CBC's Push returns for Season 2, featuring a group of friends who navigate their lives in wheelchairs
How to watch Push, the ground-breaking docuseries now streaming on CBC Gem
Watch Season 2 free on CBC Gem.
The ground-breaking CBC original docuseries, Push, is back for a second season.
Push is Canada's first major prime-time program to feature a leading cast of people with disabilities. CBC's Jennifer Dettman, who greenlit the series says, "This is a series about a group of best friends who use wheelchairs and are trying to do what we are all trying to do – live their best lives."
What is Push about?
Pulling back the veil on life as a wheelchair user, Push takes audiences into the inner world of the "Wheelie Peeps," an unlikely group of friends bonded by their shared experience of life on wheels.
Whether it's growing a family, fighting social stigma or jumping back into the dating pool, this determined group of friends is working together to prove that even though their mobility may be limited, their lives and dreams are most certainly not.
"This show is what I needed when I was first paralyzed," said lead cast member Benveet "Bean" Gill. "To see that having a disability doesn't define you. We're regular people, striving like everyone else to live our kickass lives to the fullest. But Push is not simply a show about our lives. It's about seeing and hearing us as people, just as we are."
What happens in Season 2?
Nothing is off the table as this bold group of friends tackle everything life throws their way.
Watch | The official Season 2 trailer
Love is in the air this season as 'leader of the pack', Bean finds herself out of the dating pool and into a steady relationship. But all's not easy in love and accessibility as Bean must navigate the emotional stress of a long-distance relationship as well as the logistical and stigmatic challenges of dating a fellow wheelchair user.
While Bean's love life is taking off, another beloved relationship may be crashing down as Brian and Victoria find themselves at a crossroads; their clashing priorities have the couple questioning whether they are truly meant to be together. To give them both some space and perspective on the relationship, Brian flies off to Italy with new best-friend Riccardo while back at home, Victoria does some major self- reflection and dives head-first into work with her new CMT community. Will love be enough to keep these two together?
Meanwhile, on his whirlwind trip through his homeland, classically trained pianist Riccardo must come to terms with his former life in Italy and battle pressures from his parents to make a permanent move back home. Back in Edmonton, Aleem's CP (Cerebral Palsy) has him navigating chronic health issues that have him in and out of the hospital, quad-mom Natasha reflects on how far she's come when a cheerleading reunion reunites her with people who knew her before her injury, and we'll meet a new Wheelie Peep named Roneel who is working through trauma via a
beautiful art form.
Who appears in Push Season 2?
Season 2 features returning favourites including the group's fearless and unfiltered leader, Bean Gill; Canada's favourite potty-mouthed and self-proclaimed redneck, Brian McPherson; concert pianist, entrepreneur and adventure-seeker, Riccardo Baldini; and more!
Where is Push filmed?
Push was filmed in Edmonton, Alberta, Fano, Italy, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Where can I watch Push?
You can catch up on Season 1 of Push, now streaming on CBC Gem.
CBC Gem is available for free as an App for iOS, tvOS, Fire TV, Android TV, Android phones and tablets, LG and Samsung Smart TVs, Roku, and Xbox One/S/X and online at gem.cbc.ca
The second season will premiere on CBC Gem, CBC's free streaming service, beginning Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7:30 (8:00 NL) with a new episode each week.
