Weeks Later, I Am Still Thinking About the Start of ‘Shoresy’, Part 2

If you were to tell me that a spin off focused on a bit character of a Canadian sitcom about a town of less than 5,000 people that we never saw the face of was going to be one of my favorite shows of the 2020s, well there is a part of me that probably would have believed you the moment you mentioned it was primarily about a hockey team. But there would be a bit of incredulity behind my eyes. After being introduced to Letterkenny back in 2019, once I got past Fartbook, I was entranced by an utterly hypnotic depiction of Canadian small-town life: the Hicks, the Jocks, the Skids, the Natives, the Memonites, and the occasional out-of-towner. The was a cleverness in the writing, a delightful droll in the delivery, and all around, it was good at endearing you to the quirky members of the town. I also very distinctively remember the brilliant cold open of the season 1 recap that opened season 2.

It was in this two-minute stretch that I became convinced of the creative genius of Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney. Over the next several years, Letterkenny season drops on Hulu became appointment television. It led to much lamenting when the series ended in 2023 and much rejoicing when the spin off was announced. Omar dropped a review on the first season back in 2022, and honestly, we’ve done the world a disservice by not talking about the Sudbury Bulldogs even more. So, we’re gonna fix that now…admittedly, a couple weeks after season 4 aired…