I checked with producer Louis Morissette again on Monday and the obituary won’t change: It’s over, dead and buried for Noovo’s delicious comedy Between Two Sheets, which was buried on Wednesday before 340,000 mourners, of which I am obviously one.
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After four seasons of broadcasting, this final episode of “Entre deux” summarizes the fates of the six couples or duos who open the door to their bedroom for us on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
And for the first time in the short history of this sitcom created by comedian Mathieu Pepper, several characters have left their cozy marital cocoon, sponsored by Jump Mattresses, for the real world.
Marie-Ève (Bénédicte Décary) and Luc (François Papineau) toast in a sports brasserie, while Valère (Fayolle Jean Jr.), Thomas (Mathieu Pepper) and Joanie (Pascale Renaud-Hébert) fill a moving truck The psycho-rigid political attaché Jean-Pascal, alias JP (Simon Pigeon), won his elections for the Parti Mouvement Québec.
Between Two Sheets, based on Un Guy’s sketch model, Une Fille, has been a comic book favorite for the past four years.
Written by a group of authors, the texts continue to be among the most modern on Quebec television, alongside Inspirez, Expirez and La Candidate. From week to week, the screenwriters of Entre deux draps have managed to tackle daring and indecent themes without ever falling into vulgarity.
I loved the complicit relationship full of mockery between Virginie (Karine Gonthier-Hyndman) and her actor boyfriend Marco (Guillaume Girard), who teamed up to confront their overly lit daughter Florence (Florence Pilotte), who flirted with psychopathy, always his half-mad one Art smiles of course.
Lydia (Virginie Ranger-Beauregard) and Antoine (Pier-Luc Funk) argued about expensive candles, periods or body pillows (a “little slut” made of memory foam) and were never boring, praising Pier-Luc Funk’s physical prowess , who can perform “burlesque” miracles with his body. With Virginie and Marco, Lydia and Antoine inherited the most hilarious sequences from Entre deux draps, which launched in January 2021 as a pandemic pilot.
Comprised of chef Simon (Antoine Pilon) and politician JP (Simon Pigeon), the couple moved away from the stereotypes associated with the gay community, and it was refreshing to see the dynamics of their relationship evolve. The two boys celebrated, happily pecked at each other and adopted twins, carried by their good friend Jess (Catherine Brunet).
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Antoine (Pier-Luc Funk) and Lydia (Virginie Ranger-Beauregard)
The roommates Valère and Thomas weren’t my favorites, I admit that. It looks like they don’t star in the same realistic and contemporary series as their counterparts. The arrival of Joanie, Thomas’s blonde, brought the two friends back into more concrete intrigue, rather than Pineapple Express, a film in which everyone is frozen like a ball.
Marie-Ève and Luc got a breath of fresh air when they traded their suburban home for a condo in Montreal, freeing them from the more conventional jokes about Sunday morning lawnmowers and pushy neighbors.
In fall 2021, the addition of Jean-Pierre (Martin Drainville) and Carole (Micheline Bernard), Thomas’ parents, allowed Entre deux draps to cast an even wider net, from baby boomers to Generation Z.
It’s sad that one of the few good series on the small screen disappears like this. At least Flo got her snake while Jean-Pierre and Carole bought a snack, which will make their retirement even better. We comfort each other as best we can.
Another comedy loved by audiences: Discussions with Parents from Radio-Canada, which aired a touching Christmas episode on Monday night. Created by François Morency, this series has consistently garnered high ratings (840,000 viewers last week) but has been shunned by critics (guilty!) and snubbed by the media intelligentsia.
True, the humor in Discussions with My Parents is more conventional, predictable, and tends to be repetitive. But when you read your emails, you love the Morency clan, which reminds you of yours, with its charms and its charming aspects.
Tired of taking care of such a large house, Jean-Pierre (Vincent Bilodeau) and Rollande (Marie-Ginette Guay) decided to sell the family estate. They invited their three adult children over for one last New Year’s Eve on December 24th, but it wasn’t as chaotic as expected.
There were too many yurt jokes, but the hat marshmallow carousel scene was dying. Then François Morency began a more moving scene, approaching his sister-in-law Chantal (Amélie Bernard) around the baseball bat – a trade gift – signed by Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos.
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Emeric Bissonnette and François Morency in a scene from “Discussions with my parents”.
And to the tune of Marjo’s song “Ailleurs”, all the Morencys and their better halves camped in the living room of this house that has evoked so many memories. It was really touching.
There will be a seventh and final season of “Discussions with My Parents” in fall 2024. Perhaps the faithful Mme Dupuis (excellent Danielle Fichaud), a cleaning lady as stupid as she is efficient, will smile and wink at the same time, which would win him a lot of points in the final verdict.