The Sticky

The Sticky is a 2024 black comedy series set in Quebec, Canada. Starring Margo Martindale and produced by Jason Blum and Jamie Lee Curtis, the show is loosely based on the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. In February 2025, the series was canceled after one season.^[1]

The Sticky
Genre	Heist crime thriller Black comedy
Created by	Brian Donovan Ed Herro
Directed by	Michael Dowse Joyce Wong
Starring	Margo Martindale Chris Diamantopoulos Guillaume Cyr
Composer	FM Le Sieur
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Brian Donovan Ed Herro Jonathan Levine Gillian Bohrer Jamie Lee Curtis Jason Blum Chris Dickie Jeremy Gold Michael Dowse Lauren Grant Josée Vallée Bruno Dubé Chris McCumber
Production companies	Sphere Media Comet Pictures Megamix Blumhouse Productions Amazon MGM Studios
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)

Premise

A Canadian maple syrup farmer finds her farm is under threat and plots to steal millions of dollars of maple syrup as revenge.^[2]

Cast

• Margo Martindale as Ruth Landry
• Chris Diamantopoulos as Mike Byrne
• Guillaume Cyr as Remy Bouchard
• Gita Miller as Teddy Green
• Guy Nadon as Leonard Gauthier Sr.
• Mickaël Gouin as Léo Gauthier Jr.
• Suzanne Clément as Detective Valérie Nadeau
• Mark O'Brien as Charlie
• Meegwun Fairbrother as Gary Montour
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Bo Shea

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Petiole"	Michael Dowse	Brian Donovan & Ed Herro	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
2	"Insertion Point"	Michael Dowse	Brian Donovan & Ed Herro	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
3	"Margins"	Joyce Wong	Adriana Maggs	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
4	"Teeth"	Joyce Wong	Shannon Masters	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
5	"Blade"	Michael Dowse	Brian Donovan & Ed Herro	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
6	"Apex"	Michael Dowse	Brian Donovan & Ed Herro	December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)

Production

The series creators are Brian Donovan and Ed Herro, who are also executive producers and showrunners. It is produced by Blumhouse Television, Comet Pictures, Megamix and Sphere Media. Executive producers include Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer for Megamix, Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures, Jason Blum, Chris Dickie, Jeremy Gold and Chris McCumber for Blumhouse Television and Michael Dowse. Lauren Grant also serves as executive producer with Josée Vallée and Bruno Dubé for Sphere Media, Inc. Russell Goldman associate produces for Comet Pictures.^[3]

The series is directed by Michael Dowse and Joyce Wong, with filming taking in place in Quebec in 2023 with filming locations including Montreal and Saint-Eustache.^[4]

The cast is led by Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos and Guillaume Cyr, and features Gita Millier, Guy Nadon, Mickaël Gouin, Suzanne Clément, Mark O'Brien, and Meegwun Fairbrother. Jamie Lee Curtis has a guest role.^[3]

Release

The series debuted on Amazon Prime Video on 6 December 2024.^[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Sticky holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 17 reviews with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Spinning a spiky yarn with a memorable posse of eccentric characters drizzled on top, The Sticky lays it on thick and is all the more entertaining for it."^[6] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the series holds a score of 67/100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[7]

Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph awarded the series four stars and said it was "tremendous fun”.^[8] Nate Richard for Collider compared it to the television series Fargo, describing it as "a story about grief, murder, the mafia, and, of course, maple syrup".^[9]