![]() ![]() Creator, writer and director Michelle Latimer however managed to infuse a style that defies either. I often praise how Canadian television makes it look easy to be endearing and even addictive with barely a fraction of the production value on any given American Network show. “So… we DON’T turn into werewolves and fight shiny vampires?” One of those strange things is a drifter with ties to his parents whose quickly growing interest in the young man is both alarming and inevitable, for no one -and their intentions- are what they seem. The 6-part series, adapted from award-winning 2017 novel Son of a Trickster by Indigenous Canadian author Eden Robinson, centers on 16 year old Jared (play by chiseled-jaw newcomer Joel Oulette) whose already chaotic life in a small and poor indigenous community takes a turn for the creepy when he starts seeing strange things. This one cooks “E” to put food on the table if said table hasn’t already been repossessed because his junkie mom don’t pay any bills, while his estranged dad is a… ‘strange’ dad. Be warned, this heartbreaker didn’t grow up under the stairs in a privileged British neighborhood and given the key to a goblin vault holding a fortune. A young boy who doesn’t know much about his mystical heritage, but is forced to come of age really fast when friends & foes from his family’s past are all coming after him, for he… is the chosen one. ![]()
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