49/21
This series starts off so well, and then somehow
When maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry discovers her livelihood is being targeted by greedy competitors who were once her friends, she hatches a scheme to get revenge and shake up the industry. No doubt 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.
For that reason, it’s not enough – it leaves you hanging – and is stretched too thin
tanks. I didn’t realize this was “Season 1.” I was led to believe it was a full story told in 6 episodes.
I realize I should have soaked this review in syrupy jokes, but maples are always sad because they’re so juicy
The casting and production design are great, but it’s like the original Twin Peaks: once the “big crime” is solved, the story is over. Trying to flesh it out with extraneous subplots becomes painful no matter how much we enjoy spending time with these strange characters.
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