 16, 2009 | 214 |
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A man is arrested after he attempts to kill the lawyer of his wife. The man tells the SRU he's not the culprit in the kidnapping and hiding of his children. This leads the SRU to realize the wife was responsible for kidnapping them. | ||||||
| 27 | 14 | "Coming to You Live" | Charles Biname | Ian Weir | October 23, 2009 | 210 |
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A known radio DJ is hunted down by the SRU when he takes a politician hostage at gunpoint. | ||||||
| 28 | 15 | "The Farm" | Eric Canuel | Story: Ian Weir Teleplay: Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock | October 30, 2009 | 215 |
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Police arrest a woman for robbing a rural convenience store. The SRU, however, has her released when she tells them she ran away from a small community known as The Farm after hearing plans of an attempt to commit murder on its residents. | ||||||
| 29 | 16 | "You Think You Know Someone" | David Frazee | Adam Barken | November 6, 2009 | 216 |
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Parker is lured into a trap and confronted with a deadly choice: reveal a dark secret from his past or lose his life. | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | "The Good Citizen" | Tim Southam | Peter Mitchell | November 13, 2009 | 217 |
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A vigilante, out for blood, goes too far when he takes the law into his own hands. | ||||||
| 31 | 18 | "Behind the Blue Line" | David Frazee | Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern | November 20, 2009 | 218 |
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A shooter inside a historic arena leaves Sam questioning his place on the team. | ||||||
Season 3 (2010)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 1 | "Unconditional Love" | Unknown | Unknown | July 16, 2010 | TBA |
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A buy/bust operation goes wrong and a teenager is taken hostage. An innocent bystander, or so they think... | ||||||
US Nielsen and Canadian BBM Nielsen Ratings
Weekly
| Season | # | Episode | Air Date | Timeslot | Households (Rating/Share)[5] | 18-49 (Rating/Share)[5] | CBS (US) Viewers (m)[5] | CTV (Canada) Viewers (m)[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Scorpio" | July 11, 2008 | Friday 10:00 P.M. | 5.3/10 | 1.9/6 | 8.13 | 1.11 |
| 2 | "First In Line" | July 18, 2008 | 4.6/9 | 1.5/6 | 7.11 | 0.91 | ||
| 3 | "The Element of Surprise" | July 24, 2008 | Thursday 10:00 P.M. | 4.5/8 | 1.7/5 | 6.73 | 1.09 | |
| 4 | "Asking For Flowers" | July 31, 2008 | 5.2/9 | 1.8/6 | 7.68 | 1.22 | ||
| 5 | "Who's George" | August 7, 2008 | 5.2/9 | 1.8/6 | 6.26 | 1.30 | ||
| 6 | "Attention Shoppers" | August 14, 2008 | 5.2/9 | 1.8/6 | 6.11 | 1.19 | ||
| 7 | "He Knows His Brother" | August 21, 2008 | 5.2/9 | 1.8/6 | 7.21 | 1.18 | ||
| 8 | "Never Kissed A Girl" | September 11, 2008 | 5.8/10 | 2.2/6 | 8.55 | 1.29 | ||
| 9 | "Planets Aligned" | September 18, 2008 | 6.6/12 | 2.6/7 | 9.66 | 1.46 | ||
| 10 | "Eagle Two" | January 9, 2009 | Friday 9:00 P.M. | 6.3/11 | 2.2/6 | 10.06 | 1.27 | |
| 11 | "Backwards Day" | January 16, 2009 | 6.5/11 | 2.3/7 | 10.28 | 1.74 | ||
| 12 | "Haunting the Barn" | January 23, 2009 | 6.2/11 | 2.4/7 | 10.21 | 1.28 | ||
| 13 | "Between Heartbeats" | February 13, 2009 | 5.7/10 | 1.9/6 | 8.86 | 1.29 | ||
| 2.1 | 14 | "Business As Usual" | February 27, 2009 | 5.9/10 | 1.9/6 | 9.17 | 1.34 | |
| 15 | "The Fortress" | March 6, 2009 | 6.1/11 | 2.0/6 | 9.86 | 1.37 | ||
| 16 | "Clean Hands" | March 13, 2009 | 5.5/10 | 1.7/5 | 8.81 | 1.35 | ||
| 17 | "Aisle 13" | April 3, 2009 | 5.3/10 | 1.8/6 | 8.64 | 1.35 | ||
| 18 | "The Perfect Family" | April 10, 2009 | 5.9/11 | 1.9/6 | 9.72 | 1.34 | ||
| 19 | "Remote Control" | April 24, 2009 | 5.2/10 | 1.6/5 | 8.18 | 1.28 | ||
| 20 | "Perfect Storm" | May 1, 2009 | 6.0/11 | 2.1/7 | 9.6 | 1.37 | ||
| 21 | "Last Dance" | May 8, 2009 | 5.5/10 | 1.8/6 | 8.64 | 1.15 | ||
| 22 | "Exit Wounds" | May 15, 2009 | 5.3/10 | 1.8/6 | 8.42 | 1.22 | ||
| 2.2 | 23 | "One Wrong Move" | September 25, 2009 June 4, 2010 (US) |
Friday 10:00 P.M. Friday 9:00 P.M. (US) |
3.9/7 | 1.3/5[7] | 6.06 | 1.88 |
| 24 | "Never Let You Down" | October 2, 2009 June 11, 2010 (US) |
4.3/8 | 1.3/5 | 6.76 | 1.58 | ||
| 25 | "Just a Man" | October 9, 2009 July 9, 2010 (US) |
3.9/7 | 1.2/4 | 6.04 | 1.34 | ||
| 26 | "Custody" | October 16, 2009 June 25, 2010 (US) |
3.9/8 | 1.2/4 | 6.28 | 1.64 | ||
| 27 | "Coming to You Live" | October 23, 2009 July 2, 2010 (US) |
3.6/7 | 1.0/4 | 5.57 | 1.56 | ||
| 28 | "The Farm" | October 30, 2009 June 18, 2010 (US) |
4.2/8 | 1.4/5 | 7.00 | 1.87 | ||
| 29 | "You Think You Know Someone" | November 6, 2009 | - | ' | ' | 1.82 | ||
| 30 | "The Good Citizen" | November 13, 2009 | - | - | - | 1.75 | ||
| 31 | "Behind the Blue Line" | November 20, 2009 July 9, 2010 (US) |
3.8/7 | 1.1/4 | 5.90 | 1.58 | ||
| 3 | 32 | "Unconditional Love" | July 16, 2010 (US and Canada) |
Friday 10:00 P.M. (US and Canada) |
- | 1.1/4 | 5.76 | - |
References
- ^ "Flashpoint: The Complete First Season". Amazon.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Flashpoint: Season 2, Vol. 1". Amazon.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Flashpoint: Second Season (2pc) (Ws Ac3 Dol)". Amazon.ca. Retrieved July 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d The last 4 episodes of season 1 were billed as the first 4 episodes as season 2 by CBS and CTV in North America only. On the DVD's and in international markets these are part of season 1.
- ^ a b c "Your Entertainment Now Blog". Word Press.
- ^ "Top Program Reports". BBM Nielsen Media Canada.
- ^ http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/233102792/m/984104103