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Acts of Betrayal (#1)

While busy providing expert testimony at a trial for a woman accused of killing her husband, a pre-eminent politician, Jane Halifax is sought out by an old friend, psychiatrist Owen Toser, who is looking for help after he is suspected of killing a patient, Corri Neale, with whom he was romantically involved.

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Words Without Music (#2)

A school teacher dies mysteriously and a student is brutally murdered at a prestigious private boys' boarding school. In the area to assess a convicted child-killer who is applying for early release, Jane Halifax is asked to provide grief counselling to the school's traumatised staff and students. In the course of her work however, she discovers a school steeped in history now harbouring a dark secret as a psychopath walks its once hallowed halls.

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The Feeding (#3)

When a serial killer plucks victim number seven off the street, the police call on Jane Halifax to profile the type of madman capable of such violence. The city is living in fear, women are afraid to walk the streets in broad daylight and political pressure is being put on the police to get the killer before he strikes again.

Dubbed the 'make-up murderer' because of his bizarre calling card, each of his victims is given a new haircut and complete make over after being brutally raped and murdered. The killer is clever, leaving no clue. The only link the police have with the psychopathic killer is the uncommon brand of theatrical make-up used on his victims. This leads them to a woman—but surely she's not capable of these horrendous crimes?

Help: can you identify the artist who performs the version of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" (mp3) that is used at the end of the episode?

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My Lovely Girl (#4)

Jane Halifax makes a professional blunder when she publically criticises a fellow psychiatrist's role in the release of a mental patient who goes on to brutally murder a young nurse. As a result of her comments, the media launches an aggressive campaign highlighting other murderers recently released from mental institutions. This causes a young man previously treated by Dr. Halifax to become the target of the media's scrutiny and forces Jane to wonder if this once-dangerous former patient may be on the verge of a possible relapse that may revive his criminal mind.

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Hard Corps (#5)

Jane Halifax encounters a closed society when she is brought in to offer trauma councelling to two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a police informant. The pressure increases when one of the officer's family begins to receive threats regarding evidence he is to give in court.

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Lies of the Mind (#6)

A beautiful heiress destined to inherit $80 million dollars is charged with the brutal murders of her father and stepmother. When it is discovered that she may have multiple personalities, any of whom could be responsible for the killings, Dr. Jane Halifax is called upon to determine if she is indeed mentally ill and to assess her mental competence in order to evaluate whether she is fit to stand trial.

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