About this season
Seeing Things is a Canadian comedy-drama mystery television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1981 to 1987. It was also seen in Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Australia and the United States. In all, 43 episodes were produced. With the exception of "Seeing R.E.D." episodes were one hour long. The show starred Louis Del Grande as Louis Ciccone, a newspaper journalist who solves murders with the help of his ability to see postcognitive visions. Unfortunately, Louis cannot consciously control this sense except by investigating the clues the initial vision gives. In some episodes, however, such as "Seeing the Country", he is able to stop visions from entering his mind. Nevertheless, only when he discovers new information on the case will further visions occur, which provide increasingly more detail until they finally reveal the murderer. Del Grande was also the show's creator and writer. The show also starred Del Grande's real-life wife Martha Gibson as Ciccone's wife Marge, and Janet-Laine Green as crown attorney Heather Redfern. The supporting cast also included Frank Adamson, Lynne Gordon, Ivan Beaulieu, Murray Westgate, Louis Negin and Cec Linder.
Episodes (8)
1. Fortune and Ladies Eyes
Aired 3 February 1985 • 60 min
Marge witnesses a murder while in jail on contempt of court charges, and Louie has to do an indepth investigation into the world of strip-teasing to keep her safe.
2. Seeing the Country
Aired 10 February 1985 • 60 min
Louie fishes a skeleton out of a country lake, ruining his vacation with Marge. A series of fiery visions tell Louie the story of what happened.
3. You Can't Believe Your Eyes
Aired 17 February 1985 • 60 min
The disappearance of a local student and a body found at the airport draw Marge and Louie into the world of political intrigue.
4. Defective Vision
Aired 24 February 1985 • 60 min
Louie investigates when a KGB agent is murdered during a ballet performance, locking horns with not only the KGB, but also the RCMP, the CIA, and some local Russian émigrés.
5. Eye in the Sky (1)
Aired 3 March 1985 • 60 min
Louie begins a career as a television reporter, but he nearly dies when the helicopter he is in is shot out of the sky.
6. Eye in the Sky (2)
Aired 10 March 1985 • 60 min
Louie's investigation of a triple murder exposes a cover-up involving dangerous nuclear waste.
7. I'll Be Seeing You
Aired 17 March 1985 • 60 min
Al is under suspicion when two members of his social club are murdered, and while he goes into hiding, Louie assumes body guard duties to keep his father safe.
8. Blind Alley
Aired 24 March 1985 • 60 min
Sgt. Brown pushes Louie into feigning expertise with explosives and joining forces with a gang of international thieves who are attempting to steal the priceless Mask of Agamemnon from the Central Ontario Museum after Louie gets in the way of a police investigation.