We collected North of North's funniest moments from Season 1 (you're welcome)
Full of love, laughter and authenticity, this breakout series will be back for Season 2 on CBC Gem
Forget your typical sitcoms – CBC's North of North delivers laughs and heart from the captivating landscape of Ice Cove, Nunavut. This quirky and delightful series follows Anna Lambe as Siaja, a young woman who blows up her marriage to the town's golden boy Ting (Kelly William) and sets out on a new life with her eight-year-old daughter Bun (Keira Belle Cooper).
She moves in with her prickly mom, Neevee (Maika Harper), and finally meets her estranged dad, Alistair (Jay Ryan), an environmental consultant who had no idea Siaja existed. In dire need of a job, she convinces the community centre manager, Helen (Mary Lynn Rajskub), to hire her as an assistant, where she spends time in the warmhearted company of best pals Mille (Zorga Qaunaq) and Colin (Bailey Poching).
This Inuk community vibrates with love and laughter. In some ways, Ice Cove is like any small town with its lore and gossip, except the people who live here drive to work on snowmobiles, wear the most beautiful sealskin parkas, and have a penchant for finding laughter in the hardest times.
"While these stories all are fictional, a lot of them have come from grains of truth in lives", says executive producer and co-creator Stacey Aglok-MacDonald. "We're putting all of our insecurities and heartbreak on the table, the things that have ripped our hearts out and made us laugh the hardest, too."
"I think what the show does really well is that it reflects Indigenous reality, in the sense that history and our pain never goes away, but our day-to-day lives are filled with joy and happiness and connection and love," says actor Bailey Poching. "I have a friend who once told me that if we didn't laugh so much, we'd be crying."
Here are just a few of the most memorable moments from the first season of North of North. Enjoy!
In a land short on wood, the residents of Ice Cove resort to bone. (There is no polite way to say this. We tried.)
Alistair tries to settle into his new role as Siaja's dad. But first, he must endure the shade.
Siaja and her mom, Neevee, hilariously battle over parenting styles.
The gang accompany Siaja on a quest for rebound romance — at the local airport.
Siaja has a date with a visiting French Canadian photographer, who has some interesting kinks.
And let's all swoon over that Bridgerton dress. Behold.
Of course, now you want more. We've got you, because North of North (drum roll, please) will be back for Season 2!
Watch North of North Season 1 on CBC Gem now.
