InSecurity

InSecurity is a Canadian action comedy television series. The series focuses on a team of spycatchers set at the fictional Canadian National Intelligence and Security Agency. The series is set in Ottawa but filmed primarily in Regina. The initial season of 13 episodes premiered January 4, 2011. It was followed by a second season of 10 episodes before cancellation by CBC on April 19, 2012 due to budget cuts from the 2012 Canadian federal budget. One of the producers called it "the 24 of Canada"; one writer described it as "24 without Jack Bauer; CSI minus the science; and James Bond - if James Bond were Mr. Bean." The initial pilot focused on the tedium involved in electronic eavesdropping but the decision was made that it would be too "niche". A second pilot was done with a more 24 approach.

Comedy

Seasons

1. The Doctor

Air Date: 2011-01-04

NISA Team Leader Alex Cranston is captured by uranium smugglers, who bring in a freelance torturer enhanced interrogation specialist (the eponymous "Doctor") to question her. The matter is complicated by the fact that Agent Cranston discovers that the torturer enhanced interrogation specialist is someone from her past. The remainder of the report will cover the team's attempts to locate and recover Cranston.

2. Keeping up with the Laslovs

Air Date: 2011-01-11

A mission to retrieve stolen secret Canadian submarine plans is complicated when Agent Cranston and Director McNeil (who takes a rare turn at field work) are invited to dinner by the Russian couple they're surveilling.

3. View To A Nursing Home

Air Date: 2011-01-18

Alex and her team have to spy on a right-wing terrorist group. But surveillance becomes difficult when their only vantage point is the nursing home where Alex's cranky grandmother lives.

4. The Ligerian Candidate

Air Date: 2011-01-25

N'udu's best friend, Masud, is rescued from a war-torn Ligeria and brought back to Canada by NISA. But someone is still out to kill Masud. Unfortunately, it's N'udu.

5. Recycle After Reading

Air Date: 2011-02-01

The NISA gang must track down secret documents that go missing after Alex and Peter have a drunken night out.

6. Return of the Deadeye

Air Date: 2011-02-08

Alex is tasked with assassinating an assassin, a mission that becomes more complicated when her carefully laid plan backfires: JoJo's poisoning efforts go awry, a civilian ("Jeff from Paperclip Depot") gets involved and Claude goes rogue. With JoJo's life hanging in the balance, it all boils down to Alex and her sniper skills to take out the killer. That, and an elevator.

7. Spies on Ice

Air Date: 2011-02-15

Peter and Alex pose as parents of a kid at hockey tryouts as they try to distract a hockey dad/North Korean spy suspected of treason.

8. The Kwan Identity

Air Date: 2011-02-22

After JoJo suffers amnesia while undercover as a drug dealer’s girlfriend, the NISA gang must convince her alter-ego Vivian to help take the dealer down before he sells a dirty bomb to terrorists.

9. El Negotiator

Air Date: 2011-03-01

Mexican terrorists crash a party.

10. The Ghost

Air Date: 2011-03-08

A spy and master of escape attempts to carry out an elaborate ruse on our team from inside their own headquarters.

11. Going Dutch

Air Date: 2011-03-15

One of Alex's team is returned to NISA after being captured by the Dutch Secret Service.

12. Get Cranston

Air Date: 2011-03-22

A crazed killer targets Alex.

13. Death by Birthday

Air Date: 2011-03-29

An airborne toxin is released into the office.

1. Agent Oo La La

Air Date: 2011-10-03

When inside jokes and inside information are WikiLeaked, Alex must win back Claude's respect and an informant's trust. Burt's lie detector test threatens to reveal his secret office affair.

2. The Gift of Life

Air Date: 2011-10-10

Alex goes undercover as a pregnant woman to investigate a scientist suspected of selling secrets. Burt is down in the dumps when an ailing friend/informant needs a kidney.

3. The Spy Whisperer

Air Date: 2011-10-17

Alex reveals top-secret feelings for a co-worker while under anesthetic at the dentist. Burt finds N’udu’s Ligerian birth certificate, which contains life-changing information.

4. The Spy Who Fed Me

Air Date: 2011-10-24

After losing her badge, Alex struggles to be taken seriously in a high-level interrogation. Burt and JoJo find an interesting way to pass the time on a stakeout.

5. Anger Management

Air Date: 2011-10-31

Alex loses her cool when someone else takes credit for her successful mission. Claude becomes obsessed with finding out what another team member said about him to the NISA psychiatrist.

6. Spies of a Certain Age

Air Date: 2011-11-07

When hackers threaten government systems, Alex teams up with a hot, young cyber analyst to keep the servers safe. But when their relationship heats up at the office, Peter begins to question Alex's judgment. Claude and Burt take a road trip to farm country, where an unfortunate mishap has Claude worried about being put out to pasture.

7. Spy Bites Dog

Air Date: 2011-11-14

Alex must befriend an engineer suspected of funneling blueprints to a foreign country at the dog park, but there's just one hitch: Alex isn't good with dogs, and dogs aren't good with Alex. Claude is dealing with a frustrating reality of his own: N'udu is much wealthier than he is.

8. Agent Ex

Air Date: 2011-11-28

Alex's old feelings resurface when JoJo investigates a radical who happens to be Alex's ex. Claude becomes addicted to a Ligerian videogame.

9. The Spy, the Friend and Her Lover

Air Date: 2011-12-05

Alex's work comes home with her when one of her team starts dating her houseguest. A NISA wedding brings an air of romance to the office.

10. I Spy Peter

Air Date: 2011-12-12

Alex's loyalty is tested when she is forced to investigate her boss, Peter. A case of corporate espionage puts Claude and JoJo together as an unlikely undercover couple.

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Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

2011-01-04

Episodes

23 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast