Arctic Air is a Canadian drama television series that began airing on CBC Television on January 10, 2012.
On March 17, 2014, the series was canceled due to government budgetary cuts.[1] In total, 35 episodes aired over the three seasons.
Series overview
editSeason | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 10 | January 10, 2012 | March 13, 2012 | |
2 | 13 | January 9, 2013 | April 17, 2013 | |
3 | 12 | January 7, 2014 | April 8, 2014 |
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2012)
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
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1 | 1 | "Out of a Clear Blue Sky" | Paul Shapiro | Ian Weir | January 10, 2012 | 1.06[2][3] | |
Bobby returns to Yellowknife; a dangerous storm forces Mel to ditch his plane. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "All In" | James Dunnison | James Phillips | January 17, 2012 | 0.89[4] | |
Bobby gambles Mel's plane in a poker game; a DC-3 runs out of fuel at 5000 feet. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Hijacked" | Mike Rohl | Bob Carney | January 24, 2012 | 1.07[5] | |
An Arctic Air flight is hijacked while flying rig workers to Yellowknife. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "All the Vital Things" | Robert Lieberman | Sarah Dodd | January 31, 2012 | 0.89[6] | |
Bobby lies to gain the trust of an elder. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Northern Lights" | Anthony Atkins | Jordan Wheeler | February 7, 2012 | N/A | |
Arctic Air may be involved in a drug overdose in a remote community. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "C-TVAK" | Mike Rohl | Penny Gummerson | February 14, 2012 | N/A | |
Bobby puts Cece's life at risk to find out how his father died. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Vancouver is Such a Screwed-Up City" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Susin Nielsen | February 21, 2012 | 0.78[7] | |
Bobby travels south with Mel and Krista to buy a new plane and his old life in Vancouver comes back to haunt him. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "The Professional" | Kevin Fair | Ian Weir | February 28, 2012 | 0.72[8] | |
Lives are at a risk when a hitman comes to Yellowknife. | |||||||
9 | 9 | "New North" | James Dunnison | Ian Weir | March 6, 2012 | 0.66[9] | |
Arctic Air gets more than it bargained for when Bobby convinces his high-rolling college roommate to invest in the company. | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Drop in for Lunch" | Gary Harvey | Sarah Dodd | March 13, 2012 | 0.96[10] | |
A routine flight from Watson Lake to Yellowknife turns deadly. |
Season 2 (2013)
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
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11 | 1 | "Wildfire" | Anthony Atkins | R.B. Carney | January 9, 2013 | 0.84[11] | |
Bobby and Krista attempt to rescue a group of stranded tourists from a raging forest fire, but they need help from the rest of the Arctic Air crew if they're going to make it out alive. | |||||||
12 | 2 | "Bombs Away" | Anthony Atkins | Jordan Wheeler | January 16, 2013 | N/A | |
Bobby's sister Deanna is arrested for eco-terrorist bombings, but as Bobby works to clear her name, he learns that there's one more bomb and it's been planted on an Arctic Air plane -- with Krista aboard. | |||||||
13 | 3 | "Open Season" | Gary Harvey | Penny E. Gummerson | January 23, 2013 | N/A | |
Bobby and Caitlin fly to the northern hunting grounds, where they discover Nelson has been shot by the hunters he was sent there to guide. | |||||||
14 | 4 | "Stormy Weather" | Anne Wheeler | Sara Snow | January 30, 2013 | N/A | |
Inclement weather traps Bobby, Krista, and Blake inside an abandoned radar station, where a hidden threat lurks. | |||||||
15 | 5 | "Old Wounds" | Gary Harvey | Ian Weir | February 6, 2013 | N/A | |
Bobby makes a final bid to save his diamond claim by sponsoring Jim McAllister in a boxing match. | |||||||
16 | 6 | "Dangerous Cargo" | Anne Wheeler | Sarah Dodd | February 13, 2013 | N/A | |
A biologist resorts to terrorism out of desperation, holding Krista and Bobby at gunpoint in the Arctic Air headquarters. | |||||||
17 | 7 | "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills" | Mike Rohl | R.B. Carney & Penny Gummerson | February 27, 2013 | N/A | |
Arctic Air goes up against Bruce Ward and the Comstock Brothers when a dying trapper tells Dev and Cece the location of a gold claim. | |||||||
18 | 8 | "Secrets & Lies" | Neill Fearnley | Sarah Dodd | March 6, 2013 | 0.69[12] | |
Petra suspects her ex-husband is behind Connor's disappearance, leading her to team with Bobby in search of them. | |||||||
19 | 9 | "Hell Hath No Fury" | Mike Rohl | Ian Weir | March 20, 2013 | N/A | |
Bobby is tasked with reining in a troubled rock star during the northern leg of her comeback tour. | |||||||
20 | 10 | "Skeletons in the Closet" | Neill Fearnley | Larry Bambrick | March 27, 2013 | N/A | |
Bobby and Mel are left stranded in an isolated community when their DC-3 is shot up on the airstrip. | |||||||
21 | 11 | "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" | Kevin Fair | Susan Nielsen | April 3, 2013 | 0.61[13] | |
Krista's mother comes to town and turns her daughter's life upside down. | |||||||
22 | 12 | "Fool Me Once" | Amanda Tapping | Derek Thompson & Ian Weir | April 10, 2013 | N/A | |
Blake's sister crashes a couples weekend in Calgary; where Krista learns Bobby and Petra kissed. | |||||||
23 | 13 | "Ts'inada" | Kevin Fair | R.B. Carney, Sara Snow & Jordan Wheeler | April 17, 2013 | N/A | |
Kidnappers capture Caitlin, but instead of a ransom they demand a trade for Nelson. |
Season 3 (2014)
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
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24 | 1 | "The River" | Gary Harvey | Ian Weir | January 7, 2014 | N/A | |
Arctic Air launches a search and rescue operation for Dev and Astrid. | |||||||
25 | 2 | "High Water" | Gary Harvey | Jon Cooksey | January 14, 2014 | N/A | |
Bobby fights against time and politics to evacuate a community before an upstream dam bursts. | |||||||
26 | 3 | "The Fling" | Kevin Fair | Sarah Dodd | January 21, 2014 | N/A | |
Krista and Tag’s relationship is tested when an emergency landing leaves them stranded. | |||||||
27 | 4 | "The Finish Line" | Kevin Fair | Jon Cooksey & Derek Thompson | January 28, 2014 | N/A | |
A high-stakes plane race raises ghosts from Mel’s past, forcing Krista and Tag to confront a crisis in their relationship. | |||||||
28 | 5 | "The Devils You Know" | Martin Wood | Susin Nielsen | February 4, 2014 | N/A | |
Bobby fights to save Petra’s life savings when Bruce Ward’s involvement in a business deal causes violence and destruction. | |||||||
29 | 6 | "On the Edge" | Martin Wood | Penny E. Gummerson | February 25, 2014 | N/A | |
Krista faces a grisly choice when her team attempts a life and death rescue. | |||||||
30 | 7 | "Flying Solo" | Anthony Atkins | Jordan Wheeler | March 4, 2014 | N/A | |
Bobby and Loreen race to save Caitlin when her first solo flight goes dangerously wrong. | |||||||
31 | 8 | "The Fugitive" | Anthony Atkins | Sarah Dodd & Derek Thompson | March 11, 2014 | N/A | |
A prisoner transport becomes a life and death struggle for Blake and Lindsay, as Krista and Tag reach an impasse in their relationship. | |||||||
32 | 9 | "Rites of Passage" | Amanda Tapping | Penny E. Gummerson & Ian Weir | March 18, 2014 | N/A | |
Bobby and Connor’s weekend on the land becomes a fight for survival, while a high altitude flight puts Mel and Krista in peril. | |||||||
33 | 10 | "Last Drop" | Amanda Tapping | Sarah Dodd | March 25, 2014 | N/A | |
Bobby blames Bruce Ward for his foster sister’s death in a dry community, as Blake and Lindsay pursue a murder suspect. | |||||||
34 | 11 | "The Fall - Part 1" | Gary Harvey | Jon Cooksey & Jordan Wheeler | April 1, 2014 | N/A | |
Krista’s SAR crew is pushed to the limit during a high-altitude rescue, while Bobby is the target of an attack in YK. | |||||||
35 | 12 | "The Fall - Part 2" | Gary Harvey | Jon Cooksey | April 8, 2014 | N/A | |
When disaster strikes, Krista’s SAR team is trapped, and Tag clings to life on the mountain; Bobby and Mel race to save them. |
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