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  • NBC
  • Mar 2, 2009
  • NBC
  • Mar 2, 2009
The Listener

Summary Toby Logan is a 24-year-old paramedic who can read people's thoughts. Toby did not manage to know his parents and grew in foster homes. Until now Toby has kept his ability secret and the only one he has shared it with is his old counselor and confidant, Dr. Ray. While he crosses the city of Toronto in his ambulance with his partner Oz, a...

Created By: Michael Amo

  • NBC
  • Mar 2, 2009
  • NBC
  • Mar 2, 2009
The Listener
Season 1
5 Seasons
Season Premiere: Mar 2, 2009
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
8.0
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Summary Toby Logan is a 24-year-old paramedic who can read people's thoughts. Toby did not manage to know his parents and grew in foster homes. Until now Toby has kept his ability secret and the only one he has shared it with is his old counselor and confidant, Dr. Ray. While he crosses the city of Toronto in his ambulance with his partner Oz, a...

Created By: Michael Amo

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 2, 2009 • 40 m
I'm an Adult Now
Toby rescues a woman from a car wreck. Reading her mind, her child was abducted but she fears saying anything.
Episode 2 • Mar 8, 2009 • 40 m
Emotional Rescue
After saving a childhood friend from a burning building, Toby tracks town an arsonist that he believes might be responsible for a series of fires in the city.
Episode 3 • Mar 15, 2009 • 41 m
A Voice in the Dark
Toby encounters a crazed street person who may hold the key to locating a missing girl.
Episode 4 • Mar 22, 2009 • 40 m
Some Kinda Love
After meeting a young woman at a nightclub who is later found dead, Toby is considered the prime suspect and must clear his name.
Episode 5 • Mar 29, 2009 • 41 m
Lisa Says
When Toby saves a teenage boy from a gang beating, he learns that a series of drug store robberies may be linked to the runaway's turbulent past.
Episode 6 • Apr 5, 2009 • 41 m
Foggy Notion
After a shooting in Chinatown, Toby helps a blind woman solve the murder of her brother, who may have been involved in illegal activity.
Episode 7 • Apr 12, 2009 • 39 m
Iris
Toby connects with a young faith healer whose miraculous gift has put her life in jeopardy.
Episode 8 • Apr 19, 2009 • 39 m
One Way or Another
Toby's intuition that there may be something more to Detective Charlie Marks' pursuit of a serial rapist brings them closer.
Episode 9 • Apr 26, 2009 • 39 m
Inside the Man
Detective Charlie Marks enlists Toby to use his telepathic abilities on a traumatized teenager who witnessed the murder of his parents.
Episode 10 • May 3, 2009 • 39 m
Missing
Toby investigates a missing person case hoping the $100,000 reward will save Oz's parents from losing their home.
Episode 11 • May 10, 2009 • 40 m
Beginning to See the Light
When Toby's patient dies after a hit-and-run, he discovers the man was convicted of embezzling four million dollars and his death wasn't an accident.
Episode 12 • May 17, 2009 • 39 m
My Sister's Keeper
Toby's paramedic skills are questioned when, while trying to save the victim's life, he disturbs a crime scene.
Episode 13 • May 24, 2009 • 39 m
The Journey
Toby learns that "John Doe," an unidentified patient suffering from Alzheimer's, could be linked to his past and that his dead mother may be alive.
5 Seasons

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
42
14% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
29% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
42
14% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
29% Negative
4 Reviews

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70
The plots are complex enough to sustain mystery, and if the mean streets of Toronto aren’t all that scary, this is a good thing for a show that is trying not to shock, but to entertain.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
58
In a word, The Listener is boring. Or, if you prefer alliteration, listless.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
50
Listener is a serviceable supernatural drama with legitimate narrative potential that's undercut by its visually bland presentation and geographically nonspecific execution.
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40
Canadian actor Craig Olejnik sports choppy black hair and piercing blue eyes--the only standout attribute in NBC's The Listener, an otherwise generic procedural drama.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
40
For the moment, it would be nice if the show could just make the present more compelling.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
30
Actually, it's really just more of a bore (bore ... bore).
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
20
Chemistry is just one of the ingredients lacking in the Canadian-made The Listener, NBC's new drama about a psychic paramedic. Others include but are not limited to plot, dialogue and acting skill.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW

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8.0
86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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