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Being Erica
2009 - 2011 6.5 (57 votes) 4 Seasons
Genres
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Comedy
Networks
CBC Television
Created By
Jana Sinyor

Being Erica

Overview

Erica Strange has tons of regrets in her young life - so many she's started a list. But when she shares her list with her therapist, he undertakes an unusual course of treatment: she is transported back in time and given the chance to make different decisions at pivotal moments in her life, based on her knowledge of the here and now.

Key Crew

Writer: Aaron Martin, Jana Sinyor, David Fortier

Top Cast

Erin Karpluk
Erin Karpluk

Erica Strange

Michael Riley
Michael Riley

Dr. Tom Wexler

Reagan Pasternak
Reagan Pasternak

Julianne Giacomelli

Morgan Kelly
Morgan Kelly

Brent Kennedy

Vinessa Antoine
Vinessa Antoine

Judith Winter

Kathleen Laskey
Kathleen Laskey

Barb Strange

John Boylan
John Boylan

Gary Strange

Joanna Douglas
Joanna Douglas

Samantha Strange

Seasons

Season 0 ()

No overview available.

1 episodes

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2009)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Dr. Tom
2009-01-05

Down and out, Erica Strange is desperate to change her life and takes up an offer from a mysterious therapist, Dr. Thom, who sends her back in time to relive a high school regret.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: What I Am Is What I Am
2009-01-12

Erica settles for a dead-end job that can pay the bills. She is sent back to her university days, to join an exclusive secret society that she originally passed on, with the hope that doing so will finally set her on to the "right" path.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Plenty of Fish
2009-01-19

Eternally-single Erica brings best friend Ethan to pose as her boyfriend at her high school reunion. She begins to understand the source of her relationship with men by revisiting the loss of her virginity.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Secret of Now
2009-01-26

In order to conquer her fear of confrontation with her new bully of a boss, Erica is sent back to her first semester of University where she learns to finally stand up for herself against the daunting Professor Lozar.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Adultescence
2009-02-02

Tired of being treated like a child, Erica confronts the source of her reputation by returning to her Bat-Mitzvah - only this time she will prove herself as a woman.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Til Death
2009-02-09

Erica is worried that her sister Samantha is marrying the wrong man in Josh. When she goes back to prevent Sam and Josh from ever getting together, Erica learns a big secret - one that threatens her relationship with her sister.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Such A Perfect Day
2009-02-18

With the stress of work and family life weighing heavily on Erica's shoulders, Dr. Tom decides to give her a break and sends Erica back to a "perfect day."

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: This Be The Verse
2009-02-25

Erica's long-simmering relationship with her mother reaches a boiling point. going back into the distant past, opens up Erica's eyes to who Barbara Strange really is.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Everything She Wants
2009-03-04

Erica explores her feelings for Ryan by reliving an unusual love affair from her university days.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma
2009-03-11

Erica's "friendship" with Katie reaches a new low when Katie maneuvers her way into a book deal with River Rock.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: She's Lost Control
2009-03-18

Charged with supervising the launch of Katie's new book, Erica turns into a complete control-freak. She soon realizes that her need to control might be contributing to the downfall of her relationship with Ethan.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Erica the Vampire Slayer
2009-03-25

Unnerved in her new position at River Rock Publishing. Erica must learn to step outside her shell, challenge her inhibitions and learn that her abilities are not nearly as confined as she had believed them to be.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Leo
2009-04-01

Though Dr. Tom warned her not to try and prevent Leo's death, Erica does so anyway, resulting in dire consequences.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2010)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Being Dr. Tom
2010-01-20

After Erica quits therapy, Dr. Naadiah sends her back to a bar in 1998, where she meets a younger, troubled Dr. Tom. A glimpse into his past, and Erica realizes it is her turn now to lend a helping hand.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Battle Royale
2009-09-29

An argument with Ethan triggers a time travel journey back to camp for Erica.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Mamma Mia
2009-10-06

Erica demonstrates less than inspiring parenting skills when she babysits Judith's son Max for the first time.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Cultural Revolution
2009-10-13

A significant career opportunity transports Erica back to a summer spent in Taipei.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Yes We Can
2009-10-20

Erica receives a special gift from Dr. Tom -- a do-over day.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Shhh… Don't Tell
2009-10-27

Secrets are popping up everywhere, and when Erica gets caught in the middle, she learns of the damage keeping them can truly cause.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: The Unkindest Cut
2009-11-03

When Erica faints at a family Bris, she is propelled into the future, where she discovers Kai's true identity. Struggling to help her father in the present, and Kai in the future, Erica begins to realize the only problems she can fix are her own.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Under My Thumb
2009-11-10

When trying to cope with everyone else's problems, Erica looks forward to an escape to her past. Dr. Tom, however, is changing things up... and to Erica's surprise, so is everyone else... or so it seems.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: A River Runs Through It...It Being Egypt
2009-11-17

Erica receives a new perspective on her brother and returns from the past ready to deal with Kai.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Papa Can You Hear Me?
2009-11-24

It's Dr. Tom's turn for a session as he revisits the last time he saw his daughter.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: What Goes Up Must Come Down
2009-12-01

After a shocking turn of events at River Rock Publishing, Erica discovers the value of setbacks when Dr. Tom sends her to an alternate reality, supposedly setback free.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: The Importance of Being Erica
2009-12-08

Erica struggles with some big decisions, and she's desperate for a little direction. After some hide and seek in the past and present, the last place she looks to is the closest to her heart, and it opens up a world of possibility.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2010)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Rabbit Hole
2010-09-21

At the end of Season Two, Erica walks through a door, her door, ready to face whatever is on the other side. Now everything in Erica’s life - her job, her love life, even her therapy with Dr. Tom - starts anew, and gets turned upside down in the process.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Moving On Up
2010-09-28

Weeks after her break-up with Ethan, Erica is determined to pick herself up. Dr. Tom knows someone from Erica’s past who knows exactly how she feels… Claire! But she and Erica have never seen eye-to-eye.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Two Wrongs
2010-10-05

When the future of Erica and Julianne’s new company is threatened, Erica is faced with a choice: “Kill, or be killed”. Erica returns to the site of Leo’s fraternity pledge, where she learns that taking the low road often leads to a dark place.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Wash, Rinse, Repeat
2010-10-12

When Kai returns to give Erica a glimpse of her own mortality, it throws Erica for a loop. If Erica is to escape her own personal “Groundhog Day”, she must learn to embrace the present.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Being Adam
2010-10-20

Adam gets the chance to alter the regret that led him to a life of violence and crime. It’s a path that Adam is sure he cannot change - that is, until he winds up in a surprising new present.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Bear Breasts
2010-10-27

Cassidy has returned for Pride weekend in Toronto. With everyone in the city letting loose, and things with Adam heating up, Erica is instructed by Dr. Tom to embrace her 'id' and let her impulses guide her.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Jenny From the Block
2010-11-03

Jenny returns, and needs help getting her life on the right track. Erica is eager to help her estranged friend, but a trip back to a day at Black Creek Pioneer Village shows Erica that the helping hand Jenny needs is her own, and not Erica's.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Physician, Heal Thyself
2010-11-10

The surprising return of someone from Dr. Tom's past forces him to face old demons. Meanwhile Kai returns to 2010 on a regret, and Erica must make a decision that could affect both their futures.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Gettin' Wiggy Wit' It
2010-11-17

Erica's latest therapy session has uncovered a shocking secret that could mean the end of 50/50 Press. Erica is caught between a rock and a hard place. Dr. Tom has a time-altering solution for her... but will Dr. Arthur allow it?

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: The Tribe Has Spoken
2010-11-24

Erica is offered an incredible career opportunity, which presents her with a difficult choice. To help her make this seemingly impossible decision, Dr. Tom sends Erica and Adam to a deserted island, to learn new ways of 'survival'.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Adam's Family
2010-12-01

Erica and Adam must both confront their true feelings once and for all. For Adam, it leads to a journey into his family’s dark past, where he discovers a startling memory that he has locked away.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Erica, interrupted
2010-12-08

After three years of time-travel therapy with Dr. Tom, Erica has visited the past, jumped to the future, side-stepped to alternate realities, and changed her life in the process - But now, Erica has arrived in a place she never thought she would see again: Right back where she started.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Fa La Erica
2010-12-15

Erica is helping ho-ho-host 50/50 Press' first holiday party, much to the disappointment of her Rabbi father. In her effort to give Adam the perfect Christmas, Erica learns the true meaning of the holidays with visits to her friends' Christmases past, and one particularly memorable Hanukkah of her own.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2011)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Doctor Who?
2011-09-26

After last season's cliff-hanger, Erica begins the final stage of her therapy as a doctor in training, and she is shocked when her first patient is revealed to be someone she knows.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Osso Barko
2011-10-03

50/50 Press' new assistant, Rachel is struggling under Julianne's particular management style, while Erica tries to get to the root of Julianne's bullying.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Baby Mama
2011-10-10

Erica reels from Sam's shocking news. Barbara struggles to bury the past.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Born This Way
2011-10-17

Brent is failing to jive with the new River Rock. Erica returns to her high school days in order to help an exchange student fit in.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Sins of the Father
2011-10-24

Outside the office, Dr. Tom is repeating an old pattern. Erica and Adam hit a rough patch. Kai is back from the future.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: If I Could Turn Back Time
2011-10-31

Erica wishes for more control, and gets it when Dr. Tom grants her time-travel powers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Being Ethan
2011-11-07

Erica runs into Ethan, and they bond in both the present and past. Meanwhile, Brent and Julianne share a revelation.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Please, Please Tell Me Now
2011-11-14

Erica grapples with life's biggest secret.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Erica's Adventures in Wonderland
2011-11-28

Erica lives her relationship fantasies on Dave and Ivan's wedding day.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Purim
2011-12-05

Erica is sent back to her family's 1992 Purim party, after Erica gets an unwelcomed birthday surprise from Julianne.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Dr. Erica
2011-12-12

Four years ago Erica Strange was single, barely making enough money to get by, and had a long list of regrets. Thanks to her time-travel therapist Dr. Tom, Erica has turned her life around, but nothing can prepare her for her most difficult challenge yet - saying goodbye.

Runtime: 45 min

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