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The tyrannical association leader, Leonard Sr, wants to steal her property on the cheap
When maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry finds her livelihood under attack from greedy competitors who were once her friends, she hatches a plan to get revenge and shake up the industry. Loosely based on the 2011-2012 theft of $18 million worth of maple syrup from a storage facility in Quebec; five people were sentenced to prison. In rural Quebec, Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale) struggles to maintain her maple farm while her husband is in a coma.
Fargo is strong on this
Remy Bouchard (Guillaume Cyr) is the frustrated lone security guard at the association’s warehouse. Mike Byrne (Chris Diamantopoulos) is a low-level bagman with a Boston mob family. Like the franchise, this could have been a movie or a TV show.
The respect is paid
There’s snow, quirky criminals and small-town folks, and even a true/untrue story. The cast is led by the great Margo Martindale and the slightly loose Chris Diamantopoulos. Two things worry me at the beginning, and that holds me back a bit.
That takes some getting used to
The story is inherently silly, and I’m not sure the Fargo treatment is worth it. The other issue is the language barrier. Despite the slow start, the show leaves me wanting more.
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