The Best Laid Plans (2014)
Parliament is a secret and esoteric world with its own culture, customs and language. THE BEST LAID PLANS is a rollicking journey into this cosseted world. Our guide is the earnest, hopeful, English PhD, Daniel Addison (played by Jonas Chernick), head speech writer for the Leader of the Opposition. When Daniel catches his girlfriend and her boss in flagrante delicto he decides to return to academe as assistant professor of English at the University of Ottawa. But you don't just walk away from the Opposition Party — freedom has a price and in this case it's finding a candidate in a riding 50 kilometers away and managing the campaign in the next election, scheduled in approximately eight weeks. The catch: the riding in question has voted solidly for the Government Party since Confederation and the incumbent is Eric Cameron, the extremely popular finance minister whose plurality in the last election was over 90%.
Recent Episodes
Episode | Name | Airdate |
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S01E06 | Just Watch Me | Feb 3, 2014 |
S01E05 | Going Brogue | Jan 27, 2014 |
S01E04 | You Had an Option, Sir | Jan 20, 2014 |
S01E03 | Raise a Little Hell | Jan 13, 2014 |
S01E02 | Running to Lose | Jan 6, 2014 |
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