Many dramas have occurred in Sainte-Alice during the seven seasons of “L’Échappée”, the grand finale of which will be presented this Monday, on TVA.
First carried by the main author Michelle Allen for four seasons and by Mylène Chollet for the last three, the soap opera has made its characters and viewers see all the colors.
Several murders occurred to fuel the plots, including those of Agnès Meilleur (Évelyne Rompré) at the very beginning of the series, Esther Sauvé (Isabelle Brouillette) and police officer Marie-Louise Cyr (Bianca Gervais), to name a few. than those. This is without counting the presence of the dangerous serial killer David Lelièvre (Patrick Hivon) and the sectarian guru Jean-Simon Cardinal (Steve Gagnon, who undermined the happiness index in the Bas-Saint-Laurent sector in recent years.
Of course, “L’Échappée” needed police to keep watch, as well as educators at the center L’Échappée, which changed vocation along the way, going from a youth center to a center for young offenders. with intensive supervision.
Departure of Julie Perreault
The voluntary departure of actress Julie Perreault in 2020, who played the main character, Brigitte Francoeur, also marked a turning point in the series. His comrades Anick Lemay and Sophie Bourgeois, for their part, have been less present on the screen in recent seasons.
Initially, in September 2016, we witnessed Brigitte’s return to Sainte-Alice. We later learned that she had fled her native village after being raped by David, an unwanted relationship that had given birth to Jade (Charlotte Aubin).
Hundreds of thousands of viewers are preparing to say goodbye to the characters portrayed by Pierre-Yves Cardinal (Richard L’Espérance), Bénédicte Décary (Macha Labonté), Marie-Soleil Dion (Sophie Cartier), Félix-Antoine Duval (Xavier Étienne), Chantal Fontaine (Gisèle Bayeur), Stéphane Gagnon (Marc Dubé), Rémy Girard (Clément Francoeur), Marie-Claude Guérin (Sonia Moreau) and Jean-François Nadeau (Robin Despaties).
Finally, it should be noted that several young actors shone in “L’Échappée” after having won a decisive first role. This is the case of Laurie Babin, Émilie Bierre, Thomas Boonen, Victoria Bouchard, Mylia Corbeil-Gauvreau, Kelly Depeault, Mathieu Drouin, Étienne Galloy, Sam-Éloi Girard, Éléonore Loiselle and Devon O’Connor.
TVA has not yet confirmed which series will slip into the “L’Échappée” time slot next fall.
Produced by Amalga, in collaboration with Quebecor Content, the soap opera will bow out this Monday at 8 p.m. on TVA.