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- The Daughter of Darkness is an atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing the young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her she becomes drawn into a small Romanian underworld of brooding menace, darkness, torture chambers and bizarrely over make-overed vampires. The moody undertones and well chosen locations are certainly a bonus as is the comically funny finale.
- A biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
- Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom, though many have tried. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home to settle her affairs. They find themselves unable to let go of their mother and become drawn into the mysteries of the lake.
- Two dog lovers meet at a singles bar, recognizing each other from the dog park. Andy and Lorna are recent singles after their exes met.
- Agoraphobic slacker manipulates his room-mates to avoid any responsibility while obsessively watching TV.
- Nick, a 17-year-old in search of his father, gains employment with a logging company in a beautiful and mysterious virgin forest known as the Limberlost. Through his relationships with new associates and his adventures in this new and strange environment, Nick learns the value of personal honesty and integrity and discovers what defines true friendship. He finds himself torn between his affection for Angelica, who believes with her Aunt Olivia that the forest should be preserved, and loyalty to his boss, the owner of the lumber company. In the end, this city boy must choose between his own safety and the lives of those he has come to love.
- Sketch comedy series starring the diverse Canadian four-member comedy troupe known as TallBoyz.
- Walter Pearce (Liotta), a married man, tries to win back his wife (Headley) after cheating on her. Pearce enlists the help of the local high school football star (Sipos) to help him.
- Growing up as a punk in Calgary during the 1980s.
- A man and woman meet and find out they have trouble with their relationship.
- A family of Canadian pig farmers find their lives addled with dysfunction and underlying problems beneath their cheerful facade.
- Based on the book written by Walter Gretzky, recounting his recovery from a stroke which left him without any memory of his son Wayne.
- A young girl, who struggles with her pilot father's death in a plane crash years before, visits her grandmother in Newfoundland. While there, she encounters the ghosts of two pilots, who are condemned to Earth to constantly re-live their own crash that occurred in 1927. The girl decides to help the pair by helping them re-build their airplane and complete their flight so they may be released and, in turn, deal with her own emotional bondage.
- Lizette, Carol and Cheryl-Ann work as waitresses in Joe's donut shop located in the small town of Stayner, Ontario. While naive and perpetually smiling Cheryl-Ann, whose outwardly happy existence is despite her mother being seriously ill, considers Lizette her best friend, irresponsible Lizette - who is the bane of Joe's existence - finds Cheryl-Ann annoying. That is why it is with reluctance that Lizette asks Cheryl-Ann to be the replacement fourth for an ill Carol in tonight's double date, thirty-fifth birthday celebration for Lizette to the Dan Hill concert in Toronto. Terry (Lizette's exterminator husband) and Terry's exterminator partner Simon are the other two in the foursome. Lizette needed to find that fourth as Simon, who just broke up with his fiancée Pam, would not go without a date, and Terry wouldn't go without Simon, as both men really would prefer to stay in town and go to the local hockey game. The events of the evening, which don't go according to plan, begin the process of each examining their relationships with the other three as well as with other townsfolk including Lizette's younger sister Darlene who has self-image issues, and Johnny "The Polak", the enforcer for the local hockey team.
- A sophisticated lawyer (Donna Mills), who is always the bridesmaid but never the bride, gets romantically involved with her younger, down-to-earth secretary (Brian Wimmer).
- Emma, a popular girl both at school and at her job, takes on the role of union organizer. Dale, the incoming conniving and sleazy manager of the fast food restaurant, Patty's, inspires Emma to spearhead the drive to unionize.
- Duane Balfour is a teen-aged Don Quixote born into a family of spectacular failure. What starts as a simple schoolyard rivalry snowballs out of control when Duane decides to run for mayor of the tiny town of Ridgeway.
- Fact-based story about the US team who attempted a climb on Lenin Peak in 1974 with a focus on climber Molly Higgins.
- Father and son become entangled in their differences when they are accidentally handcuffed together on the worst morning possible.
- Ian's old girlfriend and former band mate shows up out of nowhere. She needs money, so she wants him to sell the rights to their band's hit songs. Is she really in dire need or is there something else going on?
- Curtis rents Nathan's room to an eccentric cat enthusiast.
- Hope moves in with Nathan and Curtis. Nathan accidentally kills someone.
- Newbie, the cashier from the corner store, moves in. He and Curtis debate who knows more about TV.
- Nathan appears on "The Rex Reilly Show" to discuss his case.
- With Nathan in jail, Curtis begins looking for a new roommate.
- Nathan begins preparing for his trial, but is distracted by the new roommates.
- 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.