SERIES PREMIERE: Actually, for Departure, it’s not really a premiere – not even an American premiere, because since America includes North America, and North America includes Canada (I hope I have all that right), Departure already has appeared on this continent. This series hails from Canada, and even though it’s new to us in the U.S., it’s also a bit familiar, at least in its high-concept subject. It stars Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer in a