Season 4

of Sanctuary premiered on October 7th and concluded on December 30th, 2011 on Syfy in the United States and SPACE in Canada, and some time later in the United Kingdom on WATCH and on Syfy in Australia.
== Synopsis ==
: This article page section uses content from: Wikipedia:Sanctuary (Canadian TV series)#Fourth season.
Helen Magnus is able to thwart Adam Worth and prevent any major changes to the timeline, then returns to the present by living through the intervening years again. She and her team manage to end the abnormal assault on humanity without too much bloodshed, but still must contend with increasing persecution from the Specified Counter-Insurgency Unit (SCIU), an anti-abnormal agency. Magnus is forced to cut the Sanctuary Network's ties to the UN, reputable banking institutions, etc. in order to maintain independence, a move made possible by her extensive preparations during her second trip through the twentieth century. Additionally, a number of Hollow Earth abnormals refuse to remain quietly underground and engage in terrorist activities against humans. Matters come to a head when a contingent of these abnormals, led by Caleb, agree to cease their violent activities in exchange for Magnus' help in establishing a homeland in Old City. She agrees, but SCIU is highly suspicious due to the group's former attacks. This skepticism proves justified, since Caleb plans to release a substance that would bring out latent abnormal traits in normal humans, effectively eradicating the species. Magnus is also prepared for this betrayal, taking Caleb out with a massive explosion that destroys the Sanctuary. Now presumed dead, she is free to begin anew in an edenic underground city based on the work of Buckminster Fuller and Albert Einstein, one last secret from her repeated century.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(Canadian_TV_series)#Fourth_season
== About the season ==
The fourth season of the Canadian science fiction–fantasy television series Sanctuary was commissioned by Syfy in January 2010.
In describing what the fourth season would be about, Amanda Tapping stated that the Hollow Earth storyline would still be dealt with. She also requested that Magnus be given a love interest. At San Diego Comic-Con, Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne stated that season four will contain a musical episode called "".
Starting with this season, the episodes are split into six "acts" instead of five, to afford an additional commercial break. Months after the fourth season ended, Syfy announced on May 21st, 2012 that Sanctuary will not be returning for a fifth season and that the show is cancelled.Syfy cancels Sanctuary.
== Cast ==
Amanda Tapping	Robin Dunne	Ryan Robbins	ChristopherHeyerdahl
 	 	 	
Series regular 	Character 	Episode
Amanda Tapping 	Doctor Helen Magnus 	All episodes.
Robin Dunne 	Doctor Will Zimmerman 	All episodes, except: 
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Ryan Robbins 	Henry Foss 	All episodes, except: 
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Christopher Heyerdahl	John Druitt 	
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* (mentioned)
* (mentioned)
Christopher Heyerdahl	Bigfoot 	All episodes, except: 
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Guest starring 	Character 	Episode
Ian Tracey 	Adam Worth 	
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* (mentioned)
Ian Tracey 	Adam Worth (A.I.) 	
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Peter Wingfield 	Doctor James Watson 	
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* (mentioned)
* (mentioned)
Agam Darshi 	Kate Freelander 	
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Pascale Hutton 	Abby Corrigan 	
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* (mentioned)
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Jody Thompson 	Fallon 	
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Françoise Yip 	Doctor Lilian Lee 	
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Tom McBeath 	General Villanova 	
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* (mentioned)
Robert Lawrenson 	Declan MacRae 	
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David Milchard 	Garris 	
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* (mentioned)
Pauline Egan 	Erika Myers 	
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* (mentioned)
Brian Markinson 	Greg Addison 	
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Lara Gilchrist 	Cassidy Turner 	
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Sandrine Holt 	Charlotte Benoit 	
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Carlo Rota 	Feodor 'Frank' Glazov / Richard Feliz 	
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* (mentioned)
John Novak 	Thug Boss 	
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Martin Cummins 	Brad Sylvester 	
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Tora Hylands 	Nicholls 	
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Charlie Carrick 	Tyler 	
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Kurt Evans 	Agent Gavin Crealy 	
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Jonathon Young 	Nikola Tesla 	
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* (mentioned)
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Rick Howland 	Galvo 	
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Jenn MacLean-Angus 	Doctor Coates 	
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Adam Greydon Reid 	Bruno Delacourt 	
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Caroline Cave 	Sheila Delacourt 	
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Al Sapienza 	Will's Father / Jacob Zimmerman 	
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Jodi Balfour 	Terry 	
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Michael Patric 	Alistair 	
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* (mentioned)
Scott North 	Murray 	
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Jim Byrnes 	Gregory Magnus 	
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Anjali Jay 	Jasmine 	
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Brenda Campbell 	Michelle Moran 	
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Gil Bellows 	Caleb 	
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Venus Terzo 	Captain Franklin 	
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Gerard Plunkett 	Fordis 	
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Featuring 	Character 	Episode
Margot Berner 	Imogene Worth 	
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Andrew Kavadas 	1898 Police Officer / Lestrade 	
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Justine Herding 	Street Urchin Girl 	
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Simon Webb 	Simon 	
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Michael Arnold 	Street Urchin 	
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Shalaquin Epps 	Unknown role 	
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Karyn Baltzer 	Lacynth / Female Hyperempath 	
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Greyston Holt 	Lieutenant Coxwell 	
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Fraser Aitcheson 	Herusan / Unknown Thelo Follower 	
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Lee Wilson 	Iguana Creature / Lizard King Henchmen (voice) 	
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Mig Macario 	Wahid / Crixorum 	
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Sage Brocklebank 	Canadian Press Photographer 	
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Kwesi Ameyaw 	Colonel Bosh 	
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J.C. Williams 	SCIU Agent Basil 	
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Darren Bennett 	SCIU Agent Pierre 	
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Jason Bax 	SCIU Worker 	
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Zak Santiago 	Captured Abnormal 	
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Conrad Coates 	Yusuf 	
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Brent Stait 	Finn Noland 	
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Alex Ferris 	Young Will 	
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Emilie Ullerup 	Ashley Magnus 	
* (archive footage)
* (mentioned)
Richard Stroh 	Oren 	
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Eli Gabay 	SCIU Security Guard 	
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Morris Chapdelaine 	Abnormal Suicide Bomber 	
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Dalias Blake 	Abnormal Leader 	
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Dawn Chubai 	Julia Hague 	
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Uncredited 	Character 	Episode
Robin Dunne 	Spring-heeled Jack 	
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Aaron Atkins 	Iguana Creature / Lizard King Henchmen (actor) 	
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Unnamed actor 	Chesky 	
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Unnamed actor 	Jonesy 	
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No actress 	Gayle 	
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Marshall Virtue 	Randall / SCIU Special Ops Character name/title is conjecture. Neither character name nor title is officially listed on IMDb.	
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Dan Pelchat 	Jebal 	
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Mentioned 	Character 	Episode
Vincent Gale 	Nigel Griffin 	
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== Episodes ==
== Production ==
: This article page section uses content from: Wikipedia:Sanctuary season 4#Production.
In January 2010, Syfy officially renewed Sanctuary for a fourth, 13-episode season, to air starting Autumn 2011. According to Tapping, producing a thirteen-part season was more practical than a twenty-episode season, stating "I think thirteen is a good number for us. Twenty was really hard. It was a great joy because we were able to flesh things out more. And I think had we been given more lead-up to starting our season, although we had a network pickup early. [...] We really only had five weeks to prep this entire season. And if we were doing twenty, I think we'd all be in an insane asylum by now. Thirteen was like, we can do thirteen with five weeks. There's no way we could've been prepared for twenty." Robin Dunne has said that he will direct the sixth episode of the season, having had an interest in doing so. In describing what the fourth season would be about, Tapping stated the Hollow Earth storyline would still be dealt with. She also requested that Magnus be given a love interest. The Sanctuary panel during the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International revealed that there will be a musical episode sometime this season.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_4#Production
== Broadcast and ratings ==
: This article page section uses content from: Wikipedia:Sanctuary season 4#Broadcast and reception.
The season returned to Friday nights and premiered on October 7th, at 10:00 PM. The fourth season was the 64th most watched cable show in 2011, averaging 1.262 million viewers per episode and a 0.4 rating for viewers aged 18 to 49 years. It was up from the 997,000 average of the second half of the third season earlier in the year. However, ratings for the fourth season were down 13.44 per cent compared with the first half of season three in 2010.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_4#Broadcast_and_reception
== Home media release ==
BELIEVE IN THE UNBELIEVABLEDr. Helen Magnus (AMANDA TAPPING) is a brilliant and beautiful scientist who - along with forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman (ROBIN DUNNE), tech expert Henry Foss (RYAN ROBBINS) and the real Bigfoot (CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL) - tracks down, studies and protects the monstrous creatures that secretly live among us. Now that their allies have turned against them, the work of the Sanctuary team and, indeed, their lives are at stake, forcing them to make their own rules.
== Notes ==
* Watch Online: As of 2021, the series is available to watch for free with ads on Vudu. Season 4 can be viewed here: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Sanctuary-Season-4/248988.
** Update: Known as of June 2024, though still available on the website, after three years the series is no longer free to watch with ads and must be purchased.
== Gallery ==
File:Sanctuary_-_Season_4_Promo_1_-_Change_is_Coming|Season 4 promo 1
File:Sanctuary_Season_4_Trailer_-_NEW!!|Season 4 trailer
File:Sanctuary_Season_4_Trailer_-_Space_Channel|Season 4 trailer - Space Channel
File:NUP_145662_0703_595.jpg|Henry Foss, John Druitt, Helen Magnus, and Will Zimmerman
File:NUP_145662_0520_595.jpg|Helen Magnus and Will Zimmerman
File:NUP_145662_0329_595.jpg|Helen Magnus
File:NUP_145662_0297_595.jpg|Will Zimmerman
File:NUP_145662_0135_595.jpg|Henry Foss
File:NUP_145662_0055_595.jpg|John Druitt
== References ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_4
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 4 Spoilers"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 4 Unknown Episodes"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 4 Behind The Scenes Videos"
Category:Season_4