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Our Hero

TV·2000–2002·2 seasons, 26 episodes·CBC Television·Drama, Comedy·22m

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Our Hero is a critically acclaimed television show on the CBC from 2000 to 2002. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons, and was syndicated in the U.S. and U.K. The title character was teenager Kale Stiglic who created a zine about her life in suburban Toronto, with her friends Ross, Mary-Elizabeth, and Dalal. Each episode was named after an "issue" of her zine. Plot segments were interspersed with quirky animated sequences narrated by Kale, with the animation reflecting the illustrations used in that issue's zine.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes2000–01AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The Imperfect IssueOctober 5, 2000After years of having every embarassing moment of her life recounted and exaggerated by her father in his newspaper column, 17 yr. old Kale
  2. S01E02The Passion IssueOctober 12, 2000One of the teachers at Kale's high school, Mr. Minetta decides to make the special required project a ""Passion Play."" What should be an o
  3. S01E03The Gutsy IssueOctober 19, 2000Kale is ecstatic to find out that her zine was showcased in a literary magazine, but is disappointed that the other zines that were also cov
  4. S01E04The If The Shoe Fits IssueOctober 26, 2000Finding out that she is low on funds to continue making copies of her zines, Kale decides to get a job working at a health food store. A da
  5. S01E05The Shallow IssueNovember 16, 2000Kale's dreams finally come true when she gets to go out with Perfectly Frank. As the date goes on, Kale realizes that the fantasy that she
  6. S01E06The Revenge IssueNovember 23, 2000As the annual taking of the family Christmas card picture approaches, Kale decides that now is the opportune time to seek her revenge on Eth
  7. S01E07The Trashy IssueNovember 30, 2000Kale arranges a romantic get-together for Mary-E and an author. Meanwhile, Ross who is confused about who he is, decides to try dating girls
  8. S01E08The Yin Yang IssueDecember 7, 2000Kale's head is in the clouds when she believes that she found the one in Bill who works at the copy shop. The relationship seems to be movi
  9. S01E09The Stupid IssueJanuary 4, 2001
  10. S01E10The Pusher IssueJanuary 11, 2001Kale's boyfriend arrives at her home to meet and have dinner with her parents for the first time. Much to Ethan's amusement and Kale's horr
  11. S01E11The Unresolved IssueJanuary 18, 2001A physically drained and mentally malfunctioning Kale is roaming the school as one of the undead due to her spending all of her time devoted
  12. S01E12The If You Love Me And You Know It IssueJanuary 25, 2001Kale is overjoyed and feels a renewed sense of happiness about her relationship with Bill when he finally says that he loves her. This all
  13. S01E13The Last Laugh IssueFebruary 8, 2001Kale does her best to get over her breakup with Bill, but all her thoughts and past feelings of him are consuming every moment of her presen

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes2001–02AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01The Comeback IssueOctober 5, 2001A still grieving Kale is continuing to live in her memories, which causes her to seclude from the rest of the world even more. In order to
  2. S02E02The Trapped IssueOctober 12, 2001With Bill again intruding in different parts of Kale's life by attempting to spend a lot of time with her mother, she attempts to be free of
  3. S02E03The Porn IssueOctober 19, 2001An ""Our Hero"" reader sends Kale a naked picture of himself wearing cowboy boots. She gets a kick out of it and decides to bring it to sch
  4. S02E04The Crabby IssueOctober 26, 2001In an effort to have more excitement in her life and feel like she is making a difference, Kale joins Malachi and his activist friends in bu
  5. S02E05The Psycho IssueNovember 2, 2001Kale heads to Bill's house to find out whether he was doing drugs while he was sleeping with her because she needs this information to donat
  6. S02E06The Winnie Crundel IssueNovember 9, 2001Kale's perspective, So our generation is supposed to be liberated, right? I mean, we're so liberated that to us 'liberated' is this hugely
  7. S02E07The No Regrets IssueNovember 16, 2001When Kale begins noticing that Joey is being more lenient on rules with Ethan who seems to be taking full advantage of the entire situation,
  8. S02E08The Birthday IssueNovember 23, 2001Kale's perspective, So I was turning eighteen finally after what seemed like years of waiting, and I wanted it to be special. I wanted to h
  9. S02E09The There's Probably A Word For This In Japanese IssueNovember 30, 2001Kale attempts to confront her burdening fears and anxiety that has been amassing itself since she was a little kid by helping her new friend
  10. S02E10The Karma IssueJanuary 11, 2002Kale's relationship with Malachi begins to crack and split apart at the seams as she lets him work with her on the zine. Meanwhile, Joey te
  11. S02E11The Secrets IssueJanuary 18, 2002Ross and Kale who are both interested in Rollins set out on a quest to investigate whether he is straight or gay. Meanwhile, a very excited
  12. S02E12The D.I.Y. IssueJanuary 20, 2002The end of school is drawing near, and the whole gang is planning to work on fixing up the cottage that Ross' grandparents had recently purc
  13. S02E13The Brown IssueJanuary 20, 2002While making summer plans, Kale rediscovers the joys of life in her city.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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