In the episode of More beautiful life from Wednesday January 8already available in streaming and which will soon see the arrival of a star of Under the sun… At the Mistral, Vadim has a coffee with a man to whom he discreetly passes a wad of notes. In exchange, the individual gives him a bag whose contents should satisfy the nurse. Except the bag is empty! The man does not understand and Vadim takes his money back. At this moment, they hear Barbara screaming.
At the police station, Patrick sends Morgane to intervene in the Mistral where there is… a snake in the kitchen. He orders Ariane to accompany him in order to ensure a security perimeter and collect the various testimonies. On site, the intervention ended in success, the beast was captured. It is a bull snake, harmless to humans. Despite everything, it is an animal that lives in North America.
More beautiful life in advance: Eric loses his temper
Baram arrives at the City of Flowers and announces to Eric and Blanche that his appeal has been refused. Baram is thinking of contacting a smuggler to enter Spain, where he may have a better chance of obtaining asylum. He still does not want to talk about his homosexuality for fear of reprisals for his family, who remained in Iran. Blanche insists but he doesn’t want to hear anything. Exasperated, Eric grabs his jacket and rushes to the prefecture.
His scandal led to him being taken out of the prefecture by two police officers, where Blanche was waiting for him, quite upset. Yes, this decision is unfair “but it’s the law”, she tells him before reminding him that Baram doesn’t want them to go any further. Eric can’t bring himself to sit back and wait for him to be evicted: “He’s the ideal candidate, he speaks French better than me, he’s a neurosurgeon… […] It’s a waste!” Blanche agrees with him but reminds her friend that they “other refugees who are counting on us and an association to run. We can’t afford to get burned at the prefecture!”
More beautiful life in advance: Thomas and Gabriel, soon to be a host family?
Barbara is working on her birthday cake to celebrate the opening of the Mistral, which took place on January 8, 2024, a year ago to the day. She tries to get Thomas’ attention, completely elsewhere. He explains to his friend that he started couples therapy with Gabriel, who sent him a message asking him to meet him on the square. The doctor makes a proposal to her husband: to participate in an association which takes care of finding families for children whose parents have failed or are placed in a foster home. Gabriel, who hopes that this will fix things with her husband, suggests that Thomas talk about it again during their session with the therapist.
More beautiful life in advance: Thomas makes a radical decision
After examining a visibly drunk man in his creditor’s gaming circle, Gabriel must go to a meeting. But the mafioso doesn’t see it that way and wants the doctor to stay watch over the unconscious patient all night. Gabriel then offers to come back after his meeting. Without success. Worse, the creditor threatens to call Thomas to tell him that Gabriel has started gambling again if he refuses. With his back against the wall, Gabriel puts his things down.
Meanwhile, at the therapist’s, Thomas is annoyed by Gabriel’s lateness. At that moment, Thomas understands that he does not want to give his relationship another chance. He gets up, pays for the session and decides to cancel the following ones. Back in the Mistral, Thomas is shot down. Barbara and Killian think the party will take his mind off things, but Thomas doesn’t want to pretend to have fun and doesn’t want to go. “This birthday has no meaning without you”, Barbara points out. Thomas then decides to simply cancel the event and throws the petits fours in the trash.
