Sidestreet

Episode 2

The Money-Go-Round

A young man turns to crime to pay off inherited debts to a loan shark. Extortion and purse snatching by a bicycling thief heat things up and community service cops Alex Woodward and Johnny Dias move quickly to defuse a dangerous situation.

Episode 3

The Rebellion of Bertha Mackenzie

Two social workers are involved as a Metis mother of two children fights to keep from being evicted from her home.

Episode 4

Perhaps in Dreams Old Man

An informer's tip shatters the dreams of two elderly pensioners whose obsession with owning a farm in Alberta leads them to commit a rather unusual robbery.

Episode 5

Rape

The rape of a young woman soon to be married triggers a series of events affecting the lives of several people in addition to the rapist and his victim.

Episode 6

Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

A police inspector is torn between a sense of duty and paternal concern when he learns that his son has become involved in organized juvenile crime.

Episode 7

Strikebreaker

Tempers flare when a professional strikebreaker leads a group of scabs across a picket line.

Episode 8

Playing the Game

A young parolee is harassed by two overly zealous cops who employ barely-within-the-law tactics to extract information from him.