The Border (2008)
The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.
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Episode 1 - Pockets of Vulnerability
Release Date: 2008-01-07When CSIS sends a suspect to Syria to be tortured the elite ICS, Squad must race to prove him innocent.
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Episode 2 - Gray Zone
Release Date: 2008-01-14ICS Agent Gray Jackson butts heads with a beautiful U.S. Homeland Security Agent when their undercover operation at a Mohawk casino goes awry.
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Episode 3 - Bodies on the Ground
Release Date: 2008-01-21A U.S. rendition flight crash-lands in rural Quebec and ICS must recapture three terrorists before the Americans forcibly intervene.
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Episode 4 - Gross Deceptions
Release Date: 2008-01-28ICS Director Kessler and U.S. Agent LaGarda clash with disgruntled ex-Airborne soldiers and an elusive arms dealer while hunting for stolen military weapons.
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Episode 5 - Compromising Positions
Release Date: 2008-02-04Major Kessler releases an illegal Russian stripper as a political favour, sparking a scandal that climaxes in murder.
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Episode 6 - Physical Assets
Release Date: 2008-02-11When Gray and Layla bust a human-trafficking operation, they follow a grisly trail to an old adversary.
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Episode 7 - Family Values
Release Date: 2008-02-18ICS helps a movie star enter the country with her newly adopted son: a Sudanese refugee with a dark past and an even darker secret.
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Episode 8 - Enemy Contact
Release Date: 2008-02-25ICS races to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in the heart of Toronto.
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Episode 9 - Restricted Access
Release Date: 2008-03-03Kessler, Gray, and Layla are trapped aboard a quarantined freighter with a captain who's accused of murdering stowaways.
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Episode 10 - Normalizing Relations
Release Date: 2008-03-10ICS must prevent the assassination of a visiting Cuban diplomat who has a surprising connection to U.S. Agent Bianca Lagarda.
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Episode 11 - Civil Disobedience
Release Date: 2008-03-17When his daughter takes part in an anti-nuclear rally, Kessler is suspected of leaking classified information that leads directly to nuclear sabotage.
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Episode 12 - Grave Concern
Release Date: 2008-03-24ICS must find a sadistic kidnapper before he auctions off his 12-year-old victim on a pedophile website.
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Episode 13 - Blowback
Release Date: 2008-03-31Kessler discovers a Croatian war criminal has been granted amnesty, and must struggle with demons from his own past in Bosnia.