"Intelligence" (2006)TV series 2006-2007

Creator:

Chris Haddock

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

10 October 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Organized crime and the Organized Crime Unit (OCU) work together to achieve the opposing goals of each respective world.

Plot Keywords:

Intelligence | Intelligence Agent | Intelligence Mole | Female Agent | International Crime Ring

Awards:

6 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Ian Tracey	...	Jimmy Reardon (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
Klea Scott	...	Mary Spalding (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
John Cassini	...	Ronnie Delmonico (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
Matt Frewer	...	Ted Altman (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
Alana Husband	...	Sweet (23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kyla Wise	...	Sheila Bloom (23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Camille Sullivan	...	Francine Reardon (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Darcy Laurie	...	Bob Tremblay (20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Eugene Lipinski	...	Martin Kiniski (20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Michael Eklund	...	Rene Desjardins (18 episodes, 2006-2007)
Shane Meier	...	Phil Coombs (18 episodes, 2006-2007)
Bernie Coulson	...	Michael Reardon (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Fulvio Cecere	...	Dante Ribiso (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ona Grauer	...	Katarina Weigel (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sophie Hough	...	Stella Reardon (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Aaron Pearl	...	George Williams (14 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tuan Phan	...	Phan (14 episodes, 2006-2007)
John Mann	...	James Mallaby (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
David Lovgren	...	John Hogarty (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Lauren Lee Smith	...	Tina (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tom McBeath	...	Roger Deakins (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Leela Savasta	...	Lorna (10 episodes, 2007)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Haddock Entertainment

Trivia:

Based on the 2005 CBC TV movie of the same name.

Movie Connections:

Follows Intelligence (2005) (TV)

Not your granddad's CBC show...

From the literally up-in-the-air first scene to the rueful end-of-the-day drink between reluctant allies, smuggler Jimmy Reardon (Ian Tracey) and his top-cop handler Mary Spalding (Klea Scott), in the series opener, this show moves with startling speed. Those who found last year's Da Vinci City Hall and the Intelligence pilot off-putting in their complexity should enjoy the series anyway. The pilot juggled maybe too many balls and sometimes felt jagged as a result. The show does not have that problem. It goes down smooth as Irish whisky.

The look is cool and different, with a sinuous style--think Miami Vice in 21st century Vancouver. Tracey is fascinating as the conflicted, but ultimately good-hearted, Jimmy. Talk about a guy trapped in a pit full of snakes. Scott is similarly fine as the professionally and personally beleaguered Mary. If you've been missing Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect, you'll quickly get hooked on Mary's tough, no-nonsense style. The fact that she's not your usual little-girl-lost blonde we seem to get in every cop show these days certainly doesn't hurt. It's really nice to get a modern noir story with protagonists you actually like. Jimmy and Mary, at least so far, are the good guys. It's just that they're very unusual good guys.

This is the kind of show that could claim a wide range of audience if it can get half a chance against the heavy-hitters on Tuesday night. Let's hope.