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criminally incompetentQuebecois chaossmall-time dreams

Latest Episode

Episode 10

44 min

Season 1 • Episode 10

Latest

Episode 10

Jan 1, 2016

Overview

Karl, Max and their friend Yvon see their destiny forever shatter when they discover a bag containing a gun and lots of money! By taking the decision to keep the loot of 2.6 million, they will be propelled into a world to which they don’t belong, caught up in a race for millions with the organized crime.

Content warning

organized crime stolen money quebec

class aspirationloyalty under pressureconsequences of greedmasculine fragility

Standout Aspects

Acting

Lafortune and Jodoin's bumbling chemistry is uncomfortably perfect.

Writing

Dialogue captures Quebec working-class desperation with painful precision.

Production

Montreal locations feel authentically lived-in, never tourist-pretty.

Best for:Binge·Friends·Solo

Heads up:Violence·Language

Creators

Charles Lafortune, Maxime Landry

First AiredNov 29, 2015

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Seasons1·Episodes10

Top Cast

Charles Lafortune

Karl Bastien

Guy Jodoin

Maxime Villeneuve

Benoît Gouin

René 'Flower' Lafleur

Évelyne Rompré

Dominique Trudel

Hélène Florent

Ève Chapdelaine

Patrick Hivon

Greg Nesterenko

Hugues Frenette

Lou Guérard

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Creator Charles Lafortune is primarily known as a beloved Quebec TV host—this was his dramatic pivot that shocked audiences.

Cultural

The series captures a specific 2010s Quebec anxiety: working-class Montrealers watching wealth concentrate while opportunities vanish.

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