Stephanie Morgenstern, the creator and writer of the series, guest stars as an on screen character in this episode.
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.
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.
The episode is based upon the 2004 call up of ETF officers at Union Station, Toronto. A man with a history of domestic violence entered Union Station to kill his wife, then took a female hostage and ETF officers were called in. The event ended when an ETF officer had no other choice but to shoot the suspect.
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.
Ed: I'm fine. Greg: You may want to do the math one day on all of the I'm fines.
(After getting Ed to undress) Frank: We say debriefing and you take it literally!
Greg: Jules, you're Sierra 1. Ed, you're Sierra 2. Ed: What is it, Jules day? Jules: Everyday is Jules day!
Sophie: The world isn't going to end if you and your buddies miss a few push-ups!
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
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.
The Flashpoint theme tune and underscore is by Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.
This episode (and the following episode) aired on a Friday night at 10pm, instead of Thursday. The show was orignially intended to air on Fridays, but after episode 2 it swapped slots with Swingtown.
Music Dala - Fortress (at the end of the episode) Major Grange - Alexandra's Home (while in the bar)
The lines sung by Ed and Kevin near the start of the episode are from the song When a felon's not engaged in his employment from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Original International Air Dates: Canada: July 11, 2008 on CTV Australia: January 11, 2009 on Nine The Netherlands: February 3, 2009 on SBS6 Czech Republic: September 2, 2009 on Barrandov Germany: May 6, 2010 on RTL2 Slovakia: January 10, 2011 on Markiza
This episode was rated TV14-V.
While filming the series, Amy Jo Johnson was pregnant. However due to her character's large amount of clothing, the bump was hidden.
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