Arctic Air is a Canadian drama television series that began airing on CBC Television on January 10, 2012.
On March 17, 2014, the series was canceled due to government budgetary cuts. In total, 35 episodes aired over the three seasons.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) | March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13) | |
| 2 | 13 | January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09) | April 17, 2013 (2013-04-17) | |
| 3 | 12 | January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) | April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08) | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2012)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Out of a Clear Blue Sky" | Paul Shapiro | Ian Weir | January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) | 1.06 | |
| Bobby returns to Yellowknife; a dangerous storm forces Mel to ditch his plane. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "All In" | James Dunnison | James Phillips | January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) | 0.89 | |
| Bobby gambles Mel's plane in a poker game; a DC-3 runs out of fuel at 5000 feet. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Hijacked" | Mike Rohl | Bob Carney | January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24) | 1.07 | |
| An Arctic Air flight is hijacked while flying rig workers to Yellowknife. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "All the Vital Things" | Robert Lieberman | Sarah Dodd | January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31) | 0.89 | |
| Bobby lies to gain the trust of an elder. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Northern Lights" | Anthony Atkins | Jordan Wheeler | February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) | N/A | |
| Arctic Air may be involved in a drug overdose in a remote community. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "C-TVAK" | Mike Rohl | Penny Gummerson | February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14) | N/A | |
| Bobby puts Cece's life at risk to find out how his father died. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Vancouver is Such a Screwed-Up City" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Susin Nielsen | February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21) | 0.78 | |
| Bobby travels south with Mel and Krista to buy a new plane and his old life in Vancouver comes back to haunt him. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Professional" | Kevin Fair | Ian Weir | February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28) | 0.72 | |
| Lives are at a risk when a hitman comes to Yellowknife. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "New North" | James Dunnison | Ian Weir | March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) | 0.66 | |
| Arctic Air gets more than it bargained for when Bobby convinces his high-rolling college roommate to invest in the company. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Drop in for Lunch" | Gary Harvey | Sarah Dodd | March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13) | 0.96 | |
| A routine flight from Watson Lake to Yellowknife turns deadly. | |||||||
Season 2 (2013)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Wildfire" | Anthony Atkins | R.B. Carney | January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09) | 0.84 | |
| Bobby and Krista attempt to rescue a group of stranded tourists from a raging forest fire, but they need help from the rest of the Arctic Air crew if they're going to make it out alive. | |||||||
| 12 | 2 | "Bombs Away" | Anthony Atkins | Jordan Wheeler | January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16) | N/A | |
| Bobby's sister Deanna is arrested for eco-terrorist bombings, but as Bobby works to clear her name, he learns that there's one more bomb and it's been planted on an Arctic Air plane -- with Krista aboard. | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | "Open Season" | Gary Harvey | Penny E. Gummerson | January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23) | N/A | |
| Bobby and Caitlin fly to the northern hunting grounds, where they discover Nelson has been shot by the hunters he was sent there to guide. | |||||||
| 14 | 4 | "Stormy Weather" | Anne Wheeler | Sara Snow | January 30, 2013 (2013-01-30) | N/A | |
| Inclement weather traps Bobby, Krista, and Blake inside an abandoned radar station, where a hidden threat lurks. | |||||||
| 15 | 5 | "Old Wounds" | Gary Harvey | Ian Weir | February 6, 2013 (2013-02-06) | N/A | |
| Bobby makes a final bid to save his diamond claim by sponsoring Jim McAllister in a boxing match. | |||||||
| 16 | 6 | "Dangerous Cargo" | Anne Wheeler | Sarah Dodd | February 13, 2013 (2013-02-13) | N/A | |
| A biologist resorts to terrorism out of desperation, holding Krista and Bobby at gunpoint in the Arctic Air headquarters. | |||||||
| 17 | 7 | "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills" | Mike Rohl | R.B. Carney & Penny Gummerson | February 27, 2013 (2013-02-27) | N/A | |
| Arctic Air goes up against Bruce Ward and the Comstock Brothers when a dying trapper tells Dev and Cece the location of a gold claim. | |||||||
| 18 | 8 | "Secrets & Lies" | Neill Fearnley | Sarah Dodd | March 6, 2013 (2013-03-06) | 0.69 | |
| Petra suspects her ex-husband is behind Connor's disappearance, leading her to team with Bobby in search of them. | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | "Hell Hath No Fury" | Mike Rohl | Ian Weir | March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) | N/A | |
| Bobby is tasked with reining in a troubled rock star during the northern leg of her comeback tour. | |||||||
| 20 | 10 | "Skeletons in the Closet" | Neill Fearnley | Larry Bambrick | March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) | N/A | |
| Bobby and Mel are left stranded in an isolated community when their DC-3 is shot up on the airstrip. | |||||||
| 21 | 11 | "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" | Kevin Fair | Susan Nielsen | April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03) | 0.61 | |
| Krista's mother comes to town and turns her daughter's life upside down. | |||||||
| 22 | 12 | "Fool Me Once" | Amanda Tapping | Derek Thompson & Ian Weir | April 10, 2013 (2013-04-10) | N/A | |
| Blake's sister crashes a couples weekend in Calgary; where Krista learns Bobby and Petra kissed. | |||||||
| 23 | 13 | "Ts'inada" | Kevin Fair | R.B. Carney, Sara Snow & Jordan Wheeler | April 17, 2013 (2013-04-17) | N/A | |
| Kidnappers capture Caitlin, but instead of a ransom they demand a trade for Nelson. | |||||||
Season 3 (2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | "The River" | Gary Harvey | Ian Weir | January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) | N/A | |
| Arctic Air launches a search and rescue operation for Dev and Astrid. | |||||||
| 25 | 2 | "High Water" | Gary Harvey | Jon Cooksey | January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) | N/A | |
| Bobby fights against time and politics to evacuate a community before an upstream dam bursts. | |||||||
| 26 | 3 | "The Fling" | Kevin Fair | Sarah Dodd | January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21) | N/A | |
| Krista and Tag’s relationship is tested when an emergency landing leaves them stranded. | |||||||
| 27 | 4 | "The Finish Line" | Kevin Fair | Jon Cooksey & Derek Thompson | January 28, 2014 (2014-01-28) | N/A | |
| A high-stakes plane race raises ghosts from Mel’s past, forcing Krista and Tag to confront a crisis in their relationship. | |||||||
| 28 | 5 | "The Devils You Know" | Martin Wood | Susin Nielsen | February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04) | N/A | |
| Bobby fights to save Petra’s life savings when Bruce Ward’s involvement in a business deal causes violence and destruction. | |||||||
| 29 | 6 | "On the Edge" | Martin Wood | Penny E. Gummerson | February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25) | N/A | |
| Krista faces a grisly choice when her team attempts a life and death rescue. | |||||||
| 30 | 7 | "Flying Solo" | Anthony Atkins | Jordan Wheeler | March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04) | N/A | |
| Bobby and Loreen race to save Caitlin when her first solo flight goes dangerously wrong. | |||||||
| 31 | 8 | "The Fugitive" | Anthony Atkins | Sarah Dodd & Derek Thompson | March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11) | N/A | |
| A prisoner transport becomes a life and death struggle for Blake and Lindsay, as Krista and Tag reach an impasse in their relationship. | |||||||
| 32 | 9 | "Rites of Passage" | Amanda Tapping | Penny E. Gummerson & Ian Weir | March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18) | N/A | |
| Bobby and Connor’s weekend on the land becomes a fight for survival, while a high altitude flight puts Mel and Krista in peril. | |||||||
| 33 | 10 | "Last Drop" | Amanda Tapping | Sarah Dodd | March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25) | N/A | |
| Bobby blames Bruce Ward for his foster sister’s death in a dry community, as Blake and Lindsay pursue a murder suspect. | |||||||
| 34 | 11 | "The Fall - Part 1" | Gary Harvey | Jon Cooksey & Jordan Wheeler | April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01) | N/A | |
| Krista’s SAR crew is pushed to the limit during a high-altitude rescue, while Bobby is the target of an attack in YK. | |||||||
| 35 | 12 | "The Fall - Part 2" | Gary Harvey | Jon Cooksey | April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08) | N/A | |
| When disaster strikes, Krista’s SAR team is trapped, and Tag clings to life on the mountain; Bobby and Mel race to save them. | |||||||
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