About this season
The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.
Episodes (13)
1. Stop Loss
Aired 29 September 2008 • 43 min
Three American army deserters claim refugee status in Canada, and ICS must deal with the personal and political fallout.
2. Target of Opportunity
Aired 6 October 2008 • 43 min
A deadly assassin shows up in Toronto, drawing ICS into a web of international political intrigue.
3. Floral Tribute
Aired 13 October 2008 • 43 min
MI6 horns in on the ICS investigation of tainted heroin and an African drug smuggling ring.
4. Nothing to Declare
Aired 20 October 2008 • 43 min
The Prime Minister of Quebec feels threatened and ICS follows the trail of a former FLQ bomber to a small town straddling the Canadian/US border.
5. Peak Oil
Aired 27 October 2008 • 43 min
An eco-terrorist sabotages an Alberta pumping station and Gray and Layla must untangle an international corporate espionage scheme.
6. Prescriptive Measures
Aired 3 November 2008 • 43 min
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals kill an American rock star. ICS searches for the Canadian link but Bianca LaGarda takes matters into her own hands.
7. Articles of Faith
2.0Aired 10 November 2008 • 43 min
While tracking a fundamentalist Christian sect moving "child brides" across the border, Gray meets his match.
8. The Sweep
Aired 17 November 2008 • 43 min
Maggie becomes personally invested in the plight of two young Filipino children, victims of a human trafficking scheme.
9. Good Intentions
Aired 24 November 2008 • 43 min
Kessler suspects the Canadian military is complicit in the cover-up of a scheme to smuggling cheap Afghan heroin into the country.
10. Double Dealing
Aired 1 December 2008 • 43 min
The frozen body of a Russian man is found in a railway car triggers an ICS investigating of the smuggling of blood diamonds via the Canadian north.
11. Unacceptable Risk
Aired 8 December 2008 • 43 min
ICS face escalating gang violence when a U.K. Tamil gang member enters the country for his son's life-saving surgery.
12. Shifting Waters
Aired 15 December 2008 • 43 min
As international leaders debate Arctic sovereignty, Kessler and ICS fight to rescue a Canadian submarine crew trapped under the polar ice.
13. Going Dark
Aired 22 December 2008 • 43 min
ICS discovers that toxic sludge is being trucked across the border and dumped in the Canadian wilderness. They follow a trail to a vicious criminal gang, who gain control over Gray and his father. As Gray struggles to save his father, he sets off a chain of events which bring about the season's shocking conclusion.