IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODE OF STAT FROM MONDAY, DO NOT READ THIS.
The ax finally fell during Monday’s episode, sounding the death knell for a character very popular with the public, that of Delphine, played by Virginie Ranger-Beauregard, present since the very beginning of the ICI Télé daily.
Coming to rescue Steve, in a state of psychosis, the social worker did not die from injuries, but from a cardiac arrest.
As for Philippe (Patrick Labbé), the deceased’s ex, he is in critical condition and that looks really bad, we said at the very end of the episode. But hey, we’re not close to a miracle in the universe of STAT.
“Marie-Andrée, you didn’t do that,” I said to myself when I saw the episode, provided to journalists earlier. By mowing down one of her main characters, the author Marie-Andrée Labbé undoubtedly wanted to give an electric shock to the St-Vincent team and thus give new impetus to her story.
Delphine (Virginie Ranger-Beauregard) did not die from injuries, but from a cardiac arrest. (Eric Myre)
Not only STAT was becoming boring – there are always a large number of audiences listening every evening – but an author does not want to sit on her laurels. As we did by killing Marc-André Grondin’s character in Reasonable doubt. As Luc Dionne did with Nadine, then Poupou in District 31.
I could only forgive him after watching this week’s four episodes, which were beautifully put together. More than one scene brings tears. Because it’s not over, oh no: the author doesn’t spare us from the rest of the week.
It’s because they have medical knowledge that Delphine’s colleagues agree to treat Steve (Marc Beaupré), the last person they would want to see at the moment. Even though man is in psychosis, he imagines that hackers have seized his “friends”, it is Delphine in question, their relative and their friend.
We almost forgot that Pascal (Normand D’Amour) was fired from his office and that none other than Claude Coupal (Caroline Néron) entered through the front door. All of this will be very exciting to follow in the coming months.
It is in intense moments like these that we measure even more the quality of a production like that of STAT. The entire cast, starting with Suzanne Clément, always delivers great truth.
Nothing will ever be the same again for Emmanuelle (Suzanne Clément). (HERE TV)
I also highlight the performance of Jean-Nicolas Verreault, whose character completely won us back after a long purgatory. In the role of Delphine’s mother, actress Sandra Dumaresq will make you cry in one of the next episodes.
What will happen to Marc Beaupré, whose character risks ending up in prison, at the very least in a forensic psychiatric institution?
On the TVA side, regulars ofIndefensible also experienced strong emotions with an hour-long episode.
Quite a coincidence that the authors of the two dailies had the idea of putting the destiny of their characters in the hands of a psychotic, in this case special constable Marc Fichaud (Hugo Dubé).
The scene was reminiscent of when Corporal Lortie entered the National Assembly, heavily armed and killing three people.
Clearly, things turn tragic as soon as the firm touches on cases involving organized crime. I will come back to it.
END OF YEAR SHOWS: THE FIGURES
We now have a complete picture of the preliminary data for the end-of-year special broadcasts on ICI Télé and we see that the public was largely there.
First, for the evening of December 31, Live from New Year’s Day experienced good growth, attracting 2,253,000 viewers, compared to 1,841,000 the previous year. Its rebroadcast the next day retained 661,000 latecomers, according to Numeris.
As for behind the scenes of the show, they attracted 1,754,000 curious people on December 31 and 249,000 for the rebroadcast on January 2.
Infoman 2024 was seen by 2,422,000 viewers, compared to 2,750,000 in 2023, while the rebroadcast on January 1 attracted 650,000.
For its part, the Bye Bye 2024 attracted 3,013,000 viewers, compared to 3,316,000 the previous year, and the next day’s rebroadcast, 718,000.
Ultimately, 1,178,000 people watched Behind the scenes of Bye Bye on the night of New Year’s Day, while 231,000 preferred to wait for the rebroadcast on January 2.
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