Intelligence - S2
Looks like the canadian crime-drama show Intelligence winds down tonight, with a 2 hour season finale (possibly series finale). I came late to this show, started watching with Seaon 2, am catching up with Season 1 on Showcase. The producer has been airing his views on poor promotion, in the media. Link
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... "At the CBC, I've received the most creative freedom I ever have received," Haddock said. "That's the bargain, the deal with the devil. I get to write stuff that is more adventuresome than what's on other networks, but you don't get promoted. I don't want to bite the hand that feeds me, but sometimes it's the same hand that's keeping you down."
CBC executive director of network programming Kirstine Layfield countered that Intelligence was heavily promoted in its first season, and the second-season premiere was heavily promoted, too. She said that any broadcaster will tend to promote what's new, and generally that is what has occurred this year with CBC's slate of rookie shows. ... Intelligence tells the story of a mid-range Vancouver drug lord (Tracey) who has been forced through circumstances to become an informant for a government agency (led by Scott). While some viewers have been frustrated by the show's complexities and moral ambiguities, those who get it are very devoted, and critics have been enthusiastic.
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The show has had support from a former intelligence officer, link
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... I know whereof I speak. I'm consulting producer on the U.S. TV show Burn Notice, as well as the inspiration for it, the blacklisted former intelligence professional. I'm giving a little peek under my cloak because first, you're Canadians and so might listen, and second, I dearly love Intelligence.
... To be blunt, wake up, Canada! You're now a first-tier player on the global stage and you better bring your game. Aside from being immensely entertaining, Intelligence is also informative and educational, words I could never use to describe a U.S. show without it being the kiss of death. Not that you're going to be subjected to the tedium that most intelligence is. No, Intelligence has a point of view, courtesy of the aforementioned Haddock: he wants to show you the snake pit that is the world of intelligence. ... Intelligence has taken you into this world – building trust with questionable people, engaging in deception and manipulation to encourage betrayal. It's tough to get someone to sell themselves out, but that's what officers do to agents (as assets are known).
Intelligence's Jimmy Reardon (Ian Tracey), the drug kingpin, can provide essential information and insight to Mary Spalding (Klea Scott), who is not just his handler but the head of the operation. Of course, Reardon is being gunned for (rival mobs, law enforcement, and this season, the CIA), just as Spalding is by co-workers like Ted Altman, her own bureaucracy (if only that glass ceiling were bullet-proof), and the CIA.
The inherent conflict between handler and asset in Season One of Intelligence was in the dynamic between Jimmy and Mary, both trying to use the other, both trying to maintain their own agenda. ... It's all here in the show: drugs, sex, money, betrayal, moles, smuggling, murder, money laundering, geopolitical stakes.
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Besides Tracey and Scott, the cast also includes Matt Frewer as Ted Altman.
I've found this to be an intriguing show and I hope CBC continues with a Season 3, if not, it may be awhile before the US version pilot, gets made by FOX. The show's website at CBC: here
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10-December-2007, 06:31 PM
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