Cracked

2013

Cracked

6.9 | TV-14 | en | Drama

The Psych Crimes Unit, a unique team of police detectives and mental health professionals, is tasked with solving bizarre and chilling crimes that cross the boundary between law enforcement and psychological disturbance.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP8 Voices

Nov. 25,2013

When the Property Manager at a seedy Parkdale tenement house winds up murdered, things take a strange turn when a resident with schizophrenia appears with the murder weapon, claiming the devil told him where it was.

EP7 Hideaway

Nov. 18,2013

The murder of a community health worker takes on a special meaning for Pysch Crimes, as the deceased is someone from Leo’s past, forcing him to confront his deepest regrets. Meanwhile, the investigation leads the team to discover an abused young woman who could be a victim, the perpetrator or both.

EP6 Ghost Dance

Nov. 04,2013

Psych Crimes is called to investigate the brutal murder of an Aboriginal woman on a lonesome stretch of highway.

EP5 The Hold Out

Oct. 28,2013

When a bomb goes off in the home of an elderly paranoid man locked in a battle with a successful developer, Psych Crimes is called in to sort through conspiracy theories in search of the truth.

EP4 Faces

Oct. 21,2013

When a shopkeeper is knifed in Kensington Market, Psych Crimes needs to help him overcome his unique illness – Face Blindness – in order to identify the attacker.

EP3 The Valley

Oct. 14,2013

When a schizophrenic young man living in the Rosedale Valley ravine is found murdered, Psych Crimes is called to a puzzling scene: the location has been cleaned and the body carefully

EP2 The Price

Oct. 07,2013

Members of a rock band are the victims of a brazen shooting in a downtown nightclub. Aidan and Clara have to determine whether the key witness – an ex-model with a shady past - is truly suffering from traumatic amnesia or lying to conceal the identity of the killer.

EP1 Swans

Sep. 30,2013

After a masked gunman kidnaps a young woman from a locked psych ward, it becomes clear that the case is more complicated than it looks.

6.9 | TV-14 | en | Drama , Crime | More Info

Released: 2013-01-08 | Released Producted By: CBC , White Pine Pictures Country: Canada Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.cbc.ca/cracked/

Synopsis

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Cast

David Sutcliffe , Luisa d'Oliveira , Dayo Ade

Director

David Barlow

Producted By

CBC , White Pine Pictures

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Trailers

Cast

David Sutcliffe

as Detective Aidan Black

Milton's Secret Deadly Inferno Cracked Mega Cyclone On Strike for Christmas Before You Say 'I Do' Sticks & Stones Towards Darkness Happy Endings

Luisa d'Oliveira

as Detective Poppy Wisnefski

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Dayo Ade

as Leo Beckett

Toys of Terror Cracked Unthinkable Phat Girlz

Reviews

engelopbezem I watched a few episodes, but it's not worth the time. Story line is awful, acting is awful. The male character doesn't make sense at all, the female psychologist clearly missed half of her psychology classes. Even I as a coach, seem to have better understanding of the human psyche. As said by someone else, indeed weird that an actor like Colantoni accepted a role in the series (2nd episode). Guess this was arranged before it became clear how awfully bad the series would turn out to be. And speak of the devil, isn't this a rip-off of Flashpoint? Sort of similar concept, talk before you shoot, the psychological approach. Don't waste your time on it, there's plenty of good series around!

g-tunnicliff Well being especially mental health is a difficult subject to build a TV show on - it relies on the main characters being liked enough by the viewer to be entertained. In this regard Cracked has done very well. The main character has to be cracked but competent and the characters around him have to be empathetic or there is no reason to keep main character. Also even though some of the subjects each week are not flattering we must empathise with their problems. Thus Cracked has done very well - this can only be accomplished by good acting and good storytelling. Overall the series has accomplished a lot but now the interplay between the characters has to drive the story and hopefully see the problems that materialize.

Adam I watched an episode of this show based on the name, assuming it would be a TV series spin off of the Cracked website. Instead, I was treated to an hour long near-parody of evening police dramas. The acting is laughably bad. The episode hinged around a series of high school bullying-related deaths. The weak acting takes second fiddle to the truly ridiculous cut-and-paste characters. Every single character we come across in the high school is some goofy stereotype, from the mean girl to the nerd to the car-culture burnout. But the main cast is even worse, with no personality whatsoever. This main cop, he's supposed to be all edgy, but the edgiest thing he says or does in the entire episode is take a teenage girl's phone away (this has nothing to do with the plot, just ham-fisted writing). This show had me laughing the whole time. It's unintentional camp.

adam shark I kind of agree with some of the reviewers who gave this show low marks. The first three episodes are slow and there's some rather odd editing/directing choices that weaken what I suspect were more solid scripts.Why am I giving it a higher rating? Because in episode 4 the show starts to hit its stride, and the last three episodes (6,7,8) are really, really good. They're definitely trying to take the usual criminal show in another direction and while the mix of psychology and criminology doesn't always mesh, it's a nice change from the usual crime TV that is being churned out these days.If you're looking for a show that sticks to the formula and stuff that has been proved to work on TV, Cracked probably isn't for you. But if you are looking for something a little different, and can forgive the occasional misstep while this fledgling show finds its footing, I'd suggest skipping the pilot altogether and giving episodes 2-8 a try.