Firsthand
Firsthand: Season 2

Air Date

October 7, 2016

Episodes

14 episodes

Firsthand

Season 2

Episodes

Road to Mercy

1. Road to Mercy

October 7, 2016
45 min

Road to Mercy follows doctors and their patients as they struggle to identify the limits of the newly granted right to kill to die. In Belgium, we meet bold physicians who are testing those limits – going beyond terminal illness to provide an assisted death for suffering psychiatric patients, a scenario that is legal both in Belgium and under Canada’s recent Supreme Court Carter ruling.

Being Greene

2. Being Greene

October 13, 2016
45 min

On the surface, the Greenes are a fun-loving family of performers. Dave Greene, the father, is an Elvis Tribute Artist. The mom, Roxie Greene, is a writer. Quinn Greene, the eldest son, is an actor, and his little brother Kane Greene is a beat-boxer. But underneath, they have a secret.

Inside These Walls

3. Inside These Walls

October 20, 2016
45 min

The family of Chinese prisoner Wang Bingzhang fights for his freedom.

Sugar Sisters

4. Sugar Sisters

October 27, 2016
45 min

Hannah and her two sisters try clearing their debt by finding Sugar Daddies - wealthy, older, men that pay to date.

NCR: Not Criminally Responsible

5. NCR: Not Criminally Responsible

November 17, 2016
45 min

Julie Bouvier who was nearly stabbed to death by a man in a psychotic frenzy because "the devil told him to kill the prettiest girl in the mall" is shocked to find he is released from the mental hospital and terrified that he will come after her.

Not Criminally Responsible: Wedding Secrets

6. Not Criminally Responsible: Wedding Secrets

November 24, 2016
45 min

In this sequel to NCR: Not Criminally Responsible from Emmy-winner John Kastner, a wedding is born of a terrible act of violence.

Unstoppable: The Fentanyl Epidemic

7. Unstoppable: The Fentanyl Epidemic

December 1, 2016
45 min

A new wave of synthetic drugs is set to flood into Canada — the first version having already killed thousands of Canadians. Many people in the fight to stop these drugs think the situation may be unstoppable.

Once an Immigrant

8. Once an Immigrant

January 12, 2017
45 min

Uber-Canadian actor Peter Keleghan explores his family’s immigrant roots, visiting Ireland for his mom’s 90th birthday.

Colonization Road

9. Colonization Road

January 26, 2017
45 min

Comedian Ryan McMahon travels Ontario’s colonization roads learning about their impact on First Nations and settlers.

Lost on Arrival: Me, the Mounties & PTSD

10. Lost on Arrival: Me, the Mounties & PTSD

February 9, 2017
45 min

An intimate portrait of the toll PTSD takes on a reporter and his family.

Kosher Love

11. Kosher Love

February 16, 2017
45 min

A look at the search for true love and marriage in the orthodox Jewish world during the hyper-connected Tinder age.

Free Reins

12. Free Reins

February 23, 2017
45 min

Step into the world of Patty McGill, an out of the box thinker who helps kids with special needs inside her horse riding ring.

The Missing Tourist

13. The Missing Tourist

March 2, 2017
45 min

A Japanese tourist goes missing in Yellowknife leaving behind luggage, souvenirs – and a mystery to be solved.

The Skin We're In

14. The Skin We're In

March 9, 2017
45 min

Acclaimed journalist Desmond Cole explores what it is to be black in 21st century Canada. Do black lives matter here?

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