The series stars Craig Olejnik as Toby Logan, a paramedic with telepathic powers who finds himself consulting with law enforcement to make a change in the world by helping others while listening to the thoughts of victims and criminals, and seeing images that they saw.
[10] Until now, Toby has kept secret his premonitions and his ability to listen to people's surface thoughts, only discussing them with his confidant and former counselor, Dr. Ray Mercer (Colm Feore).
While he and his partner Osman "Oz" Bey (Ennis Esmer) cross the city of Toronto in an ambulance, Toby helps people in crisis and gradually comes to terms with his past.
It's a year and a half later and Toby has finally come to terms with his telepathic powers and is still working with his paramedic partner Osman Bey.
Despite her initial skepticism, she realizes that Toby's special abilities could be her team's secret weapon.
But the price to pay for having such a gift is the emotional and physical effects of delving into some of the most deranged criminal minds out there and it is his old flame Dr Olivia Fawcett who helps him deal with his problems.
He decides to go into the bank after withdrawing cash and Michelle and Dev race to team up with him and prevent the robbery.
He makes a deal to start a unit for cases that are either cold and/or can't be solved by normal procedures.
Michelle McCluskey struggles through a complicated marriage with her husband (Kris Holden-Ried), while IIB head Alvin Klein (Peter Stebbings) attempts to protect himself and his team from the political maneuverings of the ambitious new police superintendent, Nichola Martell (Ingrid Kavelaars).
In the final season, Michelle becomes the mother of a little girl with her husband Adam, whereas Dev begins to be interested in Alex Kendrick, a new scientist working for IIB.
Oz left his job as a paramedic and is now the owner of a restaurant, and Toby continues his relationship with Tia.
In terms of storylines and overall tone, star Craig Olejnik has said that "season two is more mature, stronger, smoother, and it really picks up... it really moves into a whole new world.
Rather than try to discover what has happened to his mother and to learn more about his psychic sense, Toby "further embraces his telepathic powers to help solve criminal investigations".
In late 2018, it began airing on syndication and TV stations such as WWOR-TV in New York City, WPVI in Philadelphia, KBCW (now KPYX) in San Francisco, KMAX-TV in Sacramento, KDOC-TV in Los Angeles, and WSBK-TV in Boston, among others.
The website's consensus reads: "Despite a good premise, The Listener's narrative is too unoriginal and uninteresting to turn its potential into a truly compelling show.
[38] In Italy, The Listener not only grew the timeslot average by 470%, according to research company Auditel/AGB, but it was the second-most watched show ever on Fox.