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.
E1 ∙ 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.
E2 ∙ 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.
E3 ∙ 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.
E4 ∙ 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.
E5 ∙ 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.
E6 ∙ 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.
