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SIGHT UNSEEN – Season 1 Episode 1 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ <\/h4>\n
\"Dolly<\/a>

Tess Avery<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

After her usual early morning swim, Police Detective Tess Avery<\/b> (Dolly Lewis<\/a>) and her partner Jake Campbell<\/b> (Daniel Gillies<\/a>) are on their way to a murder investigation. <\/p>\n

JAKE:<\/b> “Who breaks the law this early in the morning?”<\/em>
\nTESS:<\/b> “Please don’t tell me you joined Homicide for its famously convenient schedule.”<\/em>
\nJAKE:<\/b> “Listen, I can’t function on zero sleep and week-old Chinese food.
\nTESS:<\/b> “Hey!”<\/em>
\nJAKE:<\/b> “I need my beauty rest. You know I asked for sugar and you bring me sweetener. I have every right to drink your double-mocha.”<\/em>
\nTESS:<\/b> When you figure out how to order like a big boy, then you get to buy the coffee.”<\/em> <\/p>\n

\""How<\/a>

Tess\u2019s view of the suspect\u2019s car<\/p><\/div>\n

Minutes later, while investigating the disappearance of Kelly Chan<\/b> (Sydney Bell<\/em>), Tess experiences a sudden loss of sight, leaving her able to see only shadows and shapes, and giving her a nasty headache. She mentions the headache, but tells no one about the loss of sight. As the detectives drive back to the station, Jake spots the suspect’s car and gives chase. The suspect is soon cornered, but Jake is pinned in the car. Newly-blind Tess can’t take the shot, and the suspect gets away. <\/p>\n

Tess, who was previously diagnosed with Leber’s Neuropathy<\/a>, visits her doctor who tells her she is clinically blind and will not likely regain her sight. She visits Superintendent Bennett<\/b> (Roger Cross<\/a>) and hands in her badge and gun without explanation. <\/p>\n

\"Alice<\/a>

Mia Moss<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

The crime scene indicates that Kelly lost a lot of blood, and Jake jumps to the statistically supported conclusion that the woman is already dead. Tess clings to the hope that Kelly is still alive, but has no supporting evidence.<\/p>\n

A long time friend Matt Alleyne<\/b> (Jared Joseph<\/a>) shows Tess an app designed to connect the visually impaired with a guide person who sees for them through a mini-camera and speaks to them through an earpiece. Tess uses uses the app to hire Sunny Patel<\/b> (Agam Darshi<\/a>), initially to help her find her clothes the morning after a dating app-sourced hookup. She also uses Sunny to help her continue the investigation into Kelly’s disappearance. <\/p>\n

Jake actively discourages her continued investigations. Though he wants his partner to come back to the force, he does not take her advice or trust her instincts. <\/p>\n

\"Agam<\/a>

Sunny Patel<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

The apartment (condo?) where Tess lives seems fairly expensive for a police detective’s salary. Tess has told neither her partner nor her boss of her blindness, and they are clearly not aware of her medical history, so they are both puzzled about why she quit. She does not contact family after losing her sight, and rejects help (at least for the moment) from doctor-prescribed assistant Mia Moss<\/b> (Alice Christina-Corrigan<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Not too long ago, Sunny Patel was a successful advertising executive in New York City, but a traumatic experience has left her agoraphobic, housebound, and very security conscious. Though she never goes out and lives vicariously through the experiences of those she assists online, she is always well-dressed. In a brief flashback to the trauma that precipitated Sunny’s phobias, we catch a glimpse of a bloody knife<\/a>. Sunny also suffers from an intense fear of heights. <\/p>\n

\"Brass<\/a>

Mia\u2019s dog Wilbur<\/strong> (Brass the Dog)<\/p><\/div>\n

The episodes most intense scene happens when Tess tracks the victim’s brother-in-law’s cellphone to a warehouse in Port Coquitlam<\/a> but the the guy who has it points a gun at her. Sunny is freaked, but calmly explains the situation to Tess, who adapts quickly. “Hey, I’m just looking for a friend.”<\/em>, says the former detective. The guy with the gun isn’t fooled and tells her “I know a cop when I see one.”<\/em> <\/p>\n

Once the case is solved, Tess has another conversation with Jake.<\/p>\n

JAKE:<\/b> “Dammit, Jess, just come back. I’ll grow up and buy the coffee.”<\/em>
\nTESS:<\/b> “I can’t, Jake.”<\/em>
\nJAKE:<\/b> “What are you not telling me here? Look, I think you need to get over missing this damn shot…We<\/em> [pauses] I need you back.”<\/em><\/p>\n

She says she’s sorry, but still doesn’t tell him anything.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/a>

An abstract painting hangs by the door in Tess\u2019s apartment<\/p><\/div>\n

In an interview with Alex Smyth of Accessible Media Inc.<\/a> Dolly Lewis<\/strong> says that the show tries to visually demonstrate that blindness is a spectrum by showing the viewer what Tess actually sees. Lewis is herself partially blind, but says her condition is less severe than that of her character. I haven’t needed to tap into one of those<\/em> [apps] yet,”<\/em>, she explains, “but it’s amazing to see just how far technology has come…The flip side of this is that it can really shut people out. Everything is a touchscreen these days and for somebody who can’t see that and needs to rely on texture, that’s an incredible barrier.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Miscellaneous Info<\/u><\/center><\/b><\/p>\n
\"Nikolijine<\/a>

Nikolijine Troubetzkoy<\/p><\/div>\n