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Flashpoint Season 3 Episode 4

Whatever It Takes

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Can the SRU keep a basketball player from committing suicide while dealing with the team's code of silence and help an abusive coach as well?

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By thefanof, Aug 26, 2010

"Whatever it Takes" deals with my favorite sport, basketball, but it is about so much more than that. The kid from Big Love was abused by his team and snapped, threatening to kill himself, but it turned out the coach was the one instigating the abuse. This is all too common in sports, even at the high school level, and is actually more relatable than it is farfetched. The episode was good, and good by Flashpoint standards, but I just expected a little bit more from it. There was no Law and Order twist, it was just a very predictable story from start to finish.

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Another example of something far too prevalent in our culture

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By karlmeszaros, Aug 26, 2010

I'm a huge sports fan, so I watched this episode with extras interest. Somehow it seemed predictable that the coach was behind it because sadly that is what happens so often: a coach (or agent or whoever) is interested only in their own glory and uses their players, especially at the amateur level, for their own gain.

I think that there is far too much of a 'win at all costs' attitude in our culture and it rears itself not only in sports, but in work and academia also. In fact, we seem to live in a 'versus' culture. I remember thinking when The Outdoor Life Network changed its name to Versus that it was a good reflection of our society. Lives lived out of balance are never healthy.

The other excellent lesson I saw in this episode was the reminder that it is never right to take the law into one's own hands. Cory's anger is totally understandable, but his actions are not. He would have been much better off letting the authorities deal with the coach, as he wisely realized at the end.moreless
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Enrico Colantoni	Sgt. Gregory Parker
Hugh Dillon	Ed Lane
David Paetkau	Sam Braddock
Amy Jo Johnson	Julianna 'Jules' Callaghan
Sergio Di Zio	Mike 'Spike' Scarlatti
Michael Cram	Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth

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Douglas Smith (VI)	Carlton Hayward	Guest Star
Terry Jones	Judson Dell	Guest Star
Kevin Claydon	Antony Romero	Guest Star

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- The team interviews students at the high school. However, minors cannot be questioned by the police without permission from their parents.
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- When Lane is at KV's apartment, he reports back to Parker that the car they're looking for isn't there. However, he simply takes KV's word for it and doesn't attempt to search for it.
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- Goof: When Lane goes after KV, he's told that he lives around the corner. Yet Lane is shown driving on the freeway to get there.
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- Even though Carlton's little sister was an eyewitness to the kidnapping, Parker doesn't ask her any questions.
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- There is no Eastern Tech. High School in Toronto. There is, however, an Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and a Western Technical-Commerce School.
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- Goof: When Carlton runs into his home to get away from his teammates who were attacking him he goes through the effort of closing the curtains, but he never even attempts to lock the front door.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Norway: November 25, 2010 on MAX
  Slovakia: February 25, 2011 on Markiza
  Czech Republic: November 14, 2011 on Barrandov
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- The song at the end of the episode is Catch Me When I Fall by Daniel Cage (during the closing scenes).
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