23/39

I knew about the real Maple Heist, and I thought it would be fun to watch after seeing the trailer

When maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry finds her livelihood under attack from greedy competitors who were once her friends, she devises a plan to get revenge and shake up the industry. Five people were sentenced to prison for the 2011-2012 theft of $18 million worth of maple syrup from a storage facility in Quebec. I want to start by saying that I went into this series with medium to low expectations, so there were no major disappointments or real surprises.

It’s just someone else’s work over and over again

If you like low-quality Fargo knockoffs made by people who don’t understand any of the working ingredients in Coen brothers movies, it might be fun to watch. And I guess you could say that all the little elements they took from other films would be homages and nods if they weren’t so awkwardly and inappropriately confident in their uniqueness. There’s a certain vagueness to the writing and direction that, frankly, isn’t appropriate.

Sarcastic, ugly, mean, weird, and bad

It’s the end of the game of telephone and the syntax is almost unrecognizable. The only draw of the series, the one that kept me watching until the end, is the cast. They give it 100%, and even though those characters are all the same archetypes, the same actors seem to always be playing them these days.

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It seems like some of the actors just can’t escape the cliché cast that has gripped them. I wish they’d gotten more exposure, even though they’re really good at what they’re doing. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the most important TV and streaming premieres this month.