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Happily Married (TV series)

Happily Married, also known as This Is How I Love You (French: C'est comme ça que je t'aime), is a Canadian French-language crime comedy-drama television series, created and written by François Létourneau (who also stars), which premiered on ICI TOU.TV in 2020 and ran for three seasons until 2024.[1] The series' original French title is taken from a 1974 song of the same name by singer Mike Brant, released the same year in which the first season is set.[2] The series takes place in the summers of 1974, 1975 and 1976 and tells the story of two couples living in Sainte-Foy, in the city area of Quebec, who fall into crime.[2]

Happily Married
Release poster
Genre
Created byFrançois Létourneau
Starring
ComposerPatrick Lavoie
Country of origin
Canada
Original language
French
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes28
Production
ProducerProductions Casablanca
Running time43–44 minutes
Original release
NetworkICI TOU.TV
ReleaseMarch 6, 2020 (2020-03-06) –
March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)

Plot

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Set in Quebec City in the 1970s, the series centres on the Delisles and the Paquettes, two married couples in suburban Sainte-Foy who deal with problems in their marriages by embarking on a crime spree while their children are away at summer camp.[3] The first season takes place in 1974, the second in 1975, and the third in 1976.[2]

Production

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The series was directed by Jean-François Rivard, who was joined by Robin Aubert as co-director from the second season onward.[4] It was produced by Productions Casablanca.[2] The second season was filmed between June and October 2021, and began airing on March 3, 2022.[5] The third and final season began airing on March 1, 2024.[2]

Cast and characters

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The series stars François Létourneau and Marilyn Castonguay as Gaétan and Huguette Delisle, and Patrice Robitaille and Karine Gonthier-Hyndman as Serge and Micheline Paquette. Supporting cast members include Sophie Desmarais (as Marie-Josée Bolduc), Rémi-Pierre Paquin (as René Croteau), Jean-François Provençal, René Richard Cyr, Patrick Drolet, Chantal Fontaine, Mani Soleymanlou, Mathieu Gosselin, Steve Laplante, Richardson Zéphir, Agathe Ledoux, Jocelyne Zucco, Charlotte Le Bon, Yves Jacques, Robert Lepage, Xavier Dolan, Pier-Luc Funk, Catherine Trudeau, Hubert Proulx, Gaston Lepage, Fabien Dupuis, Luc Morissette and Michel Perron.[3]

Starring

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Supporting and guest

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  • Sophie Desmarais as Marie-Josée Bolduc
  • Rémi-Pierre Paquin as René Croteau
  • Patrick Drolet as Mario, the priest
  • Jean-François Provençal as Lucien
  • René Richard Cyr as Raymond, "the Boss"
  • Chantal Fontaine as Jeannine
  • Mani Soleymanlou as Robert "Coco" Bédard
  • Charlotte Le Bon as Grazia, "the Praying Mantis"
  • Mathieu Gosselin as Eudore "Puff" Côté
  • Yves Jacques as the Consigliere
  • Robert Lepage as Bernard Laporte, mayor of Sainte-Foy
  • Xavier Dolan as chauvinist No. 3
  • Pier-Luc Funk as chauvinist No. 2
  • Olivier Beauvais-Courchesne as chauvinist No. 1
  • Mattis Savard-Verhoeven as chauvinist No. 4
  • Catherine Trudeau as Gysèle Truchon
  • Sébastien Rajotte as Claude Gingras
  • Jocelyne Zucco as Carole
  • Alexis Lefebvre as police officer Roland Audet (1974)
  • François L'Écuyer as Gérard Boulerice
  • Anick Lefebvre as Mrs. Boulerice
  • Jimmy Paquet as Dino Bravo
  • Claude-Michel Bleau as Robert Bourassa
  • Hubert Proulx as one of the Cousineau brothers
  • Gaston Lepage as "Croquette" Morency
  • Richardson Zéphir as Roland
  • Pierre Limoges as Daniel Tremblay
  • Fabien Dupuis as Bertrand Boivin
  • Luc Morissette as Jacques
  • Noémie Leduc-Vaudry as the premier's secretary
  • Louise Malouin as Mrs. Vézina
  • Évelyne St-Pierre as a waiting-room patient
  • Cassandra Lussier as a camp counsellor
  • Guy Vaillancourt as Marcel Gosselin (2019 scenes)
  • Bastien Roy as François Paquette (1974)
  • Sylvain Lamy as François Paquette (2019)
  • Édouard B. Larocque as Martin Delisle (1974)
  • Christian Cardin as Martin Delisle (2019)
  • Élia St-Pierre as Isabelle Paquette (1974)
  • Marjolaine Lemieux as Isabelle Paquette (2019)
  • Dayne Simard as a young colleague of Gaétan
  • Émilie Tancrède as "little Simard"
  • Patrice Dussault as a lawyer
  • Marc Simard Nataren as a waiter at the Continental
  • Normand Carrière as Lionel
  • Mireille Jodoin as a colleague
  • Dominic Roch-Sickini as a colleague
  • Claude-Maurice Lavoie as a colleague
  • Daniel Barré as a man with the Boss
  • Norbert Langlois as the real Coco
  • Pier-Olivier Dumont as the real Puff
  • Anjo Arson as a parishioner
  • Rodney Kellman as the Sultan of Tehran
  • Yves-Hubert Michaud as a maître d'
  • Vincent Champoux as a waiter
  • Jérémie Aubry as a waiter
  • Miguel Fontaine as a valet
  • Michel Lee as a doorman
  • Charlotte Poitras as Coco's girlfriend
  • Phoebe Major Mewse as Puff's girlfriend
  • Louise-Véronique Sicotte as a parishioner
  • André Latour as one of Bourassa's guards
  • Claude Tremblay as "the Butcher"
  • Nicolas Chabot as a man from the couple at the beach
  • Esther Hardy as a woman from the couple at the beach
  • Simon Rousseau as a Sûreté du Québec investigator
  • Stéphanie M. Germain as a young sex worker
  • Marc Larrivée as a man at the motel
  • Alexandre St-Martin as one of the Cousineau brothers
  • Marc-André Boire as one of the Cousineau brothers
  • Michel Perron as Adélard
  • Étienne De Passillé as a pizzeria cook
  • Philippe Hartmann as a man in the motel parking lot
  • Mara Tremblay as a cabaret singer
  • Nicolas Landré as a radio journalist
  • Jacques Monast as a Sûreté du Québec investigator
  • Martin Lefebvre as a Sûreté du Québec investigator
  • Yan Chamberland as a biker
  • Bruce Wayne Le Gros as a biker
  • Annie-Claude Letarte as Anita Gingras
  • Joey Bélanger as one of Claude's children
  • Alexia Martel as one of Claude's children
  • David Nollet as Roger "Fries and Gravy" Perron
  • Simon Lee Lepage as Luc "Grass Snake" Proulx
  • Étienne Béliveau as Bob "Hammer" Cloutier
  • Anouk Whissel as a biker
  • Michel Parent as David "SS" Bouchard
  • Loran Gagné as Martin "Demon" Gagné
  • François Simard as a biker
  • Yoann-Karl Whissel as a biker
  • Alain Dahan as a taxi driver
  • Benoît Gauthier as Gaston
  • Marc-André Brisebois as Maurice
  • John Sébastien Cote as Jean "the Bomb" Thivierge
  • Lee Villeneuve as Camille "Old Bastard" Bellefeuille
  • Marcello Bezina as Simon "Shotgun" Boisclair
  • Stéphane Dargis as Alphonse "Fresh Pork" Desmarais

Episodes

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Series overview

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
110March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)[a][6][7]
210March 3, 2022 (2022-03-03)March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10)[b][8][7]
38March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)[c][9][7]

Season 1 (2020)

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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 French
Title
(per ICI TOU.TV)[10]		 English
Title
(per CBC Gem)[11]		 English
Title
(per MHz Choice)[12]		 Original air date[a][6][7]
11"Épisode pilote""Pilot Episode""Pilot"March 6, 2020
22"La saison de la chasse""Hunting Season""Hunting Season"
33"Ma petite Japonaise""My Little Japanese""My Little Japanese Girl"
44"Un tapis pour glisser""A Mat for Sliding""A Carpet to Slide On"
55"Je mange comme le coucou""I Eat Like a Cuckoo""I Eat Like a Cockoo" [sic]
66"Être prêt pour le bazar""Be Prepared for the Mess""Ready for the Bizarre"
77"Le Motel La Demoiselle""The Motel La Demoiselle""The Demoiselle"
88"La position de la flûte de jade""The Jade Flute Position""The Jade Flue Position" [sic]
99"Solitude au sommet""Loneliness at the Top""Lonely at the Top"
1010"Embrasser les enfants""Kissing the Children""Hug the Kids"

Season 2 (2022)

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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 French
Title
(per ICI TOU.TV)[13]		 English
Title
(per CBC Gem)[14]		 English
Title
(per MHz Choice)[15]		 Original air date[b][8][7]
111"Les fleurs de René""René's Flowers""Rene's Flowers"March 3, 2022
122"Une jument pour toi ma chérie""A Mare for You My Darling""A Mare for You, My Darling"
133"La grande solitude de la femme au foyer""The Great Loneliness of the Housewife""The Loneliness of the Housewife"
144"Le meurtrier ganté""The Gloved Murderer""The Gloved Killer"
155"Le Gland d'Or""The Golden Acorn""The Golden Bellend"
166"Trahison(s) et légumineuses""Betrayal(s) and Vegetables""Betrayal and Lentils"
177"L'œil du diable""The Devil's Eye""The Eye of the Devil"March 10, 2022
188"L'exorcisme d'Huguette Delisle""The Exorcism of
Huguette Delisle"		"The Exorcism of
Huguette Delisle"
199"La mante religieuse""The Praying Mantis""The Praying Mantis"
2010"La chute de Sainte-Foy""The Fall of Ste-Foy""The Fall of Sainte-Foy"

Season 3 (2024)

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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 French
Title
(per ICI TOU.TV)[16]		 English
Title
(per CBC Gem)[d][17]		 Original air date[c][9][7]
211"Le retour des Sexistes""The Return of the Sexists"March 1, 2024
222"Miss Sainte-Foy""Miss Sainte-Foy"
233"Nadia, reine des Jeux""Nadia, Queen of the Games"
244"Les nuits de Montréal""Montreal Nights"
255"La rédemption de Gaétan Delisle""The Redemption of Gaétan Delisle"
266"Trouver l'amour, tuer la mafia""Find Love, Kill the Mafia"
277"La machine des secrets""The Machine of Secrets"
288"Un dernier bain de minuit""One Last Skinny Dip"

Broadcast and distribution

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The series received a preview screening at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, and all 10 episodes of the first season began streaming on the paid "Extra" tier of ICI TOU.TV on March 6, 2020,[6] before being broadcast weekly on the free over-the-air ICI Radio-Canada Télé channel later that year,[18][1] from September 16 to November 18.[7]

A second season of ten episodes was announced in early 2021 and released in 2022, with the first six episodes debuting on TOU.TV "Extra" on March 3 and the latter four a week later on March 10,[8] while the Radio-Canada Télé weekly broadcast aired from September 14 to November 16.[7]

A third and final season of eight episodes released on TOU.TV on March 1, 2024,[9] with a Radio-Canada Télé weekly broadcast following from September 11 to October 30,[7] bringing the series' total run to 28 episodes across three seasons.[19][2]

A version subtitled in English was made available on CBC Gem for English-Canadian audiences under the Happily Married title.[20] The series was also picked up for distribution in France on the streaming service Salto, as one of its first international acquisitions;[3] however, the service closed down in 2023. In the United States, the series is distributed by MHz Choice, but it only has the first two seasons since the third was never licensed to it.[12]

The series is currently available on ICO TOU.TV "Extra" and CBC Gem in its entirety, and MHz Choice for its first two seasons.

Awards

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The series won 10 Prix Gémeaux in 2020, including the award for Best Dramatic Series, and later received a Prix Gémeaux for Best Editing in a Dramatic Work.[21][2]

In 2021, the show won the Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content at the Banff World Media Festival.[22]

At the 2023 Gala Les Olivier, the series won the award for Comedic Fiction Series of the Year for its second season.[2]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 The full ten episodes of the first season were released at the same time on the paid "Extra" tier of ICI TOU.TV on March 6, 2020. After streaming exclusively on "Extra" from March, the season aired weekly later that year on the free over-the-air ICI Radio-Canada Télé channel, starting on September 16 and concluding on November 18.
  2. 1 2 The ten episodes of the second season were released on the paid "Extra" tier of ICI TOU.TV in March 2022, with the first six episodes on March 3 and the latter four a week later on March 10. After streaming exclusively on "Extra" from March, the season aired weekly later that year on the free over-the-air ICI Radio-Canada Télé channel, starting on September 14 and concluding on November 16.
  3. 1 2 The full eight episodes of the third and final season were released at the same time on the paid "Extra" tier of ICI TOU.TV on March 1, 2024. After streaming exclusively on "Extra" from March, the season aired weekly later that year on the free over-the-air ICI Radio-Canada Télé channel, starting on September 11 and concluding on October 30.
  4. ↑ Season 3 was not licensed to MHz Choice, and no separate MHz English titles exist for these episodes; only the CBC Gem English titles are listed below.

References

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  1. 1 2 Lemieux, Marc-André (2020-03-08). "C'est comme ça que je t'aime : une touche bien personnelle". Le Journal de Montréal.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "C'est comme ça que je t'aime". French Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-07-02.
  3. 1 2 3 Roxborough, Scott (2020-06-15). "French Streamer Salto Picks Up Dark Quebec Comedy 'Happily Married'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ↑ Rousseau, Marie-Lise (2021-06-07). "Robin Aubert coréalisera la saison 2 de «C'est comme ça que je t'aime»". Métro.
  5. ↑ Boulanger, Luc (2021-06-28). "Les Delisle et les Paquette préparent leur retour". La Presse.
  6. 1 2 3 "C'est comme ça que je t'aime, une nouvelle comédie dramatique dès le 6 mars 2020 sur TOU.TV EXTRA". CTVM. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Épisodes | C'est comme ça que je t'aime". ICI Radio-Canada Télé. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  8. 1 2 3 Noël, Lisa Marie (2022-02-23). "Deuxième saison de C'est comme ça que je t'aime : voici à quoi s'attendre". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  9. 1 2 3 "C'est comme ça que je t'aime — L'ultime saison en ligne dès vendredi sur ICI TOU.TV EXTRA". Centre de presse, Radio-Canada. 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  10. ↑ "C'est comme ça que je t'aime | Saison 1". ICI TOU.TV. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  11. ↑ "C'est Comme ça Que Je T'aime (Happily Married) | Season 1". CBC Gem. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  12. 1 2 "Happily Married - MHz Choice". MHz Choice. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  13. ↑ "C'est comme ça que je t'aime | Saison 2". ICI TOU.TV. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  14. ↑ "C'est Comme ça Que Je T'aime (Happily Married) | Season 2". CBC Gem. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  15. ↑ "Happily Married - MHz Choice". MHz Choice. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  16. ↑ "C'est comme ça que je t'aime | Saison 3". ICI TOU.TV. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  17. ↑ "C'est Comme ça Que Je T'aime (Happily Married) | Season 3". CBC Gem. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  18. ↑ Papineau, Philippe (2020-02-26). "De Sainte-Foy à la capitale allemande". Le Devoir.
  19. ↑ Lemieux, Marc-André (2021-01-19). "C'est comme ça que je t'aime: la suite sera tournée cet été". Le Journal de Montréal.
  20. ↑ "Entertainment: Radio-Canada original crime drama C'est comme ça que je t'aime (Happily Married) makes English-Canada debut September 16th". The Suburban. 2020-09-16.
  21. ↑ Rousseau, Marie-Lise (2020-09-20). "Prix Gémeaux 2020: «C'est comme ça que je t'aime» triomphe". Métro (Montreal newspaper).
  22. ↑ Dowling, Amber (2021-06-15). "BANFF '21: Happily Married wins top Canadian prize at Rockie Awards". Playback.
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