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Cardinal
GenreCrime drama
Created byAubrey Nealon
Written by
  • Aubrey Nealon
  • Russ Cochrane
  • Sarah Dodd
  • Jennica Harper
  • Alison Lea Bingeman
Directed by
Starring
ComposerTodor Kobakov
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jennifer Kawaja
  • Julia Sereny
  • Daniel Grou
  • Jocelyn Hamilton
  • Armand Leo
  • Aubrey Nealon
  • Sarah Dodd
  • Patrick Tarr
ProducerJessica Daniel
Production locationsSudbury and North Bay, Ontario
Cinematography
EditorTeresa De Luca
Running time40 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release25 January 2017 (2017-01-25) –
11 May 2020 (2020-05-11)

Cardinal is a Canadian crime drama television series, which was first broadcast on January 25, 2017, on CTV (in English) and Super Écran (in French).[1][2][3] The series adapts the novels of crime writer Giles Blunt, focusing on police detective John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) and his partner Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse), who investigate crimes in the fictional city of Algonquin Bay.[3]

Across six episodes, the first season adapts the first John Cardinal novel Forty Words for Sorrow (2000),[4] which focuses on the investigation of the murder of a young girl.[1] On February 28, 2017, CTV renewed Cardinal for a second and third season, each containing six episodes.[5] The second season adapts Blunt's third Cardinal novel, Blackfly Season, while the third adapted the novels By the Time You Read This and Crime Machine, the fourth and fifth novels in the series.[5] The fourth season adapts the sixth novel, Until the Night.[6]

Premise

Season 1: Forty Words for Sorrow

John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) is a troubled and brooding police officer in Algonquin Bay, who was removed from the homicide squad as a result of chief Noelle Dyson's (Kristen Thomson) belief that he had become obsessed with his investigation of a missing Native Canadian girl. When the girl's body finally turns up, he is reassigned to the case with a new partner, Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse). What he does not know is that Delorme has been assigned to investigate him as part of a corruption probe that has identified Cardinal as possibly collaborating with a local drug dealer. The investigation widens when another missing person case with similar patterns leads Cardinal to believe that a serial killer may be active in the area.

Season 2: Blackfly Season

A young woman suffering from amnesia after having been shot in the head appears in Algonquin Bay. Soon mutilated bodies, in accordance with some occult religious rituals, are discovered. The bodies are members of a local group of bikers known for trafficking drugs. John Cardinal and the team suspect that someone is trying to replace the gang in the drug trade. The mental health of his wife still worries him. Musgrave thinks he has finally found the evidence he is looking for.

Season 3: By the Time You Read This

The suspicious death of Cardinal's wife Catherine coincides with a double murder, and Delorme is ordered to take the lead in the murder investigation. Reluctant to believe that Catherine committed suicide, Cardinal begins investigating other possibilities, whilst dealing with a succession of anonymous letters blaming him for the event. Noelle Dyson, recovering from the death of her sister, tries to reason with another prospective suicide and is devastated when she fails to prevent him killing himself.[7]

Season 4: Until the Night

After a prominent politician's husband is abducted and then left to die from exposure, Cardinal and Delorme suspect that a hired killer is targeting those close to four people, out of revenge for a cover-up in their past. Cardinal and Delorme grow closer but this case will be their last together as Delorme takes a new job in Toronto.

Cast and characters

Main

  • Billy Campbell as Det. John Cardinal
  • Karine Vanasse as Det. Lise Delorme
  • Kristen Thomson as Det. Sgt. Noelle Dyson
  • Deborah Hay as Catherine Cardinal (Seasons 1–3)
  • Alanna Bale as Kelly Cardinal
  • Glen Gould as Det. Jerry Commanda
  • James Downing as Det. Ian McLeod
  • Zach Smadu as Det. Ash Kular (Season 2 – present)
  • Eric Hicks as Const. Derek K. Fox
  • David Richmond-Peck as Sgt. Malcolm Musgrave (Seasons 1–2)
  • James Thomas as Det. Hannam (Season 1)

Recurring

Introduced in season one

Introduced in season two

Introduced in season three

Introduced in season four

Episodes

SeriesTitleEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1Forty Words for Sorrow625 January 2017 (2017-01-25)1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)
2Blackfly Season64 January 2018 (2018-01-04)8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)
3By the Time You Read This624 January 2019 (2019-01-24)6 March 2019 (2019-03-06)
4Until the Night66 April 2020 (2020-04-06)11 May 2020 (2020-05-11)

Season 1: Forty Words for Sorrow (2017)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateCanadian viewers
(millions)
11"Cardinal"Daniel GrouAubrey Nealon25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)1.38[8]
The body of a missing young girl, Ketty Pine, is found in winter in a disused mineshaft in Northern Ontario. John Cardinal (Billy Campbell), the investigating officer on Ketty's case who has since been removed from the homiside squad because of his obsession with the case, is reassigned to the case with a new partner, Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse). Cardinal suspect the murderer to be a serial killer and tries to connect Ketty’s case with previous cases of missing minors in the region; meanwhile Lise works on one of Cardinal's case of serial home robberies leading her to Woody (Gord Rand). Police chief Det. Sgt. Noelle Dyson (Kristen Thomson) organises a memorial for Ketty at the local church but Ketty's mother Dorothy (Gail Maurice) refuses to attend it. At night Cardinal exchanges a packet with a man named Francis. Cardinal visits his wife Catherine (Deborah Hay), a photographer who appears to be dilusional at a care center. Cardinal's investigation of the missing minors lead him to an abandoned house where he finds the body of Todd Curry, a runaway from home. Dyson asks Lise to meet RCMP Staff Sergeant Sgt. Malcolm Musgrave (David Richmond-Peck) who has assigned Lise to investigate Cardinal as part of a corruption probe that has identified him as possibly collaborating with a local drug dealer, Kyle Corbett.
22"Delorme"Daniel GrouAubrey Nealon1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)1.30[9]
Cardinal and Lise leave for Toranto for the autopsy of Todd's body; the body caintains several marks of torture, a spike is found penetrating the brain and the head is wrapped in audiotape containing noises from impaired traffic signal and voices of Ketty and the killer, thus connecting both the cases. After Cardinal spends time with his daughter Kelly (Alanna Bale), he reveals to Lise that his wife is suffering from bipolar disorder and that's why he left behind his daughter and decorated career at Toranto for Algonquin Bay. Back at Algonquin Bay, Lise follows Cardinal's car at night against Musgrave’s orders to the out of town Thunderbird casino where she sees Cardinal cashing in black-marketed chips which she believe is Cardinal’s method of laundering money. Lise and her partner Josh are having problems conceiving a child. A young guy with a guitar, Keith is seen stalked by a guy and a girl with a partially burnt face who are later revelled to be Eric and Edie.
33"Edie and Eric"Daniel GrouAubrey Nealon8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)1.04[10]
Keith is kept drugged at the basement of Edie's grandmother's house by Edie and Eric. Concerned that Cardinal is on to her, Delorme digs into the his past including his former partners and cases. Edie works at a pharmacy at the local mall; Eric visits the pharmacy with Keith's guitar. The police are informed about Keith's disappearance meanwhile Edie tortures Keith.
44"Woody"Daniel GrouAubrey Nealon15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)N/A[11]
Woody waits outside the mall looking for his new robbery victim when he see Eric with the guitar; he follows Eric to the Edie’s house. Lise asks Det. Jerry Commanda (Glen Gould) to trace the laundered money at Thunderbird casino. Jerry questions Francis regarding the chips. Edie panics after seeing the police press conference in the TV regarding Keith's disappearance. Cardinal notices that he is being followed by a car. Josh, drunk and angry at Lise for missing their planned dinner, visit Cardinal at his home confronting him about Lise’s behaviour; Josh further tells Cardinal that Lise's transfer to homicide is a temporary assignment. Woody breaks into Edie's house to steal the guitar and finds a tied Keith in the basement; Eric shoots Woody.
55"Keith"Daniel GrouRuss Cochrane22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)N/A[12]
Cardinal is being blackmailed by a woman regarding the death of an officer; he pays her money asking to never return again. Lise tells Josh that they must delay having a child because of her new job. Kelly visits Algonquin Bay; she visits Catherine but she is missing from her room. Woody's body and one of Keith's finger is found by a hunter in the woods. Lise recognizes Woody as the break-in suspect. Cardinal and Lise questions Woody's wife leading them to Eric, an employee at a music store. They search Eric's apartment; meanwhile Eric asks Edie to bring Keith's body to him. Cardinal tries to captures Eric at a school building but Eric dies during the chase. Lise finds a hotel receipt at Cardinal's house. Edie stabs Keith with a knife after learning about Eric's death.
66"Catherine"Daniel GrouAubrey Nealon1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)1.04[13]
The police are still unable to locate Keith. Lise visits the hotel and asks for the guest list leading her to Tamara Lidstrom, ex-girlfriend of Delroy Moss, Cardinal's inside guy at Toronto. Lise informs Cardinal that he is being investigated for corruption and confronts him about the blackmail; he confesses that he did it for the money. Cardinal wonders if he and Delorme are still missing a piece of the puzzle; drugs found in Eric's van leads Cardinal to Edie; meanwhile Edie stalks Cardinal's house. Lise questions Tamara. Cardinal searches Edie’s house and finds Edie's grandmother dead in her basement; he finds Keith still alive in the garage. Edie visits Kelly at the house taking her hostage. When Cardinal returns home he is shot by Kelly but Kelly manages to escapes. Lise shoots Edie before she is able to kill Cardinal. Lise tells Cardinal that she figured out that it was Catherine who in her delusional state mistakenly blew out Cardinal's cover leading to the death of an officer. Lise files her report on Cardinal and refuses to carry on further unauthorized investigation on him. She returns home to find Josh gone leaving behind a note; meanwhile Catherine returns home from the hospital to live with Cardinal.

Season 2: Blackfly Season (2018)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateCanadian viewers
(millions)
71"Red"Jeff RenfroeSarah Dodd4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)1.08[14]
Six months since the events of first season, Detective Commanda finds a confused young woman (Alex Paxton-Beesley), alone at a roadside bar. The red-haired woman has no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who shot her. Commanda who calls the woman "Red" turns the case over to Cardinal and Lise . The woman had been shot in her head with a bullet still lodge in her head causing the loss of memory; Cardinal shifts her to Toronto where her bullet is successfully removed. Lise bonds with Rachel (Nicolette Pearse), a former member of a bikers gang at the boxing gym. Lise questions a trucker who gave lift to Red and dropped her at the bar; while the bullet leads the police to Dave, owner of a marina. On questioning Marci, Dave's employee she reveals that Dave hasn't been to work for about two week. Lise applies for training with the National Intelligene Service (NIS) ; Musgrave intimidates Lise for not helping in the investigation against Cardinal by revealing his connections to NIS recruiters. Meanwhile Catherine decides to moves to Toronto to teach photography. A picture of Beaufort Hill, a trailing area in the region triggers responses in Red leading Lise and Cardinal to hike the trails in that area where Cardinal finds a dead body in a cave posed in a ritualistic manner.
82"Kevin"Jeff RenfroeJennica Harper11 January 2018 (2018-01-11)1.12[15]
The body with the head, limbs and genitalia removed is identified as that of Dave. Wombat, a member of the biker gang Northern Raiders, comes in search of Dave and threatens Marci, Dave's employee. Lise investigates Dave's financial finding that Dave was laundering money for the Northern Raiders; meanwhile she is rejected by the National Intelligence Service possibly due to Musgrave's intervention. A local gang leader Ray (Bruce Ramsay), his lieutenant Leon (Dan Petronijevic) and two new recuits Toof (Brock Morgan) and Kevin (Jonathan Keltz) assault and kidnap Wombat from his house and steal biker's money using it to buy drugs from another gang; Leon lies to Ray that Red is dead and he buried her himself and clandestinely starts searching for Red. Red starts seeing flashes of her memory from her trip to Bay with Kevin. Lise and Cardinal raid Wombat's house but instead find blood there; they manage to catch Rachel and her boyfriend from fleeing the scene; on questioning Rachel revels that she has turned informant for Det. Sgt. Alan Clegg (Kevin Hanchard). At night Kevin hears Ray torturing Wormbat; while Cardinal visits an unknown woman at her house.
93"Terri"Jeff RenfroeAlison Lea Bingeman18 January 2018 (2018-01-18)0.99[16]
Kevin is worried about Wombat's torture; while Ray performs sacrificial rituals. Ray catches Leon's lies about Red and orders him to bring her back alive. Catherine moves to Toronto; while Lise identifies Red as Terri Tait a college student from Vancouver. Kevin asks Leon about Terri's whereabouts; while Terri escapes from the hospital and searches for Kevin. The police starts searching for Terri but to no avail. Musgrave gets a tip off about Cardinal and meets Tammy Lindstrom negotiating a deal. Cardinal searchs the local school registry finding that Terri attended high school there and moved to Vancouver after he parents death leaving behind her brother Kevin. The search for Terri and Kevin leads the Cardinal and Lise to the apartment of a Raider member, Gordie, where they find Wombat's decaptitated head. Cardinal finds Terri at her parent's old apartment.
104"Toof"Jeff RenfroeJennica Harper25 January 2018 (2018-01-25)N/A
Cardinal questions Terri who remembers that after she arrived back in the town she had an argument with Kevin when she realised that he was dealing with drugs again and that she was running away from a black truck that she saw in her memory flash. Lise questions Gordie who informs that a new player is trying to take over Northern Raiders. Laselle, the leader of the Northern Raiders orders his men to find a certain "Northwind" who is taking out the Raiders; meanwhile Cardinal shift Terri to a safe house. Next day, Cardinal and Lise bring Terri to cave to help trigger her memory; she remember Leon leaving her at the cave. Cardinal meets an expert who explains that the rituals and sacrifice seems to be inspired by an Afro-Caribbean spiritual practise called Palo Mayombe and more sacrifices may follow possibly on a new moon night. Musgrave thanks Lise believe that it was she who tipped him off about Tammy; Rachel overdose on heroine is admitted to the hospital. After overhearing Toof bragging about the end of the Raiders' hold on the town, Leon takes Kevin and Toof on a drive where he kills Toof.
115"Northwind"Jeff RenfroeAlison Lea Bingeman1 February 2018 (2018-02-01)0.93[17]
The police find Kevin's body in the woods. Det. Alan Clegg is revelled to be working with Ray who informs that the police are looking for Leon; Ray asks him to find Terri. Toof's mother informs Cardinal that Toof was living with some guys named Leon and Northwind; Commanda finds out that Northwind's first name is Ray. Musgrave meets Tammy to get the information on Cardinal but she has already informed Cardinal about it; Cardinal intimidates Musgrave asking him to back off from Lise; Lise gets accepted into the NIS. Tammy visits Cardinal's house to return the money but instead finds Catherine there; she unknowingly informs Catherine about her phone call that lead to the death of an officer. Kevin runs away from the camp with Leon's truck and crashes off road after getting high but he survives and returns back to the camp. Terri identifies Leon from a photograph as the man who dumped her at the cave. The police find Leon's crashed truck and traces the owner as Ray. Kevin enters Ray's ritual room and is stabbed by Ray; while Terri gets kidnapped from the safe house.
126"El Brujo"Jeff RenfroeSarah Dodd8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)N/A
Camera footage from the safe house shows the presence of Leon at the scene; Cardinal suspects that an inside man leaked Terri's location. Clegg informs Ray about Cardinal. Lise and Cardinal questions Ray's social worker who revels that Ray was sensitive towards his mother who was associated with biker gangs. Ray prepares Kevin and Terri for his ritual; meanwhile Clegg reveals Ray's location to Lasalle. Cardinal gets a lead about Ray's location and starts his search with Clegg; on their way to the location Clegg destroys Cardinal's phone and takes him to Ray's camp on gunpoint; meanwhile the police realizing that Clegg is working with Ray starts tracing him. Cardinal manages to overpower Ray and with Lise and Commanda's assistance frees Kevin and Terri. The bikers show up at the scene and are arrested by the police; Ray is also arrested. Cardinal reaches home and finds Catherine missing; on reaching a crime site he finds Catherine dead lying on the pavement.

Season 3: By the Time You Read This (2019)

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [18]Directed by [19]Written byOriginal air date [18]Canadian viewers
(millions)
131"Sam"Daniel GrouPatrick Tarr24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)N/A
The police find a suicide note in Catherine's possession concluding that she jumped from the building killing herself. Lise decides against the NIS training and plans to stay; Noelle’s sister passes way after long illness. Cardinal starts receiving anonymous letters blaming him for Catherine's death. A young girl, Sam (Devery Jacobs) meets and sleeps with her lover, Randall (Aaron Ashmore), a realtor at a remote for-sale island cottage; after Randall leaves Sam witness a dual murder at the house but manages to escape the killer albeit injuring herself and leaving behind her cell phone. She informs Randall about the incident and asks to go to the police but Randall who is married asks her to lie low. The police arrive at the scene but the bodies of the victims are missing; they also find the evidence of a presence of a survivor. Meanwhile Lise and Cardinal also deal with a prolific ATM robber causing carnage across town. Lise and Cardinal questions Randall who gives them an alibi, his friend Troy. The bodies are found drowned in the lake along with a boat; while the killer gets hold of Sam's phone. Meanwhile, Cardinal sets out to prove that his wife did not commit suicide.
142"Roman & Irena"Daniel GrouNoelle Carbone31 January 2019 (2019-01-31)1.02[20]
Noelle now taking care of her dead sister’s daughter, witnesses a young boy, Perry, takes his own life right before her eyes; she starts struggling after the incident. The police identify the couple as Roman and Irena Barstow, a wealthy couple visiting from New York involved in a gun manufacturing company. Sam continues to find herself under the killer's watchful eye; he follows her to her house; meanwhile Randall's wife Laura decides to run for election. Sam panics after learning about the murders on TV and receives a call from the killer; she leaves a message for Lise. A woman referred to as Mama (Rya Kihlstedt) and a group of young kids including the killer take an old man hostage at his lake house.
153"Jack"Daniel GrouPatrick Tarr7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)0.87[21]
The old man, Lloyd is locked up in the bathroom; meanwhile Mama whips the killer, Jack, for killing the Bastrows without getting the guns from them. Other kids in the group Nikki and Lemur sets up traps at the property. Kelly returns home for Thanksgiving; Cardinal looks into a number of unresolved cold cases in an attempt to identify a connection. Cardinal and Lise suspecting that Randall was sleeping with someone at the house questions Randall but he refuses any wrongdoing. Jack searches for the guns at a storage facility leading to confrontation with a security guard. Troy stalks and chases Sam and she attacks him in return; Sam approaches the police believing the killer attacked her; Troy confesses to the police that Randall asked him to intimidate her. Mama tortures Lloyd. Cardinal continues his investigation to identify the sender of the mysterious cards; Noelle confronts him after he intimidates a parole while unofficially investigating Catherine's death. The police arrest Randall for questioning.
164"Lemur"Daniel GrouShannon Masters14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)N/A
Sam draws a picture of Jack for the police; she moves to Commanda's house for protection. Nikki rejects Lemur's advances saying that they are family; Jack picks up a fight with Lemur and Nikki and threatens them. The police finds the Bastrow's rental car with hidden money and weapon; Cardinal suspects that the Bastrow's were gunner runners. Cardinal questions a gun buyer Michel who was last seen with the Bastrows; he tells them that the Bastrows brought a lot of gun for sale. Jack continues stalking Sam and follows her to Jerry house. Cardinal traces down the person sending him the anonymous cards; while Noelle asks everyone to stop investigating Catherine’s death. Lise chases Lemur after he crashes his car following a robbery; he manages to hide from the police and calls Jack for help but is killed by Jack. The police find Roman's wallet in the car connecting the ATM robberies with the double murder. The car stolen from the airport leads them to video footage of Mama and Lemur stealing the car; Llord frees himself but again recaptured by Mama.
175"Mama"Daniel GrouAaron Bala, Noelle Carbone, Patrick Tarr21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)N/A
Both Cardinal and Kelly struggle following Catherune's death. Jack lies to Mama that the police killed Lemur. Cardinal gets a message on Catherine's computer from one of her friend who was aware of her problems; he arranges a meeting with her in Toronto. Cardinal and Delorme head to Toronto, where Cardinal speaks with Catherine's friend who was also a former patient of Catherine's psychologist, Dr. Bell; she revels to Cardinal that Dr Bell made her write a suicide note. Lise finds out that Mama's real name is Sharlene Winston, who served five years in the military and was discharged as she suffered from complex apocalyptic delusions. Jack breaks into Jerry's home but manages to escape after Jerry shows up. Cardinal confronts Bell; Bell asks his wife Helen to stay away from him. Cardinal suspects Dr Bell for Catherine’s death and connects it with other suicides of Bell’s patients. Jack is able to retrieve the weapons; while the police locate one of Sharlene's old hideouts, Scriver House, an abandoned house where all members of the Scriver family were murdered and bodies never found.
186"Helen"Daniel GrouPatrick Tarr6 March 2019 (2019-03-06)N/A
The police identify Sharlene as Amy Scriver who was presumed dead at the age of 17; Lise suspects that Amy killed her parents, drowned their bodies in the Lake similar to the Bastrows and assumed another identity. Bell's wife Helen gives Cardinal Bell's hard drive with recordings of his sessions where he provoked clients including Perry into suicide; Catherine dissatisfied with Bell’s methods tells him that she will warn other patients about him; Cardinal shows it to Lise and Noelle who reopens Catherine's case. Cardinal notices that Catherine's digital camera was missing from the scene; they find a memory card in the evidence box. Sharlene fortifies the house with weapons, unable to escape the Lake as the police searches and finds the bodies of Scriver. Sharlene traps Lise and Cardinal and takes them hostage. Jack traps Commanda while Sharlene shoots Nikki after she refuses her orders. After a scuffle, Cardinal shoots Sharlene dead and Commanda shoots Jack. Dr. Bell is brought in for questioning; photos recovered from the card confirms Bells presence at the crime scene and he is arrested. Cardinal moves some of Catherine's things from the house; Lise and he has dinner at his house while they watch police footage and takes notes.

Season 4: Until the Night (2020)

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [18]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [18]Canadian viewers
(millions)
191"Robert"Nathan MorlandoPatrick Tarr6 April 2020 (2020-04-06)1.037[22]
Cardinal moves to an apartment; Lise gets an job offer in Toranto. Sheila Gagne (Carmen Moore), a local politician reports that her husband, Robert, a prosecutor is missing; Sheila informs the police that they had an open marriage and Robert went on a date but didn't return home. Police search Robert's hotel room recovering his clothings and possessions along with a feather. Cardinal and Lise questions Robert's date, Holly Francis. Police arrest a parolee, Wade who tried to extort money from Sheila in return for information on Robert's abduction; while transporting Wade to the station Det. Ash is attacked by the abductor who kills Wade. Sheila gets a call from the abductor asking her to prove her love for Robert; Sheila does a press conference asking the abductor to talk; she later get a video of Robert being left exposed in the cold. The police find Robert's body tied to a log, frozen to death in a logging area; meanwhile the killer stalks another man.
202"Adele"Nathan MorlandoSarah Dodd13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)N/A
Lise and Cardinal go to Toranto for Robert's autopsy; they also meet Kelly there. The killer stalks Barry, owner of a nursery who lives with his mother Adele. Lise informs Noelle about her plan to move to Toranto after the case. Lise encounters her ex boyfriend, Josh, how is now happily married and has a child. Lise and Cardinal attend Robert's memorial hoping that the killer might show up there; One of the guests Taj Roy attracts Cardinal's attention; meanwhile the killer, Neil abducts Adele leaving behind a feather at the scene. The killer takes Adele to a car scrapyard, forces her to record a video message for Barry and leaves her there tied to a car.
213"Barry"Nathan MorlandoPenny E. Gummerson20 April 2020 (2020-04-20)0.908[23]
The police find Adele's body frozen to death at the scrapyard. Neil is visited by a man, Scott who has apparently hired Neil for carrying out the kills in vengeance of a past deed involving Barry and Sheila. Barry and Sheila meet at the church meanwhile Neil prepares for the next kill. Taj visits and intimidates Barry; he is later found dead in the backyard of his house frozen to death. Cardinal learns about Barry's meeting with Sheila from the priest of the church; Lise finds out that both Barry and Sheila worked for a company called Watershed Forestry. Cardinal and Lise question Sheila who they suspect is holding information back. Neil abducts Josh; Josh's father Ken show up at the scene but is overpowerd by Neil.
224"Neil"Nathan MorlandoPatrick Tarr & Jordi Mand27 April 2020 (2020-04-27)1.089[24]
Josh and Ken are found missing; police find that the killer was captured in a baby cam in Josh's house; the killer is identified as Neil Cuthbert, a professional contact killer. Commanda makes a connection between Ken and Sheila. Taj contacts Sheila meanwhile Neil leaves Josh at a quarry to die. Neil wants Scott to kill Ken but Scott want to take Ken to the quarry; after disagreement and a scuffle, Scott kills Neil. A neighbour witnesses it and manages to escape. The police find Neil's body but Ken is still missing. Josh manages to free himself and lights up a fire to a shed; Police rescue him. The police secure a warrant on Sheila; she escapes with one of Taj's men.
235"Scott"Nathan MorlandoSarah Dodd4 May 2020 (2020-05-04)1.018[25]
Taj moves his daughter and Sheila to his trucking facility. Cardinal and Lise questions one of Ken's employees who reveled that Ken paid Shelia and Barry to leak future logging prospects using their Watershed access. In a flashback Scott and his girlfriend are seen attacked by a hunting party while they are camping in the forest. The police are able to locate Ken's body. The police look for old cases related to the forest area; they find that a young girl, Rebecca was raped and killed there 20 years ago; Scott Riley was convicted for it. The police raid Scott's house finding connection to the killings. The police look at Scotts police interview and concludes that the arresting officer was prejudiced against Scott and convicted him murder that was actually committed by Ken, Taj, Barry and Sheila. Scott enters Taj's trucking facility and abducts Taj and his daughter. Commanda arrests Sheila.
246"John & Lise"Nathan MorlandoPatrick Tarr11 May 2020 (2020-05-11)1.162[26]
Lise and Cardinal questions Sheila. Scott takes Taj and his daughter to the forest and ties them up to the trees; meanwhile the police searches the forest area. Scott shots at Lise and Cardinal after they get close to the site. Cardinal tries to talk to Scott to make him surrender but he shots Cardinal and Lise. Commanda shots and kills Scott; while the police are able to save Taj and his daughter. Lise moves to Toronto while Cardinal is called to another crime scene.

Production

The first season was directed by Daniel Grou, and produced by Sienna Films and eOne Entertainment.[4] It commenced production in Sudbury, Ontario in February 2016, with some additional location filming taking place in North Bay, Nipissing First Nation and Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.[3] The first season was given a production budget of $1,800,000 per episode.[27] Locations included the former studios of CBC Northern Ontario and the North Bay Public Library, which served as the Algonquin Bay police station.[28]

The second season was directed by Jeff Renfroe, and was produced primarily in North Bay.[29]

The show's theme music is adapted from the song "Familiar" by Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel. Background music featured in the series is composed by Toronto-based Todor Kobakov.

Vanasse, who is Québécoise and had previously appeared in the American television series Pan Am and Revenge, commented that Cardinal is the first time in which she is playing a Québécoise rather than a European character in an English-language television programme.[30]

International transmission

Episodes from the second season premiered a day in advance of their television broadcast on on-demand service Crave TV.[31] Filming on the third season completed in July 2018,[32] and the season began airing on January 24, 2019.[33] The fourth and final season was broadcast in 2020 with its finale airing on May 11, 2020.

In the United Kingdom the series was broadcast on BBC Four for the first three seasons and BBC Two for the last season. It was broadcast on C More in Scandinavia, Calle 13 in Spain, Hulu in the United States, SBS in Australia, Magenta TV in Germany, Canvas in Belgium and Channel 11 in Israel. In Brazil, the tv series premiered on Universal+, streaming belonged to Universal TV, NBCUniversal's channel.[34][35][36][37]

Reception

John Doyle of The Globe and Mail praised the series, calling it "a gripping, superbly made crime drama" which ultimately lands as "landmark Canadian TV".[38]

The series received 12 Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. It won six awards, including Best Actor in a Limited Program or Television Film (Campbell),[39] Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program (Macdonald),[40] Photography in a Drama Series (Steve Cosens), Editing in a Drama Series (Teresa De Luca), Music in a Fiction Program or Series (Todor Kobakov) and Best Casting (Jon Comerford and Lisa Parasyn).

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the awards for Best Limited Series, Best Lead Actor in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Campbell), Best Lead Actress in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Vanasse), Best Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Matthew Anas), Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (Renfroe), Best Music in a Fiction Production (Kobakov) and Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (Sarah Dodd for the episode "Red").

References

  1. ^ a b Tony Wong (January 25, 2017). "Cardinal could be The Killing for Canada". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  2. ^ Marie-Josée Roy (January 23, 2017). "Karine Vanasse, détective aguerrie dans "Cardinal"". Le Huffington Post. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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