Rick Mercer Report: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Rick Mercer Report Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
September 29, 2009
Sep 29, 2009 · 21 min
Rick starts the season with a trip to Whistler, BC where he bungee jumps with Rick Hansen. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hansen's 'Man in Motion' marathon wheelchair tour
October 6, 2009
Oct 6, 2009 · 21 min
Rick joins the crew of the legendary Bluenose II and then races three cars chained together.
October 13, 2009
Oct 13, 2009 · 21 min
Rick trains with a Sea King Squadron and participates in a naval boarding party; War of 1812 re-enactment.
October 20, 2009
Oct 20, 2009 · 21 min
Rick trains with the competitors of ``Battle of the Blades''; annual Giant Pumpkin Weight-Off and Boat Race.
October 27th, 2009
Oct 27, 2009 · 21 min
Rick is in Niagara Falls indoor skydiving with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, and then they hang out at Lifeson’s Toronto bar where Rick gets a guitar lesson. Rick also goes behind t
Noverber 3rd, 2009
Nov 3, 2009 · 21 min
This week Rick checks into the world of fashion at Toronto’s annual Fashion Week. He gets an overview from Jeanne Beker, chats with Canadian designers, and even joins the models on
Noverber 17th, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 · 21 min
This week Rick is in London, ON training with members of Canada’s national wheelchair rugby team. Later, he goes to Toronto’s Royal Winter Fair and checks out some ‘super dogs’ in
November 24th, 2009
Nov 24, 2009 · 21 min
Tonight Rick is in Edmonton for the 35th annual Canadian Finals Rodeo event. He joins the season’s top point-getters for this grand season finale — Rick barrel-races, does trick ri
December 1st, 2009
Dec 1, 2009 · 21 min
Tonight Rick is in Montreal to train and compete with the women of the Montreal Roller Derby; he follows with a trip to Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy, for a lesson in lobs
January 5th, 2010 (Best of 2009)
Jan 5, 2010 · 21 min
A look back at the best reports of 2009 to start off 2010.
January 12th, 2010
Jan 12, 2010 · 21 min
Rick is in Vancouver taking a pre-Olympic look at how the airport functions—he checks out baggage-handling, security, emergency services, and even helps getting birds off the runwa
January 19th, 2010
Jan 19, 2010 · 21 min
Tonight Rick is in Jasper National Park learning all about how the avalanche control and rescue team works and even experiences first-hand how ace rescue dog Starksy performs his d
January 26th, 2010
Jan 26, 2010 · 21 min
Tonight Rick is at the National Figure Skating Championship in London, ON. He tries synchronized skating and national Olympic-bound champs Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir give him an i
February 2nd, 2010
Feb 2, 2010 · 21 min
Tonight Rick goes west to check out bobsled action–he’s in Rossland, BC for Canada’s longest-running winter carnival and partakes in the homemade bobsled race down the frozen main
February 9th, 2010
Feb 9, 2010 · 21 min
Rick visits Calgary’s hotbed of Olympic training with Olympic medalist Kyle Shewfelt to find out how the cutting-edge ‘Own the Podium’ science program is preparing our athletes to
March 2nd, 2010
Mar 2, 2010 · 21 min
Rick is in The Pas for the annual Northern Manitoba Trapper’s Festival where he tries out events from moose-calling to flour-packing, and then he has lunch with NDP leader Jack Lay
March 9th, 2010
Mar 9, 2010 · 21 min
Rick finds out first hand how the Toronto Marine Unit makes harbour ice rescues and later goes to an Outdoor Adventure Show where he does some white-water rafting, rock climbing, a
March 16th, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 · 21 min
Rick goes to the Toronto Bike Show and visits the Spread the Net Student Challenge winners at Simon Fraser University and the University of Ottawa.
March 23nd, 2010
Mar 23, 2010 · 21 min
Tonight Rick is at the Paralympics. In Vancouver, he checks out the action with Rick Hansen, joins the sledge hockey team, and goes ziplining with former mayor Sam Sullivan. He’s a