The BEST episodes of Rick Mercer Report season 5
Every episode of Rick Mercer Report season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Rick Mercer Report season 5!
The Rick Mercer Report (formerly Rick Mercer's Monday Report) is a political news-comedy show. Most of each episode is done with Rick in front of the camera displaying his unique brand of satire, from insulting politicians to mocking Americans. Rick tries to do at least one segment in a different Canadian city each week. This is a must see for everyone in Canada. You'll either love or hate this show within the first viewing.
#1 - January 15, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2008
Rick hits the open seas with the Pacific Fleet and starts the new year off right with a polar bear dip into freezing cold Lake Ontario.
#2 - January 8, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2008
Best of 2007
#3 - March 25, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2008
Rick goes kite skiing on the Ottawa River and races on a bike with no brakes at a velodrome in London, Ontario.
#4 - March 18, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2008
Rick attends the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife and spends March Break at the Royal Ontario Museum.
#5 - March 11, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2008
Rick hits the links with Anne Murray and horses around with Canada's Olympic equestrian team.
#6 - February 26, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2008
Rick pushes himself to the limit in a human centrifuge and checks out the latest in cars at the Canadian International Auto Show.
#7 - February 19, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2008
Rick trains with the national men's wheelchair basketball team and visits the winner of the Spread the Net Campus Challenge.
#8 - February 5, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2008
Rick goes dog sledding in Haliburton, Ont., then he moves on to practice with Canada's Olympic-bound Track and Field Team. Stephen Harper and other major Ottawa politicos join him in a beer commercial spoof.
#9 - January 29, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2008
Rick races on the frozen shores of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay and windsurfs on the world's largest indoor lake at the Toronto International Boat Show.
#10 - January 22, 2008
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2008
Rick trains with the Canadian national synchronized swimming and women's water polo teams in Montreal, and takes to the slopes in Whistler, B.C.
#11 - October 2, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2007
Rick returns after a restful summer. He hopes you're ready for the ride, because it's going to be a long wild one.
#12 - December 4, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2007
Rick trains at the Stratford Chefs School with Sheila McCarthy and delivers holiday mail for Canada Post.
#13 - November 27, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2007
Rick shows a dog at the Ottawa Kennel Club's Show of Shows, then hits the Ganong Chocolate Factory in St. Stephen, New Brunswick with Premier Shawn Graham.
#14 - November 20, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2007
Rick and Jean Chretien have lunch at Harvey's. It's an exclusive first English-language interview with the former prime minister since his heart surgery, and starts off where they had their first lunch date ten years ago.
#15 - November 6, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2007
Rick heads to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon . Rick practises with the wrestling team, poses nude for an art class, drives high-speed racing cars.
#16 - October 30, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2007
Rick goes on a cattle drive in Southern Alberta. Rick trains with the Ottawa police tactical unit.
#17 - October 23, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2007
Off roading with the Premier. Cirque Du soleil in Toronto.
#18 - October 16, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2007
Rick gets to ride in a submarine and visits Bala, Ontario for the Cranberry Festival
#19 - October 9, 2007
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2007
Canoeing with Bob Rae. Everything you wanted to know about electoral reform but were not interested enough to ask.