Tandem on France 3: the 7th season will be the last!

Bad news for fans of France 3 thrillers: while Cassandre and Alex Hugo continue their revenge, the channel’s iconic series, which is very popular with the public, will soon say goodbye.

Rumors have been swirling for months, but now it’s official: the tandem of Astrid Veillon and Stéphane Blancafort will be calling it quits. At least in the form known to us.

Last year, Astrid Veyon, who plays the role of police chief Lea Soler in tandem since 2016, already hinted on our microphone that the end was near for the series, which still continues to be a real success with the audience from the 6th season proposed in the spring. In 2022, it averaged 4.26 million viewers.

“I didn’t choose acting for job security”– explained the actor. “I’ve always been in favor of doing what I want and doing it as well as possible with all my heart. When you start to get tired, you definitely don’t have the same desire anymore. And I realize that’s disrespecting us. The teams and the community.”.

“Knowing now when it’s time to stop… I think I know, but it will be done in time. We’re going to continue there with season 7, which I’m shooting in June. But I’m not going to wait until I’m bored, because if I do, I know I’ll do a better job. Also I’m 50 years old and I’m looking for new roles.”.

And as revealed exclusively by our Belgian colleagues Film-television-reviewAstrid Veillon finally decided that the 7th season, which was filmed last year and was ready to move to France 3, would indeed be the last.

“It’s a decision I made two years ago, but I wanted to do everything right.”He said during an interview with Ciné-Télé-Revue. “I realized that we were starting to go in circles a little bit, society is getting tired, we are getting tired… It’s not the same energy anymore, it’s human”.

“Definitely when you tell someone you want to stop a series that’s running…they look at you with round eyes”Astrid Veyon continues. “But once we’re at the top…are we waiting for them to come down and show us the way out? Or do we say to ourselves, ‘We’ve arrived, are we going to stop now?’ to keep going”.

The tandem stops… but continues in a different form!

Season 7 of Tandem, which premieres at the Canneseries next weekend and will air on France 3 until the summer, perhaps in May, will end the hesitant waltz between Lea and Paul (Stephane Blancafort), the two exes unable to admit they’re still in love. each other?

I am not convinced. Indeed, if the tandem ends in its current form at the end of this unprecedented seventh installment, the series will actually continue with a special 90-minute episode currently in production. And this TV movie event will be directed by Astrid Veyon herself!

“I’m making a special 90 minute episode and the good news is I’m going behind the camera!”Leah’s interpreter tells our colleagues. “It’s a big challenge because I’ve never done it before. It was my way of continuing to treat our fans in a different way, with another story that expands at least once. If we’d been on the ropes, as it often is. The thing about the series… we would never have had the opportunity Let’s make this special tandem”.

90’s Extreme Limit revealed the actor explains that this special episode, which will keep him filming until June 23, will revisit Leah and Paul’s past. “The idea is to offer something that allows us to be freer but also more precise in our police investigations. Because it’s a normal episode, you have to go fast.”.

Will this special episode be the final TV movie designed as a final gift to fans? Or whether the producer and the channel plan to bring the tandem back as singles from time to time, as in the case of Candice Renoir, who should be entitled to another telefilm after an episode in Corsica late last year. event.

With this idea A “A Story That Will Expand”Astrid Veyon suggests that this second option is probably the one chosen for the tandem. The case will follow.