Dirty cops, family ties, and the lies that bind—Canadian crime TV finally grew a backbone.
Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestWould Be Kings is a Canadian 4-hour television mini-series directed by David Wellington which aired on CTV on January 27 and January 28, 2008. It stars Currie Graham and Ben Bass as two cousins and best friends working in a corrupted drug-squad .
Acting
Graham and Bass sell the cousin chemistry hard
Writing
Tight 4-hour arc, no filler episodes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few Canadian crime mini-series to take on police corruption this directly, predating the global prestige cop wave by years.
David Wellington also directed episodes of Orphan Black and Saving Hope—this was his darkest swing.
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