Cracked (Canadian TV series)

Cracked
Genre	Drama Police procedural
Created by	Tracey Forbes Calum de Hartog
Starring	David Sutcliffe
Theme music composer	Wintersleep
Opening theme	Weighty Ghost
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21 (list of episodes)
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	January 8, 2013 – November 25, 2013
External links
Website

Cracked is a Canadian television drama series, which aired from January 8 to November 25, 2013 on CBC Television.

The series created by writer Tracey Forbes and Toronto Emergency Task Force officer Calum de Hartog and executive produced by Peter Raymont and Janice Dawe of White Pine Pictures. It premiered on January 8, 2013.^[1]

The series was announced in May as part of CBC's autumn and winter schedule, which featured only three new shows and Murdoch Mysteries moving from Citytv to CBC.^[2] Principal photography began in Toronto in July 2012.^[3]

The show was selected as a MIPCOM Hot Pick in October 2012.^[4] On October 4, 2012 White Pine Pictures announced that they secured the program sale of the series to Astral’s Québec fiction channel Séries+ pre-MIPCOM. On January 15, 2013 they announced the sale of the series by German distributor BetaFilm to Canal+ in France. Cracked went to air on the newly branded free TV channel, D8, Fridays at 8.45pm, commencing April 19, 2013.^[5] The theme music is performed by Wintersleep and is titled 'Weighty Ghost'.

On April 2, 2013, CBC renewed Cracked for a second season,^[6] which began airing September 30, 2013, with the season premiere entitled "Swans."

On May 22, 2013 Brooke Nevin was unveiled as the new psychiatrist, Dr. Clara Malone, who would join the cast for Season Two.^[7]

The first season premiered in the US on ReelzChannel cable on August 30, 2013 with the second season picked up for 2014.^[8]

On March 17, 2014, CBC had cancelled the series due to government budgetary cuts after losing the Hockey Night in Canada rights to Rogers Media and Sportsnet.^[9]

Plot

Cracked follows the newly formed Psych Crimes Unit within a Canadian police department led by experienced ETS officer Detective Aidan Black (David Sutcliffe). This unique team of police officers and psychiatrists respond to bizarre and frightening crises and solve compelling cases involving emotionally disturbed criminals, victims and witnesses.^[1]

Cast

• David Sutcliffe as Detective Aidan Black, who was involved in two fatal shootings that were deemed clean and justifiable in the following inquiries, after multiple psych evaluations, which were inconclusive but did show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. After suffering from a public breakdown he is reassigned to the new Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit and partnered with Dr. Ridley, a partner without a badge or gun whom he doesn't yet trust, but is determined to. Unbeknown to him, his supervisor, Inspector Caligra, asks Dr. Ridley to diagnose him and she diagnoses him as not broken, but "Cracked". Before the start of the show Aidan was in a relationship with Detective Liz Liette; in the beginning of the first season Aidan is still struggling with the break-up. In episodes 4–5 the two sleep together leading Aidan to believe they are getting back together. Liz tells him there is no future for them but Aidan says it isn't true because Liz still has his key; Liz replies that someone is going to have to clean up the apartment when he blows his brain out. At the end of episode 5 she leaves the key at his apartment.
• Stefanie von Pfetten as psychiatrist Dr. Daniella Ridley (Season 1), helping to design the Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit with Inspector Caligra after leaving her prestigious position at St. Stephen's Hospital following a relationship and break-up with the Chief of Psychiatry, Dr. McCray. Following Detective Black's reassignment, she is asked to keep an eye on him. Daniella struggles with keeping an eye on Aidan for Caligra up until episode 10 when during a hearing Aiden finds out. Aidan feels completely betrayed and requests a new partner. For the rest of the season Daniella is Poppy Wisnefski's partner until the last episode where they began to mend the relationship. In episode 6 it is revealed Daniella had a son at 16 that she gave up for adoption, something she has been dealing with in therapy. In the first episode of season 2 it is revealed that Daniella has made contact with her son and will not be returning.
• Brooke Nevin as psychiatrist Dr. Clara Malone (Season 2), a new addition to the Psych Crimes unit.
• Luisa D'Oliveira as Detective Poppy Wisnefski, a young, cynical, impatient officer whose motives for being on the team are career-related as it is "one step up to homicide". She is the daughter of a police officer and only has brothers as siblings. She has spent her life trying to prove she can be as tough as her brothers.
• Dayo Ade as Leo Beckett, a compassionate psychiatric nurse from inner-city emergency rooms and urban mental hospitals. He is Detective Wisnefski's partner.
• Karen LeBlanc as Inspector Diane Caligra; with Dr. Ridley, she set up the unit and oversees its operation solving any case where an emotionally disturbed person is involved. After becoming concerned with Aiden Black and recognising he has symptoms of PTSD but not wanting to waste him as a police officer, she transfers him to the unit and asks Dr. Ridley to "watch" over him.
• Mayko Nguyen as Homicide Detective Liz Liette, Aidan's long-term ex-girlfriend and colleague. After getting upset at how emotionally distant he was and his emotional inaccessibility, she moved out.
• Paul Popowich as Dr. Sean McCray, Chief of Psychiatry at St. Stephen's Hospital, where Dr. Ridley used to work. Previously he and Dr. Ridley were in a dysfunctional relationship.

Episodes

Season One (2013)

Season One stars David Sutcliffe as Detective Aidan Black, a seasoned officer who transfers from the Emergency Task Force to the Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder; and Stefanie von Pfetten as psychiatrist Dr. Daniella Ridley, who leaves her prominent position at a downtown hospital to partner with the police. Black and Ridley are the lead team in a newly formed Psych Crimes Unit where they are joined by Poppy Wisnefski, a young cop cynical beyond her years, played by Luisa D'Oliveira, and a compassionate psychiatric nurse, Leo Beckett, played by Dayo Ade. Together they combine police investigative skills and psychiatric insight to resolve crises and solve crimes.

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Viewers	Original air date
1	"How the Light Gets In"	Tim Southam	Tracey Forbes	564,000[10]	January 8, 2013
2	"Fallen"	Phil Earnshaw	Dennis Foon & Janet MacLean		January 15, 2013
3	"What We Can't See"	Bruce McDonald	Tracey Forbes		January 22, 2013
4	"White Knight"	Phil Earnshaw	Alan McCullough		January 29, 2013
5	"No Traveller Returns"	Brett Sullivan	Bruce M. Smith		February 5, 2013
6	"Spirited Away"	Don McBrearty	Sandra Chwialkowska		February 12, 2013
7	"Rocket Man"	Bruce McDonald	Patrick Tarr		February 19, 2013
8	"The Thump Parade"	Anne Wheeler	Patrick Tarr		February 26, 2013
9	"Cherry Blossoms"	Jim Donovan	Alan McCullough & Alexandra Mircheff		March 19, 2013
10	"Inquest"	Steve DiMarco	Alan McCullough	436,000[11]	March 26, 2013
11	"Night Terrors"	Don McBrearty	Sandra Chwialkowska		April 2, 2013
12	"Old Soldiers"	Steve DiMarco	Bruce M. Smith		April 9, 2013
13	"The Light in Black"	Don McBrearty	Matt Doyle & Tracey Forbes	526,000[12]	April 16, 2013

Season Two (2013–14)

Brooke Nevin joined the cast for Season Two as psychiatrist Dr. Clara Malone.

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Viewers	Original air date
1	"Swans"	Bruce McDonald	Bruce M. Smith	809,000[13]	September 30, 2013
2	"The Price"[14]	Don McBrearty	David Barlow		October 7, 2013
3	"The Valley"[14]	Don McBrearty	Ellen Vanstone		October 14, 2013
4	"Faces"[14]	Bruce McDonald	Patrick Tarr		October 21, 2013
5	"The Hold Out"[14]	Norma Bailey	Karen McClellan		October 28, 2013
6	"Ghost Dance"	Jim Donovan	Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik		November 4, 2013
7	"Hideaway"	Sudz Sutherland	Patrick Tarr & Ellen Vanstone		November 18, 2013
8	"Voices"	Jim Donovan	Bruce M. Smith		November 25, 2013

International broadcast

Country	Network(s)	Series première	Timeslot
France	13ème Rue	April 19, 2013
Finland	Yleisradio	December 5–12, 2014
United Kingdom	Drama	July 2013
United States	Reelz	August 2013	Fri 10 PM
Turkey	tv2	September 18, 2013	Wed 11:30 PM
Germany	Sat.1 Emotions	October 2013	Tue 8 PM
Iran	Rubix TV	December 2013
Italy	Giallo	January 5, 2014	Sun 9 PM
Lithuania	BTV	March 27, 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina	ELTA 1 HD	September, 2015

References

1. "CBC Revenue Group - Cracked". CBC News. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
2. "CBC fall season reflects reduced budget". CBC News, May 10, 2012.
3. "CBC's Cracked starts production". www.tv-eh.com. August 7, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
4. "MIPCOM Hot Pick: Cracked". TBIvision, September 26, 2012.
5. Vlessing, Etan (January 15, 2013). "CBC Cracked drama sold to Canal Plus in France". Playback. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
6. "CBC TELEVISION ANNOUNCES 21 RENEWALS, EXPANDED SEASONS OF HIT SHOWS, AND NEW TITLES FOR 2013-14". CBC. April 3, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
7. "About the Show". CBC. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
8. Heather M. (August 30, 2013). "Reelz Channel Premieres Cracked in the U.S.". The Televixen. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
9. Vlessing, Etan (March 17, 2014). "Canada's CBC Cancels 'Arctic Air,' 'Cracked' as Budget Chops Bite". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
10. Brioux, Bill (January 13, 2013). "Murdoch Mysteries lifts CBC's premiere week". TV feeds my Family. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
11. https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/317392840332308480
12. https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/324621977467887616
13. https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/385204323837153280
14. "Cracked: Season 2". Zap2it. Retrieved October 2, 2013.

External links

• Official website at CBC.ca
• Cracked at the Internet Movie Database