A 43-minute comedy where friendship is the real heist.
When a beloved power couple breaks up, their mutual best friend Craig stages an elaborate sting operation to get them back together.
Writing
Mike Cheslik packs a feature's worth of schemes into 43 minutes.
Acting
Jack Quaid's Craig commits fully to unhinged best friend energy.
Editing
Snappy cuts keep the con moving faster than you can blink.
Director
Mike Cheslik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mike Cheslik later co-wrote the bonkers horror-comedy Hundreds of Beavers, keeping his signature chaotic energy.
Scheme Squad arrived during the 2010s peak of 'friends meddling in friends' lives' comedies, but crammed into a lunch break.
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