One Last Shot

So much more than the precursor to TPB. Definitely more somber with a great ending.

A weird precursor to Trailer Park Boys, with Wells and Tremblay testing out their comedic style and playing characters different to those which received cult status, but with similar characteristics showing through.

Two best friends spend a night out drinking together before one moves away forever, hoping to share a secret before he departs. There is an odd introduction to an iteration of Mr Lahey, who in One Last Shot is a mean pet shop owner, and boss of 'GW'. Other than backstory, though, he is the exact same character.

Shot in grainy black and white footage with familiar angles, this short film holds many similarities with their later work. The humour is far more understated, a more subdued approach which doesn't turn the characters into caricatures. Overall though, this probably wouldn't draw an audience further than TPB fans.

This story was obviously low budget. Much lower than tpb. The story is really good. All of them really do a great job. I liked it. Shows that they can do other situations not just comedy.

So this film is precursor to TPB. Robb Wells stars as Robb and John Paul Tremblay as Gary William aka GW. John Dunsworth plays Mr. Lahey who happens to be GW's boss. The film and characters aren't the greatest and there's definitely a lot of fleshing out certain details and characteristics between One Last Shot and the debut of Trailer Park Boys. But this is no doubt where it began.

Available on Netflix Canada at the time of this writing (September 2018).

If you expecting a prequel to TPB, this isn't it. You can see that they're workshopping characters like Layhey and the New Yorker makes an appearance but it's a cute, quick comedy.