

Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestThe story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Though the jet was an engineering marvel, cost over-runs, U.S. government pressure from the military industrial complex, and the election of the Progressive Conservative Diefenbaker government, stopped the jet just as it was getting off the ground.
Acting
Dan Aykroyd finally serious, carrying wounded national pride.
Production
Period-perfect 1950s aerospace engineering detail porn.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Arrow's blueprints were supposedly destroyed, but conspiracy theorists insist one prototype survived secret testing.
This miniseries single-handedly revived Canadian Arrow mythology; before 1997, most Canadians under 40 had never heard of it.