Firsthand - Season 2
Season 2
Network
DatesOct 6, 2016 - Mar 9, 2017
Episodes
Season 2Episode 160 min
Road to Mercy
Road to Mercy follows doctors and their patients as they struggle to identify the limits of the newly granted right to kill to die. In Belgium, we meet bold physicians who are testing those limits – going beyond terminal illness to provide an assisted death for suffering psychiatric patients, a scenario that is legal both in Belgium and under Canada’s recent Supreme Court Carter ruling.
Oct 6, 2016
Season 2Episode 260 min
Being Greene
On the surface, the Greenes are a fun-loving family of performers. Dave Greene, the father, is an Elvis Tribute Artist. The mom, Roxie Greene, is a writer. Quinn Greene, the eldest son, is an actor, and his little brother Kane Greene is a beat-boxer. But underneath, they have a secret.
Oct 13, 2016
Season 2Episode 360 min
Inside These Walls
The family of Chinese prisoner Wang Bingzhang fights for his freedom.
Oct 20, 2016
Season 2Episode 460 min
Sugar Sisters
Hannah and her two sisters try clearing their debt by finding Sugar Daddies - wealthy, older, men that pay to date.
Oct 27, 2016
Season 2Episode 560 min
NCR: Not Criminally Responsible
Julie Bouvier who was nearly stabbed to death by a man in a psychotic frenzy because "the devil told him to kill the prettiest girl in the mall" is shocked to find he is released from the mental hospital and terrified that he will come after her.
Nov 17, 2016
Season 2Episode 660 min
NCR: The Wedding Secrets
In this sequel to NCR: Not Criminally Responsible from Emmy-winner John Kastner, a wedding is born of a terrible act of violence.
Nov 24, 2016
Season 2Episode 760 min
Unstoppable: The Fentanyl Epidemic
A new wave of synthetic drugs is set to flood into Canada — the first version having already killed thousands of Canadians. Many people in the fight to stop these drugs think the situation may be unstoppable.
Dec 1, 2016
Season 2Episode 860 min
Once an Immigrant
Uber-Canadian actor Peter Keleghan explores his family’s immigrant roots, visiting Ireland for his mom’s 90th birthday.
Jan 12, 2017
Season 2Episode 960 min
Colonization Road
Comedian Ryan McMahon travels Ontario’s colonization roads learning about their impact on First Nations and settlers.
Jan 26, 2017
Season 2Episode 1060 min
Lost on Arrival: Me, the Mounties & PTSD
An intimate portrait of the toll PTSD takes on a reporter and his family.
Feb 9, 2017
Season 2Episode 1160 min
Kosher Love
A look at the search for true love and marriage in the orthodox Jewish world during the hyper-connected Tinder age.
Feb 16, 2017
Season 2Episode 1260 min
Free Reins
Step into the world of Patty McGill, an out of the box thinker who helps kids with special needs inside her horse riding ring.
Feb 23, 2017
Season 2Episode 1360 min
Missing Tourist
A Japanese tourist goes missing in Yellowknife leaving behind luggage, souvenirs – and a mystery to be solved.
Mar 2, 2017
Season 2Episode 1460 min
The Skin We're In
Acclaimed journalist Desmond Cole explores what it is to be black in 21st century Canada. Do black lives matter here?
Mar 9, 2017
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