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Paul Gross and Gordon Pinsent guest star on Republic of Doyle finale

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From Bill Brioux in the Toronto Star:

Paul Gross and Gordon Pinsent join Republic of Doyle season finale
They saw early on in Hawco a kindred spirit capable of taking on, as Gross calls it, that same “idiotic burden.” Cranking out a weekly series as both star and showrunner — which Gross did with Due South — is not something he ever wants to embrace again, he says, although he’s been a triple threat and more in subsequent films such as Passchendaele. “I think it’s bone crushing.” Read more.

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Continuum returns Sunday

From Mark Leiren Young of the Vancouver Sun:

Vancouver shows its face along sci-fi Continuum
after a single season, Continuum has carved out a special place as a Canadian fan fave ? a sci-fi show that’s made in Vancouver and proudly set in Vancouver (in two different timelines), which kicks off Season 2 with its world broadcast premiere Sunday, April 21 at 9 p.m. on Showcase. Read more.

From Adrian Mack of the Georgia Straight:

Continuum creator Simon Barry imagines Vancouver in the future
“Truthfully, the idea was location-proof in its inception,” series creator Simon Barry told the Straight on a recent set visit. “It could have been any North American city. When the opportunity came up to shoot in Canada, we just said, ‘Well, we set it in Vancouver and see if anyone says anything.’” Read more.

From W. Andrew Powell of The Gate:

Rachel Nichols talks jeopardizing the future in season 2 of ‘Continuum’
“Season 2 obviously yes, she still wants to get home. It’s a primary goal, nothing has changed there. Season 2 is very much about responsibility and when I say responsibility I mean the end of Season 1, Kagame gives a speech and we used some of his speech as sort of a tagline for Season 2, which is you know, if you drop a pebble in the ocean on one side of the world, does it become a tsunami on the other?” Read more.

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Republic of Doyle’s wild ride of a two-hour finale

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From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

Buckle up tight for Republic of Doyle’s rollicking season-ender
Far be it from me to speculate about your taste and the vital importance of Michael Bublé hosting the Juno Awards (see below) but I’d guess that for a lot of people the big deal this weekend is the two-hour season finale of Republic of Doyle (Sunday, CBC, 8 p.m.). Yes, boys and girls, it takes two hours of thrills and spills to wrap up the season. And what a mad, wild ride it is, without a Bublé to be seen. Read more.

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Saturday: Orphan Black

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Orphan Black, Space – “Effects of External Conditions”
Sarah realizes that the Orphans’ survival is going to take more than police work, but tracking the killer threatens Sarah’s long-awaited reunion with her daughter Kira (Skyler Wexler, ALPHAS). With time running out, Sarah and the killer are heading for a showdown that threatens to expose her to Art (Kevin Hanchard, REPUBLIC OF DOYLE), and undermine her ruse as a cop.

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The evolution of Continuum

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From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

The future isn’t now in Continuum
There is a scene in the Season 2 opener of Continuum in which the protagonist, time-travelling law-enforcement officer Kiera Cameron, catches a few ne’er-do-wells in the act of sabotaging Vancouver’s electrical grid. She proceeds to give them a right thumping. Punch, kick, moan, whimper, etc. As the scene ends, she tells a shocked power worker, saved from a beating of his own, that he didn’t see anything. Then she gives a little smile. It’s an exchange that says a lot about the evolution of the show from one season to the next. Continuum in the early days had a major fish-out-of-water element. Read more.

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