Jabbari Weekes
Director
Next Stop (2019)
Season 1
NEXT STOP is an anthology comedy series that chronicles the lives of Black Torontonians struggling to stay afloat and sane in the sprawling city. Energetically paced and richly visual, the show charts a course through chaotic, surreal, and hilarious vignettes of Toronto 'yutes' confronting the challenges of life in a competitive, expensive, and rapidly changing city.
Released Feb. 26, 2019
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.toronto-canada, tmdb.urban-life, imdb.independent-tv, imdb.black, tmdb.millennial, tmdb.black-canadian, imdb.toronto-ontario-canada
Production Companies: Scarborough Pictures
Network: CBC Gem
S1E1 - Beef
A tale of two good yutes from the diaspora engaged in a legendary bakkle over which ends has the superior Jamaican patty. Filmed before a mouse was found in a Kennedy Station patty.
Feb. 26, 2019, midnight
S1E2 - Mosquito
On her way to buy churros, one yute describes her encounter with a “Mosquito” with a unique taste for white blood. Filmed after a record number of mosquitoes hit Toronto.
March 10, 2019, midnight
S1E3 - Duppy
A Toronto fairytale about a jobless man at the mercy of LinkedIn and seasonal affective disorder when a mysterious spirit appears. Filmed before I actually got laid off.
May 8, 2019, midnight
S1E4 - Pool
In a dutty and cramped car not worth naming, two friends and a stranger question whether you need to leave Toronto to be successful or not. Filmed before our rent went up an additional $16.62.
Nov. 3, 2019, midnight
Network: CBC Gem
Released: Feb. 26, 2019
Last Air Date: Sept. 24, 2021, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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