Real Life Drama

CBS airs a show called "Flash Point" every Friday night. If you haven't watched it, give it a try. It's about a group of people who are on a police Swat team, or in this case; called the Strategic Response Unit (SRU). It's not a reality show but it could be. The training that goes into becoming one of these responders is amazing! Naturally, they are in excellent shape and part of their job requirement is to work out daily for several hours to stay in shape. Also, psychologically, they have training in how to diffuse difficult situations and to get "inside" a killer's head when pushed to the breaking point.

Last night's episode was about a kid who was being bullied in high school. You know the kid--the one who doesn't fit in with the crowd. He looks geeky, doesn't have the social skills most kids do. Comes from a less then good home whose parents just aren't there for him. We all knew kids like that, or maybe we were a kid like that. He's bullied by the popular kids (in this case the dumb football jock and his friends).

So the kid who has had all he can stand and been humiliated one too many times goes home to an indifferent parent and gets a gun and takes matters into his own hands at school. That's when the SRU team becomes involved.

It was an excellent episode and I actually watched it twice so far (thanks to my DVR). I never watch a show twice so that alone tells you how moved I was by this episode. I will probably watch it again. The men and woman on this team should be any kid's hero. Someone to look up to and strive to become on top of their game while doing a great service to us.

Watch an episode of Flash Point and see if you don't agree with me. Sometimes things don't end well because this show mirrors true life and sometimes things don't always get neatly tied up in pretty bows. Maybe you can catch this particular episode in rerun season. You won't be disappointed and you'll become a fan of the show, I guarantee it.