Sensitive Skin (Canadian TV series)

Sensitive Skin
Genre Black comedy
Based on Sensitive Skin
(BBC series)
by Hugo Blick
Written by Bob Martin
Directed by Don McKellar
Starring Kim Cattrall
Don McKellar
Elliott Gould
Colm Feore
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Cattrall
Don McKellar
Bob Martin
Henry Normal
Hugo Blick[1]
Producer(s) Niv Fichman
Sari Friedland
Camera setup Single
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Rhombus Media
Baby Cow Productions
Release
Original network HBO Canada
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20) – present
Chronology
Related shows Sensitive Skin (UK)
External links
Website

Sensitive Skin is a Canadian black comedy television series. It is an adaptation of the British series of the same name, created by Hugo Blick.[2] The show's six-episode first season was written by comedian Bob Martin and directed by Don McKellar.[2] The series premiered on HBO Canada on July 20, 2014.[3] The series was renewed for a second season, with production resuming in spring 2015 in Toronto.[4] The second season, consisting of six episodes, premiered on May 15, 2016.[5]

Plot summary

Season 1

Davina is a woman in her 50s who works in a gallery who has recently moved from the suburbs into an apartment in downtown Toronto with her neurotic husband Al, a pop-culture critic. She finds it difficult to adjust to life as she gets older, worried that her looks are fading and she has done nothing of substance with her life.

Season 2

Davina tries to adjust to life as a widow but her progress is hampered by frequent hallucinations of Al. She moves into a houseboat on the Toronto Islands and tries to forge new relationships.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"The Other Davina"Don McKellarBob MartinJuly 20, 2014 (2014-07-20)
Davina tries to adjust to life in her new ultra-modern apartment and struggles with the feeling that she is aging. Her husband Al strikes up a friendship with Theodore, the drug dealer who deals outside their tenement building.
22"The Old Woman"Don McKellarBob MartinJuly 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)
Davina learns her mother has suffered a fifth stroke and wonders what she wants out of life. Al meets a former fling, Sara Thorn, who is the host of a popular radio show.
33"The Three Sisters"Don McKellarBob MartinAugust 3, 2014 (2014-08-03)

At a networking event for Al, Davina meets Bob Ringwald, a culture critic who becomes infatuated with her, and contemplates having an affair.

Al thinks he has a brain tumour after his doctor. Dr. Cass (Elliott Gould) notices that his blinking is asymmetrical.
44"The Mummy"Don McKellarBob MartinAugust 10, 2014 (2014-08-10)
On a double date with Veronica and Roger, Davina learns that Roger quit the piano lessons that Davina gave him for Christmas because the instructor, Greg, was hitting on Veronica. She then persuades Al to complete the remaining seven lessons.
55"Not the Haitian Corpse"Don McKellarBob MartinAugust 17, 2014 (2014-08-17)
Davina's mother dies causing the family to react oddly and for Davina to begin avoiding Roger because she thinks he might want to start an affair with her.
66"The Return of the Other Davina"Don McKellarBob MartinAugust 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)
Al catches Davina kissing Greg. Davina moves out of their apartment and into Veronica and Roger's house.

Season 2 (2016)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
71"Episode 201"Don McKellarRosa LabordéMay 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)
Six months after Al's death Davina has difficulty adjusting to life as a widow. She contemplates moving from her apartment.
82"Episode 202"Don McKellarRosa LabordéMay 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)
Davina runs into Sara Thorn who persuades her to take her voice class. She also struggles to unlock Al's password protected laptop.
93"Episode 203"Don McKellarLynn CoadyMay 29, 2016 (2016-05-29)
Davina tries to live out her life according to the advice Al left her in a note he wrote before he died. She tries to move on with a fashion consultant named David (Rick Roberts) she meets on the island.
104"Episode 204"Don McKellarLynn CoadyJune 5, 2016 (2016-06-05)

Davina begins receiving mysterious calls she thinks are Al trying to contact her from beyond the grave.

Orlando returns and Davina has difficulty adjusting to his new girlfriend.
115"Episode 205"Don McKellarSusan CoyneJune 12, 2016 (2016-06-12)

Davina reacts badly to the news that Orlando plans on marrying Cheryl.

As Roger's case goes to trial Veronica reconnects with Lenny Gordon (Tom McCamus) an old flame.
126"Episode 206"Don McKellarSusan CoyneJune 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)
Davina's island neighbour Lizzie commits suicide by drowning and leaves Davina her house boat. Orlando and Cheryl marry.

Awards

The first season of Sensitive Skin was nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards and won four, including Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role and Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series for Don McKellar. The show also won two awards in the Craft Categories for Best Photography and Best Picture Editing in a Comedy Series.[6]

References

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