EPISODE
SEASON
Flashpoint - Season 1
Through that series, we live a whole host of powerful events. The SRU pulls out every stop to rescue a policeman who has taken a hostage on his vehicle, but soon learns that the traitor is his older sister. On the other hand, one of the robbers in the bank may not be the one who says he is testing Sergeant Parker's negotiation skills, while the rest of the team scrambles to determine what he really wants before he kills his hostage.
16 May 1976, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
23 July 1992, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
25 March 1970, Spalding, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 11, 2008
To be sure, Flashpoint is a perfectly competent police procedural right down to its convincing weaponry and tactics. However, based on the pilot, it isn't particularly fresh or inventive.
July 11, 2008
"Flashpoint" lingers when it ought to speed up.
July 11, 2008
It's more nuanced than the average cop drama, and for that reason, more intriguing.
July 11, 2008
Flashpoint works through the distress and damage it lays out here. Now, if it can just figure a way beyond the scary perp cliches.
July 11, 2008
It is nonetheless merely re-creating crime-series moves we've all seen many times before, with only the faintest afterimage of originality.
July 11, 2008
If it had something truly new or provocative to say about such matters, the essential redundancy of Flashpoint could be overlooked--but it doesn't, and so it can't.
July 11, 2008
It's not terrible, not great, just sort of so-so.
July 11, 2008
As viewing experiences go, the series itself possesses so little flash, that it's difficult to see the point.
July 11, 2008
The "Flashpoint" pilot is competent, but very retro and fairly dull.
July 11, 2008
Too bad the writing isn't as on-target as Lane's high-powered automatic.
