The author of “STAT” was sad when writing the deaths of two of her characters

It’s to “surprise” viewers and feed the intrigues of their daily lives. STAT that Marie-Andrée Labbé killed two characters in quick succession. But we must not believe that she took pleasure in it. The task was even rather difficult.

After an eventful week during which the public was shaken by the death of psychiatrist Philippe Dupéré (Patrick Labbé) and social worker Delphine Martin (Virginie Ranger-Beauregard), the author did not hide having had difficulty barely writing the episodes broadcast this week.

• Also read: -: STAT will change format and be replaced by a daily news

• Also read: Death of his character in STAT: Patrick Labbé confides that he is still incomprehensible

• Also read: Death of Delphine in the series STAT: Virginie Ranger-Beauregard has been grieving for a while now

On social networks, reactions abounded after the disappearance of these two characters who had been present since the beginnings of the daily, many faithful of STAT being disappointed to lose them all at once.

“I was sad too. I wrote this and my girlfriend wondered if I was going to get through it. I was sad […]. For me, it was also a writing challenge,” Marie-Andrée Labbé said Thursday.

“I knew it was going to hurt, but my goal in writing, above all, is to tell a good story. I really wanted to see what it can be like when a team has to deal with their own pain, and then at the same time be in the heat of the action in the hospital.”

At the end of the second season, Marie-Andrée Labbé had considered the possibility of eliminating at least one character, before changing her mind.

“I didn’t feel it, then when I don’t feel it, I don’t do it. There I felt it, I knew it was coming. The goal is to surprise people. […] It’s heartbreaking, yes, it creates emotions, it shakes things up. I still found it intense to kill two,” she added, saying however that she was enchanted by the work of the actors who had to interpret the loss of two colleagues and friends.

“All the characters live in me, I really love them, so yes it’s a mourning.”

A difficult moment also for Suzanne Clément

The star of STATSuzanne Clément, underlined for her part: “It is sure that it is hard for the team to lose two good players, two excellent actors. We know, we sent them all the love possible. It’s sure that it’s boring to live with.”

Both Virginie Ranger-Beauregard and Patrick Labbé expressed grief in interviews with Montreal Journal. Patrick Labbé even apologized after having told the daily newspaper of being incomprehensible since he knew that he would leave the team with which he had toured for three seasons, deploring losing a certain stability overnight.

“What [Patrick] be sad to leave, I know it and I understand it, I am in the same place as him. I’m sad he’s leaving too. It was not out of a desire to get rid of people. At the moment, maybe Patrick doesn’t see it like that, but it’s even an honor, in the sense that you don’t make a character disappear who isn’t loved, otherwise there’s no point. impact. It also highlights the quality of his work.”

Marie-Andrée Labbé wanted surgeon Steve Jolicoeur (Marc Beaupré) to be involved in Philippe’s death – he pierced an artery in his neck with a pen – but, according to her, “Delphine could not be killed by Steve, because she already had a condition and medically it was more interesting.”

Marie-Andrée Labbé has not spoken recently to the two actors.

“When it happened, Patrick and I communicated by email and it seemed very good. And Virginie said it well that it’s sad, but that it’s part of the job,” underlined the author, who announced Thursday that STAT would move from a daily format to a weekly format from September 2025.

The only time Marie-Andrée Labbé had killed a character since the start of her career as an author was in Without appointment. Rachid Badouri, the concierge of the sexual health clinic in the series, had a scheduling conflict, which was not the case for Patrick Labbé and Virginie Ranger-Beauregard.