From a media release:
After season one received great reviews, built an audience, and earned a Screen Nova Scotia Groundbreaking Performance Award, Normal Scotia is back for more. Season Two of the Bell Fibe TV1 original comedy series premieres May 14th, returning with six new episodes that push Shiv and Manish further into the glorious strangeness of Maritime life.
Co-created by Amarpal Dhillon and Charles Wahl, Normal Scotia follows two newly landed Indian immigrants — best friends Shiv and Manish — who work at a Halifax curling club and navigate the baffling, warm, and frequently inexplicable customs of their adoptive home. Season Two finds them deeper in: hockey chirping, the meditative (and not so meditative) ritual of fishing, and the limits of cultural appreciation when someone loves your culture a little too enthusiastically.
Season Two marks a creative evolution for the show. Akshay Shirke — who plays Manish on screen and won the Screen Nova Scotia Award for his performance in Season One — joins co-creator Charles Wahl as co-writer and directed episode 2 of this season. It’s a rare and earned move: a lead actor who lived the material, now helping to shape it from the inside out.
The full returning cast is back, joined by a scene-stealing rotation of new characters — including Sebastian, a naked roommate who makes quite an impression, and Bryce, a white guy so obsessed with Indian culture he’s out-Indian-ing everyone around him.
Think ‘Letterkenny’ with the cultural perspective of ‘Atlanta’ — Normal Scotia is a comedy built from the inside, by people who’ve actually lived the in-between.
Normal Scotia Season Two premieres May 14th on Bell Fibe TV1, channel 1, and the Fibe TV app.
About the Creators
Amarpal Singh Dhillon (Co-Creator, Executive Producer) was born and raised in Halifax by Indian immigrants, giving him a front-row seat to the cultural collisions at the heart of Normal Scotia. A Dalhousie English grad, he has produced short films for CBC and Bravo, and built a career as an advertising creative for clients including Honda, Labatt, and Coca-Cola.
Charles Wahl (Co-Creator, Co-Writer, Director) is an award winning writer and director whose films have screened at SXSW, Clermont-Ferrand, Aspen, Palm Springs, Melbourne, Seattle, and TIFF. His film The Mohel won Best Live Action Short at the Academy Award-qualifying Palm Springs International ShortsFest, and his short film Paper won Best Short Film at the 2025 Screen Nova Scotia Awards. He has directed commercially for BMW/MINI, KIA, Mazda, TD, McDonald’s, and others for over a decade.
Akshay Shirke (Co-Writer, Director of Episode 2, and star as Manish) is a filmmaker and actor born in India and based in Halifax. His debut short Entrée is distributed through CBC Gem, and his second film Louis premiered at the Atlantic International Film Festival in 2025 before screening internationally. Winner of the 2025 Screen Nova Scotia Groundbreaking Performance Award for his role as Manish in Season One, Shirke joins the creative team this season as co-writer and director — bringing his lived experience as both a newcomer and performer directly into the work.
Whether you’ve grown up in Atlantic Canada, recently immigrated here, or simply just want to kick back and watch a funny TV show, Normal Scotia will definitely deliver. The show is the result of a passionate team who really holds this unique juxtaposition of cultures living seamlessly close to their hearts.
Viewers can watch the show on Fibe TV, channel 1 or the Fibe TV app.
