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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In the first part of the series finale.]]
* NewMeat

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In the first part of the series finale. Not only is Donna killed by a M112 demolition charges, it was also a 'dirty' bomb. Even if she had somehow survived the initial blast, the radiactive contamination, if untreated, would also have been fatal.]]
* NewMeat
NewMeat: Donna is recruited to replace Jules after a series of trials, some of which was shown in Season 2 episode 'Business As Usual'.
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** David Paetku is only two years younger than Any Jo Johnson in real life...
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* BreakTheCutie: Admittedly all members of Team One go through their fair share of breakage over the course of the series, but Spike starts out the "cutest" (goofy sense of humor, always smiling and optimistic) and then gets dumped on in the middle of the series. In the course of a few dozen episodes, [[spoiler: his best friend Lew dies]] (which he feels responsible for), he gets grabbed and used as a hostage in [[spoiler: "Behind the Blue Line," causing Ed to have to shoot the guy]], his mentor [[spoiler: turns out to be a crooked cop, and then dies more or less in Spike's arms]], we find out his father [[spoiler: is angry with Spike because he thinks the SRU is too dangerous, and he also happens to be dying]], said father [[spoiler: then dies (through he does seem to reconcile with Spike first)]], and Spike gets taken hostage again [[spoiler: this time with Sam's sister Natalie... during his captivity Spike has to orchestrate a robbery at the evidence locker, and briefly believes he's gotten his team members killed]]. Guy needs a hug.
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* [[LackOfEmpathy FULLOFEMPATHY]]

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* [[LackOfEmpathy FULLOFEMPATHY]]Full Of Empathy]]
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* [[LackOfEmpathy FULLOFEMPATHY]]
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* StepfordSmiler: Sam and Natalie point this out to him in "Blue on Blue," though he already seems well aware that he uses humor as a dense mechanism.

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* StepfordSmiler: Sam and Natalie point this out to him in "Blue on Blue," though he already seems well aware that he uses humor as a dense defense mechanism.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Jules and Spike especially




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* StepfordSmiler: Sam and Natalie point this out to him in "Blue on Blue," though he already seems well aware that he uses humor as a dense mechanism.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has a fear of flying, as mentioned in "Clean Hands".

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Flying?]]: Has a fear of flying, as mentioned in "Clean Hands".

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* NonActionGuy: For the most part, Greg is either in the command truck or negotiating with subjects , and focuses on the commanding the team and the larger picture. However, when push comes to shove, Greg can hold his own, even though he isn't in Ed or Sam's league.



* AffectionateNickname: Greg calls him "Eddie" at times.

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* AffectionateNickname: Greg calls him "Eddie" at times. So does Wordy, as they're the closest people to him.



* ColdSniper

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* ColdSniperColdSniper: Compared to Sam, Ed is the stoic and colder officer, and he's portrayed at this... before spending much of Season One stoically dealing with a HeroicBSOD.



* TheStoic

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* TheStoic
TheStoic: for the most part, this is his role. He's the only member of Team One who can beat a polygraph because no matter what, his reactions are controlled.
** NotSoStoic: When someone hurts his family or his team, he becomes this.



* TheChick

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* TheChickTheChick: When she's off-duty, Jules likes to prettify herself with makeup, jewelry and pretty clothes.
* FriendlySniper: Especially when compared to Ed.



* {{UST}}: With Sam.

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* {{UST}}: With Sam.
Sam. [[spoiler: It gets resolve.]]



* CowboyCop: When he first started.

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* CakeEater: Although his age isn't stated, Sam is visibly younger than Jules, who's 36.
* CowboyCop: When he first started.started, as the special forces mindset was still strong in him. He grew out of it.



* NewMeat

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* NewMeatNewMeat: When he started, though he kept growing out of this until by Season 4, Greg and Ed are grooming him to be a future Team Leader.



* TookALevelInBadass: Sam was always a badass, but as the seasons pass, he becomes much better at the SRU's jobscope.



* {{Tsundere}}: Occasionally.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Occasionally.
Occasionally to Ed, although it's mostly understandable.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Ed struggles to be a good father towards Clark with his career taking most of his time.

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* ParentsAsPeople: WellDoneSonGuy: Shows some elements of this as he wants Ed's approval but Ed struggles to be a good father towards Clark spend more time with him since his career taking most job takes so much of his time.
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!! Clark Lane
-> Played by Tyler Stentiford

* ParentsAsPeople: Ed struggles to be a good father towards Clark with his career taking most of his time.


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* FollowInMyFootsteps: He has inspirations to be a cop, just like his father. However, Parker wants Dean to think about it more before making a decision.

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* TokenMinority


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!!Dean Parker
-> Played by Jack Knight

* DisappearedDad: Parker was previously this before re-entering Dean's life in season 3.
* ParentWithNewParamour: It is mentioned that he has a stepfather who he loves. And also seen briefly interacting with Marina, a woman who is dating Parker.

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* HeroicBSOD: When forced to kill a customs official while protecting a serial killer.

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* HeroicBSOD: When HeroicBSOD:
** Gets one when she is
forced to kill a customs official while protecting a serial killer.


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* HeroOfAnotherStory: After her stint substituting for Jules, she transfers to and eventually leads SRU Team Three.

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* BaldOfAwesome



* BaldOfAwesome



* HeroicBSOD: In the pilot episode, he has one when [[spoiler: he thought he had killed the hostage taker's son who had ran into the line of fire just as Ed pulled the trigger. The effects of this remain a ''long'' time]].
** In "Broken Peace", when he was forced to [[spoiler: shoot and kill an 18 year old girl trying to kill her abusive father (who had taken her mother hostage).]]

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* HeroicBSOD: In the pilot episode, he has one when [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he thought he had killed the hostage taker's son who had ran into the line of fire just as Ed pulled the trigger. The effects of this remain a ''long'' time]].
** In "Broken Peace", when he was forced to [[spoiler: shoot [[spoiler:shoot and kill an 18 year old 18-year-old girl trying to kill her abusive father (who had taken her mother hostage).]]



* CommutingOnABus: After he [[spoiler:is diagnosed with Parkinson's Syndrome]] and is transferred out of the SRU in the fourth season, he still shows up regularly as a member of the "Guns and Gangs" department.



* RealMenWearPink: Has no problem watching girl movies.

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* RealMenWearPink: Has no problem watching girl movies.
movies with his wife and daughters.



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In the first part of the series finale.]]



* PutOnTheBus: At the beginning of season 3.
** TheBusCameBack: Returned in season 5.

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* PutOnTheBus: At Part-way through the beginning of season 3.third season.
** TheBusCameBack: Returned in season 5.the fifth season.




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* TwoferTokenMinority



* HeroicBSOD: After the events of "Broken Peace", he decided to [[spoiler: leave the team because he felt that justice would have been better served if the girl was allowed to kill her abusive father]].
* NewMeat

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* HeroicBSOD: After NewMeat: For most of the events of "Broken Peace", he decided to [[spoiler: leave the team because he felt that justice would have been better served if the girl was allowed to kill her abusive father]].
* NewMeat
third and fourth seasons.




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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the events of "Broken Peace", he decided to [[spoiler:leave the team because he felt that justice would have been better served if the girl was allowed to kill her abusive father]].



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[[folder: Supporting Cast]]
Cast and Recurring Characters]]



* ShipTease: With Spike.

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* ShipTease: With Spike.
Spike, prominently during the fifth season.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The SRU's main dispatcher.




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* {{Tsundere}}: Occasionally.



* AmicableExes: She and Spike dated briefly but Spike decided to call it off since he didn't want it to affect his working relationship with Sam.

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* AmicableExes: She and Spike dated briefly briefly, but Spike decided to call it off since he didn't want it to affect his working relationship with Sam.
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** TheBusCameBack: Returned in season 5.




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* PutOnTheBus

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* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst]]

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* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst]][[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst]]


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* HeroicBSOD: After the events of "Broken Peace", he decided to [[spoiler: leave the team because he felt that justice would have been better served if the girl was allowed to kill her abusive father]].


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* [[spoiler: PregnantBadass]]: In season five.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Invoked for the actress's pregnancy, leading to the character to be caught in the line of fire.
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* AffectionateNickname: His team calls him "Boss" or "Sarge".

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* HeroicBSOD: In the pilot episode, he has one when [[spoiler: he thought he had killed the hostage taker's son who had ran into the line of fire just as Ed pulled the trigger. The effects of this remain a ''long'' time]].
** In "Broken Peace", when he was forced to [[spoiler: shoot and kill an 18 year old girl trying to kill her abusive father (who had taken her mother hostage).]]



* ShellShockVeteran: He has shown some hints of this.

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* ShellShockVeteran: ShellShockedVeteran: He has shown some hints of this.


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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Spike doesn't mention his real first name if he can help it, although Parker calls him by it when he gets cocky.
* HeroicBSOD: Happens when [[spoiler: Lewis dies after stepping on a landmine.]] He still retains extreme guilt over it.


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* HeroicBSOD: When forced to kill a customs official while protecting a serial killer.
** She has another one when a crime family who she had taken down years ago started hunting down loved ones of her and her old squad and her new husband [[spoiler: was shot by her ex-colleague who was blackmailed to do it so he could protect her. She was very close to gunning down her ex-colleague before Team One talks her down]].


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* PutOnTheBus: At the beginning of season 3.

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* TeamDad
* WhatTheHellHero: He was called out on two occasions by Ed and Jules for putting himself in danger, exposing himself when confronting a subject and for not calling for backup.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has a fear of flying, as mentioned in "Clean Hands".




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* {{UST}}: With Sam.



* CowboyCop: When he first started.
* DeadpanSnarker




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* ShellShockVeteran: He has shown some hints of this.
* WhatTheHellHero: In his first mission with SRU, he let a paramedic go into a dangerous hostage situation.
* {{UST}}: Between him and Jules




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* ICallItVera: His anti-bomb robot "Babycakes".




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* RealMenWearPink: Has no problem watching girl movies.



* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst]]




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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]


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* CowboyCop: She seems to have retained some "whatever it takes" attitude from her undercover days and has expressed frustration with following rules.
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!!Natalie (Nat) Braddock
-> Played by Rachel Skarsten

* AmicableExes: She and Spike dated briefly but Spike decided to call it off since he didn't want it to affect his working relationship with Sam.
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[[folder: Supporting Cast]]

!! Winnie Camden
-> Played by Tattiawna Jones

* ShipTease: With Spike.

!!Sophie Lane
-> Played by Janaya Stephens

* HotMom

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[[folder: Main Characters]]

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[[folder: Main Characters]]
Original Team One Members]]



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[[folder: Additions to Team One]]

!!Donna Sabine
-> Played by Jessica Steen

* ActionGirl
* NewMeat

!!Leah Kerns
-> Played by Olunike Adeliyi

* ActionGirl
* NewMeat
* TheStoic

!!Rafik "Raf" Rousseau
-> Played by Clé Bennett

* NewMeat
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-> Played by Mark Taylor
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* FirstNameBasis: Out of the team, only Ed is allowed to call him "Greg". When Leah first joins, she calls him Greg and is quickly corrected.


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* AffectionateNickname: Greg calls him "Eddie" at times.


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* ActionGirl


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* BadassBookworm
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!!Kevin "Wordy" Wordsworth
-> Played by Michael Cram

* HappilyMarried

!!Lewis "Lou" Young

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Spike.

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* HetereosexualLifePartners: With Ed

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* HetereosexualLifePartners: AFatherToHisMen
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
With Ed
* HotDad



* HotDad



* HetereosexualLifePartners: With Lou.

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* HetereosexualLifePartners: HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lou.
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!!Greg Parker
-> Played by Enrico Colantoni

* HetereosexualLifePartners: With Ed

!!Ed Lane
-> Played by Hugh Dillion

* ColdSniper
* TheStoic

!!Julianna "Jules" Callaghan
-> Played by Amy Jo Johnson

* TheChick

!!Sam Braddock
-> Played by David Paetkau

* FriendlySniper
* NewMeat

!!Michelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti
-> Played by Sergio Di Zio

* HetereosexualLifePartners: With Lou.

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