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. Here's Looking At You
Aired 24 February 1987 • 60 min
Louie bears an amazing resemblance to Stefan of Drabvania, but just as he is about to assume the king's identity, the real king is kidnapped, and his boyguard murdered.
2. Eye of the Beholder
Aired 3 March 1987 • 60 min
Louie becomes convinced that a beautiful model is in danger from her husband, and when a fatal bullet is fired, Louie faces a life behind bars.
3. Spectacle of India
Aired 10 March 1987 • 60 min
Director Julian Bell turns up dead, which is connected with the grease paint in a local production. A bomb endangers the lives of many people nearby, and when Louie and the masked perpetrator fight it out Errol Flynn style, the audience thinks it's all part of the act.
4. Another Point of View
Aired 17 March 1987 • 60 min
Louie finds a corpse on a local park bench when he goes undercover to do a story on Toronto's homeless. The police assume it's just an accident, but Louie's visions convince him of otherwise. With the help of Long John and Bert, he uncovers a major conspiracy.
5. The Naked Eye
Aired 24 March 1987 • 60 min
When a Brazilian native shoots Marge with a poisonous dart, Louie and Heather have to find him to get the cure, especially after someone else hit with the same poison dies, and Marge winds up in a coma!
6. Bulls-Eye
Aired 31 March 1987 • 60 min
Louie is assigned to interview country singer Donna Anderson, who just happens to be doing a concert at the ranch belonging to Marge's uncle, Jack. A young ranchhand named Slick Brewster is gored by a bull, and Louie suspects his death is more than just an accident.
7. Gifted Pupils
Aired 7 April 1987 • 60 min
Louie suspects that a young man at Heather's old school, Weatherfield Hall, is being used as the patsy when the school's eccentric former headmaster is found murdered.
8. A Vision in White
Aired 15 May 1987 • 60 min
Louie realises that Redfern hasn't told him about her investigation into the mob or her upcoming marriage. He suggests that her fiancé may have a connection to the recent mob killings, infuriating both Heather and Marge.