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Un vistazo a la vida nada convencional de la legendaria piloto estadounidense Amelia Earhart, quien marcó un hito al ser una aviadora pionera y quien desapareció muy temprano en su vida durante un vuelo sobre el Océano Pacífico en 1937 en un intento por hacer un vuelo de todo el mundo.

Lou and Chantal are gonna blow up. One day. Somehow. But girls don't get out of Coberge, Ontario by playing nice. All they've ever wanted, was to feel what it's like to be free.

The paranormal concept of token-object reading, or psychometry is explored visually, when an inquisitive child discovers a familiar piece of currency with an unfamiliar face on it.

Two grieving parents spend the night in the woods to try and bring their son back from the dead.

The panel of experts believe this season's crop of bad drivers are the most diverse they've seen yet. The eight participants and their primary driving problems are: Diane Akers, an extremely slow driver who, regardless, is indecisive behind the wheel; Jamie Giberson, an emotional wreck behind the wheel who seeks constant advice when she drives; Brad Hengerer, who hates driving but is now forced to to drive both his currently incapacitated wife and father-in-law to their medical appointments; Lance Morin, a relatively new driver, who is so scared that he often vomits while driving; Dale Pitton, who believes she has hit something on average once a week over her thirty year driving life, often without realizing that she's done so; Scott Schurink, a cocky driver who intentionally flaunts the law, especially drinking and driving, but may want to be a safer driver if only for his infant son; Dean Sibanda, a speed demon with a gangsta wannabe driving style; and Paul Thurston, a motorcycle aficionado who doesn't understand driving any vehicle that has four or more tires. Given a set of directions, their first test with their nominator as their passenger is to drive individually from Hamilton, Ontario to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport. On that drive, two are stopped by the show's producers, who feel that their driving is so unsafe that they need instead to be driven to the Centre. Once at the Centre, the eight are given a driving assessment test consisting of reversing through a snaking and concrete barriered course and doing a slalom of at least 50 kph. Heeding the desires of viewers who have been dismayed to see vintage vehicles destroyed, the producers instead are using the same fresh off the lot new vehicle, a Camaro, which will be used for at least one driving test each week. Much of the Camaro is already gone by the time the eight have completed their assessment test.

The eight participants' first challenge has each reversing a motor home, with the other seven as passengers, through a curvilinear course with some metal barriers. They will have to perform an S-turn to complete the challenge without hitting the barriers. Some do better than they expect, but many, with the constant advice of the other seven, don't really learn what they did right to get through the course. And one has a total meltdown on the course. Their second challenge is to drive straight on two narrow rails, just touch a barrier with their front bumper (if they touch it too hard, it will cause objects on top of the barrier to tumble) and reverse in that straight line off the rails. If they don't drive straight, they will fall off the rails into the water below. This challenge is to test spatial awareness, especially of where the wheels are, and where their front bumper is. It becomes obvious who has good and who has bad spatial awareness. Before the third challenge, Philippe provides a lesson to all eight on proper seat distance from the steering wheel, proper seat back angle, proper hand position on the steering wheel, and proper body alignment during shoulder checks of blind spots. They will require all these skills for that third challenge, a high speed one requiring a shoulder check on both sides to know which way to turn. One feels that these series of challenges may be a self-fulfilling prophecy of being Canada's worst driver, while on screen admissions by another may be too much for both that person's nominator and the panel of experts. In the end, the panel deliberation for the first graduation of the season becomes a moot point.

With Scott Schurink being the first to leave the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre this season, albeit by being expelled in part because his nominator Danny, who previously insured Scott, decided to pull that insurance due to Scott's unwillingness to take responsibility for his bad driving (making Scott only the second person ever to be expelled), seven participants remain at the Centre. Their first challenge, using a four wheel drive jeep, is to make a three point turn on a moat surrounded island, taking as many tries as needed within a twenty minute time limit. If a participant goes into the moat and cannot drive back out, he/she automatically fails the challenge. Some are able to complete the challenge, some can't do it in three points within the twenty minutes, and some do end up stuck in the moat. Before the second challenge, Peter provides each a lesson in driving a manual transmission vehicle. Only two of the seven have never driven a stick shift vehicle. That second challenge is to balance a stick shift vehicle on a teeter-totter. Not understanding the actual mechanics, several participants end up burning out the clutch. Before the third challenge, Philippe provides a lesson on threshold braking to be able to steer out of a braking situation in vehicles without ABS. The participants are required to drive around a turn at high speed while braking for the challenge. Before the panel deliberation, the seven participants assess their own driving skill and state if they feel they are ready for graduation. No one feels they have learned enough to leave. The panel have only one person for consideration for graduation. Will they graduate that person or abide by the wishes of all and graduate no one?

The panel of experts abided by the wishes of all the participants by not graduating anyone at the end of the third week, meaning that no one will have graduated yet. The fact of no graduates by the beginning of week four is a first for the show. But the show is down one more person in that Dale's nominator, her nephew John, and she had a falling out, meaning that Andrew will now act as her nominator for challenges until John and Dale make up. The first challenge is the head to head reversing figure eight challenge. With the exception of one participant for who the daily driving lessons has paid off, all the participants demonstrate their major failings as drivers in this challenge. Given a lesson on how to do so by Philippe beforehand, the participants' second challenge is to drive a high speed (80 kph) slalom course. Some surprise by completing the course successfully. Before the third challenge, Peter quizzes the participants on rules of the road. The third challenge is the annual smooth driving challenge where if the participants do not drive smoothly, they will be doused by water in a 200 liter tank mounted above the car. True to their word, the panel of experts do graduate one of the participants and don't need to deliberate to decide on that person.

With Paul Thurston being unanimously voted the first graduate of the season, six participants remain at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Their first challenge is the annual swerve and avoid test, which they attempt after being taught the driving mechanics of achieving it successfully by Philippe. One participant has a major breakthrough in attempting this challenge. The second challenge is a safe lane change one, where they all must safely pass the lead car driven by Andrew twice in a continuous course. Andrew stresses that this challenge is not a race and that the technical aspects of changing lanes safely is what is being evaluated. One participant demonstrates a non-understanding of what is required to impress the judges. After being taught the maneuver by Philippe, the participants next attempt a dough-nut challenge around a stationary central object located in an enclosed course. Andrew fears for his life when one participant hits the course. Two participants perform well enough to be shortlisted, with the decision of this week's graduate a close call between the two.

With Diane Akers being named the second graduate of the season, five people remain in the running as Canada's Worst Driver. The first challenge those five will take is the annual eye of the needle challenge. To test the hypothesis that most crashes in this challenge have historically happened on the right side of the vehicle as the driver would rather protect him or herself rather than their passenger, this year the five will drive a right side drive vehicle. One of the five manages to do something to the vehicle on this challenge that the producers never thought could happen. In the second challenge, the participants must maneuver a vehicle within a narrow and confined cross shaped parking area. Although promised at the beginning of the season that no vintage cars would be used this year, a 1970 Monte Carlo is used for this challenge as all the other fleet cars have been destroyed. After being taught the skills by Peter, the participants, for their third challenge, have to back up a vehicle pulling a trailer carrying a sailboat. After Andrew drives the course, he admits that he had a difficult time, so suspects that some if not all the participants will have meltdowns while attempting it unless the course is widened. In the panel deliberation, the experts are unanimous on who should graduate, but also factor into the equation the pleading of another participant to leave the show due to health issues. Although the panel makes a decision between the two, the final decision is left to the only person who really knows what to do.

With Dale and Dean's nominators convincing Dale to stay at the Centre despite her pleas to leave due to health reasons, Dean Sibanda is named the latest graduate, leaving four participants, including Dale, left at the Centre. All four want to be the next graduate so that they can avoid the final three finale. Their first challenge is the trough challenge, which tests their knowledge of where their vehicle's wheels are. If any of the vehicle's wheels falls into the trough or if the vehicle gets stuck, the driver must start the course over again. They each have one hour to complete the challenge or else it is considered a failure. The participants are then given a lesson on the dangers of distracted driving, especially driving while talking or texting on a cell phone. Their second challenge, called Canada's Worst Cup - pushing a large soccer ball with a car, the goal being to score a goal - is to teach car handling skills. After being taught the skill by Philippe, the participants, for their third challenge, must do a hand brake J-turn around an obstacle. The panel are split on who should graduate: the person who has shown the best driving skills up to this point versus the one who has shown the greatest improvement over the course of these last three challenges. Andrew makes the final decision.

With Jamie Giberson being named the most recent graduate, there are three participants remaining at the Centre who will be in the finale for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Brad Hengerer, Lance Morin and Dale Pitton. Their first challenge, which they each have thirty minutes to complete, is to balance a vehicle on a free floating gimbel without driving off it. Their second challenge is the annual mega-challenge, where each is required to use all the knowledge learned at the Centre to maneuver through a set course. Their final challenge, driving a mint condition Porsche Boxter, is to drive through a preset forty-five minute course with Andrew as their passenger and adjudicator through the streets of Niagara Falls, Ontario. As it is a more real life issue to prove his driving skill, Brad will drive with his nominator wife Donna as his passenger instead of Andrew. One participant racks up over $2,000 worth of driving infractions, while another fails to complete the course due to anxiety. After all the challenges are completed, the panel decide that the two worst drivers should not continue to drive on public roads until they deal with their specific driving issues, which neither ends up doing. The panel does name one of those two Canada's Worst Driver.

Shyamala Kiru, the relationship therapist on the panel of experts, believes this season's crop of eight nominees is an accurate reflection of the cross-section of bad drivers on Canadian roads. Seven of those eight nominees and their primary driving problems are: Lauri Bencharski, who pays more attention to the menagerie of pets in her car than what's happening on the road; Sly Grosjean, who is addicted to using his smart phone while driving; Afiya Lassy, an aggressive driver who will do whatever it takes to get to where she's going without regard for others or traffic rules; Tab Parks, whose fragile nerves behind the wheel often results in her shaking and being in tears; Jon Parsons, an overconfident Corvette driver who often street races, especially against his Corvette driving father; Ben Reiman, who is constantly daydreaming while driving; and Shirley Sampson, an indecisive driver who often stops in the middle of the road when she doesn't know what to do. The panel of experts hope that they can provide as much guidance as they feel the eighth nominee will. He is Aaron Cheshire, who once was a confident driver until, in 2005, he was blindsided by a distracted driver, that accident which almost killed him and resulted in him being in a coma for two months. Remarkably, he never lost his driver's license even though he had to relearn how to drive after coming out of his coma. This appearance on the show is part of his physical and emotional recovery, where he hopes that he can once again become a good and confident driver. Given a set of directions, their first test with their nominator as their passenger is to drive individually from St. Catharines, Ontario to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport, approximately one hour in duration. On that drive, one is stopped by the show's producers, who feel that her driving is so unsafe that she needs instead to be driven to the Centre. The producers also wanted to stop another for unsafe driving, but were unable to do so. Once at the Centre, the eight are given a driving assessment test consisting of reversing through a snaking and barriered course and doing a slalom of at least 50 kph. They will be driving a specially painted 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T, the paint job in part to inspire a sense of respect for the car. It doesn't work as witnessed by what the nominees do to the car. When the nominees are placed in front of the experts for the first time, some do admit their driving faults - one who admits that this day could be the worst in her entire life - while others are in total denial about being a bad driver, they only agreeing to appear on the show to prove the world wrong.

The eight nominees' first challenge is the annual riding the rails challenge, which has each rail the width of a tire and the two rails exactly the width of the vehicle's right and left set of tires apart. Adding a sense of fear, the rails are set over a shallow pond. The nominees have the option of reversing over the rails - the vehicle properly lined up for them if they choose to do so - or driving forward over the rails, in which case they have to align the vehicle themselves. Before their second challenge - the annual eye of the needle challenge at a minimum 60 kph - Philippe provides each with a driving lesson with the main premise being to look where you want to go. Most do heed the lesson, but application of the theory is a little more difficult for some. The third challenge has each reversing a minibus, with the other seven as passengers, through a figure eight course. This challenge tests the nominees' ability to use their mirrors. Ben and Tab should succeed on this challenge as they both do have a license to drive a full sized bus. Some nominees do manage to complete to course without hitting too many things, but did so only on the constant coaching of the passengers. On the panel deliberation, each member has the exact same two nominees shortlisted for graduation. Their ultimate decision is based in part by comments made by both of those two.

Lauri Bencharski was named the second graduate of the season after the most recent panel deliberation, leaving six nominees at the Centre. The first challenge the six face is to drive a pick-up truck towing a 10 meter long trailer, which all are legally allowed to do under a basic driver's license. The challenge through the predetermined course also includes a backing up section. Peter provides some instruction on the basic of towing a trailer before each nominee attempts the challenge. Some succeed through the skills learned in the lesson, some succeed despite their own insecurities, while others quit the challenge altogether. The second challenge is to do a three point turn on a raised platform. Most are able to get on and off the platform, but require more than three turns. The third challenge is the annual water tank challenge: nominees are required to drive an obstacle course smoothly, or else get drenched by water sitting in a 200 liter tank mounted above the car. Most lose more water than they keep in the tank, but Andrew, who is supposed to demonstrate that it can be done, is embarrassed by his own performance. The fourth and last challenge is to perform a maneuver called the reverse flick within an enclosed course. The nominees are given a lesson in performing the maneuver by Philippe. Doing the maneuver in the lesson with Philippe and doing it on the challenge course end up being two totally separate things. Before the panel deliberation, each participant is allowed to plead their case for graduation to the experts. Only one of the six feels ready to graduate. Will the panel agree?

With Jon Parsons being named the first graduate, there are seven nominees remaining at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Because all the nominees admit to driving while distracted, they are placed on what is probably the easiest driving course at the Centre, but one they must drive around while doing their distracted activities, such as eating, texting and applying make-up. After that challenge, they must all face Aaron, who was once almost killed by a distracted driver, that accident being the sole reason he is at the Centre. They are then given a reflex assessment since quick reflexes are required to drive well. They are then shown how to do an S-turn to make a lateral move as they will have to make that maneuver in their next challenge, a head-to-head with another nominee in a narrow circular course. Philippe then shows them the basics of good seat positioning and body positioning while doing shoulder checks. They will need this skill while doing their shoulder check challenge. The panel have an easy deliberation, with only one person being on each member's short list of graduation candidates, that short listed person being the same for each panel member.

With Tab Parks being named the most recent graduate, four people remain in the running for the title of Canada's Worst Driver. The first challenge for these four is maneuvering a car in an enclosed space. This challenge, which requires the drivers to do a series of S-turns to complete it successfully, is more a challenge of patience while driving. The second challenge is driving a slalom course in reverse within a set time limit. This challenge not only tests the nominees' backing up skills but also doing it at considerable speed. The third challenge is the annual donut challenge, the skill which is taught to the nominees by Philippe beforehand. What the nominees learn in the lesson with Philippe does not always translate to the challenge itself. The fourth and final challenge is driving the largest vehicle in the fleet, a delivery truck, through a set course, which encompasses tight turns and a narrow and curving reverse section. After these series of challenges, one nominee is told that he/she may perhaps never become a good driver and thus should give up driving altogether. After their deliberation, the panel of experts are unanimous on who they believe should graduate. There is a dissenting voice - Andrew himself - who, as the show host who announces the graduate, threatens to impose his view rather than that of the experts.

Despite Aaron being the only person to complete all the latest challenges successfully, his request to stay at the Centre is in part the reason why no graduated after those last set of challenges. Before the next set of challenges, Shyamala conducts one-on-one therapy sessions with Tab and Afiya, the two whose driving problems are highly psychological ones. The first challenge the remaining five nominees take is a snow plow driving one on a simulated narrow street filled with fake snow (in reality wood chips). The nominees have thirty minutes to make as many attempts to drive through the course without hitting anything except fake snow. Despite successfully completing the challenge, one nominee doesn't take away the proper lesson of the challenge. The second challenge is an off road one, testing rules of Canadian roads, including some specific to only certain locales. The third challenge is a game of road curling, where the nominees push oversized curling rocks with their car to a hog line with the goal of getting the rock into the house. They are given eight rocks apiece to reach that goal of at least one rock in the house. Some who fail don't understand the point of the challenge. After being taught the skills by Philippe, the nominees, for their fourth challenge, have to do a swerve at high speed to avoid hitting an unexpected object. Shirley admits that she was taught never to swerve to avoid hitting animals, and as such has killed more than one animal in her driving life. In the panel deliberation, the experts shortlist two. Their decision on which of the two to graduate is ultimately a difficult one.

With Ben Reiman being voted the latest graduate of the season, five nominees remain at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Their first two challenges are parking ones, the first in a parking lot, the second parallel parking on a simulated narrow and crowded street situation. The parking lot challenge requires the nominees to back into one of the four parking stalls which will be made available - leaving one person unable to park - while battling other pushy drivers. The parallel parking challenge requires each to park in one fluid motion without hitting either the curb or the other cars. Many believe it is easier to do so in the small car in which Peter teaches them the skill, rather than the full sized 1967 Chrysler Newport they drive in the challenge. Peter, however tries to stress that the mechanics of the skill are the same regardless of vehicle size. The third challenge is the annual know where your wheels are trough challenge. One nominee completes the challenge despite bad advice from the passenger, another has a meltdown and fails to complete the attempt, while yet another attempts a potentially tragic maneuver. The fourth challenge is the annual skid and turn challenge on a simulated icy road. Most master the skill when taught to them by Philippe, but fail the actual challenge itself. With only one person who successfully completes all four challenges, that person would seem to be the obvious choice as this week's graduate, but...

With Afiya Lassy being named the most recent graduate, there are three nominees remaining at the Centre who will be in the finale for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Aaron Cheshire, Sly Grosjean and Shirley Sampson. Their first challenge, which they each have ten attempts and twenty seconds per attempt to complete, is a long straight reverse through a narrow, barrier lined course. The challenge proves problematic for two, while one sails through it on the first try. Their second challenge is the annual mega-challenge, where each is required to use all the knowledge learned at the Centre to maneuver through a set course. The sections on the course include a high speed slalom, an icy corner, a donut section, a 20 meter curvilinear forward than reverse which requires S-turns to complete, a reverse eye of the needle, concluding with a reverse flick. Their final challenge is to drive through a preset route through the streets and highways around Hamilton, Ontario with Andrew as their passenger and adjudicator. One participant racks up close to $3,000 worth of driving infractions, which Cam believes is the worst public driving display ever on the history of the show. Before the panel deliberation, Andrew, the nominees and their nominators hold a funeral for a dear friend who was with them for many of the challenges. The panel shortlist two as the worst, and deliberate on if the one who consistently did the worst at the Centre or the one who failed to translate the skills done well at the Centre to the public road driving is the worst. The panel is split, but they do name one of those two Canada's Worst Driver, with a caveat that does not quite apply to the runner-up.

This season, the eight nominees for Canada's Worst Driver will be facing big city driving issues. Those eight are: Robert Cardenas who believes slower is always better, and who doesn't know how to drive quickly; Margherita Donato who is more concerned about her appearance than the fact that if she gets one more traffic ticket she will lose her license; Azim Kanji, whose stress behind the wheel compounds with every negative incident and which is manifested by his stress-induced alopecia; eighteen year old Klyne Postnikoff who is at the Centre to prove his nominator mother wrong that his reckless approach to driving is an issue; Dallas Sam, a nervous woman who always needs advice when she's driving; Kevin Simmons who does have a physical disability - a glass eye - which compounds his driving issues; Flora Wang, a non-confident woman which is not helped by her nominator husband who constantly barks orders at her and who often grabs the wheel while she's driving; and Diane Zbierski whose answer for her nervousness behind the wheel, especially on the highway, has been not to drive. Their first task is to drive the predetermined route with their nominator in the back seat (so as not to allow them to grab the wheel) from Niagara Falls, Ontario to the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport. They are then subjected to an assessment drive, which includes a tight U-turn in a concrete-barriered course, a reverse section through both a straight and curved section, and a slalom which must be driven at at least 50kph. The eight then meet the expert panel for the first time, the panel who provide their initial assessment.

After receiving a lesson in the skills of reversing from Tim, the eight nominees embark on the first competitive challenge, to reverse through a course. The extra pressure is that they perform the challenge head-to-head with another nominee. They are also given one small twist to see if they understand the theory of reversing taught to them by Tim, rather than doing the task by muscle memory. After receiving a lesson on rear tires not following front tires in a turn from Philippe, the eight embark on their second challenge, driving the trough, which entails knowing where their tires are at all times, especially in tight turns. And after receiving a lesson in the proper shoulder check technique from Tim, they embark on their third challenge, which requires them to do both a left and right shoulder check at high speed before changing lanes to avoid hitting an obstacle straight in front of them. This challenge is especially difficult for Kevin who has no peripheral vision on his right side. Another nominee is given another lesson on this course to overcome his major issue. When meeting the panel after the three challenges, only one of the eight feels ready to graduate. Although there is some hesitancy by the panel to graduate anyone, they do have a short list of two people, one of who is named the first graduate of the season.