Characters / Flashpoint

The following details characters from the Flashpoint television series.

Original Team One Members

Greg Parker

Played by Enrico Colantoni

• A Father to His Men
• Affectionate Nickname: His team calls him "Boss" or "Sarge".
• Career-Ending Injury: He's forced to retire after his climactic shootout in the series finale leaves him with crippling injuries.
• First-Name Basis: Out of the team, only Ed is allowed to call him "Greg". When Leah first joins, she calls him Greg and is quickly corrected.
• Full Of Empathy: Greg's main gift. He can empathise with almost any subject and form a connection.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Ed
• Non-Action Guy: 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.
• Team Dad:
• The Teetotaler: Because he's a recovering alcoholic.
• What the Hell, Hero?: 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.
• Why Did It Have To Be Flying?: Has a fear of flying, as mentioned in "Clean Hands".

Ed Lane

Played by Hugh Dillon

• Affectionate Nickname: Greg calls him "Eddie" at times. So does Wordy, as they're the closest people to him.
• Big Brother Instinct: Towards Jules and Spike especially.
• Catchphrase: The "Right there! Right there!" Ed uses to emphasize an order to drop a weapon or get on the ground is practically a Once an Episode thing starting with Season 3.
• Cold Sniper: 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 Heroic BSoD.
• Heroic BSoD: In the pilot episode, he has one when he thought he had killed the hostage taker's son who had ran into the line of fire just as Ed pulled the trigger. He is also disturbed by having to kill the man as well. The effects of this remain a long time.
  • In "Broken Peace", when he was forced to shoot and kill an 18-year-old girl trying to kill her abusive father (who had taken her mother hostage).
  • He finally comes apart completely in "Fit For Duty", though it's clearly been a long time coming. It's implied that, however painful it is in the moment, this is ultimately a good thing, because by finally facing his feelings instead of bottling everything up, he'll be able to finally start dealing with things in a healthy way.
• Number Two: Under the SRU's team structure, Ed is designated Team Leader but is still second-in-command to Greg. This means Ed makes operational decisions on the ground while Greg takes a big-picture view of the situation.
• The Stoic: 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.
  • Not So Stoic: When someone hurts his family or his team, he becomes this.
    • See also Heroic BSoD.

Julianna "Jules" Callaghan

Played by Amy Jo Johnson

• Action Girl: Surprisingly, Jules only takes one killshot over the course of the series, but she's consistently depicted as one of the more competent team members and skilled negotiators. Also, former Pink Ranger.
• Cold Sniper: Averted. She clearly shows regret when forced to shoot a man in one episode (even though the man she kills is openly engaging her team in a firefight).
• Friendly Sniper: Especially when compared to Ed.
• Girly Girl: When she's off-duty, Jules likes to prettify herself with makeup, jewelry and pretty clothes.
• Number Two: Ed is Greg's second-in-command among the entire team, Sam falls into the second spot to Ed in the field/tactical area of their work, and Jules tends to take up the second-in-command role to Greg in negotiation.
• Pregnant Badass: In season five.
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Invoked for the actress's pregnancy, leading to the character to be caught in the line of fire.
• Truth in Television: As noted above, during the entire run of the series, Jules uses her sniper training to kill a grand total of one man. This is closer to the reality of law enforcement where, despite recent controversies over police shootings, most officers, even those involved in a specialized unit such as SWAT, will rarely actually need to use deadly force. And they certainly don't stack up a large body count as often depicted in film and TV.
• UST: With Sam. It gets resolved.

Sam Braddock

Played by David Paetkau

• The Ace: He is technically very skilled, being a former special forces soldier, but he lacks the experience of being a police officer (trained to defend the peace) over a soldier (trained to fight a war). In the first season, he explains that one of the reasons that he left the military is because he accidentally shot a friend who was in his kill zone, because he was so far away that he was unable to recognize the target. That is, he was so far away that he could barely see the target and nailed it on the first shot. And he did that on a regular basis, it's just that he usually only hit bad guys, but this time the intel was wrong.
• Amazon Chaser: Makes it clear that Jules being a "sniper chick" is part of her appeal to him.
• Cold Sniper: Unlike Ed or Jules, who are first and foremost cops, Sam is a former soldier who has no problem taking a life when necessary.
• Cowboy Cop: When he first started, as the special forces mindset was still strong in him. He grew out of it.
• Deadpan Snarker
• New Meat: 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.
• Number Two: He naturally falls into becoming Ed's number two in the field and steps up whenever Ed's unavailable.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: He has shown some hints of this.
• Took a Level in Badass: Sam was always a badass, but as the seasons pass, he becomes much better at the SRU's jobscope.
• What the Hell, Hero?: In his first mission with SRU, he let a paramedic go into a dangerous hostage situation.
• UST: Between him and Jules

Michelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti

Played by Sergio Di Zio

• Badass Bookworm
• Break the Cutie: 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, his best friend Lew dies (which he feels responsible for), he gets grabbed and used as a hostage in "Behind the Blue Line," causing Ed to have to shoot the guy, his mentor turns out to be a crooked cop, and then dies more or less in Spike's arms, we find out his father is angry with Spike because he thinks the SRU is too dangerous, and he also happens to be dying, said father then dies (through he does seem to reconcile with Spike first), and Spike gets taken hostage again 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.
• Embarrassing First Name: Spike doesn't mention his real first name if he can help it, although Parker calls him by it when he gets cocky.
• Heroic BSoD: Happens when Lewis dies after stepping on a landmine. He still retains extreme guilt over it.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Lou.
• I Call It "Vera": His anti-bomb robot "Babycakes".
• Not Afraid to Die: Somewhere between this and Death Seeker... Spike's not reckless, per se, but he seems to place a low value for his own life. Seen first in "One Wrong Move" when he's willing to probably die in an attempt to save Lew; Lew realizes this and steps off the landmine so Spike won't have to try his plan, which has a slim chance of working. Seen later in "Shockwave" and "Blue on Blue." Spike will do anything to save his loved ones/ do his job, even if it involves a high probability of death.
• Stepford Smiler: Sam and Natalie point this out to him in "Blue on Blue," though he already seems well aware that he uses humor as a defense mechanism.

Kevin "Wordy" Wordsworth

Played by Michael Cram

• Commuting on a Bus: After he 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 and at private stuff like team cookouts.
• Happily Married
• Real Men Wear Pink: Has no problem watching girl movies with his wife and daughters.

Lewis "Lou" Young

Played by Mark Taylor

• Black Dude Dies First
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Spike.
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Killed Off for Real
• Token Minority

Additions to Team One

Donna Sabine

Played by Jessica Steen

• Action Girl
• Cowboy Cop: She seems to have retained some "whatever it takes" attitude from her undercover days and has expressed frustration with following rules.
• Heroic BSoD:
  • Gets one when she is 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 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.
• Hero of Another Story: After her stint substituting for Jules, she transfers to and eventually leads SRU Team Three (odd parallel to the original Trope Namer, who was the leader of SG-3 when the show was about SG-1).
• Killed Off for Real: In the first part of the series finale. Not only is Donna killed by a bomb (M112 demolition charge in a 'suicide vest' worn by Anson Holt), it was also a 'dirty' bomb. Even if she had somehow survived the initial blast, the radioactive contamination would also have been almost certainly fatal even with immediate treatment.
• New Meat: Donna is recruited to replace Jules after a series of trials, some of which was shown in Season 2 episode 'Business As Usual'.

Leah Kerns

Played by Olunike Adeliyi

• Action Girl
• New Meat
• Put on the Bus: Part-way through the third season.
  • The Bus Came Back: Returned in the fifth season (the explanation that her family was affected by the Haiti earthquake and she had to go help them out).
• The Stoic
• Twofer Token Minority

Rafik "Raf" Rousseau

Played by Clé Bennett

• …And That Little Girl Was Me: In his introductory episode, he tells a subject a story about "a guy I know", but switches to first-person pronouns near the end, making it clear that the story is actually about him.
• New Meat: For most of the fourth season.
• Put on the Bus/Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After the events of "Broken Peace", he decided to leave the team because he felt that justice would have been better served if the girl was allowed to kill her abusive father.

Supporting Cast and Recurring Characters

Kira Marlowe

Played by Pascale Hutton

• Put on the Bus: By early Season 2.

Winnie Camden

Played by Tattiawna Jones

• Catchphrase: "Team One, gear up! Hot call!"
• Ship Tease: With Spike, prominently during the fifth season.
• Voice with an Internet Connection: The SRU's main dispatcher.

Sophie Lane

Played by Janaya Stephens

• Tsundere: Occasionally to Ed, although it's mostly understandable.

Clark Lane

Played by Tyler Stentiford

• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Shows some elements of this as he wants Ed's approval but Ed struggles to spend more time with him since his job takes so much of his time.

Dean Parker

Played by Jack Knight

• Disappeared Dad: Parker was previously this before re-entering Dean's life in season 3.
• Follow in My Footsteps: He has aspirations to be a cop, just like his father. However, Parker wants Dean to think about it more before making a decision.
• Parent with New Paramour: It is mentioned that he has a stepfather who he loves. And also seen briefly interacting with Marina, a woman who is dating Parker.

Natalie (Nat) Braddock

Played by Rachel Skarsten

• Amicable Exes: 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.