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Season Seven
Kevin Conway ... Control Voice
  • Ep: 133
  • Family Values
  • Opening Control Voice: In society, where devotion to one's family is frequently sacrificed on the alter of ambition... can the things we sacrifice ever be regained?

  • Starring: Tom Arnold (Jerry Miller), Catherine Mary Stewart (Brooke Miller), Gerard Plunket (Gideon), Kimberley Warnat (Candace Miller), Giacomo Baessato (Russ Miller), Alfred E. Humphreys (Dennis), Beverley Elliott (Holly)
  • Featuring: Michael Daingerfield (Delivery Man), Jordan Weller (Zack), Graham Wardle (Max), Brent JD Sheppard (Man on TV), Jade Pawluk (Clay), Clay St. Thomas (Host on TV)
  • Written By: James Crocker
  • Directed By: Mike Rohl

  • Closing Control Voice: Before allowing a machine to take over a part of your life, make sure that you know the true price you will be paying.
  • Ep: 134
  • Patient Zero
  • Opening Control Voice: Can the fate of mankind hinge on a single act or are we helpless to change our destiny?

  • Starring: Michael Rooker (Colonel Beckett), Tanya Allen (Amy Barrett), Laurie Murdoch (Quisling), Gillian Barber (General), David Cubitt (Colonel Faber)
  • Featuring: Patrick McManus (Dr. Mandel), Myfanwy Meilen (Beckett's Wife), Karina Carreck (Nurse), Aaron Joseph (Basketball Kid), Kyra Azzopardi (Catherine), Bruce Campbell (Coffee Guy)
  • Written By: John-Michael Maas
  • Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

  • Closing Control Voice: The answers to mankind's future problems can be found within, so long as there are those among us willing to make the sacrifice.
  • Ep: 135
  • A New Life
  • Opening Control Voice: Religious devotion can lead people away from temptation and evil. But is the path as clear if that devotion is blind?

  • Starring: Brad Rowe (Daniel), Jeremy Sisto (Thomas), Michelle Beaudoin (Beth)
  • And: Nick Mancuso (Father)
  • Featuring: Holly Ferguson (Heather), Michael Ekland (Jacob), Jeremy van den Driesen (Polk)
  • Written By: Mark Stern
  • Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

  • Closing Control Voice: When you blindly give up your free will to a higher authority, be sure you are not also giving up control of your ultimate destiny.
  • Ep: 136
  • The Surrogate
  • Opening Control Voice: The beauty of motherhood and the miracle of new life connects us to our humanity... or does it?

  • Starring: Heather Donahue (Clair Linkwood), Erich Anderson (Dr. Deanston), Ocean Hellman (Fern), Cheryl Wilson (Nurse Rebecca), Ian Robison (Craig), Elizabeth McLaughlin (Donna), William MacDonald (FBI Special Agent Grant)
  • Featuring: G. Patrick Currie (Ben), Ronin (Dr. Chan), Enid-Raye Adams (Emily), Simone Bailly (Administrator), Samantha McKenna (Debbie)
  • Written By: A L Katz
  • Directed By: Ken Girotti

  • Closing Control Voice: The birth of a new life can be awesome and miraculous, unless it is at the expense of the human race itself.
  • Ep: 137
  • The Vessel
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said that those who survive a brush with death see the world anew. But what if that second chance became a second life?

  • Starring: Jere Burns (Jake Worthy), Bruce Gray (James Harding), Tom Butler (General), Jay Brazeau (Dr. George Bader), Marie Stillin (Allison), Zachary Ansley (Alien), Chilton Crane (Catharine McCarty)
  • Featuring: Anthony DeLongis (Commander McCarty), Erica Carroll (Nurse), Deni DeLory (Alexis), Jordan Watson (Timothy), Joe Maffei (Landlord), Bill Meilen (Old Drunk), Brian Arnold (Newscaster), Thomas Potter (Tattooed Thug)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Jimmy Kaufman

  • Closing Control Voice: Few of us have the opportunity to truly begin again... to redress the flaws that tarnish our souls. But only when we remake ourselves can we remake the world.
  • Ep: 138
  • Mona Lisa
  • Opening Control Voice: When we are able to instill a machine with human emotions, will we then instill it with a soul?

  • Starring: Rachel Ticotin (Teddy), Laura Harris (Mona Lisa 37X), Timothy Webber (Dr. Willard Haley), Michael David Simms (The Administrator)
  • Featuring: Biski Gugushe (Chief Technician), Mark Brandon (The Gentleman), Michael P. Northey (Vern), Rick Poltaruk (Banjo), Dean Wray (Al McDermot), Dan Belanger (Security Guard), Derek Morrison (Deadbeat), Julia Tortolano (Amanda), Sylvesta Stuart (Ominous Man), James Ralph (Ominous Man)
  • Written By: John Schulian
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: When our machines are smart enough to be as destructive as a human, perhaps they will also love like one as well.
  • Ep: 139
  • Replica
  • Opening Control Voice: God is said to have reached into the firmament and made humankind in his own image. But whose image will be mirrored when we gain the same awesome power?

  • Starring: Sherilyn Fenn (Dr. Nora Griffiths), Peter Outerbridge (Dr. Zach Griffiths), Garwin Sanford (Peter Chandler), Kwesi Ameyaw (Dr. Adam Meares)
  • Featuring: Michele Bogdanow (Nurse), Derek Peakman (Dr. Pastore), John Treleaven (Investor), Haili Page (Young Nora), Lindsay Jameson (Nora's Mother), JM Landry (Nora's Father)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: The desire to be an individual is one of humankind's deepest longings, surpassed only by the will to survive.
  • Ep: 140
  • Think Like a Dinosaur
  • Opening Control Voice: We believe that human advancement should be attained at almost any cost. But what if that ultimate payment... is one's soul?

  • Starring: Enrico Colantoni (Michael Burr), Linnea Sharples (Kamala Shastri), David Lewis (Will Carson)
  • Featuring: Peter Grier (Steve), Scott McNeil (Silloin / Linna)
  • Based On a Short Story By: James Patrick Kelly
  • Teleplay By: Mark Stern
  • Directed By: Jorge Montesi

  • Closing Control Voice: As we pursue technological advancement, we should be careful not to abandon our humanity in the process.
  • Ep: 141
  • Alien Shop
  • Opening Control Voice: The desire to barter and acquire is as deep as any part of human nature. But what happens to values when one barters with a being whose nature is not human at all?

  • Starring: Johnathon Schaech (Andy Pace), Michelle Harrison (Gabi Pace), Alex Diakun (Shopkeeper), Tom Heaton (Red)
  • Featuring: P. Lynn Johnson (Lucy), Arnie Walters (Father Pat), Dee Jay Jackson (Joe), Ralph Alderman (Phil), Maxine Miller (Mrs. Fitzgerald), Russell Ferrier (Cop), Leanne Adachi (Dr. Healy), Howard Siegel (Bum), Kevin Blatch (Jewellery Salesman), Dan Shea (Old Man / Cop), Keith Provost (Dealership Manager), Jeffrey Ballard (Young Boy)
  • Story By: Pen Densham
  • Teleplay By: Pen Densham & Nora O'Brien
  • Directed By: Peter DeLuise

  • Closing Control Voice: The pursuit of material things is ultimately pointless if one loses the things that are truly valuable to the human spirit.
  • Ep: 142
  • Worlds Within
  • Opening Control Voice: Tragedy touches many lives, seemingly without reason. But is there a hidden purpose that lies beneath our apparently random fates?

  • Starring: Joanna Going (Anya), Geraint Wyn Davies (David), William B. Davis (Dr. Frank Biemler), Haig Sutherland (Roy)
  • Featuring: Samantha Sewell (Mother), Khaira Ledeyo (Jane), Johannah Newmarch (Nancy), Shawn Reis (Jensen), Devin Douglas Drewitz (Young Boy), Marcy Goldberg (Obnoxious Woman), Glenn Ennis (Guard), Igor Morozov (Russian Scientist)
  • Written By: Michael Sadowski
  • Directed By: Brian Giddens

  • Closing Control Voice: Despite our ever more sophisticated technology, sometimes an open mind and a caring heart are more important tools to fathom our reality -- all the way from its deepest inner reaches to its most distinct outer limits.
  • Ep: 143
  • In the Blood
  • Opening Control Voice: Are we affected only by our outward experience or are there other worlds that affect us? Hidden worlds -- that exist in the heart and in the blood.

  • Starring: Irene Bedard (Callie Whitehorse Landau), Greg Evigan (Flight Crew Director James Dreeden), Monique Mojica (Grandmother), Helene Joy (Dr. Louisa Kennedy), Cameron Daddo (Alec Landau)
  • Written By: Alan Brennert
  • Directed By: Jorge Montesi

  • Closing Control Voice: We are shaped by our experience, both within and without, present and past... and we pass those experiences on in our blood, giving birth to new generations and sometimes... new worlds.
  • Ep: 144
  • Flower Child
  • Opening Control Voice: Has humankind risen to the top of the evolutionary ladder because of its monogamous nature... or in spite of it?

  • Starring: Jeremy London (Chris O'Brien), Rebecca Reichert (Mia), Jud Taylor (Violet), Kavan Smith (Allan), Ken Tremblett (Tom)
  • Featuring: James Crescenzo (Sylvano), Christina Jastrzembska (Mary)
  • Written By: Jeffrey Hirschfield
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: Commitment and loyalty are not stuffy issues of the past, but are enduring qualities that raise us above creatures that procreate without compassion or disgression.
  • Ep: 145
  • Free Spirit
  • Opening Control Voice: Heartfelt regret can sometimes serve as compensation for past misdeeds. But what happens when dark secrets resurface unexpectedly, to claim their due?

  • Starring: Dina Meyer (Dr. Rachel Harris), Colin Ferguson (David), Barbara Tyson (Kate), Ty Olsson (Mike), Ron Selmour (Carl)
  • Featuring: Xantha Radley (Sarah), John R. Taylor (Leon), Robert Weiss (Blue Tech), Ben Gehrke (Test Subject #1), Darren Birch (Test Subject #2), Aaron Douglas (Test Subject #3), Darryl Scheelar (Ben), Steve Archer (Lead Cop), Oga Nwobosi (TV Anchorwoman), Noah Beggs (Prison Guard)
  • Written By: Danny McBride
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: If we are unwilling to heed our conscience, our worst moral judgements will inevitably come back to haunt us.
  • Ep: 146
  • Mindreacher
  • Opening Control Voice: The human mind has been compared to a house -- its rooms filled with memories, ideas and dreams. Rooms which remain essentially locked and inaccessible. But what if we could make a master key?

  • Starring: Jamie Luner (Dr. Candice Theaker), Patrick McKenna (Dr. Seigel), John Pyper-Ferguson (Dr. Kenneth Vaughn), Terry David Mulligan (Chancellor Wilder), Britt Irvin (Judith Wilder), Barbara Pollard (Alice)
  • Featuring: Rékha Sharma (Reese), Yvonne Myers (Guard), Marcel Maillard (Homeless Man), Simon Burnett (Priest), Mike Lapage (Security Guard), Katherine Haynes (Woman), Artine Brown (Drunk)
  • Excerpt From: Seeds of Destruction
  • Written By: Naomi Janzen
  • Directed By: Jimmy Kaufman

  • Closing Control Voice: If we are going to delve into the true secrets of the human soul, we must be prepared to deal with the demons that reside there.
  • Ep: 147
  • Time to Time
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said the moving finger of fate, having written, is indelible. But what if destiny's trail could be erased and etched anew?

  • Starring: Kristin Lehman (Lorelle Palmer), Paul Popowich (Thomas Palmer), Alex Diakun (Nicholas Prentice), Ingrid Kavelaars (Angie Palmer), Ryan Robbins (Richard)
  • And: Chris William Martin (Gavin)
  • Featuring: David Pauls (Travis), Grace Park (Satchko), Jessica Amlee (Young Lorelle), Emy Aneke (James), Aaron Craven (ROTC Student), Audra Ricketts (Tiana), Lee Tockar (Pothead), Cory Chetyrbok (Hippie)
  • Excerpts From: Tribunal
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: James Head

  • Closing Control Voice: As our scientific knowledge expands so do the borders of our explorations, ultimately moving beyond the bounds of three dimensions.
  • Ep: 148
  • Abduction
  • Opening Control Voice: When a heart has been turned cold by anger and grief, can patterns of destructive behavior be averted or are they predestined?

  • Starring: Zachery Ty Bryan (Ray Kruger), Jesse Cadotte (Cody Phillips), Jesse Moss (Jason Stewart), Meghan Ory (Danielle Hobson), Kandyse McClure (Brianna Lake), Eric Schneider (Alien Inquisitor)
  • Featuring: Don Kline (Principal)
  • Written By: James Crocker
  • Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

  • Closing Control Voice: In an ever more complex and dangerous world, vigilance and guidance is needed for those most vulnerable to its cruelties... our children.
  • Ep: 149
  • Rule of Law
  • Opening Control Voice: As humanity spreads to the stars, we will take with us our values and our laws. But how will those laws and moral judgements apply to creatures and cultures alien to our own?

  • Starring: Dennis Haysbert (Judge Joshua Finch), Scott Hylands (Oleaga), Anne Marie Loder (Miranda), Carrie Genzel (Lavinia), Shaun Johnston (Prosecuting Attorney O'Brien), Matthew Walker (Kra'dok)
  • And: Michael Ironside (General Quince)
  • Featuring: Ian Marsh (Medusan Defendant), Michasha Armstrong (Hmong), Robert Freeman (Armstrong), Gerry South (Matt), Todd Sandomirsky (Dov), Frank C. Turner (Old Man), Paul Whitney (Bailiff), Martin Sims (Andy), Catherine Lough Haggquist (Eileen), Charles Zuckerman (Medusan Chieftain)
  • Written By: Tracey Tormé & John-Michael Maas
  • Directed By: Mike Rohl

  • Closing Control Voice: Only by cutting through the darkness of ignorance and prejudice can we achieve true justice.
  • Ep: 150
  • Lion's Den
  • Opening Control Voice: Our desire to exceed our own limitations can be a positive drive for self improvement -- or a siren calling us to self destruction.

  • Starring: John Wesley Shipp (Coach Peter Shotwell), Roger R. Cross (Jon), Duncan Fraser (Coach Terni), Sarah Deakins (Amanda)
  • And: Shawn Ashmore (Morris Shotwell)
  • Featuring: Crystal Buble (Linda), Noel Fisher (Brae), Larry Musser (Larry Leonard), Jeremy Guilbaut (Brent), Alex Rae (Warren), P.J. Prinsloo (Eric), Robbie Holloway (Robb), Chris Allen (Blonde Wrestler)
  • Story By: Matthew Hastings & Bart Baker
  • Teleplay By: Matthew Hastings
  • Directed By: Matthew Hastings

  • Closing Control Voice: The values we instill in our children are those within ourselves. We should make sure they are the values we want them to live by -- and die by.
  • Ep: 151
  • The Tipping Point
  • Opening Control Voice: When we awaken an intellect within our machines, will we enter a new enlightened age or a much darker one?

  • Starring: Kerr Smith (Zach Burnham), Gabrielle Miller (Megan), David Lovgren (Evan), Gus Lynch (Logan), Jim Byrnes (Merlin)
  • Featuring: Jonathan Cherry (Andy), Rob Bruner (Bryce), Allan Gray (Prometheus), Anthony Harrison (Detective Saunders), Erica Carroll (Energy Being), Katherine Haynes (Energy Being)
  • Written By: Paul Mones
  • Directed By: Brent Karl Clackson

  • Closing Control Voice: In trying to create machines that think, we should take care that we don't end up creating a new race that will supplant our own.
  • Ep: 152
  • Dark Child
  • Opening Control Voice: They say you are the sum of your experiences. But what happens when an event from your past prevents you from defining your future?

  • Starring: Nora Dunn (Laura Sinclair), Andrew Airlie (Marcus Fellows), Kathrine Isabelle (Tammy Sinclair)
  • Featuring: Kathleen Duborg (Karen), Jane Sowerby (Susan), Brandy Heidrick (Marilyn), Christine Kennedy (Candace), Rhonda Dent (Younger Laura), Danny Danado (Harry), Dallas Thompson (Allyson), Chris Gibson (Pharmacist), Neil Schell (Dr. Campbell), David Thomson (Mr. Garvey)
  • Written By: Michael Sloan
  • Directed By: Steve Anker

  • Closing Control Voice: Fear can be a powerful and driving emotion but it is no match for the love between mother and child.
  • Ep: 153
  • The Human Factor
  • Opening Control Voice: We believe ourselves to be an essentially noble race. But would that same assessment be made from a truly objective view?

  • Starring: Robert Duncan McNeill (Commander Ellis Grover), Zack Ward (Link), Stephen Spender (Corbett), Kevan Ohtsji (Major Cho), Laara Sadiq (Amanda)
  • Featuring: Malcolm Stewart (Garrison), Talia Ranger (Kaila), Catherine Zak (Jen Grover)
  • Excerpts From: Phobos Rising, Hearts and Minds, Manifest Destiny, Something About Harry, The Haven, Final Exam, Final Appeal, The Vaccine, Replica
  • Written By: Steven Aspis & Grady Hall
  • Directed By: Bob Habros

  • Closing Control Voice: We have the capacity for great good or great evil. The path of our future is ours to decide.
  • Ep: 154
  • Human Trials
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said we are judged, not by our words, but by our deeds. And yet, how many of us are ready to stand up to such scrutiny?

  • Starring: Jason Gedrick (Captain Kelvin Parkhurst), Lochlyn Monroe (Captain Eric Woodward), Leanne Adachi (Captain Alice Wheeler)
  • And: Kim Coates (Colonel Sage)
  • Featuring: Dean Marshall (Mason), Glynis Davies (Dr. Baker), Brent Karl Clackson (Sergeant Streeter)
  • Excerpts From: Nightmare, Hearts and Minds, The Human Operators, In the Blood, Monster, The Voyage Home, Tempests, Worlds Within
  • Story By: Grady Hall & Brian Nohr
  • Teleplay By: Mark Stern
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: Our choices define us and sometimes... doom us.

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