''Lâcher prise'', also known in English as ''Freefall'' or ''Let Go'', is a Canadian television comedy series, which premiered in 2017 on

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'', January 7, 2017. The series stars

Sophie Cadieux Sophie Cadieux (born August 25, 1977) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her role as Valérie Danault in the television series '' Lâcher prise'', for which she won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in ...

as Valérie Danault, a single mother struggling to keep it together after suffering burnout in her professional and personal life. The cast also includes Sylvie Léonard as her mother Madeleine; Simon Lacroix as her ex-husband Éric, who left her when he came out as

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; Éric Paulhus as his new husband Kevin; and Antoine Archambault as her son Thomas; as well as Jean-Moïse Martin, Christine Beaulieu,

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, Emmanuel Schwartz,

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and Émilie Bierre. In 2018,

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added the program to its schedule, airing it under the title ''Freefall'' with English language subtitles, while the series has been released internationally on

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under the title ''Let Go''. The series ended in 2020, after the fourth season.Richard Therrien
"La quatrième saison de Lâcher prise sera la dernière"
'' La Presse'', December 17, 2019.

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*{{IMDb title, 6437058 2017 Canadian television series debuts 2020 Canadian television series endings 2010s Canadian sitcoms 2020s Canadian sitcoms 2010s Canadian LGBT-related comedy television series 2020s Canadian LGBT-related comedy television series Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming Television shows set in Montreal Canadian LGBT-related sitcoms