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Season 2

14 episodes · 2016

  1. 1Road to Mercy

    07 Oct 2016 · 45 min

    Road to Mercy follows doctors and their patients as they struggle to identify the limits of the newly granted right to kill to die. In Belgium, we meet bold physicians who are testing those limits – going beyond terminal illness to provide an assisted death for suffering psychiatric patients, a scenario that is legal both in Belgium and under Canada’s recent Supreme Court Carter ruling.

  2. 2Being Greene

    13 Oct 2016 · 45 min

    On the surface, the Greenes are a fun-loving family of performers. Dave Greene, the father, is an Elvis Tribute Artist. The mom, Roxie Greene, is a writer. Quinn Greene, the eldest son, is an actor, and his little brother Kane Greene is a beat-boxer. But underneath, they have a secret.

  3. 3Inside These Walls

    20 Oct 2016 · 45 min

    The family of Chinese prisoner Wang Bingzhang fights for his freedom.

  4. 4Sugar Sisters

    27 Oct 2016 · 45 min

    Hannah and her two sisters try clearing their debt by finding Sugar Daddies - wealthy, older, men that pay to date.

  5. 5NCR: Not Criminally Responsible

    17 Nov 2016 · 45 min

    Julie Bouvier who was nearly stabbed to death by a man in a psychotic frenzy because "the devil told him to kill the prettiest girl in the mall" is shocked to find he is released from the mental hospital and terrified that he will come after her.

  6. 6Not Criminally Responsible: Wedding Secrets

    24 Nov 2016 · 45 min

    In this sequel to NCR: Not Criminally Responsible from Emmy-winner John Kastner, a wedding is born of a terrible act of violence.

  7. 7Unstoppable: The Fentanyl Epidemic

    01 Dec 2016 · 45 min

    A new wave of synthetic drugs is set to flood into Canada — the first version having already killed thousands of Canadians. Many people in the fight to stop these drugs think the situation may be unstoppable.

  8. 8Once an Immigrant

    12 Jan 2017 · 45 min

    Uber-Canadian actor Peter Keleghan explores his family’s immigrant roots, visiting Ireland for his mom’s 90th birthday.

  9. 9Colonization Road

    26 Jan 2017 · 45 min

    Comedian Ryan McMahon travels Ontario’s colonization roads learning about their impact on First Nations and settlers.

  10. 10Lost on Arrival: Me, the Mounties & PTSD

    09 Feb 2017 · 45 min

    An intimate portrait of the toll PTSD takes on a reporter and his family.

  11. 11Kosher Love

    16 Feb 2017 · 45 min

    A look at the search for true love and marriage in the orthodox Jewish world during the hyper-connected Tinder age.

  12. 12Free Reins

    23 Feb 2017 · 45 min

    Step into the world of Patty McGill, an out of the box thinker who helps kids with special needs inside her horse riding ring.

  13. 13The Missing Tourist

    02 Mar 2017 · 45 min

    A Japanese tourist goes missing in Yellowknife leaving behind luggage, souvenirs – and a mystery to be solved.

  14. 14The Skin We're Infinale

    09 Mar 2017 · 45 min

    Acclaimed journalist Desmond Cole explores what it is to be black in 21st century Canada. Do black lives matter here?