THE BORDER
Season 3
synopsis
In the final 12 gut-wrenching episodes of The Border, the elite Immigration and Customs Security Squad (ICS) fights for its future with Major Kessler (James McGowan) critically wounded and Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey) suspended from the squad. Gray has lost everyone he loved and must somehow find redemption. Khalida Massi (Athena Karkanis) joins ICS as a new language specialist – and a new obsession for Slade (Jonas Chernick). Liz Carver (Grace Park) recovers from near-fatal injuries and returns as the Department of Homeland Security’s liaison with ICS. Certain that her feelings for him died on the operating table at Walter Reed, she’ll work with anyone but Gray Jackson. Powerful emotions are in play as the squad battles to return to its former strength and unity.
Credits
James McGown as Major Mike Kessler
Graham Abbey as Detective Gray Jackson
Mark Wilson as Detective Sergeant Al “Moose” Lepinsky
Jim Codrington as Inspector Darnell Williams
Nazneen Contractor as Sergeant Layla Hourani
Jonas Chernick as Agent Heironymous Slade
Catherine Disher as Superintendent Maggie Norton
Grace Park as Liz Agent Carver
Created By: Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean, Jeremy Hole
Producers: Brian Dennis, Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Executive Producer: Peter Raymont
Created By: Peter Parymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean, Jeremy Hole
Producers: Brian Dennis, Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Executive Producer: Peter Raymont
Supervising Producer: Brian Dennis
Creative Producers: Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Director: John Fawcett
Writers: Janet MacLean, David Barlow, Denis McGrath, Sarah Dodd
Director of Photography: Gavin Smith
Production Designer: Benno Tutter
Production produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Government of Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit Program
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
NOMINEE
2010 DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA AWARD
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
(Benno Tutter)
NOMINEE
2010 DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA AWARD
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PICTURE EDITING
(Paul Winestock)
NOMINEE
2010 GEMINI AWARD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A CONTINUING LEAD ROLE - DRAMATIC SERIES
(Grace Park)
NOMINEE
2010 GEMINI AWARD
BEST WRITING IN A DRAMATIC SERIES
(Alex Levine)
THE BORDER
Season 2
synopsis
Lives are on the line in the second season of the award-winning series The Border. Major Mike Kessler (James McGowan) and ICS’ elite border-security task force confront terrorists, corporate spies, and an international mafia ring that threatens to undermine North American security. Homeland Security Agent Liz Carver (Grace Park) steps in and ratchets up U.S. involvement in criminal cross-border cases, igniting sparks with Detective Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey) who finds her impossible to resist. Meanwhile, Gray’s father, Dougie (Nicholas Campbell), is in deep water with loan sharks and leads Kessler and the ICS down a dangerous path with shocking repercussions.
Credits
James McGown as Major Mike Kessler
Graham Abbey as Detective Gray Jackson
Mark Wilson as Detective Sergeant Al “Moose” Lepinsky
Jim Codrington as Inspector Darnell Williams
Nazneen Contractor as Sergeant Layla Hourani
Jonas Chernick as Agent Heironymous Slade
Catherine Disher as Superintendent Maggie Norton
Grace Park at Liz Carver
Created By: Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean, Jeremy Hole
Producers: Brian Dennis, Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Executive Producer: Peter Raymont
Created By: Peter Parymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean, Jeremy Hole
Producers: Brian Dennis, Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Executive Producer: Peter Raymont
Supervising Producer: Brian Dennis
Creative Producers: Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Director: John Fawcett
Writers: Janet MacLean, David Barlow, Denis McGrath, Sarah Dodd
Director of Photography: Gavin Smith
Production Designer: Benno Tutter
Production produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Government of Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit Program
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
WINNER
2009 DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA AWARD
PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES
(Benno Tutter)
NOMINEE
2009 DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA AWARD
PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES
(George Roulston)
OMINEE
2009 DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA AWARD
TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
NOMINEE
2009 ACTRA AWARD
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE - MALE
(Jonas Chernick)
NOMINEE
2009 Gemini AWARD
BEST SOUND IN A DRAMATIC SERIES
THE BORDER
Season 1
synopsis
The world’s longest undefended border is undefended no more. In a post-9/11 world of terrorism, drug trafficking and abducted children, Immigration and Customs Security (ICS) is the elite task force that holds the line. In the first season’s thirteen episodes of The Border, follow Major Mike Kessler (James McGowan, My Brother’s Keeper) and Detective Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey, Billable Hours) of ICS, plus U.S. Homeland Security agent Bianca LaGarda (Sofia Milos of CSI: Miami) as they confront the world’s harshest and most shocking border-security problems.
CREDITS
James McGowan as Major Mike Kessler
Sofia Milos as Homeland Security Agent Bianca LaGarda
Graham Abbey as Detective Gray Jackson
Mark Wilson as Detective Sergeant Al “Moose” Lepinsky
Jim Codrington as Inspector Darnell Williams
Nazneen Contractor as Sergeant Layla Hourani
Jonas Chernick as Agent Heironymous Slade
Catherine Disher as Superintendent Maggie Norton
Created By: Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean, Jeremy Hole
Producers: Brian Dennis, Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Executive Producer: Peter Raymont
Supervising Producer: Brian Dennis
Creative Producers: Janet MacLean, David Barlow
Director: John Fawcett
Writers: Janet MacLean, David Barlow, Denis McGrath, Sarah Dodd
Director of Photography: Gavin Smith
Production Designer: Benno Tutter
White Pine Pictures Production produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry, the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, the COGECO Program Development Fund, the Government of Ontario’s Ontario Film & Television Tax Credit, and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
WINNER
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED SUPPORTING ROLE IN A DRAMATIC SERIES
(Jonas Chernick)
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A CONTINUING LEADING DRAMATIC ROLE
(Catherine Disher)
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST SOUND IN A DRAMATIC SERIES
WINNER
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST PICTURE EDITING IN A DRAMATIC PROGRAM OR SERIES
(Christopher Donaldson)
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A GUEST ROLE, DRAMATIC SERIES
(Bayo Akinfemi)
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST CROSS PLATFORM PROJECT
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST DRAMATIC SERIES
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST DIRECTION IN A DRAMATIC SERIES
(John Fawcett)
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A CONTINUING LEADING DRAMATIC ROLE
(James McGowan)
NOMINEE
2008 GEMINI AWARD
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE FOR A PROGRAM OR SERIES
(Mark Korven)