Cracked (2013)
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.
Creator
David Barlow, Bruce M. Smith, Peter Raymont
Network
CBC Television
Episodes
How the Light Gets In
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.
Fallen
Psych Crimes investigates the connection between a manic patient's apocalyptic hallucinations, and a violent murder.
What We Can’t See
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.
White Knight
Aidan develops a dangerous relationship with a woman he rescues from a psychotic killer still on the loose.
No Traveller Returns
Psych Crimes investigates an assault against a psychiatrist - the key witness in a hearing that could set a murderer free.
Spirited Away
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.
Rocket Man
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.
The Thump Parade
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.
Cherry Blossoms
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.
Inquest
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.
Night Terrors
In the aftermath of the inquest, Aidan and Daniella clash while on the hunt for a serial rapist with an odd fetish signature.
Old Soldiers
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.
The Light in Black
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.
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
Cracked
Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
21
Production
Group M, White Pine Pictures, CBC
