Running with Violet

Running With Violet is a Canadian comedy-drama web series created by and starring Rebecca Davey and Marie-Claire Marcotte. The series premiered on a dedicated YouTube channel on February 13, 2017. As of January 2020, "Running With Violet" had generated over 1.5 million views on YouTube.
In 2020, it was announced that the series will be broadcast on OutTV in the 2020-21 television season.
Plot.
In fictional smalltown Pictonville, Ontario, housewife Miranda and single mother Jolene attempt a weekend holiday with Jolene's daughter, toddler Violet, in tow. After a series of unfortunate events, they find themselves on the run from a small-town meth gang and the law, and must navigate a web of dangerous crime to survive.
Season 2 finds the two friends getting caught up in a beauty and wellness pyramid scheme, only to discover it is a front for pushing drugs. With dreams of big money, the women try to make the most of their situation while dealing with the escalating stakes around them.
Production.
The series was funded through the Independent Production Fund, the Ontario Media Development Corporation Interactive Digital Media Fund, and the St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission. After initial production, the series received additional funding through a 2016 Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that raised over $12,600 CAD.
The first season of "Running With Violet" was screened at Sunscreen Film Festival, Sunscreen Film Festival West, Austin Web Fest, Toronto Web Fest, Wendie Webfest Hamburg, Melbourne WebFest, SeriesFest, Newark International Film Festival, Lift-Off Global Network (Los Angeles, Paris, Vancouver, and Sydney), Web Series Festival Global, Webfest Berlin, UK Web Fest, Rio WebFest, Open World Toronto Film Festival, Blackbird Film Festival, Marseille Web Fest, and Canada Independent Film Festival.
The second season of "Running With Violet" was completed in 2019. The first three episodes of the season were released on YouTube before the series received network sales to OUTtv and ERT. The second season was screened at Bilbao Seriesland, Los Angeles Film Awards, Minnesota WebFest, NZ Web Fest, Open World Toronto Film Festival, Queen Palm International Film Festival, Rio Webfest, Sunscreen Film Fest West, Baltimore Next Media Web Fest, Santa Monica Webfest, Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, UK Web Fest, Web Series Festival Global, and Webfest Berlin.
Reception.
Katheryn Trammell of "Starry Constellation Magazine" described the first season of "Running With Violet" as "one of a few new shows that represent the future of web series production... to put it more simply this web series looks, acts and feels like a movie, but it does so organically," while also praising its writing for "a tone of comedy I haven’t seen this well-executed since the last time I watched "Fargo"." Matt Fagerholm of rogerebert.com called the show "highly enjoyable," while Joël Bassaget of Web Series Mag wrote "[i]t's a really entertaining show with a perfect rhythm, a clever script and very good acting."
She Does the City described season 2 as something that "will likely remind some viewers of "Fargo", "Weeds", or "Breaking Bad"" but "is its own beautiful masterpiece." Siân Melton of Muff Society praised the second season, calling it "just as captivating and intense as the first, but the stakes are even higher." Hollywood North Mag called it "a blend of extremely dark comedy where it either comes off as very funny or very disturbing, which makes it all that more interesting and gripping to watch.” Blogger Nerdy Girl Express praised it as "one of the most unexpected series I have ever had the pleasure of watching," and Parker & The Picture Shows called it "one of those rare little gems."