Season 3
Season 3 had aired its first episode on October 8, 2009, which aired on CBC Television.
Season 3 begins with the aftermath of the events that occurred in the last episode of season 2. Kessler and Carver hover near death while Gray hunts down Layla’s killers. A bloody highway shoot-out with the crime mob in ‘Ndrangheta has left Major Kessler and Agent Carver fighting for their lives. The Squad is forced to the sidelines, as Special Counsel Louise Tilden investigates the role of ICS in the much-publicized tragedy. Meanwhile, Gray, who has been suspended from duty, sets out to avenge the murders of Layla and his father Dougie.
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "The Dead" | Brent Sullivan | Janet MacLean | October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08) |
| Layla is buried with RCMP honours while Gray is suspended from ICS duties after Kessler and Carver are heavily wounded from the shootout between heavily armed mobsters and Tutcott Solutions agents. Gray goes rogue to avenge Layla and his late father Douglas by taking out the remaining mobsters left alive led by Andriano Frantangelo. At the same time, Louise Tilden conducts an investigation at ICS into determining whether Gray was responsible for the shootout. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | "Broken" | Phil Earnshaw | Greg Nelson | October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15) |
| Bianca LaGarda returns to Canada escorting a 17-year-old former prisoner of Guantanamo Bay, in an attempt to lure and apprehend a suspected terrorist hiding in Toronto. Meanwhile, a formal public inquiry into the shootout begins, and both Gray and Kessler are called to the stand to determine whether ICS was responsible. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | "Killer Debt" | TW Peacocke | David Barlow | October 22, 2009 (2009-10-22) |
| When a Canadian millionaire is killed in a fall from a high-rise apartment building, ICS is called to investigate after the culprit is found to have been a businessman known for conducting Ponzi schemes around the world. Meanwhile, Slade tries to help his widowed mother after learning that her finances have been jeopardized in the wake of the fraudster's death. | |||||
| 30 | 4 | "Hate Metal" | TW Peacocke | Sarah Dodd | October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29) |
| ICS investigates an American neo-Nazi who has entered Canada illegally in spite of a prior deportation to the USA. Over Carver's objections, Gray is called in by Kessler to infiltrate and investigate a white supremacist group in British Columbia in order to uncover their plans. Gray proceeds to go undercover with the assistance of an imprisoned teenager who he had befriended during a similar operation years earlier. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | "Missing in Action" | Phil Earnshaw | Alex Levine | November 5, 2009 (2009-11-05) |
| Kessler goes to Afghanistan with an Afghan-American representative of the Department of Homeland Security to help the Afghan government assess their border security on the north. However, the two are kidnapped by an armed gang with the intention of having them handed over to a Taliban faction for ransom. ICS and DHS are against time to save time with help from American and Canadian forces in Afghanistan before they are executed. | |||||
| 32 | 6 | "Kiss and Cry" | Eleanore Lindo | Janet MacLean | November 12, 2009 (2009-11-12) |
| Zoe assists a Chinese-born ice skater to defect in Canada after he reveals that he wants to escape, being on the run from Ministry of State Security agents deployed to apprehend the skater. Kessler investigates the skater when he was told that he's a known terrorist support for Chinese Islamic terrorist groups. | |||||
| 33 | 7 | "Bride Price" | Holly Dale | Greg Nelson | November 19, 2009 (2009-11-19) |
| When a Punjab woman is detained in Canada after arriving in Pearson International Airport for visa problems, she reveals that she is supposed to meet her "husband". ICS goes in to check on her story when it is revealed the woman's husband is a known con man. Kessler and the other agents investigate the woman when she disappears, her father telling the woman that she dishonored the entire family. | |||||
| 34 | 8 | "Dark Ride" | Gary Harvey | Sarah Dodd | November 26, 2009 (2009-11-26) |
| Maggie heads to New Brunswick to see her daughter, Kim, during an investigation of biker gangs conducting criminal activity with the death of a woman during a supposed snuff film. Kim is later kidnapped by bikers related to Richie after he is assassinated when he helped Maggie investigate the woman's death. | |||||
| 35 | 9 | "Dying Art" | Gavin Smith | David Barlow | December 3, 2009 (2009-12-03) |
| Kessler sends Khali and Darnell to Montreal to investigate claims that a celebrated golden Buddha was stolen and illegally imported to Canada. But the protestors – a Buddhist monk and an idealistic school teacher – turn out to be as mysterious as the Buddha's smile. Khali goes undercover to discover their true intentions. | |||||
| 36 | 10 | "Spoils of War" | John Fawcett | Greg Nelson | December 10, 2009 (2009-12-10) |
| Kessler, Darnell, and Charlotte uncover a deadly Canadian link to coltan smuggling in the Congo. | |||||
| 37 | 11 | "Credible Threat" | Brett Sullivan | Sarah Dodd | January 7, 2010 (2010-01-07) |
| The American President's upcoming visit to Canada has the ICS Squad on full alert. Working with DHS Agent Liz Carver and the Secret Service Advance Team, ICS sifts through hundreds of threats and uncovers an assassination plot by a Lebanese terrorist, working for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. But as Slade digs deeper, he discovers the trail they've been following is an elaborate electronic smokescreen created by a sophisticated hacker. To make matters worse, an internal security leak means the real assassin is always one step ahead of the Squad. | |||||
| 38 | 12 | "No Refuge" | John Fawcett | Janet MacLean | January 14, 2010 (2010-01-14) |
| A kingpin in Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel is en route to Toronto to meet his new distributors – the ultraviolent street gang, MS-13. Ramon Esteban – the new flame of Kessler's ex-wife Terri – is a Mexican journalist whose articles on Los Zetas have put him on the cartel's hit list. When Kessler, Carver, and Gray attempt to transfer Ramon from Terri's shelter into protective custody, MS-13 launches an all-out attack. Kessler must fight back with an unlikely team of warriors. |
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