Series synopsis
Mentors is a Canadian drama family sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Family Channel on June 12, 1999. It ended on April 5, 2004. It was created by Josh Miller. It stars Barbara Mamabolo, Jane Sowerby, Chad Krowchuk and Samantha Krutzfeldt.
A live-action children's television series following 15 year old Oliver Cates and his friend Dee who - using their homemade time machine- zap historical figures into their 21st century lives.
Premise
A live-action children's television series following 15 year old Oliver Cates and his friend Dee who - using their homemade time machine- zap historical figures into their 21st century lives.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Barbara Mamabolo
- Jane Sowerby
- Chad Krowchuk
- Samantha Krutzfeldt as Crystal Cates
Guest cast
- Shaun Johnston
- Belinda Metz
- Sarah Lind
- Daryl Shuttleworth
- Nick Mancuso
- Yani Gellman
- Nigel Bennett
- Heath Lamberts as P.T. Barnum
- Katharine Isabelle as Annie Sullivan
- Emily Perkins as Mary Shelley
- Peter Outerbridge as Dr. Milton Bradshaw
- Elliott Gould as Albert Einstein
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 52 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | June 12, 1999 | March 26, 2000 |
| Season 2 | 13 | August 18, 2001 | November 10, 2001 |
| Season 3 | 13 | March 3, 2003 | March 24, 2003 |
| Season 4 | 13 | March 15, 2004 | April 5, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Genius 14-year-old Oliver Cates inadvertently transports Albert Einstein into the present with his computer. Before going back, Einstein helps Oliver work through his anger so he can reconcile with his mother, whom the boy blames for his parents' divorce. |
June 12, 1999 |
| 2 |
Smart Aleck Oliver has no one with whom he can share his secret, so he summons Alexander Graham Bell. However, his secret is uncovered by a curious 14-year-old named Dee Sampson who, thanks to Bell’s advice, Oliver eventually befriends. |
June 19, 1999 |
| 3 |
Raising the Siege Dee is upset by her parents’ investment in a toxic pulp mill, so she summons Joan of Arc to help organize a protest, despite Oliver’s reservations. |
June 26, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Truth is in Here Ghostly incidents are happening in the school. To help figure out who is responsible for them Oliver and Dee summon Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle. Oliver keeps questioning this punk looking girl who just seems to appear everywhere. Is she a ghost? Is she responsible for the ghostly incidents? |
August 18, 2001 |
| 2 |
Her Grace Under Pressure Dee is running for Student Council but bad rumours about her are going around the school, so she summons Queen Elizabeth I for political advice. |
August 25, 2001 |
| 3 |
Dear Diary Dee reads Anne Frank's diary entries and decides that Anne deserves 36 hours of free time from the attic hideaway. Anne Frank cannot believe how free it is where Dee and Oliver live from her attic hideaway. Anne starts to really like or should I say love Oliver. Dee and Oliver decide to take Anne to the movie theatre. During the movie Anne steps out of the theatre and meets this punk guy in the theatre's video arcade and finds that there's a lot of goodness in him. So that tought Dee and Oliver how to find goodness in people. At the end of the episode before Anne's 36 hours run out she says that it has been the best 36 hours she has ever had in her life. |
September 2, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Good, The Bad and the Ollie Simon brings Oliver back home from the university using the VisiCron to help him with an invention. But there is a glitch in the VisiCron and Oliver is split into two, one nice and the other one is naughty. The nice one cannot tell a lie but the naughty one is seeking revenge on all the people that treated him bad in high school so Crystal and Simon need to find him before he does something really bad. |
March 3, 2003 |
| 2 | The Odd Pod | March 4, 2003 |
| 3 | Man's Best Friend | March 5, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enter the Monolith | March 15, 2004 |
| 2 | The Private Eyes | March 16, 2004 |
| 3 | Humbug | March 17, 2004 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Family Channel |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 12, 1999 |
| Last aired | April 5, 2004 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday |