Seeing Things (1981)
Seeing Things is a Canadian comedy-drama mystery television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1981 to 1987. It was also seen in Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Australia and the United States. In all, 43 episodes were produced. With the exception of "Seeing R.E.D." episodes were one hour long. The show starred Louis Del Grande as Louis Ciccone, a newspaper journalist who solves murders with the help of his ability to see postcognitive visions. Unfortunately, Louis cannot consciously control this sense except by investigating the clues the initial vision gives. In some episodes, however, such as "Seeing the Country", he is able to stop visions from entering his mind. Nevertheless, only when he discovers new information on the case will further visions occur, which provide increasingly more detail until they finally reveal the murderer. Del Grande was also the show's creator and writer. The show also starred Del Grande's real-life wife Martha Gibson as Ciccone's wife Marge, and Janet-Laine Green as crown attorney Heather Redfern. The supporting cast also included Frank Adamson, Lynne Gordon, Ivan Beaulieu, Murray Westgate, Louis Negin and Cec Linder.
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Episode 1 - Seeing R.E.D.
Release Date: 1984-01-15Louie tries to prove that Kenny Volker is innocent of murder when a barroom brawl leaves a psychiatrist dead. Turns out there's more to this mystery than meets the eye, though, when Louie gets stuck between an unscrupulous research scientist, a fanatical leader of an anti-terrorist unit, and a drugged chimpanzee.
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Episode 2 - Someone is Watching
Release Date: 1984-01-22Heather's new home creates visions of bleeding pictures, creepy neighbors, and a horrific suicide for Louie.
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Episode 3 - I'm Looking Through You
Release Date: 1984-01-29When a local weapons factory is bombed, Louie has a vision which tells him Marge was less than honest about her past boyfriends, as he realises one of them is the bomber. Not only does he have to dig into Marge's love life, but there's a US Marshal on the loose looking to prove Marge is guilty.
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Episode 4 - Now You See Him Now You Don't
Release Date: 1984-02-05Heather Redfern is the sole eye witness to the shooting death of international financial analyst and guru James Englander and Louie is the first reporter on the scene. The next morning the Gazette scoops every other paper in town with Louie's exclusive story. The paper hits the street Just as Englander appears on local television to state that the rumours of his death are greatly exaggerated.
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Episode 5 - Snow Blind
Release Date: 1984-02-12Louie and Marge's romantic weekend at a ski lodge is interrupted when a guest is killed by a falling chandelier. From a hot tub to Devil's Run, someone wants to make sure Louie can't tell anyone the truth.
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Episode 6 - An Eye on the Future
Release Date: 1984-02-19Marge loves her job at the senior citizens complex, but Louie is so suspicious of the place he convinces his parents to put his aging grandfather in the home to further his investigation.
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Episode 7 - Second Sight
Release Date: 1984-02-26There is more than meets the mind's eye when famed psychic The Great Eli tells a heckler at one of his shows to `Begone! And moments later the man drops dead. Louie is In the audience and suspects murder rather than supernatural powers, but when he tries to investigate The Great Eli he finds himself on the receiving end of the next Begone!' curse.
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Episode 8 - Looking Good
Release Date: 1984-03-04Louie steps in when Sgt. Brown's daughter is accused of murdering a fellow contestant at a beauty pagaent, but it's possible she isn't quite as innocent as her father thinks she is.