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- Indigenous visionaries, scientists and communities are rematriating the buffalo to the heart of the North American plains they once defined, signaling a turning point for Indigenous nations, the ecosystem, and our collective survival.
- A young journalist, while working on her first murder case, becomes embroiled in a web of urban gangs, the political class, corporate power-brokers and the police.
- Carved by the retreat of a two-million-year-old glacier, North America's five great lakes, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario; form the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.
- The story of the killing of Colten Boushie and his family's pursuit of justice.
- A six-part documentary series that explores some of the most riveting viral videos of our time through the eyes of the people who captured them.
- Following a series of intimate conversations between a former couple who lived through two years of domestic abuse, A Better Man infuses new energy and possibility into the movement to end violence against women.
- Anishinaabe filmmaker & activist Sarain Fox ('Rise') & artist Kris Nahrgang celebrate the revitalization & reclamation of indigenous culture & heritage as they explore the diverse perspectives and knowledge within the Indigenous community to create a deeper understanding about our shared history, while looking forward to a brighter future.
- While evading transit police in their belief transit is for the people, a group of four young men still have time proverbially to smell the roses and remain bros through adversity. While performing to an adoring crowd of teenyboppers, one member of the boy band Boyz B Boyz bucks the trend of what boy bands do for a personal reason not obvious to the other three members of the band. On the on the street game show "I Know Canada!", Conor, the contestant, may want to answer the questions one way but may not feel it appropriate despite the right answers garnering him $10,000. In a high school sex education class which is following recently passed legislation, everything reverts back to the last curriculum developed over twenty years ago in 1998. Three friends find out what a fourth really thinks of them when he sleepwalks, which may or may not be reality. A young man, writing a sensitive entry into his journal, tries to hide what he's doing from a friend, that information which is exposed in a very public way with unintended consequences. In a public service announcement, Torontonians talk about their near-Drake experiences. And a black man in a car has a sense of déjà vu when he's pulled over.
- The four talk about the racial discrimination they've faced, with one of the four already feeling left out. Is being tall at the club enough to attract positive attention? Not knowing the routine, a guy tries to fit in as the newbie in the weight room at the gym. A black guy on a date with a white girl has an ulterior motive. Guled may not only jeopardize getting disrapper Butcha C for a rap project in Gulad crossing Butcha's online etiquette standard. Van, an Asian food critic, goes to a new restaurant that doesn't just serve Asian food but serves the Asian experience. A sitcom audience may jeopardize a six month relationship. And a guy tries to get one of his coworkers to sign a birthday card for another coworker without the birthday girl finding out.
- A couple not only decides to tell Dale that he's adopted, but something else fundamental to his being. Vance, Tom and Franco have all auditioned for Fight Club 2, but are sidetracked by another issue in some of their lives. In trying to get his withdrawal limit increased, a bank customer revisits his past through the security questions. An airplane passenger encounters someone not usually found in airplane washrooms. A guy regrets offering to pay for a group of friends out for one's birthday, and. An indigenous writer needs some "experience" to get his indigenous themed project green-lighted. In medieval times, warriors celebrating a battle victory get sidetracked by the opposition. And two drivers get into an altercation which can be settled by the features in the 2020 model car.
- The four show that they are progressive straight male allies. At a crime scene, the lead homicide detective demonstrates his crime solving trick. The guys celebrating their last night on Earth in having been chosen as the first civilians to travel to Mars is marred by the admission of one. A boxer's performance is affected by comments of his coach. Tim does a monologue on the problem of Toronto as demonstrated by the art scene. In visiting their old high school, two friends remember something they forgot to do before leaving school. A man finds a new way to communicate with his long term partner via a rock music video game. A sports reporter interviews a basketball player after a win playing in front of his hometown crowd for the first time. Two employees at a law firm want to provide support to a a third in his contentious divorce. And four friends rapping while on a road trip are sidelined by their GPS.
- The show's Executive Producer Bruce McCulloch holds a press conference with the primary cast to announce a trade just before the trade deadline. At the end of a professional massage, a client wants a happy ending. On the streets of Toronto, Tim hosts the new game show, "Is this a Dispensary?", he who may have ulterior motives in the process. In four young friends spending their usual Saturday morning together, one experiences the change to the other side that comes with his news. A young couple on a subway set off a chain reaction. A public service announcement has a series of inspirational and aspirational messages. Tim may or may not come to some realizations about his Jamaican heritage. The latest offering on pay-per-view is Smack-a-palooza, a wrestling frenzy. Guled explains why he only talks to his Somali grandmother about her osteoarthritic knee. And a young man named Stewart wants to show everyone at tonight's party.
- Many people work hard and play hard, but TPOCs often have to tolerate hard. Franco, Vance and Guled's singular focus on playing a video game changes when Tim tells them he has two tickets to the chocolate factory. The nervousness in Mark meeting girlfriend Sharon's parents for the first time is overtaken by a high five from a Sharon's little brother, Tyler. Four young male friends waiting at the clinic to deal with their respective bouts of the flu connect emotionally with elderly patient, Rose, who in turn becomes their everything, until. Big Pinky and Criminal Record are trying to record their latest rap song, which isn't helped by real life. In visiting what is purportedly the most haunted house in the city, one of three friends makes an assumption which has racist overtones. A basketball coach reprimands his losing team, the members who in turn want to quit for what they consider obvious reasons. Guled talks about his blackness in spite of an admission to the contrary. And in the mayor's son having been kidnapped and held hostage for ransom, one of the police detectives leading the investigation and negotiation with the kidnapper has to be more clear with his instructions.
- A First Nations man and African-Canadian man have an online feud seemingly about the differences in their cultures. Two office coworkers bump into each other, which ignites or doesn't ignite a war of words. A member of an emergency response unit, in dealing with a hostage situation, finds that he also has to deal with an active bomb in freeing the hostages, disarming the bomb in which he has no experience. Two guy friends dine out at what they may end up considering the perfect guy place. The front man for a rock band can't help but show his pleasure at performing in Toronto. A Vietnamese guy is on a first date with someone he met on an app, he choosing this Caucasian girl for a specific reason. The guys learn the hard way that others know their secret handshake, they trying to discover which of the four leaked the information. Two soldiers on the battlefield assess the situation with their wounded comrade. And the guys retain a lawyer about their stolen content.
- A young man stumbles upon what turns out to be Excalibur, but is he the chosen one? Needing to use the lavatory, Franco asks his friends to play loud music so that they can't hear him doing number two. A young man contemplates the "what if's" in a request from a stranger asking for directions. A young man is approaching the pearly gates for the third time hoping this time to make it in despite the reasons he was denied the previous two times, namely his living friends on Earth. A physician new to the burn ward learns there's more to treatment than dealing with the physical burns. A landlord and his downstairs tenant debate if the latter smoking weed contravenes the residential agreement. And the guys scour their apartment for loose change so that they can take the subway, in the process discussing the equity of free public transit and the concept of sticking together through thick and thin.
- Believing they were careful in choosing an out of the way location for the transaction, two sides in a drug deal get busted. A young man revisits his old bedroom, he in the process discovering something troubling about his strongest childhood memories. A native Albertan, Vance addresses the issue of Alberta succession despite he no longer living there. Bob, holding a video meeting with his staff working from home, tests their so-called professionalism in this pandemic driven situation. A hip-hop artist at a club takes offense to the crowd mimicking his lyrics. Three friends, gathering at one's house to watch the basketball game, do whatever they can to avoid holding the fourth's baby. In dooring one, a man shows how much he loves bike couriers. And the situation of two men trying to escape through the forest from an ax-wielding ogre changes due to diversification, and another issue the sign of the times.
- In this time of COVID-19, a specific organization will always be there especially for front line workers. After a get together, a man doesn't accept the offer from a friend for a ride home as he has a Dad Ride. After everyone arrives at the business meeting with their Movember mustaches, one doesn't feel like he is man enough compared to the others. A couple on a date believe they are totally in sync, that is until the end of the meal as dictated by the waiter. A man raps about his new mansion in which he rents out certain sections to make payments. Vance's friends are shocked to learn he actually knows the name of his neighbor, something not done in the big city. At NBI headquarters, Special Agent Dan Tully, assigned to human resources to investigate employee human rights complaints, gets a different spin on the job in the organization's core business of investigating paranormal activity that the bureau doesn't want made public. And four friends at a club equate being good on the dance floor with being good at sex.
- It is seemingly a win-win-win (and perhaps additional win-win) situation for two friends visiting a virtual reality game arcade for the first time. With the President having been kidnapped, discussions may cross the line in the Pentagon war room. A drug lord raps about the key to his success in all aspects. The four have a heated discussion about who is responsible for the dirty bowl in the kitchen sink, the result of the discussion which has longer term consequences and brings certain things to light, like who actually cleans around the apartment. One of a group of friends going out for the evening learns where he ranks. A devotee of the latter explains the difference between goth and emo. And Antonio Ferrari, in an ad for his pizzeria, tells the best way to order a pizza.
- American movie star Dash Orr is being interviewed on the red carpet by e-buzz Canada's Ken Tam at TIFF, Dash talking about what he's learned since being in the country. Two friends discuss clothes shopping in a bricks and mortar store during the pandemic as opposed to online. Tim takes the viewer behind the scenes at the show with an unwitting Vance to discuss an issue of cultural importance. Tim shows off his new smartphone to the guys, it the latest model of his last phone. A group of male private high school students are predicting their futures on making or missing a bunch of basketball free throws. For a date, a couple go to illusionist Serpantine's magic show, they noticing the general theme of the act. And a couple, having just moved into an unusually affordable house, have to deal with the unknown late night noises emanating from somewhere inside, they assuming made by some sort of urban wildlife.
- Bryce Tyson, CEO of BYO Oil, is making a personal plea for fostering some of his babies. The guys are taking a break dancing class taught by Touché at the community center, or so they think, that is unless they can use the skills learned at the one and only class taken thus far. A couple are sharing their birthing video with their best friends. A group of "businessmen" rap about laundering dirty money in the age of COVID-19. Vance talks about the fact that it is illegal to be native in Canada, and what he has done about it. During a business meeting, the managers receive a delivery. Jasper tells his two friends how he plans to propose to his girlfriend, Fiona. And in a new employee getting a tour of the office, he has issue with the proximity of the restroom to everything else.
- The day for two couples walking through the park, both sets having the best day ever in their love for each other, changes when they encounter each other. Franco and his wife, in she just having given birth, now face the most difficult part of being parents. Worlds collide when singer and former child star J'onothon is in the recording studio in a collaboration with rapper and former murder suspect Butcha C, the session under the engineering talents of Kid Kyle. Only chosen families and not literal families can participate on the new game show "Chosen Family Few" hosted by Colin Mochrie, whose actions are negatively affecting the performance of Vance of the Roommates team. The staff and customers in a bank holdup by masked men hope for a super hero to save them. And George, in reminiscing about Chase and Virgil who were once in his life, decides what to do about Troy's request to walk home together.
- In a commercial, Frank "The Butcher" Machleveti of Machleveti and Associates tells *you* what to do when you're angry and don't know what to do about it. Gary and his therapist make simultaneous confessions to each other. Guled opens up about what he does and what he wants to do when he is challenged to a fight even when the other person is in the wrong. Andy and a studio executive discuss the edits they made to Andy's movie without his consent. After the fall of civilization, two podcasters discuss the nature of their broadcasts. What to do when a customer at a restaurant asks for super spicy when the menu item is purportedly super spicy already. On the next episode of Floopy's World, Floopy provides advice on how to watch movies for free. And following Vance's last wishes, Franco, Guled and Tim have just buried him in High Park.
- On veteran Guled's advice, the guys attend their first storage locker auction, the unknown contents in the oldest locker in the complex the one being auctioned. In purchasing the locker with their rent money, they find they don't know what to do with what they find inside, which touches upon their deepest emotions core to them as human beings. In the process, they will discover if they have a price regardless. The Toronto Rap Battle Finals are being held, one contestant who may have the upper hand in having done his research. Two detectives with the police department are so "close on this case", when they come up with the answers in the semantics. Vance stars in the TallBoyz production of "52 Naps" as the guy who awakens not to know who or where he is. And in a game of three on three, one player has some pretty specific trash talk for the one he is guarding.
- Unable to appeal their eviction, the boys summon a "lower power" to help them get their apartment back, but get sidetracked along the way with who ends up being their new landlord. On a new reality television series, people pitch ideas to a panel of federal government politicians and bureaucrats. A rap battle ensues between mega-chain Phresh Grocer and the mom and pop owned Ferrari's Bodega. Each of the guys talks about why he is a hero of the pandemic. An actor has to make the most of the one line allowed in the PG-13 movie. And at the club, someone hijacks another's song.
- Hockey players talk about what is or should be considered Canada's national sport. Two buskers, living statues, argue about safety versus the busker's code. Questioned by police detectives at the station, a man in custody talks about what led him there, namely his encounter with a pack of "scary teens". Blake, a rapper, performs his latest autobiographical song which is more process-oriented than story-oriented. The communication is lost in translation between a baby and his parents who are trying to sleep train him. Guys are conflicted in talking about their girlfriends and needing the approval of their other guy friends about how she looks. And Michael and Victor, formerly of the boys band Boyz B Boyz, are confronted at the most inopportune of times by their former band mates, Bad Boy, Corn Rows and Tyler about why they left the band two years ago.
- Guleg stars in a new television show coming soon to CBC. In the government's latest pandemic lock-down of five people to a bubble, the guys debate the pros and cons of the five people they have on their shortlist for their fifth. Another show joins the CBC After Dark lineup, which will be accompanied by a re-imagining of Guleg's new show. What looks to be the cusp of marriage between Ebyan and Adia after only having met and chatted on an app takes a turn immediately upon their first in-person face-to-face, or more precisely face-to-phone. In the 2022 Presidential Debate between President Meechum and the challenger Senator Fern, the latter cannot help but pivot to the same low blow no matter the debate topic. During the St. Mary's High School Science Fair, Mr. Ramsley comes across one unimaginative project after another, but cannot help but be mesmerized by one project, the student submitter who took the fair the least serious. And with the lock-down, the guys contemplate going out in being tired of take-out, that contravention of the rules despite the risk in not being able to wear their protective gear.
- Non-communication at a military field hospital, where a soldier has never been lost, has its consequences. The guys have mixed reactions to a piece on the news concerning the British royal family's new diversity initiative specifically in the royals' search for the next Duke of Sussex. The lives of friends, whose sole connection is watching sports together, are upended in March 2020, with the return of specifically arena styled sports one year later taking on the flavor of the digital age. And a group of rappers' latest is an autobiographical telling of their difficult growing up leading to where they are today.
- On the new show "Try That Tallboyz", the guys try things for the first time, this time something that is not inherent to any of the four of them. Two of the mob boss' thugs bring Hector in front of him for the last time in he taking his final trust fall in which he won't be caught. A couple can't wait until they have their first fight just for the experience of what it feels like. Vance always picking scissors in "rock, paper, scissors" leads to a reckoning about his favorite pickle brand. A press conference at the NVSA Space Research Facility is to announce items being sent into space featuring the most iconic of Earthly items, with the addition of one pet project of the lead physicist. Frasier wants to provide his deceased father with the best funeral possible but at the right price. And the so-called Nacho King is at Butcha C's Smoke Patio on their All-You-Can Eat Nachos day which leads to his final judgment.
- The nature of the wheel on Orson's spins on the game show "Wheel, Wheel, Wheel" has a profound effect on the host and model for the show. Guled makes a bedtime wish about changing himself, which, if it comes true, will have an effect on those around him. The only three guests at little Momo's birthday party wonder why his father, Finn, invited them and only them. A BIPOC acting class deals with all aspects of the entertainment industry. In the days of yore, two brothers, the most celebrated of writers, are asked to write children's stories aka fairy tales, the task which they misconstrue. In reading a bedtime story about wizards and sorcerers, a story close to his heart when he was a child, a man does not want to divulge the name of the author to his son, who is enthralled by what he heard, but the reading which changes the memory of joy for the father. And is "five eight" really just a number?
- Mr. Lombardi decides not to do a check-in for tonight's show, much to the consternation of his very needy young performers. With his trusty eighty-four year old computer technician Albert providing assistance, superhero Diamond Fist has to battle the evil Man Panda, who has returned to the streets as he predicted. A young man is feeling comfortable in his own skin in inviting his casual girlfriend of one month to his apartment for dinner for the first time, until. At the pet store with his mother, a boy has to decide if a hamster is the right pet for him. Twenty-four year old R.J. explains how he was able to purchase a house at his tender age through meal prep. In watching what has been the very long and slow courtship, two coworkers believe that today is the day that Christopher and Liam will hang out for drinks with each other after work. And a teacher is showing the graduating class members' year end projects of their high school experience.
- In the new reality show "I Know Indigenous", regular Torontonians are quizzed about what they know to be indigenous. Business is hard, specifically when it comes to emails around the ritualistic midday event. Tim subscribes to the food meal kit High-Lo Fresh for a stress-free life. Due to the philosophy of the business, a customer at Flatties, a chicken joint, is having difficulty placing his order, despite being held at gunpoint. And Franco is on the opposite side in a court battle against the other three concerning the eviction by their landlord, the Devil.
- Water flows from Lake Superior's headwaters to the Atlantic Ocean, spanning 20 percent of our planet's freshwater. Beavers and wolves change the landscape. Loons, owls, moose, bears and people depend upon these lakes we take for granted.
- The story of how winter has shaped life in the Great Lakes. A polar vortex paralyzes fish and ducks and attracts hundreds of bald eagles. Wolves hunt deer trapped by ice, but are manipulated by ravens. See how animals use snow to survive.
- The spring thaw in the Great Lakes creates ice tsunamis. Photosynthetic salamanders, fishing wolves, deep-diving moose, baby rattlesnakes and colourful fish hunting mid-air all show us unique adaptations to spring.
- Gary gets a taste of northern justice with a side helping of racism, Cameron and Gina find out drug addiction isn't just for the young, Eva and Mel try to talk Mylo into resuming chemo, and Charlie's marital counseling session implodes.
- In pairs, the students shadow an emergency medical team, do shifts in an ER, attend to a street kid with frostbite, and keep a watchful eye on Mylo, a teenage cancer patient who has a vision during a First Nations Full Moon Ceremony.
- Charlie and Gary rescue a lumberjack with severed fingers. Gina and Cameron come face to face with an elderly, over-prescribing doctor, and Farida deals with the death of a patient and close friend. Nancy suspects two monks of having AIDS.
- Cameron and Gina look in on a patient and find a surprising illegal enterprise. Charlie moves in with his dad. Farida struggles with grief. Cameron's art forgery threatens his career. Nancy gets schooled by Helvi for jumping to conclusions.
- Farida's poor performance review surprises the faculty. Nancy treats a retired hockey enforcer with signs of PTSD. Charlie steps in between Gary and a racist cop. Eva mishandles confidential information. Cam discovers Gina's rescue project.
- Eva eases Amanda's return to the Rez to meet the baby she ran out on. Melanie helps Mylo find her way back to treatment for her leukemia, and Healy confronts Farida about her drug use, while Gina's animal rescue operation is busted.
- Cancer free Kyle comes to town, making Eva question her choices. Charlie takes the kids but double books himself, getting into hot water with Tara. Cameron and Gina receive complaints, forcing a new understanding of medical ethics.
- An altercation with racist cop Sid puts Gary's med career in jeopardy. Nancy thinks up a unique idea to help her concussion patient get over his depression. A rift between Eva and Bonnie erupts at Melanie's bone marrow drive on the Rez.
- Dallaire confronts Gary about his assault on racist officer Sid. Eva and Bonnie's relationship blows up publicly. Gina's apology to a patient goes awry. Charlie gets news that may put an end to his dream of a medical career.
- Convicted murderer Grace Marks claims she has no memory of the events surrounding the murder.
- In 1859, Simon joins the Union Army; Grace gets some unexpected news in 1872.
- Grace, forced out onto the streets of Toronto by her father to search for work, secures a position as a maid in the Parkinson household. She forms a friendship with another servant, the free-spirited Mary Whitney.
- Mary Whitney, pregnant by the elder Parkinson son, dies after a botched abortion. Grace accepts a new position at the Kinnear household in Richmond Hill.
- Tensions rise at Richmond Hill, sparked by the surly and rebellious handyman McDermott. Grace realises that the housekeeper, Nancy Henderson, is the mistress of the charming but imperious Kinnear, and is showing all the signs of being pregnant.
- Dr. Jordan brings Grace's account to the day of the murder. Although there are gaps in her memory, she describes how McDermott kills Nancy Montgomery and dismembers her body, then shoots Kinnear, presuming that Grace will fall into the role of his accomplice.
- Don discovers that he has jeopardized the raccoons' lives by releasing the into the wild. Dad's obsession with building a cabin in the woods consumes the entire family and sparks an unforeseen chain of events. Mom is masterminding a brand-new cereal.