Save Me (web series)

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Save Me is a Canadian comedy-drama web series, which debuted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's CBC Comedy web platform in 2017. [1] The series stars Fab Filippo as Goldie, a paramedic who acts as a first responder in a different medical emergency each episode. [2]

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The show's cast also includes Amy Matysio, Suresh John, Loretta Yu, John Bourgeois, Emma Hunter, Lucky Onyekachi Ejim, Brent Carver, Conrad Coates and Dov Tiefenbach. [3]

Hunter won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Web Program or Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. [4] CBC Television ran the series terrestrially in 2018, following which it received five further Canadian Screen Award nominations in the television categories at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Actor in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Filippo), Best Actress in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Matysio), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Carver), Best Direction in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Filippo) and Best Writing in a Drama Program or Limited Series (Filippo). [5]

The second season premiered on CBC Gem in 2019. [6]

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"H.B.D."UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
22"Neck Trauma"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
33"Possible Anaphylaxis"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
44"Self-Inflicted Puncture Wound"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
55"Trauma Related to Sleepwalking"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
66"Syncope"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
77"Injuries Due to Distracted Walking"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
88"Hypovolemia"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
99"Cardiac Arrest"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
1010"Code 5"UnknownUnknownApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)

Season 2 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
111"First Call"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)
122"Everything He's Done Wrong"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)
133"Bar is Low"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)
144"Animl"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)
155"Boyfriend Material"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)
166"Birdie's End"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)

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