"Flashpoint" (2008)TV series 2008-????

Creators:

Mark Ellis
Stephanie Morgenstern

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

One moment changes everything.

Plot:

A television program about a special tactical team that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, and takes on other tough cases.

Plot Keywords:

Hostage Negotiator | Toronto | Suspense | Toronto Ontario | Psychological Drama

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Aug. 21

10:00 PM

CBS

He Knows His Brother

#1.7

Cast

Michael Cram	...	Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth (13 episodes, 2008)
Mark Taylor	...	Lou 'Lewis' Young / ... (13 episodes, 2008)
Ruth Marshall	...	Dr. Amanda Luria (13 episodes, 2008)
Sergio Di Zio	...	Mike 'Spike' Scarlatti / ... (12 episodes, 2008)
Hugh Dillon	...	Ed Lane (11 episodes, 2008)
Amy Jo Johnson	...	Julianna 'Jules' Callaghan / ... (11 episodes, 2008)
Enrico Colantoni	...	Sgt. Gregory Parker (11 episodes, 2008)
David Paetkau	...	Sam Braddock (11 episodes, 2008)

Also Known As:

Critical Incident (Canada: English title) (working title)
Sniper (Canada: English title) (working title)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Avamar Entertainment

Trivia:

Former working titles were ‘Critical Incident’ and ‘Sniper’.

Soundtrack:

Flashpoint Theme

S.W.A.T (the old series) meets 24 with bad writers...

This series attempts to recapture the old series S.W.A.T. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072560/) with a modern twist ala 24. In the pilot episode the writers/directors stick us (the viewers) in the middle of conversations as if we should already know things about these people which we do not. (In fact throughout the show I was convinced that I had missed the 'pilot' and that this must be 'episode 2'). If this were a well structured devise that fed us into moment of greater understanding later in the episode it would be forgivable (perhaps even 'good')...but as it is, we are left with a slow moving, anti-climatic story and no reason to tune in next week...except perhaps the fact that it isn't a re-run (so it may even get a second look, although it strictly doesn't deserve it.) I will say the quality of the ACTING is good, these actors simply deserve better material.

Let me see if I get this straight... one (or more) executives at CBS thought, "Let's dump Moonlight, but put this on instead." This is the best news NBC has had in years...