Heart & Sparks (14 Jul. 2011)

As 15 Division recovers from the shooting of Det. Luke Callaghan, a series of arson culminates in the torching of a laundromat - and the rookies are forced to confront their own burning ... See full summary »

Director:

T.W. Peacocke

Writers:

Tassie Cameron (creator), Morwyn Brebner (creator),

Stars:

Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith, Enuka Okuma

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Missy Peregrym	...	Andy McNally
Gregory Smith	...	Dov Epstein
Enuka Okuma	...	Traci Nash
Travis Milne	...	Chris Diaz
Eric Johnson	...	Detective Luke Callaghan
Charlotte Sullivan	...	Gail Peck
Matt Gordon	...	Oliver Shaw
Noam Jenkins	...	Detective Jerry Barber
Melanie Nicholls-King	...	Noelle Williams
Lyriq Bent	...	Frank Best
Camille Sullivan	...	Detective Jo Rosati
Ben Bass	...	Sam Swarek
Christine Horne	...	Lidia Hannah
David Keeley	...	Donald Sharpe
Jordan Todosey	...	Esther

Storyline

As 15 Division recovers from the shooting of Det. Luke Callaghan, a series of arson culminates in the torching of a laundromat - and the rookies are forced to confront their own burning issues. Chris and Gail take to the streets and encounter a man from Chris's past, while Traci interrogates a young firebug found at the arson scene. Meanwhile, when Andy tries to stop the grieving widow from entering the burnt-out laundromat, the two women are trapped in an unstable building with a burnt corpse and must rely on the Fire Department to cut them free from the debris.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 July 2011 (Canada)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Entertainment One, Shaw Media

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Sophie's Choice (1982)

User Reviews

Disappointing

Up to segment, Heart and Sparks, Rookie Blue was standing up to anything produced out of Hollywood. in this script the usual, bright, mature characters dissolved into immature teenagers incapable of processing a logical stream of thought. It's like the usual writers and director went out to lunch and let fans write and produce the show.

First, the plot takes on the trappings of a bad soap opera and not the on-going experiences of green (albeit bright) police officers. Then we see several of the characters make decisions not on considered logic but emotional jumps. This includes the wife of an apparent victim of a burned out building who inexplicably runs into the building even though the fire has already been out for some time and curiously not roped off and taped off from the public.

Emotional characters, supposedly mature law enforcement officers, become involved in jealousies that erupt in violence. In one character thread, one of the officers is enraged by his childhood assumption of what took place in his boyhood, meets the man he feels responsible and does not talk to the man or engage him in any conversation requesting an explanation. This is left up to his girl friend who receives the reasonable answer but fails to pass it on the the outraged officer. There's more but my point is made.

The show should continue to be a well written drama of law enforcement (with the additional interest of being a Canadian production shot in a Canadian city environment). Personal issues are good but they should not be allowed to dominate the production. It's likely that if the show is allowed to disintegrate into a soap opera, it will fail.