Episode
Flashpoint: The Better Man
Overview
As a city-wide drug bust takes place, Team One struggles with a team member’s secret that could compromise their assignment and end Wordy’s career, on FLASHPOINT.
Details
- Series
- Flashpoint
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2011-08-05
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Better Man is Episode 5 in Season 4 of Flashpoint. It aired on 2011-08-05. The runtime is 44 min.
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When Raf, a new recruit, joins Team One, he learns what it means to be a member of the Strategic Response Unit on one of their toughest days of the year for hostage and suicide situations.
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Episode 13: A Call To Arms
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