TV series
One Moment Changes Everything
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.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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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.
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Episode 1
The team has to deal with a disturbed man who has just murdered his estranged wife and who has now taken a woman hostage outside of an office building. However, the situation only gets worse when his son arrives on the scene.
Directed by David FrazeeWritten by Mark Ellis, Stephanie MorgensternGuest stars Stephanie Morgenstern, Janaya Stephens, Tom Barnett
Episode 2
A dying girl desperately needs a heart transplant and her father will do whatever it takes to make sure she gets one. Even if it means endangering his own life. The team is called and Parker attempts to defuse the situation.
Directed by David FrazeeWritten by Mark Ellis, Stephanie MorgensternGuest stars Jordan Todosey, Henry Czerny, Janaya Stephens, Laurie Murdoch
Episode 3
The team helps out some undercover agents who are involved in a major drug bust. However, the operation goes wrong when a customer gets in the middle of it.
Directed by David FrazeeWritten by Mark Ellis, Stephanie MorgensternGuest stars Ben Bass, Erik Knudsen, Arnold Pinnock, Matthew Bennett, Mark Taylor
Episode 4
When a cop is being held hostage by an enraged family member, the team have to set aside their own feelings to resolve the situation. However, the tables turn when the hostage may not be who the team thinks.
Directed by Clark JohnsonWritten by Tassie CameronGuest stars Ennis Esmer, Chandra West, Meredith Henderson, Kenneth Mitchell, Marnie Robinson, Trevor Hayes
Episode 5
The SRU are called to a bank to deal with a hostage situation; Parker faces one of his toughest negotiations when the robber isn't who he thought.
Directed by Holly DaleGuest stars Shauna MacDonald, Nicholas Campbell, Christine Brubaker
Episode 6
When a group of girls torment a troubled teen at the mall, the teenage rivalry turns deadly. The SRU is forced to put a lock down in place to control the situation.
Directed by Holly DaleWritten by Tracey ForbesGuest stars Kristin Fairlie, Janaya Stephens, Sarah Gadon, Shane Daly, Shakura S'Aida
Episode 7
When the SRU responds to a violent altercation between a young man and his father, the boy flees the police and runs into the woods, sending the team on a manhunt.
Directed by Stephen SurjikGuest stars Tyler Hynes, Rosalba Martinni, Alex J. Campbell
Episode 8
When a young man holds a courtroom hostage in an attempt to clear his name for a crime he didn't commit, an SRU team member is in the wrong place at the wrong time and must find a way to safely defuse a critical situation.
Directed by Charles BinaméWritten by Esta SpaldingGuest stars Simon Reynolds, Mpho Koaho, Matt Gordon
Episode 9
The SRU attempts to rescue a kidnapped girl who is being held at a booby-trapped house, but while on the job they learn that one of the abductors is a teen who went missing several years earlier.
Directed by Clark JohnsonWritten by Tracey ForbesGuest stars Peter Stebbings, Tatiana Maslany, Pascale Hutton, Jonathan Purdon
Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026
David PaetkauSam Braddock
Enrico ColantoniGregory Parker
Amy Jo JohnsonJules Callaghan
Hugh DillonEd Lane
Tattiawna JonesWinnie Camden
Jack KnightDean Parker
Clé BennettRaf Rousseau
Oluniké AdeliyiLeah Kerns
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