ABROAD, Season 1
A satirical sketch comedy series highlighting immigrant experiences in Canada through co-creator Isabel Kanaan’s humorous lens on how immigrants adapt to life in the country.
Episode 1 – Lack Of Representation
Sketches include, Bruno Mars gives a Filipino spin to his Uptown Funk song. Mercy Memorial, a new series that puts the drama in medical drama.
Episode 2 – Standing Up For Yourself
Standing Up For Yourself. Sketches include, Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao demonstrates the religious virtues of a right cross, the weaponizing of slippers from a Black Market Dealer, a doctor’s patient gets lost in translation.
Episode 3 – Culture Clash
Culture Clash. Sketches include, Karaoke song lyrics hit a low note with a group of office co workers, scary Filipino bedtime stories that go bump in the night, a very unsupportive immigrant support group.
Episode 4 – Pride In Heritage
Pride In Heritage. Sketches include, a woman puts out an Accent Point Bulletin for her lost dialect, a school teacher gets a lesson on Filipino animal sounds, a devilish deed trading your soul for the family life you want.
Episode 5 – Control
Control. Sketches include, a Filipino mother plays the passive aggressive card with her two daughters, refunding the police, Filipino style, a friendly checkup at the dentist turns into a real nightmare.
Episode 6 – Bonding
Bonding. Sketches include, a guy discovers that binge watching a Teleserye can be extremely unhealthy for his relationship, when it comes to showing emotions, Robo Yaya does not compute, while on a date, a Filipina brings her ultimate protection her dictionary.
Episode 7 – Homage
Homage. Sketches include, a captain onboard a spaceship encounters two of the universes most dangerous species, her mother and father, Filipinos put the fun in funeral, don’t judge a Yaya by her cover.
Episode 8 – Miscommunication
Miscommunication. Sketches include, workplace showdown at the OK Office, Filipino comic Jo Koy discovers a whole new meaning for the term tough crowd, Haunting apparition accents that’ll leave you speechless.
Episode 9 – Competition
Competition. Sketches include, an in depth look at one of the contestants on the new Canadian game show Canada’s Got Immigrants, a corporate Privilege Awareness training course instructor crossing over her own privilege line, a local parish priest holds a marriage preparation course.
Episode 10 – Tough Choices
Tough Choices. Sketches include, negotiating office vacation days, immigrant style, while trying to get her father’s computer password, a daughter uncovers his morbid password obsession, when it comes to love at a bar, a woman becomes colour blind.
Episode 11 – Beating Expectations
Beating Expectations. Sketches include, the unmasking of the Philippines most popular superhero Darna, US border guard gets a crash course on the colonization of the Philippines, a pair of ghosts hold an intervention that leaves their fellow Filipina spirt caught between two worlds.
Episode 12 – Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover
Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover. Sketches include, the joys of flying Pinoy Airlines with Manny Pacquaio, Filipina Influencer and Musician Bella Poarch releases new song addressing Filipinos’ complicated history with beauty pageants, while waiting for her family to show up for Sunday mass a woman becomes a real seat saviour.
