Cardinal(TV show/series, 2017-2020)

Name: Cardinal
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2017
Rating: 3.5

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| 43min per episode | Genres: Crime, Drama

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 24 episodes

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 68 votes)

Cardinal is a Canadian crime drama television series, which was first broadcast on January 25, 2017, on CTV (in English) and Super Écran (in French). The series adapts the novels of crime writer Giles Blunt, focusing on police detective John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) and his partner Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse), who investigate crimes in the fictional city of Algonquin Bay. Across six episodes, the first season adapts the first John Cardinal novel Forty Words for Sorrow (2000), which focuses on the investigation of the murder of a young girl. On February 28, 2017, CTV renewed Cardinal for a second and third season, each containing six episodes. The second season adapts Blunt's third Cardinal novel, Blackfly Season, while the third adapted the novels By the Time You Read This and Crime Machine, the fourth and fifth novels in the series. The fourth and final season adapts the sixth novel, Until the Night. ()

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About Cardinal

Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise Delorme, a tough investigator in her own right.

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Cardinal: Series 2 | Trailer - BBC(Trailer, 0:31)

Cardinal: Series 2 | Trailer - BBC (Trailer) | CARDINAL, SEASON 1 - Official Trailer - Available to Buy on Digital Now (Trailer)

Cardinal Seasons and Episodes

04/06/2020Until the Night - 6 episodes

Detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme have grown closer as friends and partners. There’s a strong bond between them that transcends the job, a bond that deepens all the time and yet remains largely unspoken. But when a seemingly mundane missing persons case turns into a spree of nightmarish murders, the ensuing investigation pushes them to their limits as detectives and partners, forcing them each to face what their future holds.

#1 | 04/06/2020Robert

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

After a prominent Algonquin Bay politician reports her husband missing, Cardinal and Delorme suspect abduction.

#2 | 04/13/2020Adele

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A shocking death and second abduction cause Cardinal and Delorme to believe their suspect is a professional killer for hire.

#3 | 04/20/2020Barry

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

As Cardinal and Delorme work to find a connection between the victims, they realize that not everyone’s telling the truth.

#4 | 04/27/2020Neil

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Another abduction hits close to home as Cardinal and Delorme are caught in a race against time to save the next victim before it’s too late.

#5 | 05/04/2020Scott

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Cardinal and Delorme close in on a secret from the past as they close in on the killer’s motives—and his identity.

#6 | 05/11/2020John & Lise

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme make an unexpected arrest and follow a hunch to their killer's location, but he's one step ahead and stopping him will be incredibly risky.

01/24/2019By the Time You Read This - 6 episodes

As Detective John Cardinal and Lise Delorme’s investigation into Algonquin Bay’s most gruesome double murder brings them precariously close to a doomsday cult with nothing to lose, Cardinal launches his own investigation into a case far more personal and dangerous. With doubts about Catherine’s suicide swirling beneath Cardinal’s placid exterior, Delorme stretched thin in her role as lead investigator on an increasingly complex, and far-reaching case, the pursuit of the killers will push them both to the breaking point. Delorme must decide whether she can trust Cardinal, or whether the death of his wife has sent him into a delusional state that puts the entire case at risk.

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01/04/2018Blackfly Season - 6 episodes

It’s early summer in Algonquin Bay and the blackflies aren’t the only ones out for blood. Detectives John Cardinal and Lise Delorme find themselves with a strange case on their hands involving a young woman with a gunshot wound to the head. The investigation quickly takes a turn as Cardinal and Delorme uncover a series of disturbing, ritualistic killings that may be connected to their young victim.

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01/25/2017Forty Words for Sorrow - 6 episodes

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Additional Information

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Production country: Canada

Plays in: Greater Sudbury

Made by: Sienna Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Latin (LA), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 01/25/2017

Last episode released on: 05/11/2020

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Cardinal 2 : La saison des mouches noires"

"Cardinal: Blackfly Season"

"冰血缉凶"

Keywords: police corruption, based on novel or book, murder mystery, police detective, depression, psychopath, child murder, canada, ontario, canada, homicide detective, serial killer, murder investigation, detective

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Cardinal(TV show/series, 2017-2020)

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 24 episodes

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