Hugo pop! | White night on black perfume

Older biker than ever, someone very mixed up or very intoxicated has already said.

Two and a half years and a petition later, here it is, the long-awaited sequel to the perfumed soap opera Sleepless night, resurrected by the Amazon Prime Video platform. And, pschit, pschit, to paraphrase the magazine Elle Quebecit smells good in our living rooms.

12 hours long, Julie Hivon’s miniseries, straddling historical drama and soap opera, is compressed into eight tightly packed episodes, which accelerates its intrigue (thank you!) of murder and mystery, set in the world of luxury cosmetics and perfumery.

To be 100% honest, I had completely forgotten the narrative of the first 12 episodes of the first season of Sleepless night, which I had nonetheless doused myself with with the enthusiasm of a teenager discovering the Axis. So I started this “soap” mixed up like a game of cards, constantly calling out to my TV: but who is this character again? A short “previously in” type segment Sleepless night » would have been appreciated, as a reminder, thank you.

Also note that the actress Brigitte Lafleur replaces Valérie Blais in the role of Charlotte Hébert, Jeanne’s mother (Stéphanie Colle) and the head of the Louise Hébert Foundation.

During the final of Sleepless nightwe learned that Loulou Hébert (France Castel), co-founder of the Nocturne beauty empire, had been killed/poisoned by Clémence Fillion (Lisette Guertin), a former “rivalamia” in the 1970s. Poor Clémence, who was found dead in her kitchen, shot in the head, rather accuses the rat Adrian (Ron Lea), a shady man – and Loulou’s right-hand man – who slept with the two women, this is what we quickly discover.

Loulou Hébert’s three children are now looking for the name of the person who plotted with Clémence to liquidate their mother. Because Clémence, the one whose face and body were burned, maneuvered with an accomplice. But who ? Several clues lead to the ambiguous Marco Leduc (Jean-Nicolas Verrreault), the photographer son of Loulou’s former associate in the Nocturne company, Jacinthe Leduc (Kim Despatis).

Flashbacks to the early 1980s show us how Loulou (then played by Rose-Marie Perreault) and Jacinthe concocted their first bottle of Sleepless night. This is one of the big pieces of the puzzle that we were missing. That and why and how Jacinthe disappeared from the menu, after having created the famous hybridized lily, the secret ingredient of Nocturne’s heady perfumes.

For his part, Lucas Hébert (Jean-Philippe Perras), the youngest of this rich clan, still does not know the identity of his biological father. Without revealing anything, Lucas meets his dad without even suspecting a DNA link with him.

As for Marlène Hébert (Marilyse Bourke), Loulou’s runner-up, she goes downhill and makes illegal actions that will land her in trouble, just like her partner Christophe (Jean-Moïse Martin), whose intentions are still too vague. Let’s be careful.

Sleepless night does not lose its heart notes by crossing over to Amazon Prime Video. There is always omnipresent dramatic music, whiffs of Ziatepam and glasses of scotch (Chalmers, what else?) always refilled. How can you not be captivated by these scents?

For those who are not subscribed to Amazon Prime Video, the specialized channel Séries Plus will relay Sleepless Night 2 from August 28.

Still in the exciting news department, Crave has put online the first four episodes of one of my favorite comedies of recent years, the wonderful series Hackswhich pits comedy legend Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) against woke and talented screenwriter Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).

The action of the third chapter of Hacks picks up a year after the brutal dismissal of Ava, who has not spoken to her boss Deborah since her dismissal. Deborah’s career fizzles and she even lands in the magazine’s 100 most influential people list Time.

No complaints either, Ava writes for a late night show similar to The Daily Show and moved in with his girlfriend Ruby (Lorenza Izzo).

By chance, the two estranged heroines meet – and reconcile, as you can imagine – backstage at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. Yes Yes. The first hour of Hacks 3 takes place almost entirely in our metropolis, with a bunch of aerial views of Place des Arts, crowded Sainte-Catherine Street and Mount Royal Park.

You will also hear the song there Laziness, by Nell Widmer, as in Emily in Paris. On the other hand, this catchy pop music will quickly be buried by a killer reply from Deborah about the city of Valérie Plante.

Montreal is “Paris for the ears, but Hartford for the eyes,” Deborah jokes when Ava wishes her to enjoy her stay in our city.

Hartford, really? Pittsburgh, maybe. Cleveland, at the limit. But not Hartford, seriously. Even the Whalers didn’t want it anymore.

I levitate

With A savage animal, by Joël Dicker

If you like the efficiency of the writing of this prolific Swiss writer, as well as his keen sense of twists and turns, this thriller of almost 400 pages will swallow you up in one sitting. Against the backdrop of a robbery of a jewelry store in Geneva, Joël Dicker explores the lives of two suburban families: one bourgeois and the other middle class. Manic obsession creeps into the novel. The devouring desire too. Each of the short chapters ends with a punch, a hyper-effective technique that pushes us frantically to the end of Dicker’s best book since The truth about the Harry Quebert affair.

I avoid it

Ricky and Nabil Survivor Quebec

We see a lot (too much) of these two twin competitors from Survivor Quebec without them being really useful to the story. Nabil, 29, is in a state of constant paranoia and constantly asks questions about the movements of his comrades. A player more verbal than motor, let’s say. And Ricky (Érick, his real name), 43 years old, apart from looking for clues in kitchen utensils or toothbrushes, what does he do to ensure he progresses to the final? We can understand Jean-Michel for getting angry and throwing his dirty laundry in the face of Ricky, who looks more like a cafeteria supervisor than a formidable camper. Survivor.