Who's George? (7 Aug. 2008)

A bank robber who may not be who he says he is tests Sergeant Parker's negotiating skills, while the rest of the team scrambles to determine what he really wants before he kills his hostage.

Director:

Holly Dale

Writers:

Adam Barken, Mark Ellis (creator),

Stars:

Nicholas Campbell, Shauna MacDonald, Hugh Dillon

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Nicholas Campbell	...	George Orston
Shauna MacDonald	...	Ruth Skellar
Hugh Dillon	...	Ed Lane
Amy Jo Johnson	...	Jules Callaghan
David Paetkau	...	Sam Braddock
Enrico Colantoni	...	Gregory Parker
Sergio Di Zio	...	Mike Scarlatti
Michael Cram	...	Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth
Mark Taylor	...	Lewis 'Lou' Young
Ruth Marshall	...	Dr. Amanda Luria
Christine Brubaker	...	Wendy
Kevin Bundy	...	Paul
Nola Augustson	...	Mary Orston (as Nola Auguston)
Kieran Gallant	...	Security Guard
Asha Vijayasingham	...	Bank Teller

Storyline

Physically superior newbie Sam insists and gets on the job training in his weak area, negotiation. Implacable bitch bank manager Ruth Skellar is taken hostage, with several staff, for $500,000 ransom. Initially the SRU assumes another job of the Monday robber, but this one is less clinical and gets caught He ends up being identified as George Orston, the former security supervisor she fired. Greg thinks the key is George's handicapped wife, who needs institutional care. But nasty surprises follow although nobody wants bloodshed.

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Plot Keywords:

woman in a wheelchair | shot by the police | disgruntled worker | masked man | fired from the job | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canadian Television (CTV), Alchemy Television, Avamar Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min 41 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the scene with the snipers on the roof, just after the shot is taken you can clearly see the bolt on the rifle is in the uncocked position indicating it was never cocked to fire.

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Quotes

Sam Braddock: [finds Parker reviewing the transcript from the day] Hey, Sarge.
Sgt. Gregory Parker: Hey. You okay?
Sam Braddock: Yeah. You?
Sgt. Gregory Parker: [smiles] Sure.
Sam Braddock: Really?
Sgt. Gregory Parker: [looks away] Nah.
[shakes head]
Sgt. Gregory Parker: No.

User Reviews

An emotional roller-coaster

This was by far one of the better episodes of the series. All suspects in the show have believable stories that push them to their situation, and this episode was one of the best I have seen.

A man robs a bank and takes hostages. Sounds simple, until you watch this one, this episode takes you on good twists, and goes beyond the usual cop drama, and does not vilainize the bad guys in the show but gives them a life that could end up this way, and most of the time, they are regular people who are in extraordinary circumstances, and isn't that how it is most of the time in real life, maybe, or maybe not, but it is more believable than just thinking the bad guys have always been bad guys. this show delivered a great script, suspense, and action all in proper amounts.

Anyways I don't want to give it away for those who haven't seen it but it is easily the best new show this year.