Cracked

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2013-01-08

Last Air Date: 2013-11-25

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 21

Created By: Tracey Forbes, Calum de Hartog

Networks: CBC Television

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Top Cast

David Sutcliffe as Detective Aidan Black
Luisa d'Oliveira as Detective Poppy Wisnefski
Dayo Ade as Leo Beckett
Karen LeBlanc as Inspector Diane Caligra
Mayko Nguyen as Detective Elizabeth Liette
Stefanie von Pfetten as Dr. Daniella Ridley
Brooke Nevin as Dr. Clara Malone
Jenessa Grant as Isabelle Saunders
Shauna MacDonald as Dr. Vanessa Currie
Amy Rutherford as Stella

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: How the Light Gets In (2013-01-08)

On his first assignment in a new division that pairs police officers with psychiatrists, the erratic Detective Aidan Black and Doctor Daniella Ridley must solve the strange murder of a young boy found stabbed, and with a lightbulb sticking out of his chest.
Ep. 2: Fallen (2013-01-15)

Psych Crimes investigates the connection between a manic patient's apocalyptic hallucinations, and a violent murder.
Ep. 3: What We Can’t See (2013-01-22)

A bullied schoolgirl violently lashes out at her tormenters, Aidan and Daniella dig into her home-life and find bizarre ties that extend well beyond the family.
Ep. 4: White Knight (2013-01-29)

Aidan develops a dangerous relationship with a woman he rescues from a psychotic killer still on the loose.
Ep. 5: No Traveller Returns (2013-02-05)

Psych Crimes investigates an assault against a psychiatrist - the key witness in a hearing that could set a murderer free.
Ep. 6: Spirited Away (2013-02-12)

When a young man with Tourette's syndrome stumbles across an abandoned baby, Psych Crimes searches for the birth mother, and finds more than one heartbreaking story of motherhood and post-partum psychosis.
Ep. 7: Rocket Man (2013-02-19)

Psych Crimes investigates the murder of one member of a feuding rock duo after the bipolar lead singer is found raving and naked atop a billboard.
Ep. 8: The Thump Parade (2013-02-26)

A washed-up hockey enforcer's fragile mental state is called into question when Psych Crimes uses him as an agent in an operation against a cold, manipulative criminal. Meanwhile, psychiatric nurse, Leo, is corralled by Homicide to help with a murder investigation.
Ep. 9: Cherry Blossoms (2013-03-19)

A high school girl's dramatic and macabre suicide leads the Psych Crimes team into the heartbreaking world of bullying, and the dark and tangled web of teen girl social dynamics.
Ep. 10: Inquest (2013-03-26)

A coroner's inquest into the accidental death of a young boy turns into a witch-hunt against Aidan who finds his fitness for duty the subject of vicious debate.
Ep. 11: Night Terrors (2013-04-02)

In the aftermath of the inquest, Aidan and Daniella clash while on the hunt for a serial rapist with an odd fetish signature.
Ep. 12: Old Soldiers (2013-04-09)

A brazen daylight robbery takes a turn for the bizarre after one of the thieves has a mid-robbery mental breakdown, which lands Psych Crimes the case.
Ep. 13: The Light in Black (2013-04-16)

After the husband of a well-known human rights lawyer is found murdered with his body contorted sadistically, Daniella and Aidan's search for the killer lures them right into to the terrifying world of psychopathy.