Genre: Drama
Airs on the CBC at 9pm across Canada.
The Border marks the beginning of the CBC’s winter TV schedule and portrays the work of Immigration and Customs Security [ICS] agents in preventing terrorist attacks in the post 9/11 world. While it may sound like a homebrew version of 24 or other terrorist dramas on TV , the focus is less on action and more on political foreplay and the human element dealing with the stresses and responsibility of protecting the country. It offers a wonderful afterthought to last year’s movie hit Rendition. Furthermore, as a show with a purely Canadian perspective, expect much friction to come about between Canadian and American Intelligence Services and our ICS protagonists. That, and copious number of double-doubles consumed in Tim Hortons paper cups. The show has potential, and if 700,000 Canadian viewers who tuned in Monday night are to be believed, it may be this season’s Monday night hit.
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