The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 14, 2023.
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A former SRU veteran turns up at headquarters and holes himself up in a safe room where he intends to commit suicide. He diverts the team with a false bomb threat and gets them to abandon the station. Ed gets wind of the suicide attempt and having trained under this veteran for many years, he is able to talk him down and out of the room.
The episode was rated 7.87 from 104 votes.
The SRU team is deployed to a hospital to end a stand-off between gang members and a man trying to protect his wounded brother.
The episode was rated 7.88 from 81 votes.
The team must track down a young woman dying of a brain disease when she and her finacé go on a crime spree.
The episode was rated 7.88 from 92 votes.
Parker is lured into a trap and confronted with a deadly choice: reveal a dark secret from his past or lose his life.
The episode was rated 7.91 from 67 votes.
A married couple has been trying to get pregnant for 8 long years and it's taken its toll on them and their marriage. The wife now suspects the husband is having an affair with an attractive lady reporter. She kidnaps the reporter and holds her hostage at knifepoint. SRU is called in to defuse the situation. Sam and Jules continue to conceal their relationship but have second thoughts about moving forward.
The episode was rated 7.93 from 117 votes.
The SRU respond when a distraught man takes a lawyer at gunpoint.
The episode was rated 7.94 from 69 votes.
The SRU are called in to resolve a gas station robbery but discover it’s connected to a deadly crisis on a cult compound.
The episode was rated 7.97 from 62 votes.
When three men take the CEO of a mortgage company hostage, the SRU team is called to the scene to diffuse the situation. Jules recovers from being shot and the team reluctantly looks at recruits to fill her spot
The episode was rated 7.98 from 94 votes.
The SRU is called in when a bank employee whose wife is being held captive hacks into the computer system to steal money to pay off her captors.
The episode was rated 7.99 from 84 votes.
A couple kidnaps the baby they gave up for adoption.
The episode was rated 7.99 from 96 votes.
Model prisoner Anton Burrows is up for parole but is denied when the victim’s family, the Amiris, speaks against him. Moments later, a ruthless gang incites a riot at Langstaff Maximum Security and takes the Amiris hostage. The SRU are called in and Ed is surprised to find an old friend acting as riot spokesman. Investigation leads the team to suspect the gang is plotting a break, but they discover the gang’s true agenda is much worse.
The episode was rated 8.00 from 64 votes.
The SRU must decide how to respond against a colleague after discovering a federal agent they're working with during the transport of a serial killer is sabotaging their mission.
The episode was rated 8.05 from 88 votes.
SRU has to deal with a sniper that has taken over City Hall, who just happens to be the son of a man Ed killed during a mission. Meanwhile, a team member's health is in question after being caught in the line of fire.
The episode was rated 8.05 from 109 votes.
The team must diffuse a volatile situation when a student pushed to the limit by bullies bring a gun to school.
The episode was rated 8.05 from 83 votes.
A wave of terrorist bombs shuts down the city, pushing Team One to the limit and putting one of their own on the line.
The episode was rated 8.47 from 81 votes.
