The show stars Ryan Robbins as Noah Funk, a Mennonite pastor working undercover within an organized crime network in order to clean up a drug trafficking problem in his community.
[3] Pure is produced by Two East Productions and Cineflix Media[4] and is directed by Ken Girotti.
[5] Showrunner Michael Amo stated that he pitched the show to television networks in the 2000s but "didn't get any takers".
[4] It is inspired by the operations of a Mennonite organized crime ring that smuggled cocaine and marijuana from Mexico to Canada and the United States.
[14] In June 2018, Super Channel announced that actors Alyson Hannigan, Christopher Heyerdahl, Zoie Palmer, and Victor Gomez were joining the production for Season 2.