Intelligence: Season One DVD Review (2008)

This accomplished Canadian police drama boasts that “information is the most addictive drug of all.”

And the series is determined to prove it, too, in episodes that mainline a combination of sex, crime bosses, sleazy thugs, Russian pole dancers, cocaine-addicted mothers and corrupt officials all creating havoc in the shallow end of Vancouver’s gene pool.

The series’ key players are Ian Tracey’s Jimmy Reardon, a loving father and devoted drug smuggler, and Klea Scott’s ambitious Mary Spalding, who leads Vancouver’s Organized Crime Unit but who longs to be much more than that.

Together, these two join forces in dangerous ways meant to advance their careers, but at what cost? In this case, it’s worth finding out.

Grade: B