Tele-radar | Our suggestions of the week

Every week, The Press scans the TV offer to identify four titles to watch.

The essential: Succession

At the start of the season, we weren’t sure we wanted – or rather the mental energy – to attend the Roys’ quarrels. A new cycle of emotional abuse, courtesy of a family as wealthy as it is dysfunctional. Scheming, betraying, repeating. Fortunately, the death of a key character shook the cards in a spectacular and unexpected way. Result: the soap de (big) luxury will leave the air at the end of a fourth and final season punctuated with highlights. One only has to think of the explosive face-to-face, in balcony mode, between Shiv and Tom, or even the shenanigans behind the scenes during the electrifying election night, an episode during which one believes to have only breathed once. Good feelings are overrated.

Crave, Sunday at 9 p.m.

The last : The Voice

The Voice hasn’t been part of our TV routine for several years, but this week, we will reconnect with the show to witness the last lap of Blake Shelton, who leaves his red coach chair after 23 seasons. Who are the finalists ? No idea. We know one thing, however: NBC will do things in a big way to mark the departure of the country singer, who forms one of the most unexpected couples in the world. show business with Gwen Stefani. The singer of No Doubt will also come to make his turn, just like Adam Levine, John Legend, Dolly Parton, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Jennifer Hudson and Lewis Capaldi.

NBC, Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Movie theater : Respondent

This drama of the late Mike Nichols, which had shaken us so much at the cinema in 2004, has not aged a bit. As The Blower’s Daughter, the magnificent ballad of Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice, which resonates twice: at the opening, even before the first images appear, and 100 minutes later, just before the closing credits emerge. Depicting the love affairs (?) of two couples of informed adults, Closer (in French version, Respondent) is certainly a discussion generator. Some love it, others hate it, but no one is indifferent. Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Jude Law and Julia Roberts deliver high-caliber performances.

Télé-Québec, Thursday at 10 p.m.

The roll of the dice: Perfect

In February 2020, The Press gave three stars (out of five) to the second one man show by Olivier Martineau. A pandemic later, the show lands “in full and uncensored version” on ComediHa.tv, a platform that we know more or less well, but to which we can subscribe for $9.99 per month. Captured last February at the Cabaret Lion d’Or, the comic stand-up performance revolves around the clash of generations. According to our colleague Marissa Groguhé, Martineau “often hits the mark when he exceeds the limit of what is acceptable”, a style of humor that we particularly like. The highlight would come at the very end of the evening, when he grabbed his guitar to sing ribald songs. Intriguing.

ComediHa.tv