Director: Brian Donovan
Maple syrup theft sounds like an unlikely engine for a crime comedy, yet The Sticky turns it into a sly, character-driven caper. Margo Martindale leads a mismatched trio willing to risk everything for a fortune hidden in plain, syrupy sight.
What is The Sticky about?
Ruth Clarke has spent decades running her farm inside a culture of quiet politeness, and she is done with it. When an opportunity arises to pull off an audacious heist targeting a warehouse of maple syrup worth millions, she recruits a scrappy local troublemaker and a mobster well past his prime to help her pull it off. As the plan wobbles under the weight of egos, old grudges, and outside pressure, the show balances dry humor with real stakes, letting its unlikely alliance reveal both the absurdity and the desperation behind the scheme.
Cast & crew
Margo Martindale carries the series as Ruth, playing frustration and cunning in equal measure, while Chris Diamantopoulos and Guillaume Cyr fill out the trio as her reluctant partners in crime. Creator Brian Donovan builds episodes around 30-minute bursts of dark comedy, keeping the tone light even as the plan grows riskier.
Context & significance
A Canada–United States co-production released in 2024, The Sticky blends true-crime-adjacent inspiration with an absurdist comic sensibility, mixing genres of drama and comedy across its run. Its 7.0 IMDb rating points to steady appreciation for the show's dry wit and regional specificity, using the maple syrup industry as an unexpectedly rich backdrop for a story about people who feel boxed in by their own reputations.
Where & how to watch
The Sticky is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking audiences enjoy the show's dry humor without losing any of its rhythm. Reading about the series and browsing its episode guide costs nothing; streaming it requires signing into a K-Time account on a platform designed around a Farsi-first viewing experience for the Iranian diaspora.