24 minSeason 3 • Episode 8
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In a blue-collar community where the high stress of working in a refinery is balanced by the comedic high-wire antics of its plant workers, The Trades centres around pipefitter Todd and his sister and roommate, Audrey, who follows in her big brother’s footsteps pursuing a career in the trades as a carpenter, just like their father Rod.
Writing
Workplace banter that actually sounds like real people.
Acting
Robb Wells finally playing a lovable loser on purpose.
Creator
Ryan J. Lindsay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Nova Scotia, the series joins a wave of Canadian comedies finally letting working-class stories be funny without being punchlines. The refinery setting is grimly authentic to the region's economic reality.
Creator Ryan J. Lindsay worked actual trade jobs before writing, and it shows — those 'impossible client' stories came from somewhere very real and very petty.
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