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All Episodes of The Atwood Stories

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The Atwood Stories was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2003. A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Margaret Atwood.

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Season 1

  • Polarities
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    Polarities

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/2003

    When a cynical young American professor takes a teaching job at a small university in Northern Canada, he becomes involved in a relationship with a female graduate student. But as their bond deepens, her state of mind becomes more extreme.

    Director: Lori Spring

    Writer: Lori Spring

  • Betty
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    Betty

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/2003

    In post-war America, two young sisters develop crushes on the married man next door, whose wife their mother befriends. They come of age with the philandering husband and his sweet but ditsy wife. Years later, they reconnect.

    Director: Marni Banack

    Writer: Lori Spring

  • The Man from Mars
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    The Man from Mars

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/2003

    A college girl meets a strange Asian man on campus who worms his way into her life.

    Director: Lynne Stopkewich

    Writer: Unknown

  • Death by Landscape
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    Death by Landscape

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/2003

    A female artist reminisces to her post-war summers at a girls' camp on a picturesque lake. There, as a tomboy tween, she met young Lucy, a glamorous girl who seemed opposites, yet they became inseparable until tragedy struck.

    Director: Stacey Stewart Curtis

    Writer: Jason Sherman

  • Isis in Darkness
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    Isis in Darkness

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/2003

    English major and aspiring writer Richard becomes entranced by Selena, a talented and exotic young poet. But when she criticizes his poetry and rejects him romantically, Richard struggles with the regret of relinquishing his ambition.

    Director: Norma Bailey

    Writer: David Young

  • The Sunrise
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    The Sunrise

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/2003

    Yvonne is a reclusive artist who has seemingly lost the ability to engage with the people in her life and keeps everyone at a distance. But when she meets a young man who threatens to upset her routine, she is forced to face her demons.

    Director: Francine Zuckerman

    Writer: Unknown