Character Relationship Map: Threesome

Characters

• Estelle Legrand (played by Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) — protagonist

  Estelle is a mother and finance professional who hopes her strong work performance will earn her a promotion, but is instead assigned to Corine Boulay’s team. Feeling stuck and disconnected from Simon...

• Simon Monette (played by Martin Matte) — supporting

  Simon is Estelle’s partner and Lily’s parent. Everyday responsibilities and parenting have crowded out intimacy in his relationship with Estelle. He joins her at a house where people seek sexual partn...

• Marie-Josée (played by Bénédicte Décary) — supporting

  Marie-Josée is one of Estelle’s friends and a confidante as Estelle tries to escape her routine. After drinking together, she is asked to support Estelle’s secret plan to pursue a threesome. Their fri...

• Corine Boulay (played by Karine Gonthier-Hyndman) — supporting

  Corine leads the team to which Estelle is assigned at work, despite Estelle’s hope that her performance would bring a promotion. She encourages Estelle to build confidence and trust her instincts. Her...

• Émilie (played by Anne-Élisabeth Bossé) — supporting

  Émilie is one of Estelle’s friends and is included among the people with whom Estelle discusses her frustration and wish to break out of routine. The summary gives no further actions or details about...

• Lily Legrand (played by Romane Martins) — minor

  Lily is Estelle and Simon’s daughter. Estelle deals with a knot in Lily’s hair and sends her to brush her teeth, while the demands of parenting contribute to the couple’s difficulty finding private ti...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Estelle Legrand → Corine Boulay (Professional Team Leader And Employee) — Corine leads Estelle's work team and offers encouragement, while Estelle remains disappointed that the assignment does not match her ambitions.

  Estelle is assigned to the team led by Corine. Corine encourages her to build confidence and trust her instincts.

• Simon Monette → Lily Legrand (Family Father And Daughter) — Simon shares the parenting routines that contribute to the couple's lack of private time.

  The plot describes Simon and Estelle's shared parenting responsibilities for Lily.

• Estelle Legrand → Lily Legrand (Family Mother And Daughter) — Estelle cares for Lily while balancing work and her relationship with Simon.

  Estelle struggles with a knot in Lily's hair at home and sends her to brush her teeth; the plot also describes Estelle and Simon's parenting responsib...

• Estelle Legrand → Simon Monette (Romantic Spouses) — Estelle worries that routine has weakened their intimacy and secretly pursues a threesome, but their conversation after leaving the house reveals her desire to reconnect with Simon.

  The plot describes Estelle's relationship with Simon, their shared parenting and household routines, and their discussion of lost intimacy.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Estelle Legrand → Émilie (Social Friend) — Émilie is among the friends Estelle confides in about her dissatisfaction and desire for change.

  Estelle admits to her friends, including Émilie, that she wants to break out of her routine.

• Estelle Legrand → Marie-Josée (Social Friends) — Marie-Josée supports Estelle's confidences but their friendship is strained by disagreements over Estelle's choices and priorities.

  Estelle discusses her wish to break out of routine with Marie-Josée, drinks with her, and asks for her support. They later argue about Estelle putting...

Story Analysis

Estelle's attempt to escape routine leads her and Simon to confront the distance between them and recognize a desire to reconnect.

Plot Progression

1. Ambition and Domestic Routine — Estelle balances motherhood with a demanding finance career and hopes her performance will bring a promotion. Instead, she is assigned to Corine's team and feels her ambitions are unmet.
2. A Secret Attempt at Change — Estelle worries that she and Simon have lost intimacy amid parenting and household routines. After confiding in friends and drinking with Marie-Josée, she decides to pursue a threesome without telling...
3. Awkward Searches and Interruptions — Estelle places an online ad and has awkward, unsettling attempts to meet potential partners. Her effort to experiment with Simon is interrupted by Lily, while tensions with Marie-Josée expose strain i...
4. Leaving the Unfamiliar Behind — Estelle and Simon visit a house where people seek sexual partners, but the explicit and chaotic atmosphere is more than they expected. They leave before anything happens and talk outside about boredom...