# Sex & Violence (TV series)

Sex & Violence is a television series that first aired on 17 November 2013 on OUTtv in Canada. The series stars Jennie Raymond as a lesbian police constable, Olympia Dukakis as a victim advocate, Jackie Torrens as a social worker and Kerry Fox and Johnny Terris as therapists. The original six-part show, focused on domestic violence, became the highest rated original drama in OUTtv's history and the channel announced its renewal on 8 May 2014. The third season debuted on OUTtv on 10 September 2017.

## Cast and characters

* Jennie Raymond as Constable Maria Roach
* Jackie Torrens as Drucie MacKay
* Olympia Dukakis as Alex Mandalakis
* Kerry Fox as Brenda Shaw
* Johnny Terris as Manny MacNeil
* Michael McPhee as Constable Doug Downey
* Callum Dunphy as Finn
* Riley Raymer as Megan
* Rob Joseph Leonard as Jasper Whynacht
* Jeremy Akerman as Judge Seamus MacDonald
* Pasha Ebrahimi as Dr. Padraig O'Carroll
* Kevin Kincaid as Diarmuid
* Candy Palmater as Louella
* Glen Matthews as Stephen
* Thom Payne as Steven
* Naomi-Joy Blackhall-Butler as Marjorie Mbelu
* Adrian Comeau as Rejean
* Andria Wilson as Ginger Kim
* Koumbie as Aria
* Andrea Lee Norwood as Mona
* Gharrett Patrick Paon as Crawford
* Krista MacDonald as Krista Cirby

## Production

The series is filmed in Nova Scotia, Canada. Thom Fitzgerald wrote and directed the original series, which also features Jeremy Akerman, Naomi-Joy Blackhall-Butler, Pasha Ebrahimi, Michael McPhee, Glen Matthews, Lisa-Rose Snow, Candy Palmater and Rob Joseph Leonard. Season 2 introduces new characters played by Johnny Terris, Kevin Kincaid and Riley Raymer.

## Awards and nominations

* 2018 ACTRA Award for Best Lead Actress, Jennie Raymond
* 2018 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress, Jackie Torrens
* 2018 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Lead Actor, Alex Purdy
* 2018 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Koumbie
* 2018 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Pasha Ebrahimi
* 2018 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Gharrett Patrick Paon
* 2018 Screen Nova Scotia Award Nomination for Best TV Series
* 2018 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Jennie Raymond
* 2016 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress, Jackie Torrens
* 2016 ACTRA Award for Best Lead Actress, Jennie Raymond
* 2016 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Andria Wilson
* 2016 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Krista MacDonald
* 2016 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Glen Matthews
* 2016 Screen Nova Scotia Award Nomination for Best TV Series
* 2016 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Jennie Raymond for the episode "Famous Last Words"
* 2016 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series, Callum Dunphy, for the episodes "Connection" and "Shelter"
* 2015 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress, Jackie Torrens
* 2015 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress, Jennie Raymond
* 2015 ACTRA Award for Best Supporting Actress, Carol Sinclair
* 2015 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Michael McPhee
* 2015 ACTRA Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Pasha Ebrahimi
* 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, Thom Fitzgerald for the episode "Surface Scars"
* 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Jennie Raymond for the episode "Denial"
* 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Jackie Torrens, for the episode "Social Work"
* 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series, Olympia Dukakis, for the episode "Social Work"
* 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series, Carol Sinclair, for the episode "Social Work"

## Episode list
### Season 1

| Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Social Work" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 17 November 2013 (2013-11-17) |
| Victim Advocate Alex Mandalakis tries to keep an axe attack victim safe in a women's shelter. Social worker Drucie MacKay finds a foster home for two troubled children with gay couple Stephen and Steven. Stars Carol Sinclair. |||||
| 2 | "Denial" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 24 November 2013 (2013-11-24) |
| Constable Roach is assaulted outside a bar but struggles to have her case heard in court. |||||
| 3 | "Surface Scars" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 1 December 2013 (2013-12-01) |
| Alex helps a teenager who was held captive put his life back together. Stars Aaron Webber. |||||
| 4 | "Loosen the Noose" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 8 December 2013 (2013-12-08) |
| Jasper seeks sex in the wake of his failed marriage. Alex tries to recruit a victim's son to testify against his father. |||||
| 5 | "One Side" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 15 December 2013 (2013-12-15) |
| Inappropriate behavior puts Alex's career at risk. Brenda has a secret affair. |||||
| 6 | "The Break Up" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 22 December 2013 (2013-12-22) |
| An estranged husband takes over the women's shelter and Alex is in danger. Constable Roach isolates a killer. |||||

### Season 2

| Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 7 | "Atlantic Rim" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) |
| Roach sees a connection between two mysterious deaths. Stephen rebuilds his life as a widower and Alex refuses help after being shot. |||||
| 8 | "Famous Last Words" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 27 July 2015 (2015-07-27) |
| Roach and Downey respond to a shooter at a school. Chanel urges Alex to leave Seamus. |||||
| 9 | "Back When I Was A Kid" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 3 August 2015 (2015-08-03) |
| Megan, Roach, Drucie and Alex try to help a mother and her three sons to leave her unstable husband. |||||
| 10 | "Three Shots" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 10 August 2015 (2015-08-10) |
| Manny confesses an affair and Alex opens her home to an ungrateful abused woman. |||||
| 11 | "Connection" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 17 August 2015 (2015-08-17) |
| Alex asks Seamus to help her start a women's shelter. Roach pursues her theory that a serial killer is targeting gay men. |||||
| 12 | "Shelter" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 24 August 2015 (2015-08-24) |
| Alex tries desperately to raise funds for her women's shelter. An old mistake comes back to haunt Roach and the killer is revealed. |||||

### Season 3

| Episode # | $_{Title}$ | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 13 | "Aftermath" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) |
| Drucie is called to the scene of a school shooting. Roach asks Drucie to help call attention to a crime. |||||
| 14 | "Survivor's Guilt" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) |
| Roach searches for the strangler. Drucie forms a bond with an injured teacher. |||||
| 15 | "Finn" | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | 24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) |
| Drucie and Roach try to intervene when they suspect a teen is being stalked. |||||