Aller Simple

Aller Simple or No Return is a French Canadian television murder mystery series, which was broadcast from January 12, 2022.

Description

The first season of six episodes was directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, with writers, Annie Piérard and Étienne Piérard-Dansereau. The second season, Aller Simple – Survivre also with six episodes, was broadcast from September 13, 2023, and was directed by Rafaël Ouellet, while Dansereau, Piérard and Piérard-Dansereau returned as writers. Season one follows seven passengers, who are invited to travel by helicopter to a French-Canadian billionaire's home. En route the helicopter experiences problems and the pilot sets down in a woodland. Nearby is a cottage, where the passengers stay while the pilot attends to the 'copter and its damaged radio. Next morning one of the passengers is dead. Both seasons of Aller Simple stars Anick Lemay as detective Juliette Michaud and Jean-Nicolas Verreault as Thomas Rouclair, her wheelchair-using husband. In the second season, celebrity actress Ariane accidentally kills her stalker on a hobby farm. Ariane's tenant-friends conspire to hide the corpse and other evidence. Juliette and Thomas live in a neighbouring house.

Cast and characters

Anick Lemay as Juliette Michaud: police detective. Later lives at Gobeil's aunt's house
Jean-Nicolas Verreault as Thomas Rouclair: Julitte's husband, wheelchair-using, former fraud investigator, jailed for drink driving
Jules Philip as Lieutenant Gobeil: Juliette's boss
Métushalème Dary as Joëlle Lacombe: police detective, Juliette's assistant
Dominick Rustam-Chartrand as David: police assistant

Season one only

Luc Picard as Denis Théberge: retired university professor, Ethics lecturer
Caroline Dhavernas as Julie Sicotte: business woman
as Guillaume Frenet: helicopter pilot, Robert's employee
as Pierre-Luc Jodoin: art dealer, Manuela's lover
Nathalie Doummar as Manuela Farouk: engineer, Pierre's personal assistant, clandestine mistress
Samian as Éli Mandokan: retired police detective, security consultant
Anie Pascale as Anne-Renée Lanctôt: former advertising agent, recovering alcoholic
Éric Bruneau as Éric Dubois: Véronique's husband; unscrupulous, high-price defence lawyer.
Sasha Migliarese as Amélie: police IT support
Vlad Alexis as Félix: police IT assistant
as Myriam Ladouceur: Pierre's wife
Madi Chirara as Me. Marois: lawyer's assistant, works for Éric
Lamia Benhacine as Nancy: lawyer's assistant, works with Marois
Carla Turcotte as Cassandra Vanderski: prostitute, Denis' neighbour
Germain Houde as Robert Beaulac: Samuel's father, billionaire, people given false invitations to his home
Alex Bisping as Thibaud Gagné: police detective
Mélanie Dumais as Enqêteure: Guillaume's wife

Season two only

Sophie Nélisse as Fanny Lori: hobby farm tenant, Sacha's girlfriend
Anglesh Major as Sacha Louis: hobby farm tenant, Fanny's boyfriend
Rose-Marie Perreault as Kim Bréseault: lawyer, hobby farm tenant, Yasmina's girlfriend
Nahéma Ricci as Yasmina Kassar: hobby farm tenant, Kim's girlfriend
Simon Landry-Desy as Félix Tremblay: hobby farm tenant, IT expert
as Ariane Duclos: popular actress, owns hobby farm
Charles-Aubey Houde as Henri Vallier: hobby farm tenant
Isabeau Blanche as Sophie: Martin's girlfriend
Olivier Gervais-Courchesne as Martin Marchand: Xavier's brother, Sophie's boyfriend
Antoine Olivier Pilon as Xavier Marchand: Martin's brother, Ariane's stalker, poses as film location scout
Stéphane F. Jacques as Lex Luthor: hobby farmers' customer, drug dealer
Camille Vincent as Sarah: Félix' sister
Grégory Beaudin as Nic: role play gamer, Xavier's friend
Evan Amyot Pynes as Hulk: role play gamer, Xavier's friend
Monique Gosselin as Manon: Félix' aunt