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It's Sunday September the 30 around 6:50PM and

Intelligence: Back for a 2nd Season

I'm not sure how pitching Chris Haddock's Intelligence opposite Heroes on Monday nights starting tonight can be a good thing, but I'm sure the Mother Ship knows what they are doing. Intelligence is back for what they are calling, "More sex, drugs, and espionage" in another 12 episodes and a sophomore effort. When we last saw our friendly neighborhood drug dealer Jimmy "The Weed King" Reardon, he was on his way to Seattle to be lured into the hands of a waiting DEA trap, while his friend in the high place of Canadian intelligence, Mary Spalding, had her hands just as full with Americans too as she climbs the CSIS ladder and deals with a mole.

The second season begins on the edge of those dual disasters and promises to keep a steady pace. Of course this means that Reardon and Spalding will be pushed closer and closer together. The show is still the best scripted thing on Canadian TV, and looks dirty good as always. My only complaint is sometimes, rarely, it does have that Canadian feel - the full strip club that is quiet enough to have a whispered conversation in, but whatever.

(Credit: melodrama.ca)

A couple of things to look out for this season besides more action at the Chickadee. Can you get enough of a stripper named Sweet? Come on! It's the feel good story of the year. One thing I enjoyed about the first two episodes of this new season has been the pervy inspector General of CSIS who seems like a sneaky spy version of Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe crossed with a tiny bit of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion. Which is pretty great. And, having the twenty-one year old Lorna (Leela Savasta), Raoul's niece, which is nice - hopefully nice enough for Jimmy to finally call things off with his cokehead of a wife. Oh, and let's not forget how Matt Frewer has mastered the fine art of douche bag intelligence guy.