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Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik) is a Toronto paramedic with a special power: He can [[Psychic Powers|hear people's thoughts]]. With his partner Osman "Oz" Bey (Ennis Esmer) and his on-again, off-again ex Dr. Olivia Fawcett (Mylène Dinh-Robic), Toby helps people he encounters in his work.
In Season 1, Toby helps Detective Charlie Marks (Lisa Marcos) investigate crimes for the police, but his main focus is discovering what happened to his mother and understanding his powers with the help of his mentor, Ray Mercer (Colm Feore). The show [[Retool|abandons this storyline]] and characters for Season 2 and focuses on the crimesolving, with Toby becoming an official police informant for Sergeant Michelle McCluskey (Lauren Lee Smith) and Corp. Dev Clark (Rainbow Sun Francks).
''[[The Listener]]'' has completed its first two seasons in Canada, its country of origin, and the first season has been released on DVD (but only for Region 2). As of June 1, 2011, it has been renewed for a third season, which is expected to premiere in 2012. [[ION]] will begin showing reruns in 2012.
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* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: A woman from [[Hong Kong]] in episode six is named "Kim". This is uncommon among Chinese, as opposed to Koreans or Vietnamese (as a ''family'' name). It's possible that this is her "English name".<ref>Many Chinese take an English or American-style name to ease interaction with English speakers.</ref> Also, she's played by Li Ching Song, born in Malaysia (though that country is 24% Chinese).
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: The amnesiac patient of the second season premiere.
* [[Baker's Dozen]]: The first season was thirteen episodes. Same with the second season.
* [[Blessed
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Toby. There will often be a blue tinge to scenes (like in ''[[CSI: NY]]'') that emphasizes his eyes.
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Marks in "One Way or Another".
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* [[Corrupt Cop]]: Mike Henderson in the first episode.
* [[Cover-Blowing Superpower]]: Subverted in that when he's kidnapped in "Desperate Hours", his fellow hostage (Oz) knows about his powers and no explaining is needed. Unfortunately, his power is more subtler than most and barely kept them alive.
* [[Cursed
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead(?) Little Brother]]: Toby remembers a baby brother.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Mercer.
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** Most of the ex-biker gang in "Reckoning," thanks to {{spoiler|the suggestion powers of the girl of the family they murdered.}}
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: [[Lampshaded]] in the first episode:
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'''Toby:''' It's not a movie, Oz. It doesn't happen that way.
(Car blows up.) }}
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Occasionally.
* [[Fair Cop]]: Det. Marks.
* [[Foster Kid]]: Toby is one.
* [[Friend
* [[Healing Hands]]: Iris. {{spoiler|Supposedly.}}
* [[Heroic Fatigue]] : This turns out to be a plot point in that {{spoiler|Toby will die if he continues to use his powers and in the second season finale, shuts off his telepathy}}
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* [[Instant Humiliation - Just Add YouTube]]: A politician's sex tape gets leaked to the Internet and goes viral seemingly instantly.
* [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?]]: Right after Toby has been teasing Oz about how all he thinks about is his new girlfriend:
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'''Toby:''' Is that what it's called nowadays? }}
* [[Jerkass]]: Holy crap, Marks.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Unlike [[Heroes (TV series)|Ando]], Oz starts off both relieved to know he's not crazy and anxious to help Toby out.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Marks initially ''thinks'' Toby's power is this, but relents.
* [[Mixed Metaphor]]: In "Inner Circle":
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* [[Mysterious Past]]: Toby can't remember his past as a young child and throughout the first season each episode some bits and pieces are remembered which leaves you hoping that there's a second season and that they'll just spit it out.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Both of Toby's parents are out of the picture. He never knew his dad and doesn't know what happened to his mom {{spoiler|who apparently jumped into a river with him when he was little while running away from something...}}
* [[Phone Trace Race]]: In "Vanished," a kidnapper freaks out at her partner when he stays on the phone longer than 15 seconds, believing that this will allow the police to trace them. (They can't get a trace anyway.)
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Obviously.
* [[Rape
* [[Screwed
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Mercer, and later Oz, Marks, and Olivia. In the second season, they are joined by Michelle McCluskey and Dev Clark.
* [[Shout
* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: Usually between Ryder and Oz.
* [[Suicide
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: McCluskey for Marks in the second season -- both police detectives with similar personalities. {{spoiler|She even learns his secret by the second episode she's in.}}
* [[Take My Hand]]: In the first episode.
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* [[Truncated Theme Tune]]: For the second season, the full theme tune and credits sequence is reduced to a few notes and a title, and the main cast credits are shown over the next scene.
* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: Happens to Marks in "One Way or Another".
* [[We Have to Get
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