Traders (1996)
Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1996 to 2000. Set in the Toronto-based investment house Gardner/Ross, "Traders" explores the intimate lives and loves of investment bankers whose high-stakes decisions and sizzling alliances can have grave international consequences.
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Episode 1 - Dark Sanctuary
Release Date:Jack is arrested for assault and sent to a remand centre, while Gardner/Ross, desperate for capital, assumes the debt of an insolvent Canadian airline.
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Episode 2 - Some Lies, Mostly Secrets
Release Date:Jack is suspended and forced out of Gardner/Ross; Sally orchestrates the takeover of a tobacco company.
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Episode 3 - Nobody's Boy
Release Date:Adam leads the bidding for a women's hospital that is being closed; Jack finds a way to turn Algonquin Air around; antagonism between Marty and Ayn escalates when she returns to Gardner/Ross.
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Episode 4 - Turnaround is Fair Play
Release Date:Jack is shaken by an airplane crash that places the future of Algonquin Air in jeopardy; Benny's divorce settlement puts a strain on his relationship with Cathy; Adam is involved in an attempt to clone a race horse.
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Episode 5 - Pledge Of Allegiance
Release Date:Sally staves off the takeover of a Canadian skate manufacturer; Adam tries to forge ties with an American bank; Jansky lets things get out of control when he begins trading for both Marty and Ayn.
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Episode 6 - A Soldiers Virtue
Release Date:Sally's guest appearance on a TV business show triggers a stock market commotion - and a high-pressure courtship by billionaire Phil Hoagland; Jack faces ostracism by the financial community when he returns to investment banking.
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Episode 7 - Profit & Prejudice
Release Date:Power struggles intensify at Gardner/Ross over who will run their new mutual fund; Jack's junior mining company suddenly becomes a hot stock on news of promising diamond samples.
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Episode 8 - Meltdown
Release Date:A global stock market panic leads to a struggle between Sally and Adam for control of Gardner/Ross; Faith vows to bust Marty for insider trading.
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Episode 9 - Hope Chasers
Release Date:Multi-billionaire Phil Hoagland wants Sally to help him buy the St. Lawrence Seaway; Benny has a crisis of faith; Ayn rekindles her romance with Jack, but reveals an awful secret.
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Episode 10 - The Afterlife
Release Date:Ayn's sudden absence from the bank due to her heroin overdose creates a crisis in the mutual fund and in her personal relationships; Adam contends with a scam artist in the funeral business.
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Episode 11 - Independence Day
Release Date:Jack opposes Adam and Sally to pursue a deal with his former mentor; the traders think Ayn's ghost is wreaking havoc on the trading floor; Sally resents getting business based on her relationship with billionaire Phil Hoagland.
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Episode 12 - The Unseen Lever
Release Date:Marty's wife holds him to a promise to quit his job on their 20th anniversary; Adam pursues a major band merger to secure a high-level diplomatic posting.
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Episode 13 - The Sun And The Moon
Release Date:Jack is forced to negotiate frontier style corruption of economics and politics when he gets in on an airport venture in an outpost of the former Soviet Union.
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Episode 14 - Two Steps Forward
Release Date:Ayn returns to Gardner/Ross after rehab; a woman from Sally's past comes looking for a job; the traders mutiny over cuts to their bonuses; Adam gets revenge on a government minister.
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Episode 15 - Retreat But No Surrender
Release Date:Dissension and infighting at Gardner/Ross inspire Sally to hire a corporate guru to take the staff on a weekend retreat north of Toronto. This episode features a guest appearance by Canadian Minister of Industry John Manley as himself.
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Episode 16 - Joint Adventurers
Release Date:Bigotry interferes with business when the owner of a professional basketball team refuses a deal on the grounds of her prospective partner's ethnic background. Adam interferes with Sally's client; Marty's son wants to quit school to become a trader; D'Arby hopes to become a partner in Jack's bank.
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Episode 17 - End Games
Release Date:Gardner/Ross battles the market manipulations of Sally's multi-billionaire ex-boyfriend; a former Gardner/Ross intern serves Adam with a sexual harassment suit.
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Episode 18 - A Friend In Need
Release Date:Implications of a scam involving the Lorelei diamond mine break up Jack and his partners; a visitor from Chris' hometown raises ghosts.
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Episode 19 - The Whites of Their Eyes
Release Date:Jack and Marty invest in an independent high-end stereo manufacturer; D'Arby's parents try to sabotage his relationship with Ziggy.
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Episode 20 - Boom
Release Date:Ayn leaves Garner/Ross to do disaster relief work in Columbia; Adam entices the United Nations to move to Montreal.
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Episode 21 - In Toto
Release Date:Jack accepts an offer from Brunet to run Obelisque; D'Arby and Ziggy locate Jansky's mother; Marty proposes a memorial to Ayn.
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Episode 22 - In Vacuo
Release Date:Jack discovers Brunet's money-laundering activities; the Ontario Securities Commission confiscates records from the trading floor.