Neon Rider
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Drama
| creator = Winston Rekert
Danny Virtue
| director = Bruce Pittman
George Bloomfield
Neill Fearnley
Winston Rekert
Peter D. Marshall
Mick MacKay
Joseph L. Scanlan
René Bonnière
Danny Virtue
Allan King
Michael Robison
Vic Sarin
David Winning
Nicholas Kendall
Stuart Margolin
Brad Turner
Charles Lazer
George Mendeluk
Michael Berry
Stuart Gillard
Scott Hylands
Alan Simmonds
Ken Jubenvill
Crawford Hawkins
| starring = Winston Rekert
| theme_music_composer = Terry Frewer
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| country = Canada
| language = English
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 64
| executive_producer = Winston Rekert
Michael MacMillan
Danny Virtue
| producer = Justis Greene
Mary Kahn
| editor = Frank Irvine
| location = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
| camera =
| runtime = ca 50 minutes
| network = CTV (1990-1992)
YTV (1992-1995)
| company = Virtue/Rekert Productions
| first_aired = {{start date|1990|9|15}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1995|11|1}}
| related =
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Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series which aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the title character, a psychologist named Michael Terry (Rekert) who, after writing a successful book on adolescent psychology, purchases his childhood friend's family ranch just outside of Mission, British Columbia to open a therapeutic residential treatment program for troubled and abused teens. The series was filmed and set in Vancouver, and British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098869/ |title=Neon Rider | website=IMDB |access-date=December 17, 2020}}
Other cast members included Samuel Sarkar, William S. Taylor, Peter Williams, Suzanne Errett-Balcom, Antoinette Bower, Barbara Tyson, Alex Bruhanski, Philip Granger and Jim Byrnes.
Neon Rider was produced by Alliance Atlantis and broadcast on the CTV Television Network on Saturdays at 10 PM then moved to 8 PM in 1991. CTV cancelled the series in 1992 after which original episodes continued to air on the youth-oriented cable network YTV and in syndication.
The series was also popular in Gibraltar where it aired on GBC TV.
Cast
- Winston Rekert as Michael Terry
- Samuel Sarkar as Vic
- Barbara Tyson as Eleanor James (seasons 2–5)
- William S. Taylor as John Philip Reid III
- Alex Bruhanski as C.C. Dechardon (season 1)
- Antoinette Bower as Fox Devlin (seasons 1–3)
- Peter Williams as Pin
- Suzanne Errett-Balcom as Rachel Woods (seasons 1–5)
- Philip Granger as Walt (seasons 2–5)
- Jim Byrnes as Kevin (seasons 2–5)
Episodes
=Season 1=
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Devil's Child
|DirectedBy = George Bloomfield
|WrittenBy = Marlene Matthews
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = One Step
|DirectedBy = Charles Lazer
|WrittenBy = Neill Fearnley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Clay Pigeon
|DirectedBy = René Bonnière
|WrittenBy = Richard Oleksiak
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = All's Fair
|DirectedBy = George Mendeluk
|WrittenBy = Jorge Montesi & Peter Haynes
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Playing With Fire
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = David Eames
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = The Mighty Quinn
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Christian Bruyère
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Starting Over
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Aubrey Solomon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Guardian Angel
|DirectedBy = Michael Robison
|WrittenBy = Jerome McCann
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = You Can Run
|DirectedBy = Allan King
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Cash Edwards|s=R.A. Lyons}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Confessions
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Under Pressure
|DirectedBy = Michael Berry
|WrittenBy = Aubrey Solomon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Suspicions
|DirectedBy = Stuart Gillard
|WrittenBy = Aubrey Solomon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = John Doe
|DirectedBy = Joseph L. Scanlan
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Model Student
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Father and Son
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Christian Bruyère
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = High Wire
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Blood Feud
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Aubrey Solomon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Over the Line
|DirectedBy = George Bloomfield
|WrittenBy = Sally Drake, Thomas Y. Drake
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Hacker
|DirectedBy = Vic Sarin
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Brad Wright |s=R.A. Lyons}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Backwater
|DirectedBy = René Bonnière
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 24
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Vengeance
|DirectedBy = Scott Hylands
|WrittenBy = Aubrey Solomon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 25
|EpisodeNumber2 = 25
|Title = Running Man
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Bill Thumm
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990||}}
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=Season 2: 1991=
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|EpisodeNumber = 27
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = 1117
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 28
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Loyalties
|DirectedBy = Joseph L. Scanlan
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 29
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = The Twelfth Step
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 30
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Secrets
|DirectedBy = Peter D. Marshall
|WrittenBy = Rick Drew
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 31
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Providence
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 32
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Men of Principle
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Hart Hanson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 33
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Bread and Water
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 34
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Twist in the Wind
|DirectedBy = Brad Turner
|WrittenBy = Alan Di Fiore
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 35
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Black Moon Rising
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Jana Veverka
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 36
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Before I Sleep
|DirectedBy = Alan Simmonds
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 37
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Phoenix
|DirectedBy = Ken Jubenvill
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 38
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Nowhere Fast
|DirectedBy = Neill Fearnley
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 39
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Parent's Day
|DirectedBy = George Bloomfield
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991||}}
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=Season 3=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 41
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Saint Walt
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 42
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Straight Home
|DirectedBy = David Winning
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 43
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Colour Line
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 44
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Night of the Living Ed
|DirectedBy = George Bloomfield
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 45
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Labour Day
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 46
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Point Blank
|DirectedBy = George Bloomfield
|WrittenBy = Alan Di Fiore
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 47
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Daniel
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 48
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = On the Line
|DirectedBy = Mick MacKay
|WrittenBy = Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Rick Drew
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 49
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = The Good, The Bad and Eleanor
|DirectedBy = Winston Rekert
|WrittenBy = Winston Rekert, Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 50
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Brothers
|DirectedBy = Winston Rekert
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992||}}
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=Season 4=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 52
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Live and Let Go
|DirectedBy = Mick MacKay
|WrittenBy = Laura Doyle, Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 53
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Safe at Home
|DirectedBy = Peter D. Marshall
|WrittenBy = Alison Lea Bingeman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 54
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Walking Tall
|DirectedBy = Danny Virtue
|WrittenBy = Richard Oleksiak
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 55
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Best Man
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Chris Haddock
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993||}}
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=Season 5=
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|EpisodeNumber = 57
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Moving On: Part 2
|DirectedBy = Winston Rekert
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 58
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = St. Vincent
|DirectedBy = Peter D. Marshall
|WrittenBy = Victor Nicolle
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 59
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = The Secret Life of Garret Tuggle
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 60
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Little Con
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Charles Lazer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 61
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Cowboys and Indians
|DirectedBy = Danny Virtue
|WrittenBy = Carmen Thibault, Jeremy R. Wright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 62
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Fathers
|DirectedBy = Bruce Pittman
|WrittenBy = Brad Wright, Laura Doyle
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 63
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Where the Buffalo Roam
|DirectedBy = Mick MacKay
|WrittenBy = Carl Binder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 64
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = What's Up, Doc?
|DirectedBy = Crawford Hawkins
|WrittenBy = Scott Renyard
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994||}}
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See also
- Higher Ground, a similarly themed series.
- Outriders, a similarly themed series.
References
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External links
- [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=238 Canadian Communications Foundation - Article about Neon Rider]
- {{IMDb title|0098869|Neon Rider}}
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Category:1990 Canadian television series debuts
Category:1995 Canadian television series endings
Category:CTV Television Network original programming
Category:Mission, British Columbia
Category:Television series by Alliance Atlantis
Category:Television shows filmed in Vancouver
Category:Television shows set in Vancouver
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