John Mavro

Over the course of one week in 1988, the search for a missing teammate, parental expectations, a burgeoning sexual awakening and the rock concert of the century all threaten to jolt a 16-year-old into adulthood. With the long Victoria Day weekend signaling the end of school, and the Stanley Cup playoffs afoot, the summer of 1988 arrives in Toronto. Ben Spector, a smart, sensitive kid from a Russian immigrant family, hits the Bob Dylan show with his buddies and runs into Jordan Chapman, the class jerk and Ben's tormentor on the ice-hockey rink. Jordan is five dollars shy of scoring some drugs, and Ben begrudgingly spots him the dough. But the next day, Jordan fails to show up at school or hockey practice. With days passing and Jordan's whereabouts a mystery, Ben finds himself in an uncomfortable predicament, especially when a romance with Jordan's sister tentatively blooms in the midst of the ordeal.

Natasha takes place over the course of one summer. It is the story of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants living in the suburbs north of Toronto. When his uncle enters into an arranged marriage with woman from Moscow, the woman arrives in Canada with her fourteen year-old daughter, Natasha. Mark, a slacker, is conscripted by his parents to take responsibility for the strange girl. He learns that, in Moscow, she’d led a troubled and promiscuous life. A secret and forbidden romance begins between the two of them that has bizarre and tragic consequences for everyone involved.

Cinq jeunes bleus inexpérimentés qui sortent à peine de l'académie de police sont affectés dans le même commissariat de la 15e division de la ville de Toronto. Ces jeunes font des gaffes, comme griller un policier sous couverture, ou actionner une arme de service dans les vestiaires. La moindre petite erreur pour les cinq bleus peut avoir des conséquences fatales...

Le professeur Daniel Pierce, un neuroscientifique excentrique et paranoïaque qui enseigne à l'université, aide le gouvernement à résoudre des enquêtes complexes. Il fait équipe avec une de ses anciennes élèves, Kate Moretti, responsable de son recrutement au sein du FBI; il pourra également compter sur l'aide de son assistant Lewicki et de son subconscient qui lui parle au travers d'hallucinations...