This is a tricky one to right up because I've got some friends that are involved in this series and, if I'm honest, I'd love to work on this show if it comes back for a third season (please, oh please come back for a third season). After the first season I liked this show a lot - there were some story lines that I wasn't crazy about and characters that I wasn't big on - but this second season came back swinging and realized that it was okay to not like all of the characters, so long as they were made interesting. What's strongest about this series is that it has absolutely no problem with upsetting the status quo and putting it's characters through hell. You actually believe that a character might leave and never come back, because that happens, because that's true to life. This world inside of this show is messy, and despite being a bit of a soap opera, it's also quite real. Characters are given hard choices, and even when they win they have to do so by losing something else. Martin Gero and his writing staff understand how much loss plays into victory, and there's always sacrifice, especially when it comes to something so personal as following your dreams.
If you're in Canada you can watch this series for free off of Much Music's website - otherwise I'm sure there's re-runs and on-demand type stuff. It's easily my favourite Canadian series, and I'm proud of the work they've done on it. As Jewel Staite in the (hopefully not series) finale, "We made something". They certainly did. And also the season wrapped up quite well, I could personally go for another round.
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