Our Hero is a Canadian teen comedy-drama television series. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons on CBC and WTN from October 5, 2000, until January 20, 2002, and was syndicated in the United States on WAM! and in the United Kingdom on Channel 5. Premise The series resolves around 17-year old Canadian Kale Stiglic (Cara Pifko) who creates a zine about her life in suburban Toronto with her friends Ross Korolus (Justin Peroff), Mary-Elizabeth Penrose (Jeanie Calleja), and Dalal Vidya (Vik Sahay). Each episode was named after an "issue" of her zine. Similar to Disney's Lizzie McGuire, plot segments were interspersed with quirky animated sequences narrated by Kale, with the animation reflecting the illustrations used in that issue's zine. Cast Cara Pifko as Kale Stiglic, the protagonist who writes a zine about her life. Jeanie Calleja as Mary Elizabeth Penrose, Kale's best friend since childhood and Dalal's girlfriend. She lives in a strict Catholic family. Justin Peroff as Ross Korolus, Kale's friend, who discovers he is gay during the course of the series. He is of Ukrainian descent. Michael George as Ethan Stiglic, Kale's older brother and an aspiring comedian. Vik Sahay as Dalal Vidya, Mary E's boyfriend and Kale and Ross's friend. Christopher Ralph as Malachi, an environmentalist and zine writer who dates Kale in season 2. Jesse Nilsson as Rollins, who Kale has a crush on. Robert Bockstael as Joey Stiglic, Kale and Ethan's father. Mimi Kuzyk as Mila Stiglic, Kale and Ethan's mother. Daniel Enright as Bill Fisher, who works at the photocopying shop Kale uses to print copies of her zine. He dates Kale for a few episodes. Tory Cassis as Gordon, Kale's friend who uses a wheelchair after having cancer. He dies in "The Last Laugh Issue". Erin Hickock as Shana, a teen mother who works at the health food store with Kale briefly. Episodes Season 1 (2000–01) Season 2 (2001–02) Production Our Hero was created by John May and Suzanne Bolch who also had writing credits on all but two episodes. May also directed a number of episodes. Along with Karen Lee Hall the three formed Heroic Film Company, a Toronto production company that is mainly focused on creating youth oriented television programming. The series was filmed in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre at Front St and John St in Toronto, Ontario. To save time and money, there were always two episodes shot