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About BEING ERICA & Episode Guides

About BEING ERICA & Episode Guides


Being Erica Aired From January 05, 2009 - December 12, 2011 On CBC.



ABOUT THE SHOW:
"Being Erica" is a one-hour series that explores the life of Erica Strange, a woman who has been given an amazing gift: the opportunity to relive a regret from her past enabling her to make a positive change in the present. Erica's present is this: she is 32 years old, perpetually single and stuck in a series of dead-end jobs. Meanwhile, her friends are getting married, buying their first homes and climbing the corporate ladder, essentially leaving Erica in the dust.

It all comes to a head when Erica suffers a series of mishaps that land her in the hospital. There she encounters the mysterious and eccentric Dr. Tom -- a therapist who seems to know a little too much about her life. Even more bizarre, he offers to help fix her current woes -- IF she accepts a challenge.

Desperate for change, Erica provides Dr. Tom with a list of her life's greatest regrets, and unexpectedly finds herself sent back in time to her teenage years. Keeping full possession of her 32-year-old mind, Erica realizes she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime - to make different choices in her past that will ultimately reshape her present.

As Erica weaves in and out of the present and past, guided of course by the mysterious Dr. Tom, she gradually realizes that she needs to stop blaming her prior mistakes for her current predicaments and ultimately learn to take control of her destiny.

CAST:
ACTOR
CHARACTER
Erin KarplukErica
Michael RileyDr. Tom
Tyron LeitsoEthan
Vinessa AntoineJudith Winters
Devon BostickLeo


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Season 1 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Dr. Tom
Seeking a better life, Erica Strange visits a mysterious therapist, Dr. Tom, who allows her to go back in time and get another shot at her biggest regret from high school.

Episode 2. What I am is What I am
When Erica looks for a new job as an editor's assistant, she finds the editor to be one of her university mates, who joined the "Literati" society back in the days - the most respected club on the campus, that Erica had passed on, which she now regrets having done. Dr. Tom sends her back to her student time to fix that.

Episode 3. Plenty of Fish
Erica is sent back to her first sexual experience to get to the roots of her relationship troubles.

Episode 4. The Secret of Now
Once again, Erica is sent back to her university days, but this time to overcome her fear of confrontation.

Episode 5. Adultescence
Erica is sent back to her Bat Mitzvah to overcome her childish reputation.

Episode 6. Til Death
On the day of her sister's wedding, doubts are rising in Erica's mind if the couple is meant for each other, so Dr. Tom sends Erica back to find out and to fix her sister's relationship.

Episode 7. Such A Perfect Day
Deciding that Erica might need a rest, Dr. Tom sends her back to relive a perfect day.

Episode 8. This Be The Verse
When things escalate between Erica and her mother at the Yom Kippur celebration, Erica is sent back to fix their relationship.

Episode 9. Everything She Wants
When problems arise between Erica and Ryan, after Erica goes to a party with Ethan, while Ryan is supposedly away, Erica is sent back to relive an unusual love affair of her university days, in order to understand her feelings about Ryan in the present.

Episode 10. Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma
After Katie gets a book deal with River Rock Publishing with a story inspired by Erica's life, Erica is sent back to understand the source of her and Katie's "friendship".

Episode 11. She's Lost Control
Now that she is supervising the launch of Katie's new book, Erica has turned into a control-freak. Fortunately, she realizes her need to control everything is contributing to the deteriorating relationship with Ethan. She asks Dr. Tom to send her back to prevent the kiss they shared.

Episode 12. Erica The Vampire Slayer
In order to improve her management skills, Erica is sent back to an old relationship that did not work out the way she wanted. The trip includes participation in a vampire LARP (live-action role play) to learn a lesson about stepping out of the box.

Episode 13. Leo
After all the good things that happened to Erica's life lately, there is still that one regret she does not get over: her brother Leo's death. Dr. Tom warns her that it is not permitted to bring back the dead, so Erica asks him to send her back to just say goodbye. But then, temptation takes over...

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Season 2 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Being Dr. Tom
Erica meets her new therapist Dr. Naadiah, from whom she finds out that Dr. Tom quit his job. Erica decides to quit as well, but Dr. Naadiah sends her back to 1998 to help a younger Dr. Tom.

Episode 2. Battle Royale
When Erica and Ethan start arguing a lot in their relationship, Erica notices, that she doesn't even know why. When meeting Doctor Tom for her therapy, he sends her back to an early relationship in summer camp, that suddenly, without her knowing why, ended and resulted in her getting thrown out of camp.

Episode 3. Mama Mia
When Judith is not happy with Erica's babysitting, Erica is sent back to Frosh week to improve her parenting skills.

Episode 4. Cultural Revolution
When Julianne offers Erica to become the author of the new sex book herself, Dr. Tom sends her back to a summer in Taipei - a trip that she had never taken because of her fear of taking chances.

Episode 5. Yes We Can
Dr. Tom gives Erica the chance to relive her day without being bound by rules or restrictions. Best of all, it won't change anything; no one but her will remember what she says or does. Kaj joins Erica on her do-over day, but they soon realize that there is a reason that actions have consequences.

Episode 6. Shhh... Don't Tell
When Erica stumbles upon a secret at work and is unsure if she should tell anyone, Dr. Tom sends her back to high school where she learned about a friend's secret in order to develop an understanding of the kind of secrets that should be kept and which ones should be shared.

Episode 7. The Unkindest Cut
Erica is asked to hold the baby at a family Bris, while her father Gary circumsizes it, but when the moment arrives, Erica faints. When she wakes up, she finds herself in Dr. Fred's office, who asks her for help with Kaj.

Episode 8. Under My Thumb
Erica is swamped with the problems in her environment: Samantha crashes at her place alone after having problems with her husband; Julianne wants her help with Friedken who threatens to pull his book; Dr. Fred wants her help with Kaj. Erica is relieved when Dr. Tom brings her into his office, but this time he wants her to solve all the problems on her own.

Episode 9. A River Runs Through It...It Being Egypt
After his affair with Samantha, Erica has problems facing Kaj, while Sam still dates him. Dr. Tom sends her back to a situation that lead to a big fight between her father Gary and her brother Leo, so she can learn the lesson that the truth is sometimes hidden underneath.

Episode 10. Papa Can You Hear Me?
After another disagreement with Erica over Kaj, Dr. Tom takes on a session himself, which sends him back to the day he saw his daughter Sarah for the last time.

Episode 11. What Goes Up Must Come Down
After earning bad reviews for Katie Atkins' newest book, Erica has problems moving on, so Dr. Tom sends her back to a different life after having made a different choice about her job.

Episode 12. The Importance of Being Erica
Erica has to make some big decisions that she needs help with.

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