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Episode 1
Pilot (Distant Lover)
2000-11-03 60 min
Cast
Alex Carter
Byron Lawson
Colleen Rennison
Conrad Coates
ORYVE presentation
These Arms of Mine was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television in the 2000-01 television season. The show revolved around a group of professional friends in their 30s living in Vancouver, British Columbia. The cast included Alex Carter as photographer David Bishop and Shauna MacDonald as radio announcer Claire Monroe, whose long distance relationship formed the core of the series. The cast also included Stuart Margolin as Miles Rankin, a former American draft dodger running for Vancouver city council, Conrad Coates as Steven Armstrong, a gay drama teacher grieving the recent death of his partner to AIDS, Babz Chula as magazine editor Esme Price, and Byron Lawson as her much younger restaurateur husband Amos Lee.
Claire and David's long-distance relationship reaches a breaking point when they must choose between their separate lives and each other.
Episode 2
Claire adjusts to sharing space with David and Sophie, while Steven deals with his grief over Joe.
Episode 3
Steven has an opportunity to act again; Esme and Amos divide their time between their careers and their five-year-old son Henry.
Episode 4
Claire has a disastrous job interview; Steven's father Gideon arrives unannounced from Halifax.
Episode 5
David, feeling the pressure of being the only bread winner in the house, considers 'going digital'; Esme and Amos's schedules leave Henry waiting for an after school ride that doesn't come.
Episode 6
Claire's decision to move back to Toronto casts a shadow on a group picnic.
Episode 7
Claire has adjusted to Vancouver life, but wants a career instead of a job. Meanwhile, Steven goes on a blind date.
Episode 8
Fed-up with the women in his live, David acompanies Miles on a testosterone-affirming weekend in the woods; Esme hires a young intern for David.
Episode 9
In a TV interview, Amos confesses his desire for more children, sending Esme into an emotional tailspin.
Episode 10
Emotions boil over when Sophie disobeys David and wears a sexy outfit to a singing audition; Steven introduces Adam to his parents.
Episode 11
Steven must decide whether to defend himself publicly when he is the victim of false allegations by a troubled student.
Episode 12
Amos finds himself questioning his marriage to Esme, and spending time with Jenny Wong.
Episode 13
Claire's interview with Vietnam draft dodgers offends Miles, prompting him to finally face his past.
