Shattered (Canadian TV series)
{{short description|Canadian television series}}
{{Distinguish|Shattered (British TV series)}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Shattered.png
| caption = promotional poster
| runtime = 44 minutes
| creator =
| starring = Callum Keith Rennie
| country = Canada
| executive_producer = Laszlo Barna
Debra Beard
Noreen Halpern
Jeff King
John Morayniss
| company = E1 Television
Shaw Media
Force Four Films
Universal Networks International
| opentheme =
| camera =
| first_aired = {{start date|2010|09|01}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2010|11|17}}
| num_episodes = 13 + pilot
| num_seasons = 1
}}
Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character (played by Callum Keith Rennie) is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder.
His wife Ella is played by Molly Parker. In the first moments of the series, Ben is bonded in blood to his determined, beautiful partner Amy Lynch. While they work to solve the murder cases that cross their desk daily, Ben copes with the fascinating complexities of his secret disorder, and the uncertainty of never knowing which alternate personality will surface, or when. Other regular characters of the series are Sergeant Pam ‘TC’ Garrett, John ‘Hall’ Holland a young, handsome and ambitious detective, and Terry Rhodes, Ben’s best friend and ex-partner.
Plot
In an interview with Rennie in 2008, the show's plot was described as a police procedural drama, following the adventures of an ex-cop, Kyle Loggins, traumatized by the murder of his family. According to this interview and press releases,{{cite press release |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2009/27/c5422.html |title=Canwest orders two more new Canadian original series |publisher=Canwest |date=April 27, 2009 |accessdate=December 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501081651/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2009/27/c5422.html |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |url-status=live }} the trauma triggered a dissociative identity disorder, wherein the victim manifests multiple personalities. In the pilot, Kyle's personalities include Jack, his brash alpha-male alter ego; Hal, the teenage nerd who personifies Kyle’s analytical and introverted side; and Tyler, the quiet little boy who surfaces when he is at his most vulnerable. Kyle teams up {{Cite web |url=http://www.oasisinternational.com/newPreviews/shattered.htm |title=Oasis International Preview |access-date=2009-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530065119/http://www.oasisinternational.com/newPreviews/shattered.htm |archive-date=2010-05-30 |url-status=live }} with rookie policewoman Madeline Maguire who exploits Kyle’s unique investigative abilities.
Production
The pilot for the series was shot in November 2008.{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=f7475a76-0cd2-4448-8d06-2fa36546a08b&p=1 |title=Rennie lands multiple roles in one |last=Schaefer |first=G. |work=The Vancouver Province |date=November 23, 2008 |accessdate=December 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107144746/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=f7475a76-0cd2-4448-8d06-2fa36546a08b&p=1 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=live }} The series was picked up for 13 one-hour episodes in April 2009.
According to new press releases, the plot for the actual series differs from the one for the pilot.{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011926.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title='Shattered' puts together cast |last=Schnedier |first=Michael |work=Variety |date=November 29, 2009 |accessdate=December 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205235403/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011926.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2009/11/30/shattered-with-callum-keith-rennie-starts-production/ |title=Shattered with Callum Keith Rennie starts production |last=Wild |first=Dianne |work=TV Eh? |date=November 30, 2009 |accessdate=December 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430130949/http://www.tv-eh.com/2009/11/30/shattered-with-callum-keith-rennie-starts-production/ |archive-date=April 30, 2010 |url-status=live }}
Cast
- Callum Keith Rennie as Ben Sullivan
- Molly Parker as Ella Sullivan
- Camille Sullivan as Amy Lynch
- Karen LeBlanc as Sergeant Pam "TC" Garrett
- Clé Bennett as John "Hall" Holland
- Chad Rook as Patrick Michaels
- Martin Cummins as Terry Rhodes
- Brian Markinson as Dr. Ryan Disilvio
- Michael Eklund as Nick Ducet
;Pilot
- Kyle Loggins: Callum Keith Rennie
- Det. Madeline Maguire: Laura Jordan
- Jack: Colin Cunningham
- Det. Bruce Catelli: John Cassini
- Inspector Roscoe: Brian Markinson
- Hal: Chad Krowchuk
- Tyler: Quinn Lord
- Dr. Lynn Tanninger: Gabrielle Rose
- Nora: Michele Lonsdale Smith
- Raveena Sood: Daesha Danielle Usman
- Amita Sandhu: Rekha Sharma
- Hostess (as Julia Anderson): Julia Benson
- Oliver Quinn: Ian Tracey
- Akbar Sood: Sugith Varughese
- Bouncer: Viv Leacock
Episodes
When initially broadcast, new episodes of Shattered would premiere at 9:00 pm on cable channel Showcase and then repeat at 10:00 pm on broadcast network Global.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2010/08/27/showcase-fall-series-inlcude-lost-girl-rookie-blue-shattered/ |title=Showcase fall series include Lost Girl, Rookie Blue, Shattered |last=Wild |first=Dianne |work=TV Eh? |date=August 27, 2010 |accessdate=February 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831233158/http://www.tv-eh.com/2010/08/27/showcase-fall-series-inlcude-lost-girl-rookie-blue-shattered/ |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2010/08/12/shattered-to-premiere-september-1-on-global/ |title=Shattered to premiere September 1 on Global |last=Wild |first=Dianne |work=TV Eh? |date=August 12, 2010 |accessdate=February 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231071620/http://www.tv-eh.com/2010/08/12/shattered-to-premiere-september-1-on-global/ |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |url-status=live }} Only 10 episode were shown in Canada during the first run of the show and they were broadcast out of order based on the "previously on" segments at the beginning of each episode. Among repeats in late 2010 and early 2011 the three episodes skipped in the first run are being shown on Showcase. Shattered is also being shown on TAC, a Canadian cable channel which shows programming with Described Video for the visually impaired.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaccessiblechannel.com/program/shattered |title=Browse Programs : Shattered : TACtv |publisher=The Accessible Channel |accessdate=February 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220702/http://www.theaccessiblechannel.com/program/shattered |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000391088&type=Print%20Archives |title=As First Live Reality TV Show with Described Video Airs, Greater Accessibility Sought from Broadcasters, Distributors |last=Rickwood |first=Lee |work=Broadcaster |date=October 2010 |accessdate=February 3, 2011}} The Universal Channel in the UK will air all 13 episodes. The Canadian viewer data is for the broadcasts on Global.
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{{Episode list
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|RTitle=Pilot
|DirectedBy=Bobby Roth
|WrittenBy=Rick Drew
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|02|24}}{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240525060922/https://www.webcitation.org/5wr4LW33M?url=http://www.showcase.ca/ontv/episodedetails.aspx%3FTitle_Id=240562&Root_Title_Id=248989 |archivedate=May 25, 2024 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.showcase.ca/ontv/episodedetails.aspx?Title_Id=240562 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |publisher=Showcase |title=Shattered - Schedule - Episodes}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=The Sins of the Father
|DirectedBy=Kari Skogland
|WrittenBy=Frank Borg
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|09|01}}
|ShortSummary=Ben Sullivan, a smart, tough homicide detective who suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder, unwittingly drags his new partner into a clouded murder investigation.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=Harry has a Wife?
|DirectedBy=Stephen Surjik
|WrittenBy=David Shmidt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|09|08}}
|ShortSummary=Ben struggles to keep his alternate personalities in check while investigating the violent death of a prominent Chinese doctor who may have ties to a notorious drug dealer.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Sound of a Strap
|DirectedBy=Rick Rosenthal
|WrittenBy=Shernold Edwards
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|09|29}}
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|ShortSummary=Ben and Lynch investigate the multiple homicide of a group of teenagers that appears to be gang-related. There is a witness, but she’s not talking.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Tears Bring Harry
|DirectedBy=Patrick Williams
|WrittenBy=Greg Spottiswood
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|06}}
|ShortSummary=Ben Sullivan and Amy Lynch are assigned to the murder of an attractive woman, shot dead at close range, and their investigation reveals that she had ties to an escort service.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Don't Wanna Die
|DirectedBy=Kari Skogland
|WrittenBy=Greg Spottiswood
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|09|22}}
|ShortSummary=A recent explosion at an engineering firm may be connected to other bombings up the coast, and the detectives are called in to support the feds’ investigation.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=She Had You Fooled
|DirectedBy=Rick Rosenthal
|WrittenBy=Adam Barken
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|12|31}}
|Viewers=
|ShortSummary=A woman’s body, with multiple stab wounds, wrapped in plastic, is found floating in the ocean. The extent of her injuries suggests a rage killing, making it very likely that the victim knew her attacker.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Where's the Line
|DirectedBy=Stephen Surjik
|WrittenBy=Greg Spottiswood
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|13}}
|ShortSummary=Detectives Sullivan and Lynch go undercover to an after hours nightclub when the heist of a high-stakes poker game ups the ante, leaving one gunman dead and the other missing.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title=Everyone's a Hostage to Someone
|DirectedBy=Patrick Williams
|WrittenBy=Frank Borg
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|27}}
|ShortSummary=While two prisoners are being transferred to the city jail, one of them manages to get hold of an officer’s gun and creates a dangerous standoff with the Homicide detectives.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title=In the Dark
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Jennica Harper
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|03}}
|ShortSummary=A brutal sexual assault and murder has eerily similar characteristics to an earlier unsolved case Lynch worked on, and she is convinced she knows who the killer is.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title=Key with no Lock
|DirectedBy=Patrick Williams
|WrittenBy=David Schmidt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|01|28}}
|Viewers=
|ShortSummary=A 14-year-old girl discovers her mother, brutally murdered, and Ben Sullivan suspects her estranged older brother may have had something to do with it.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title=Finding the Boy
|DirectedBy=Patrick Williams
|WrittenBy=Rick Drew
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|02|04}}
|Viewers=
|ShortSummary=A Punjabi wedding celebration comes to a murderous close when two professional hit men open fire on the groom and guests, then abduct the couple’s baby.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title=Stairways to Perceptions
|DirectedBy=David Frazee
|WrittenBy=Frank Borg
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|10}}
|ShortSummary=A young woman pleads with Sullivan and Lynch to re-open her sister’s childhood murder, fearing that the wrong men were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title=Out of Sorrow
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Shernold Edwards
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|17}}
|ShortSummary=The murder investigation of a closet pedophile provides a link to Ben Sullivan’s missing son and a frantic search ensues to locate him.
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Reception
The premiere episode, "The Sins of the Father", was watched by 428,000 Canadian viewers.
The second episode was watched by 375,000 viewers. In the UK and Republic of Ireland the series was aired on Universal as a launch programme for the channel's re-launch. It was low-rated to begin with in a 10:00 pm slot and was eventually moved to midnight to finish off its run.
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Presenter !! Award !! Work !! Result |
| rowspan="3"|2011
| rowspan="3"|Gemini Awards | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series | Shattered | {{nom}} |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| {{won}} |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| Camille Sullivan | {{nom}} |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
{{Portal|Television|Canada}}
- {{IMDb title|1327810|Shattered}}
Category:2010 Canadian television series debuts
Category:2010 Canadian television series endings
Category:2010s Canadian crime drama television series
Category:Dissociative identity disorder in television
Category:Global Television Network original programming
Category:Showcase (Canadian TV channel) original programming
Category:Television shows filmed in Vancouver
Category:Television shows set in Vancouver
Category:Television series by Lionsgate Canada