The list of characters in the television series "Hot Spot"

Gregory "Greg" Parker

He is the leader of Group One and a crisis negotiator. He prefers that situations be resolved through dialogue rather than lethal force. He studied the art of negotiation when he lived with a strict father. In the past, during a search, a woman who had a little girl was shot dead. (2x16) The sergeant patronized her for a long time.

Greg divorced his wife and estranged from his only son Dean, because he spent too much time with the GSR. After the divorce, his family moves to another city and he and his son have not seen each other for 10 years. In season 3 of episode 6, Dean comes to the GSR headquarters to say that he does not want to be forced to meet and that his father does not attempt to return him. Their conversation interrupts the call. Greg leaves, leaving his son in the office. Involuntarily, Dean witnesses the conversation of the group on the air and begins to worry about his father, the team and the girl they are trying to save. His opinion changes, and he does not repel his father when he returns from a successfully completed task. After severe injuries in the last series, he is forced to resign and go to train a new generation of police officers at the academy.

Greg cares not only about his team, but also about the lives of innocent people and criminals who are about to make a mistake that will destroy them and other people's lives. He often blames himself for unsuccessful attempts to save people.

Team members call him the "boss."

Ed Lane

Strategic response veteran, tactical leader of Group One, a trained sniper . Uncompromising, tough and charismatic, but under his uniform he is a deeply thoughtful person who bears the burden of every decision he makes "in a world where there can be no right answers, and where human destinies are decided in a split second." Ed's secondary role is to act as a crisis negotiator in direct contact with objects. Ed owns weapons well, but often worries that he needs to use them to save his life.

There is a wife, Sophie, and a son, Clark. Ed had problems with his family due to his attachment to the GSR. In season 3, he learns that Sophie is pregnant, and she definitely makes it clear that she will no longer accept her husband, whose family always takes second place after work. They part for a while. In the first episode of season 4, Ed was injured when he was traveling to give birth to his wife. But, despite this, he was with her, although he himself needed medical help and could lose his arm. After the birth of Isabelle's daughter, Ed wants to resign, but Sophie says he can stay in Group One if he spends more time with his family.

Ed has a brother Roy who serves in the police . In Season 1 Episode 3, Unconditional Love, Roy disobeys Ed’s order, causing his partner to die. Roy is fired from the police, and Ed does not want to help him, saying: "I have no time." Roy replies, "You never have one." When Group One reacts to the shots in the house, they find Roy there, who contacted the arms dealer (3x5). Dismissed from the police, suspected of stealing $ 100,000, Roy infiltrated the arms dealer, as a buyer, to take revenge on the man who sold the weapons from which his partner was killed and to prove that he was a good officer. Roy leads Ed and GSR to the arms depot. Saving Jules, he gives himself out and they shoot him. Roy survives since he was wearing body armor. Ed says that he didn’t know that Roy was like that, but he would put in a word for him and he could return to work.

After Ed was forced to shoot an eighteen-year-old girl, he experiences serious psychological problems and a complex of guilt. And only when the psychologist forces him to accept the whole burden of guilt for the perfect "neutralization of subjects", Ed realizes that he can return to work. At the end of the series, he is promoted to sergeant and takes the place of Parker, who is retiring.

Julianne Jules Callaghan

Jules is for the time being the only woman in Group One. Therefore, on the door of the women's locker room hangs a sign "Jules", not "Women". Prior to her transfer to the GSR, she served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . Jules, like Ed and Sam, a trained sniper . He is also the backup negotiator and right-handed sergeant Parker, who refers more like a father than a boss. After the death of Lewis, she often remains in the truck, collects data about the criminals, goes to their home to find the reasons for their behavior. This is necessary for proper negotiation. Jules has 4 brothers.

After Sam appears in Group One, Jules has feelings for him, and she tries her best to hide it. But in future episodes it is clear that these feelings are mutual and they begin to meet secretly, because it is against the rules of the GSR and puts the whole group at risk. Subsequently, they understand that in order to maintain a relationship, one of them must leave the team, because they will not be able to work together. She was wounded by a sniper at the end of season 1. At the time of recovery, she was replaced by Donna Sabin (Jessica Steen). To return to the team, Jules decides to part with Sam because they are both very attached to the team. After she briefly met with Steve, an old friend from school who works as a paramedic. But parting with him because of the feelings that he still has for Sam. In season 4, Jules and Sam begin to meet again. Greg Parker finds out about their romance (4x10) and, at the end of the episode, he allows them to keep their relationship a secret, provided that they will not affect the work. At the end of the fourth season, Dr. Tod stipulates that they be divided into different teams, but Jules and Sam again prove their professionalism. In Season Five (5x08), Jules announces to Sam that they will have a baby. In episode 12, she marries Sam, but still demands that he treat her “like a partner”. Jules has a daughter, Sadie.

Sam Braddock

Former Corporal , an employee of the special forces and the Second Joint Task Force - an elite anti- terrorism unit ), served in Afghanistan - 2 business trips. A very confident and ambitious person.

He grew up in a military family. He joined the army , like his father, because “some people are defenseless and need to be protected” (3x7). Sam left military service in Afghanistan after accidentally killing one of his soldiers, who turned out to be his best friend. Sam’s application for inclusion in the GSR was reviewed very quickly. The decision to admit him to the group was made “upstairs”. Sam's father, General Breddock, had to intervene to facilitate his passage into the group. He was well received by the members of Group One, although at first he had to take down their jokes and bring coffee. After training, he becomes a valuable member of Group One. Because of military experience in Afghanistan, Sam believed that to solve problems instead of negotiating, it was better to use deadly force, which his colleagues object to. His main task in the team was to be a sniper, although for some time he replaced Ed as a tactical leader, while he was recovering from an injury. In the last episode of Season 2 of The Beyond the Blue Line, Sam says he leaves the GSR after they shot an ex-soldier in Afghanistan who Sam was trying to help. But friends say that he was wrong and convince him to stay in the group.

Sam is in love with Jules and in season 1 of episode 10 he kissed her. After that, they begin to meet, and keep their relationship a secret. When a sniper who injured Jules took Ed hostage, Sam was the one who shot him. After that, Sam rushes to the hospital, where he holds Jules by the hand, saying that he had to protect her. When she returns to the team, after being wounded, invites him to leave because they “cannot continue to break the rules,” Sam understands and agrees to end the relationship, although he loves her. In season 4, their romance resumes. Greg Parker finds out about their relationship (4x10) and, at the end of the episode, he allows them to keep them secret, provided that they will not influence the work.

When Sam was 9 years old, his younger sister was hit by a car, she died before his eyes. There is a second sister, Natalie. She lived with Sam for a while, which he really did not like.

At the end of season four, the relationship between Sam and Jules becomes known to senior management, but they pass the test when, according to the priority of life, Sam removes the hostage from the infected premises, not Jules. After that, they are allowed to stay on the same team. In the middle of season five, Jules tells Sam that they will have a baby. Their wedding is shown in the penultimate series of the fifth season.

At the end of the series, Sam is appointed team leader 3 instead of the deceased Donna.

Michelangelo Spike Scarlatti

Spike of Italian origin. He is a very optimistic young man who knows how to listen, and is always ready to help others, calm and intuitive , a peacemaker in a team. According to Greg, Scarlatti always sees in the people only the good. The One Spike Group is an expert in tactical technology, a sapper and explosives specialist. As a child, according to Spike (4x07), he loved fireworks , Roman candles, and firecrackers . His father hated it and was very worried. Once Spike, mixing liquids for making bonfires, burned himself badly, but this did not stop him, he later learned to defuse bombs , "because I don’t like it when people get hurt." He uses a robot he calls “Babycakes” when working with explosives. Spike is usually responsible for video surveillance from the van. In the 3-5 seasons, Spike more goes “into the field”, and even sometimes acts as a negotiator when he realizes that only he can establish contact. At the end of season 4, Sergeant Parker, in a fit of emotion, says that Spay him like a son.

Spike lives with his mother and father, and is very pleased with it.

He and Lou were best friends and often spent time together. Spike tried to save Lou's life when he stepped on a mine, but failed. Lou's death had a huge negative effect on Spike, as shown in the following episodes. After the death of Lou, Spike’s father becomes furious that his son works in the GSR, they swear and his father does not want to talk to him and make any attempts to establish relations with his son. Spike was offered a job in the security service. But he refused, preferring to stay in Group One.

The first curator and partner of Spike, Oliver McCoy, with whom he traveled the first two years after the academy, first called him Spike because of his hairstyle. In episode 11 of season 3, it appears that McCoy was a dirty cop. Spike doesn't believe that. When it turns out that McCoy’s daughter Leslie was held hostage and was forced to betray, the GSR finds her, but Oliver was mortally wounded. Before his death, McCoy asks to take care of his daughter. Spike promises him. He later learns from Leslie that Oliver McCoy has been following his career.

When Sam's sister Natalie arrives at the GSR headquarters, Spike takes an interest in her. In episode 6 of season 4, he and Natalie, as well as Sam and Jules, are sitting in a bar and listening to Raph sing.

In the season 3 finale, it turns out that Spike’s father is seriously ill. In Shockwave (4x07), when he tries to disarm a bomb that will destroy part of the city of Toronto , his mother calls him. She is in the hospital with her father, he is worse and maybe he will not survive the night. Although Spike embraces a terrible controversy, he decides to remain on the call and defuses the bomb. After hugging with his team, Spike rushes to the hospital and meets his mother, who begins to cry at his sight. He sits at his father’s bedside and listens to him when he finally admits: “Michelangelo, I’m scared,” Spike grabs his hand and says, “It's okay, I'm here, we are all here ..” At the end of season 4, it says that Spike's mother is returning to Italy and he is left alone.

In the episode “Fire on Your Own,” Spike is forced to play against his team when Natalie Bradjock gets into an unpleasant situation with her ex-boyfriend. After that, Natalie and Spike decide that together they still will not be destined, and Michelangelo even questions his stay in the team. But Ed and Greg convince him that without him the team would just fall apart.

In season 5, Spike invites Vinnie to a date, but she refuses, because her principle is not to meet with the cops. When he clarifies whether this is a principle that is violated when the ideal guy appears on the scene. Winnie replies that the principle is iron, because "the perfect guy has just appeared." But at the end of the series, they are meant to be together.

Kevin Wordy Wordsworth

Martial arts expert with a surprisingly gentle soul. Together with Lewis is a specialist in non-lethal weapons . Vordi's horse is penetration. He is also often responsible for making eye contact during operations, through various monitoring devices . Befriends Ed. He loves animals and children.

Grew up in a poor area. When Leah was unflattering about the area, Wordy lost her temper.

Wordy is married and has three daughters. In episode 4 of season 1, it turns out that his wife Shelley was married to the man who beat her until Wordy saved her from this marriage, so he strongly opposes domestic violence. He has a romantic view of heroism - to keep peace for his daughters.

Wordy has a secret that he has been hiding for a long time. Ed notices his strange behavior and, trying to figure out what Wordy is hiding, breaks the lock on his locker and finds pills for Parkinson's disease . This freaks out Vordy and they quarrel (4x5). Wordy realizes that his illness is a time bomb and worries that his nervous system will not survive, and he will let the team down. Therefore, he tells his friends everything, saying that he wanted to be perfect. “I'm not perfect, but you need the perfect. One day my hands will begin to shake, and your lives are on me. The risk is not worth it. ” To Ed’s question: “What can I do without you?” Vordy replies: “Work is twice as good.” Wordy resigns from Group One to the anti-gang department.

Appears in Episode 10 of Season 4, helps Group One to arrest the gang responsible for the abductions.

Rafik Raf Russo

Rough replaced Wordy in the middle of season 4. Rough is ambitious, but willing to learn from the rest of the team. On his first day at the service, he entered the room of the woman who was holding the hostage , without the approval of Sergeant Parker. In series 6 of season 4, it turns out that Raf was sexually abused by the teacher, having learned about this his father beat him with a bat and is now in prison.

Rough plays the piano and sings. On Valentine's Day, Sam, Jules, Spike and Natalie sit in a restaurant and listen to the song performed by him (4x06). In the first episode of season 5, after a young girl was killed, Raf decided that he couldn’t work like that and, after an argument with the team, expressed a desire to leave the group of Odin.

Constable Vinnie Camden ( Tatyana Jones ) Dispatcher , working with Group One. Keeps in touch with 911 rescue service, police and ambulance . In the fifth season, Spike invites her to a date, but she gently refuses him on the pretext that she does not meet with the cops in order to maintain a balance in life.

Constable Keira Marlowe ( Pascal Hatton ) The second female GSR dispatcher is working with Group One in several episodes of Season 1 and 2.

Constable Lewis “Lou” Young (Mark Taylor) He is a specialist in non-lethal weapons. Before joining the police, Lou was a gangster , and his knowledge of street gangs was useful for Group One. He and Spike were best friends and spent a lot of time together. Lou dies in front of the team, blown up by a mine, trying to defuse a bomb on the campus in season 2, series 10, “One wrong move.”

Constable Donna Sabin ( Jessica Steen ) Donna replaced Jules for the duration of her vacation, after a gunshot wound. Former undercover agent in the drug department . Leaves Group One after Jules returns. Donna reappears in the season 3 finale as the leader of Group Three, testing Group One. In season 4, Donna gets married, but during the ceremony, her husband is trying to kill members of the gang in which Donna worked undercover. Donna dies in episode 12 of season 5, falling into the trap of a detonator.

Constable Leah Kearns ( Olunike Edeliyi ) Former fireman . She joins the GSR after Lou's sudden death. She appears in the series “Never Fails.” The team coldly accepts her because they grieve for Lou. Stayed in Group One for several episodes. She left the team for family reasons. Returns in season 5, where it is announced that she was leaving for Haiti to help her family rebuild her home after the earthquake.

Sophie Lane ( Yanaya Stephens ) Wife of Ed Lane. They have been married for seventeen years.

Clark Lane ( Tyler Stantiford ) Son of Ed Lane. He plays the cello and piano.

Dean Parker ( Jack Knight ) The son of Greg Parker. They had not seen each other for almost ten years since his wife left Greg. Dean comes to his father to persuade him to abandon the joint custody lawsuit that he filed against his mother. But after seeing what work his father does, Dean subsequently moves to live with him. He wants to be a cop.

Natalie Braddock ( Rachel Skarsten ) The sister of Sam Braddock, appears at the beginning of the fourth season. She and Spike have been dating for a short time, but are parting in the series “Game Against Their Own”.

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