say it with pie

Sometimes I like to bug my screenwriter friend Courtney by telling her that I don’t believe she’s actually been working on a tv show for the past year and a half. I tell her that she’s made the whole thing up and just wanders the city like a crazy person when she says she’s off “writing”.

But, uhhh, I guess she actually isn’t crazy and really was working on a tv show, because the first season is coming to The Movie Network on March 16 at 10 pm ET! See trailer above! The first two episodes will be available online and on demand starting March 2!

Synopsis stolen from the press release:

Shot entirely on location in Toronto and Scarborough, Ontario, The Line follows two morally ambiguous cops, Max (Ron White) and Donny (Daniel Kash), who take matters into their own hands in an attempt to clean up their neighbourhoods. Having lost interest in conventional police work, Max now opts to implement his own method of dealing with the criminals he pursues, while having an affair with burned out legal aid lawyer Jayne (Sharon Lawrence) who has her ailing father Patrick (Ed Asner) to deal with. Donny treats his job as more of a hobby and prefers to bide his time with drinking and prostitutes and soon gets involved with Carol (Linda Hamilton), a charming grifter from his past.

Max and Donny’s paths soon collide with Carlos (Clé Bennett), a mid-level drug dealer trying to turn his life around, who finds himself caught between warring drug suppliers Andre (Wes Williams) and Eddie (Von Flores), and ex-wife Lucie (Sarah Manninen), who wants nothing to do with his criminal lifestyle. In Carlos, Max sees an opportunity to sabotage the criminal underpinning of the entire neighbourhood. As Max’s plan unfolds, it unravels the worlds of not only the cops and criminals, but everyone who surrounds them: their wives, mothers, brothers, sisters and children.

And yes, Wes Williams is MAESTRO FRESH WES, so you better respect. Also, Ed Asner.