The Story

“Vancouver. Spectacular by nature.”

“One big melting pot of karmas, cultures, and conflicts.”

“Pain was plentiful here. But so was pleasure.”

“Vancouver's nights were always supercharged with lust.”

“Everybody knew, I knew, that the city had become a powder keg...”

“...just waiting for a spark.”

“I just didn't know that we were to provide it.”

“Lydia and I.”

“Not until it was too late...”

The Concept

“Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” is an original Canadian one-hour television drama series. It is set primarily in the underground night life of Vancouver and its day time flipside.

Its stories combine strong influences from philosophy, religion and mythology with a realistic depiction of relationships and experiences on the other side of ‘vanilla’.

The show depicts new approaches to the themes of violence and sexuality. The target audience is primarily the post-college/adult demographic, reached in a 10pm time slot.

“Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” seeks to achieve for S&M between consenting adults what “Queer As Folk” did for homosexuality. Since its inception several years ago, “Queer As Folk” has used a realistic depiction free of satires and sermons to bring mainstream acceptance to a formerly seedy subject.

Using a similar realism for consensual S&M, “Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” seeks to show this lifestyle as no worse – while also no better – than any other social club.

But while S&M is certainly a big aspect of “Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate”, the show’s themes are much broader. As in a mythological epic of old, a new season will not mean a new beginning, but merely the further escalation of conflict towards the inevitable.

The show spans the last six years before the prophesized “Great Changing of the World”, and tells the story of Vancouver from 2005 till 2010.