Tropes seen in this episode:
- Better to Die than Be Killed: In most cases like this, better to die than be arrested. Derek and Tracy jump out the window and kill themselves before they could be arrested.
- Big "NO!": From Derek when Walker, Trivette and McGuire tell him and Tracy that they killed his father just before the two Rangers could arrest them.
- Destination Defenestration: Tracy and Derek meet their end this way.
- Driven to Suicide: After Gavin Malloy is killed, Derek and Tracy decide to jump out of the window of the skyscraper just before Walker and Trivette could arrest them, accompanied with a Melancholy Musical Number.
- Melancholy Musical Number: "The Banks of the Lee", performed by Silly Wizards,
is played at the end when Derek and Tracy jump out of the window and kill themselves. - No Ending: The episode ends with Derek and Tracy jumping out the window and killing themselves before they could be arrested after Gavin Malloy is killed. We don't know what happens to the other terrorists after the fact.
- One-Word Title: The title of the episode which is simply "Flashpoint".
- Special Guest: Michael Beck as Adam McGuire, Sarah Buxton as Tracey O'Neill (alias Jane), Billy Jayne as Derek Malloy, Paul Jenkins as Gavin Malloy and Robert F Lyons as Duncan McCallum.
