#syruptitious

which involves the main characters making their own maple syrup

and treating it like meth

and leading to a back alley deal between the two investigators and a restaurant owner

where Cop A hands over a bottle of syrup and the owner reaches in his jacket like he’s going for a gun

and Cop B tells him to freeze

and there’s a tense beat before the owner pulls out a pastry he brought to test the syrup.

Cop A: It’s a crepe!

Owner: It’s a crepe.

Guziewicz: A sting? We're still talking about syrup, right?

Russ: What if it was meth? We'd go undercover and make ourselves bait. We'd pose as syrup suppliers, new in town from Vermont. And then we'd undercut the market and move in on McFarland's turf.

Russ: Am I? *checks mirror* *smiles again* I'm just wondering if this is the first time you've ever been turned down for something.

Milt: You do realize my failing to get that warrant affects you too...?