Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer has had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. With the help of Remy Bouchard, a pint-sized local blockhead and an aging Mike Byrne, a low-level mobster, Ruth changes her fate — and transforms the future of her community with the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of maple syrup.
Episodes
Petiole
Canadian maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry hits back at bureaucratic exploitation by planning a syrup heist with low-level Boston criminal Mike Byrne and inside man Remy Bouchard.
Insertion Point
As the plan for the heist comes together, Ruth is arrested for vandalizing the Association. Meanwhile, big city cop Valerie Nadeau is called in to investigate a murder.
Margins
Ruth, Mike and Remy are involved in a white-knuckle race with the police to prevent them discovering evidence that would jeopardize the heist.
Teeth
The gang reluctantly decide to use physical force to deal with a personnel problem, but Mike’s preference for a more permanent solution threatens to leave them all exposed to the police.
Blade
As the police investigation into a local murder starts impinging on the plans for the heist, Mike’s past arrives with a vengeance and puts everybody in mortal danger.
Apex
The long-delayed heist gets underway in the middle of a farmers’ uprising, and the gang must use all their ingenuity to improvise their way through a series of unforeseen disasters.
Top Cast
Margo Martindale
Ruth Landry
Chris Diamantopoulos
Mike Byrne
Guillaume Cyr
Remy Bouchard
