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- It will follow the events in the 1960s, the time leading up to the events of the first film in the Stephen King It series.
- A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
- After competing an aggressive combat tour in Afghanistan, Corporal Chris Dupee returns home to his wife and children a different man. Crippled by perpetual guilt, anger and isolation, Chris soon discovers that he is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress disorder and takes it upon himself to restore his broken relationship with his family.
- A task the nemesis of many a bad driver, Scott gives each of the participants a refresher lesson on parallel parking, which many of the participants ace. They don't yet know that their first challenge will be to parallel park a motor home uphill, which they will first have to back up about 100 meters. Despite knowing how to parallel park after their lesson with Scott, the participants panic about the size of the vehicle. The second challenge is "threading the eye of the needle", a high speed predominantly straight but narrow course. On this challenge, Sean and Colin want to prove that driving fast is safer and cooler than driving slower. The third challenge is a narrow figure eight course which they must maneuver backward with another driver on the course at the same time; they will eventually have to pass the other driver on one section that is only wide enough to barely allow the two cars to pass. Above her own driving issues, Jodi has to overcome the constant and often bad advice of her husband Sam. Beyond these three challenges, Matt is given another challenge of his own to show him how being distracted is the cause of most of his driving accidents. And each participant is given a physical test to see if there are any issues which may hinder their driving ability. Henrietta has many issues to overcome. After the deliberation, the panel of experts decide to graduate the person who has more of a mental shift to overcome than bad driving per se. The graduate is only allowed to leave on the promise that this mental shift will indeed occur once home.
- With Matt Elkind being the first to graduate, there are seven remaining participants at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. Before they begin their next set of challenges, Shannon makes a confession on why she decided to participate on the show, which may affect what she will be allowed to do challenge-wise in the future. The first challenge they were going to be given was one of navigating through a small town situation. However, since most of the participants showed a lack of knowledge of basic road signs, the first challenge was changed to one at the Centre for public safety reasons. That challenge is one of driving forward and backward in a straight line on a raised platform and ramp. If they veer off course, the car will fall off the platform or ramp. The second challenge is a high speed straight line skid to avoid hitting an obstacle. This challenge is particularly important for Karen, who is so used to listening to her husband's instructions while driving. The third challenge is one of packing a station wagon truck so as not to create a blind spot if possible. The participants must then back the fully packed car out of a camping spot, with many physical obstacles along the way. To see if it makes a difference, each participant is given another nominator, and not their own, as their passenger. The fourth challenge is one of gas station etiquette, where all seven participants are required to approach a gas station at the same time, the station which only has six pumps and a multitude of other potential gas purchasers. Some of the participants see the challenge as who can get gas the fastest as opposed to its true mission of demonstrating driver courtesy. Some participants are given an extra challenge - one that was devised specifically for first graduate Matt - which is designed to show the hazards of driving while multitasking. After deliberating, the panel of experts graduate the person whose driving relationship with that person's nominator has improved from one of the nominator barking orders to a state of cooperation.
- With Karen Carson being named the second graduate (much to the surprise of most of the others), there are six participants remaining at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. The first of the latest series of challenges is the water test: they are required to drive an obstacle course smoothly, otherwise water from the 500 liter tank mounted above the car will drain on top of the car's occupants. Most get drenched with at least 200 liters of water. The second challenge is a navigational course through the massive Centre (which is really a military base), which if navigated properly should take 20 minutes to complete. They have a time limit of 40 minutes. Some do not finish. The third challenge is a three stage skid and swerve test, first in mud, then in dry gravel, then in a "mystery material" covered asphalt surface around a blind corner, which is hiding a walled barrier. Because of the results of the last challenge which is a culmination of all results, one participant is leaving the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre, but not as a graduate.
- This year's Driver's Rehabilitation Centre takes contestants onto an unnamed military base. The eight participants and their primary driving problems are: Mike Butt, a junk car collector whose driving reflects that he doesn't care what else happens to his junkers; Melissa Cook, whose biggest driving problem may be the constant barrage of verbal abuse thrown at her by her primary passenger, her common-law husband and nominator, Wil; Crystal Farao, who is more concerned about lighting cigarettes and dealing with her cell phone while behind the wheel than actually driving; Father Giles Joly, whose life mantra is slow and slower; Jojo Kopty, who is aggressive at all cost and who does not seem to care about the financial consequences of her bad driving since everything is paid for by her parents; Angelina Marcantognini, an emotional and self-absorbed woman, whose preoccupation with herself affects the amount of attention she pays to the actual act of driving; Jakob Poirer a punk rocker whose driving is an extension of that punk rock lifestyle; and Arun Suryanarayanan, a self-taught driver who never really learned the proper rules and safety tenets of driving. Given a set of directions, their first test with their nominator as their passenger is to drive individually to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. On that drive, most display the reason why they are in the running to be named Canada's Worst Driver. Their second test is to drive a precision course, which is to provide the panel of experts an overall assessment of the participants' driving skills, or lack thereof. The test is even more intimidating in that they are given to drive a brand new Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II, which no one wants to scratch or dent. Those participants who thought they were good drivers are humbled by this challenge. After all have completed this assessment test, the panel conclude that these eight are probably the worst drivers collectively from the first five years of the show.
- With Colin Sheppard's expulsion from the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre (he being the first person ever on any of the "Worst Driver" series to befall that fate) because of his unwillingness to learn, there are five participants remaining. Their first challenge in this series of three is called the dirty circle, where the participants must maneuver the car in a 360 degree turn on a mud surfaced "island" surrounded by a moat, so that they can drive on and off the one and only entrance/exit without falling into the moat. Most end up doing the challenge with another participant as their passenger, which helps some and annoys others. The second challenge is a nighttime scavenger hunt with the participants as the navigators, and their nominators as the drivers. They are each given one more test in this challenge in that each car has a flat tire which must be changed before they start. This challenge should take just over an hour to complete, but the first car arrives three hours after the start and one car does not make it at all. The slow times are despite one car receiving a speeding ticket along the way. The third challenge is driving a right side manual drive jeep through a course. Only one of the five has extensive experience driving a manual drive car, let alone a right side drive one. One of the participants has a meltdown on the course. During the panel deliberation, Sean should be named the graduate if only he would admit that driving slower is better than speeding. Sean knows this to be the case. Will he admit to the error of his thinking in order to graduate?
- The panel of experts decided at the last deliberation not to graduate anyone after the previous set of challenges, meaning that there are five participants still remaining at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. The first in the next series of challenges is an off road course mimicking desert driving, including steep uphills and downhills. Because of the potential for injury on this treacherous course, an army sergeant specializing in off road driving will be the passenger in the 4-wheel drive vehicle used for this challenge. Because of her pregnancy, Shannon is given extra words of precaution. The next challenge has each nominator as a blindfolded driver, the participant as the passenger giving directions. The course has several obstacles and turns, plus what is considered the most intimidating section: a straight line in which the car must reach 40 kilometers per hour. There is a 40 minute time limit to complete the course. This challenge is to demonstrate each participant's driving thought process. Before the third challenge, the five participants are each given a different lesson or task based on their own situation. Henrietta, Jodi and Michael are each taught to burn rubber and to do controlled donuts. Sean is given an opportunity to race go-carts with panel expert Juliana Chiovitti in the hope that he will learn that fun driving has its place, such as on a go-cart track or on-line, but not on public streets. And Shannon is given the task of installing an infant car seat. The third and final challenge mimics a highway driving situation where the participants, driving at least 70 kilometers per hour, must avoid hitting boxes falling off a truck immediately ahead of them. This challenge provides a break though in attitude for two of the participants for different reasons. After these sets of challenges, each of the five remaining participants believe they will be named the next graduate, those not graduating going to the final on street road test. At the deliberation, the panel reach an unusual decision.
- With both Jodi Slobodesky and Sean McConnell graduating after the last deliberation (Sean's graduation albeit on the caveat that he promised no longer to speed excessively), three participants remain for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Henrietta Gallant, Michael Telford and Shannon Willemsen. The first in their last series of challenges is to back a trailer into a campground parking spot. Scott gives each a lesson in trailer driving, but it doesn't seem to help on the actual challenge. The second challenge is an obstacle course, which is to test the cumulative knowledge gained from the previous twenty challenges. The only thing they are explicitly told not to do is run into Andrew's "mother". The final challenge is a 27 kilometer road test through the streets of downtown Toronto. One participant gets continually off course, while another has a total meltdown. During the final deliberation, the panel of experts have it narrowed down to two participants, one of whom they do name Canada's Worst Driver. That person takes the news in stride.
- The participants are given a medical test, primarily one of vision and reflexes, to see if there are any medical or physical reasons why they are either bad drivers or why they should not be driving at all. The poor results for one does explain his overall driving attitude. The first of this series of challenges is a high speed shoulder check challenge, where the participants are required to see if either or neither side is open to a lane change within a short distance. Although some succeed and some fail, Father Giles can't even get up to the necessary 70 kilometers per hour speed. As such, Andrew decides to take him out for an open drive to allow Father Giles to experience driving at 120 kilometers per hour, which he has never done in his life. The second challenge is a manual transmission drive challenge on a 300 meter off-road course, which includes parallel parking on a sandy surface. The participants' history or lack thereof of driving a manual transmission car does not materialize in the performance for some. The third challenge is to drive a limousine in reverse through a figure eight course. The other seven participants are to be passengers, who are allowed to (and do quite readily) provide advice. The panel of experts see that the excited frenzy inside the limousine may cause stress for many of the drivers. In their deliberation of who will be the first graduate, the panel weigh the merits of who they see as the safest driver against the best driver.
- With Henrietta Gallant being named Canada's Worst Driver on season 2, series host Andrew Younghusband reflects on life with the eight contestants at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre over the span of their driver training. This reflection is showcased in a video he calls "147 Driver Don't s", which is to demonstrate to the viewer how not to drive.
- With Jojo Kopty being named the first graduate, there are seven participants remaining at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. Because the reversing challenge from the previous episode was such a disaster, the participants are given yet another reversing challenge. In another figure eight course, two participants drive the course at one time, unaware that there is only one section of the course where there is enough room to pass. This challenge highlights the attitudinal problems each has as the cause of their bad driving. However, both Arun and Father Giles end up reversing faster than they ever have before, one for not the right reason. The second challenge is moving a vehicle laterally both left and right using a series of S-turns. The third challenge is the annual "eye of the needle" challenge, where the participants are required to drive at high speed through a series of narrow arches. The difference this year is that they will be doing the challenge in a manual drive car, which means they have to shift gears while they are driving through the arches. As a bonus, the participants are tested on their knowledge of basic road signs. Before the panel deliberation, one nominator is taken aside to show the destructive behavior he/she causes. As such, the panel graduate the person whose biggest problem has changed, that problem which was not the actual driving.
- When her nominator common law husband was deemed to be her driving problem and after he changed his abusive manner toward her, Melissa Cook was named the second graduate of the Centre after the most recent panel deliberation, leaving six participants at the Centre. The first challenge the six face is more a lesson than challenge: they are required to drive a course at a regular speed while doing various tasks, such as eating, drinking, changing CDs, talking on a cell phone and applying makeup. This challenge is to demonstrate to the participants how dangerous it is to drive while distracted, which is a common occurrence for many of the participants. The second challenge has the participants doing drifting donuts around a stationary obstacle to show them how to control a rear end skid. This challenge may prove to be the most difficult of the year yet. The third challenge is the annual water tank challenge: participants 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. The participants are also given a test of common road rules, with the best only getting a marginally passing grade. Before the panel deliberation, each participant is allowed to plead their case for graduation to the experts. The panel take these comments into consideration when they decide who to graduate.
- Because all participants expressed that they did not feel ready to graduate at the last deliberation, the panel decided to honor their wishes and graduate no one, leaving six participants still remaining at the Centre. Their first challenge has all six on a two-lane oval course at the same time, the goal being to pass the lead car, driven by Andrew, twice. This challenge tests lane changing ability, especially the need to shoulder check and signal before changing lanes. On this challenge, one driver is oblivious to the fact of a missing car. The second challenge has the participants and the nominators at an undisclosed and secluded location at night 33 kilometers away from their hotel. With another nominator of their own choosing as their passenger, they must find their own way back to the hotel in whatever manner they see fit. This challenge ends up being quite different for one, whose disregard for their own vehicle ends up being the issue. Before attempting their third challenge, Philippe gives the participants a lesson in the specific maneuver called a hand-brake J-turn. This turn teaches car control, and the physics behind what a car is actually doing while in motion. The participants are required to make such a turn in a tight spot with an obstacle in the middle. The participant who ends up leaving the Centre after these three challenges does so for a personal reason, which hits home with all at the Centre, but especially the participants.
- Because her brother-in-law had just been killed in a traffic accident - the driver of the offending car who failed to yield - Crystal Farao voluntarily left the Centre and rehab to deal with this family tragedy. This news hits home with all the others, not only because of sympathy for Crystal and her family, but because all of them have failed to yield countless times in their lives. Out of respect for Crystal, there was no graduation ceremony, leaving five participants left at the Centre. The five are first taught how to make a 180 degree reverse skid turn. They require this skill for the first challenge, which has them doing this maneuver within a narrow course. Although each of the five could do it in practice, they show that skill retention can be short. The second challenge has the participants driving on two raised and angled narrow concrete platforms set in a parallel winding pattern. They are required to drive without falling off the platforms. This challenge is to test if the drivers know where their wheels are. Most think this challenge looks easy until they start driving. The participants are then given a lesson on towing a trailer. The third challenge takes that skill one step further: they will be towing a trailer, which is towing another trailer. In any manner they deem appropriate, they are required to park the vehicle and the two trailers in allotted spots, which requires some reversing. This challenge tests not only the skill of trailer towing, but also in puzzle solving, as reversing two trailers can be dangerous and thus it is more prudent to unhitch the last trailer and manually put it in place. One participant has another method of solving the puzzle, one that catches everyone by surprise. An extra challenge is thrown in courtesy of 'Mike Butt (II)', who shows everyone one of his favorite pastimes which he calls shopping cart hockey. This challenge requires hand/eye coordination and vehicle control. For this challenge, Andrew relinquishes hosting duties. At the panel deliberation, the experts have a short list of two: who they feel is the most skilled driver and who they feel is the safest driver. Coincidentally, these two are the only two who believe they should graduate. The panel's decision surprises both participants.
- With Jakob Poirer 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: Mike Butt, Angelina Marcantognini and Arun Suryanarayanan. Their first challenge in the finale is a reverse serpentine slalom course, which they are required to complete in less than 30 seconds. They have ten attempts apiece. The second challenge is the mega challenge, which encompasses putting everything they have learned at the Centre into action. The final challenge has the participants off the Centre into the streets of Downtown Toronto, where they are required to drive a predetermined route with Andrew as their adjudicator. Despite an extremely poor performance in Toronto by one of the participants, another is encouraged to stop the drive and give up their license forever. In the panel deliberation, the vote is not unanimous, but one is named Canada's Worst Driver.
- With Father Giles Joly 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 a redo of the raised concrete platform challenge from the previous episode (the drivers are required to drive on the platforms without the wheels of their vehicle falling off the platforms), but this time driven in reverse. Like last time, this challenge tests to see if the drivers know where the wheels of their car are. Frustration gets the better of the participants. The second challenge has the participants required to balance their stick shift vehicle on a gimbel. Success on this challenge surprises some of the participants. The third challenge is on an off-road course, driving a four-wheel drive truck. This challenge solely requires being calm. With the exception of Angelina who is the last participant to drive the course, each participant is required to teach the following participant the safety rules of completing the challenge successfully. The fourth and last challenge has the participants making a last minute swerve to avoid hitting an obstacle. After their deliberation, the panel of experts decide to graduate the person whose new-found calmness has made that person a safer driver. The decision is unanimous and made without hesitation.