Flashpoint

Scorpio

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired 7/11/08

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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.moreless

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Enrico Colantoni

Sgt. Gregory Parker
Michael Cram

Kevin Wordsworth
Sergio Di Zio

Mike Scarlatti

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A good start to a promising show if it's given a chance.

8.6

"Great"

By D-LinkUK, Oct 29, 2011 Report Abuse

In the first episode we are introduced to a new team on the block, an elite Canadian police force called the Strategic Response Unit, similar to a SWAT team they endeavour to quell high risk hostage, gang warfare and terrorist attacks using state of the art tactical weapons and knowledge.

The show also highlights the emotional side to the job as found out in this first episode Scorpio, when a disturb family man shots his estranged wife and sets about taking a female hostage at gunpoint, the man is east European and cannot speak English, so when the team arrive the captain in charge cannot gain his trust, as the situation erupts the mans son comes to the scene to try and help only to make the matter worse, soon it's decided to give the command to take to HT out and it's up to Ed Lane the teams second in command to take the shot. As he is about to take out the HT the son breaks free of the police cordon and get's to his fathers side, Ed takes the shot and for one split second thinks he has killed the innocent party, when the confusion clears we see he has completed his objective but is taken in for evaluation and naturally this play's on his emotions. The show looks good and it will fill the void from now until September when shows like Prison Break, Bones, etc return however I don't think it will get a cult following and will only last 1 season.moreless

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By therockstop, May 23, 2011 Report Abuse

I thought the pilot episode was average in every way. Don't get me wrong most pilots are not that good so I am not worried. The team is called to a busy area of the city when a man takes a woman hostage. The man has already shot and wounded another woman inside. After trying to talk the man down and using other options the team has no choice but to shoot the man. The episode then goes into some character development for the character Ed. I don't want to say I was disappointed but I did think this pilot would be better. I was really annoyed as it seemed to me the entire show had background music. I really did not like the camera angles used in filming the episode either. I think the characters are going to be good and I am very willing to see more episodes before making a firm decision on what I think of the show.moreless

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Pilot episode!

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By JPPT1974, Jul 25, 2008 Report Abuse

The show is exciting and is one of the few shows in which not all that is well, ends well. As this copies off of real life. Set in Canada, an elite SWAT team tries to talk with a man. Who brutally kills his wife and now taking another woman hostage and may kill her too. These elite squad of cops have a hard job to do. And they have so much stress on them. That they don't know whether someone will live or not. Unfortunately, the man gets taken down by Ed. As negoiations failed and the man was a danger to others but most of all, to himself. Great pilot so far!moreless

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Hostage situation in main square/plaza. Ed one of the snipers in the SRU takes aims and shoots down the hostage taker when the negotiator fails to calm him down.

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By jt4702, Jul 16, 2008 Report Abuse

Some spoilers follow.

I wasn't sure what to expect from the show, but I was glad I gave it a go. I was actually surprised to see the resolution to the hostage situation resolved within about halfway through the show. Having the sniper being questioned immediately after the shooting was an interesting twist. Makes me wonder if that is the way all police shootings are handled in Toronto. The play of emotions on Ed's face right after he pulled the trigger was amazing. I think it captured everything he was thinking and the panic he felt when the realization came about that he might have shot someone else. Definitely a show I will continue to watch. I just hope it doesn't get canceled right away if ratings are not fantastic because it is summer and both CTV in Canada and CBS in the U.S. will take that into account when they look at the ratings game.moreless

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I was bored and decided to see what it was about - some spoilers follow, so if you haven't seen the show, see it! If you want a little spoiling as I rave about it, then continue to peruse.moreless

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By Katelome, Jul 15, 2008 Report Abuse

Soooooo glad I did. I enjoyed the character development, the unpredictability of it. The actors are first-rate, the writing was well done and seemed to portray the position of a swat team very well. I know, I know, there are so many darned cop shows out there...and I was kind of expecting that kind of redundancy. But it wasn't the same. To me anyway. I was touched by the honesty of a guy rather going to be with his work-friends than going to his wife's parent's anniversary...completely on target. Realistic, and the way the tough guy crumbled and held his son at the end, again, right on target.

Anyway, I don't know why the ratings on this show are so low, it blows shows like NCIS out of the water, and that was just seeing the first episode. Instant fave lister.moreless

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- Stephanie Morgenstern, the creator and writer of the series, guest stars as an on screen character in this episode. Edit
- Goof: In all law-enforcement and military units it's a protocol for snipers not to be alone on missions but with a spotter physically near him. While the sniper is fixed on the target, the spotter tracks the environmental changes and looks at the wide picture and if necessary will help the sniper in any means. In this episode both snipers were without spotters. Amy Jo Johnson was playing a spotter just because she was late to her position, otherwise she was going to be a sniper and that we know because she carried a rifle with her. In my opinion she wasn't a spotter at all but a backup shooter otherwise how come she didn't see the boy running toward the target and stopped the shot at the critical moment. If they had a spotter physically near the sniper he could have done that easy. Edit
- Goof: When the gunman is walking out of the building you can see his hostage walking in front of him. When the cop draws his weapon on the gunman everyone takes off running and they have about a 5 second exchange of words and then out of nowhere the gunman grabs the hostage. Surely she would have been running when everyone else did. Edit
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- Sam's experience as a sniper in JTF 2 leads him to be mainly the sniper in SRU. No longer leaving ip to Ciera 1 Edit
- At the end of the episode Sam is shown looking at some pictures. The first is of him and his dad before he left for Afganistan. The 2nd one is of his best friend and him while on their tour. It is his last picture of them together. Edit
- The Flashpoint theme tune and underscore is by Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner. Edit
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- Sam: (as Jules is putting away her weapons) Hey, I saw the whole thing. I'm Sam, Sam Braddock. Jules: Good for you. Sam: You don't see lady snipers too often; that's kind of sexy. Edit
- Ed: I'm fine. Greg: You may want to do the math one day on all of the I'm fines. Edit
- (After getting Ed to undress) Frank: We say debriefing and you take it literally! Edit
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