{allcanada} ‘Getting Under Your Skin’ Undercover Drama Greenlit for Second Season

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Writer wunderkind Simon Boulerice's "Getting Under Your Skin" has been greenlit for a second season, Zero3 vice-president of fiction development, creation, and production Dominique Veillet told Variety in advance of a Quebec showcase at the Series Mania Forum. 

The Montreal high school-set undercover drama is one of seven series in the Coming Next From Quebec panel that are seeking market traction in Lille.

The first episode premieres this week on Quebec's TV5, which greenlit Season 2. 

Season 1 of the eight-part series, each 24 minutes,  follows Gaspard (Félix-Antoine Bénard), a queer teenage crime-show fan, as he befriends and infiltrates the life of a young police officer (Anthony Therrien) who has disguised himself as a student to investigate a drug-dealing network with connections to organized crime.   

Bénard is best known for his lead performance in the multi-award-winning 2023 Venice Days head-turner "Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person," and Therrien for his work in three seasons of the French-language Canadian version of "The Red Band Society." Both actors are returning for season 2 of "Getting Under Your Skin."

"At a time when synthetic drugs are circulating more widely and becoming increasingly insidious, the series takes on a timely and urgent issue," says Veillet, who produced Season 1 with Caroline Langlois. 

"What makes the show unique is its hybrid nature, blending a coming-of-age story with a crime drama," says series director Éric Piccoli, who has been tapped for Season 2. "When those worlds collide, the result is a refreshing and intriguing tale that quickly draws us in and creates a strong emotional connection to the characters." 

Script work is already underway for the second season, and Montreal screenwriter Boulerice—a playwright, poet and children's author, who is also a co-creator and co-writer on Coming Next From Quebec series "Take Care"—is leading his student and cop characters into darker terrain. 

 "My wish is to see Gaspard again a year and a half later, now in CEGEP (pre-university college) and unwittingly caught up, through a series of events, in a situation just as toxic as in Season 1: a juvenile prostitution ring operating in certain bars in the Gay Village," he tells Variety. "It is in this context that he reconnects with Thomas, who has returned to the world of undercover work." 

"Getting Under Your Skin" is repped at Series Mania by Mélanie Ratte of Sphere Abacus. 

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{allcanada} Senators agree to terms with D Gabriel Eliasson to entry-level contract

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The Ottawa Senators have signed one of their prospects.

Defenceman Gabriel Eliasson agreed to terms with the Senators on a three-year, entry-level contract set to begin in the 2026-27 season, the team announced Wednesday.

The six-foot-seven blue-liner played the past two seasons with the OHL's Barrie Colts, logging 124 games and recording five goals and 15 points in that time.

"Gabriel's game has matured since we drafted him," Senators general manager Steve Staios said in a statement released by the team. "We've been pleased with his development and his character and work ethic fit in perfectly with the team we're building."

The Senators selected the 19-year-old in the second round (39th overall) at the 2024 NHL Draft.

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{allcanada} Ottawa’s Mesidor still ‘same kid’ despite NFL hype, high school coach says

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Football success, it seems, hasn't changed Ottawa's Akheem Mesidor.

Since heading to the U.S. in 2019, the defensive lineman has developed into a projected first-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft. But Jesse Chinchar, Mesidor's former high school coach, says he remains the same thoughtful player he coached more than six years ago.

"He's the same Akheem, kind of soft-spoken, but when he speaks, you can tell he's thought about what he's going to say," Chinchar said. "Just a really good energy about him, and he's got a smile that can light up a room.

"He's always been a professional mindset-type kid, so I'm not surprised with how things have worked out for him. We knew how special he was and that he had a chance to be this type of guy."

Mesidor attended Clearwater Academy International, a Florida prep school, in 2019. That season, he had 92 tackles (18 for loss) and 10 sacks in leading the Knights to an 8-2 record before heading to West Virginia.

Chinchar played on Clearwater's first football team in 2008 and later served as head coach. He led the program to multiple state titles before the school's board of trustees cancelled the football program in February 2024.

Clearwater actively recruited Canadians such as Mesidor and even had former CFL coach Rich Stubler on his staff before his death in 2023. The program sent more than 80 players to American universities.

Mesidor made an immediate impact at West Virginia, earning True Freshman All-America First-Team honours before transferring to Miami in 2022. The six-foot-three, 280-pound Mesidor capped a stellar run with the Hurricanes last season, registering 60 tackles (36 solo, 15.5 for loss) with 10.5 sacks and four forced fumbles under the tutelage of Hall of Famer Jason Taylor, Miami's defensive ends coach.

The 24-year-old Mesidor had three tackles (two solo) and two sacks in Miami's 27-21 NCAA championship loss to Indiana. Afterwards, he participated in the Senior Bowl, and the NFL combine and is expected to be a first-round draft pick next month.

"He's become so polished," said Chinchar, now the head coach at St. Petersburg Catholic High School. "When we had him, he was just beginning the journey of being a high-level defensive lineman.

"But he has banked so many reps through games and practices and had so much high-level coaching … all of these things have formed him into who he is today."

As Mesidor pondered his university options, Chinchar was someone he leaned on. Not surprisingly, NFL officials have reached out to Chinchar about Mesidor.

"When they ask me to talk about Akheem's character, that's like the easiest thing to do because he's such a good kid," Chinchar said. "Everybody at Clearwater Academy loved him -- teachers, faculty, coaches and his host parents.

"He's someone you just enjoy spending time with and being around."

Chinchar said NFL coaches can trust Mesidor to continue being a consummate professional -- on and off the field -- long after signing a lucrative pro contract.

"(NFL money) won't change him," Chinchar said. "He's going from being one of the most experienced guys in the room to the newbie, and I think the biggest thing in the beginning is going to be the schemes because they're going to be different no matter where he goes.

"The NFL game is just different in the offences that you see, and he's going to have to learn the schemes on both sides of the ball, and wherever he goes, I'm sure there's going to be some technical aspect of slightly different stances or how they defeat these types of blocks? Those are things he'll work his butt off to master, for sure."

Mesidor saw time at tackle at both West Virginia and Miami, but Chinchar said being on the edge works best for Mesidor, preferably in a four-man front.

"He played great (at tackle), but you're just not making as many splash plays," Chinchar said. "To be honest, I think if he was playing on the edge earlier, his name would've been out there in a bigger way.

"I think you'd want (an NFL team) that majors in a four-down system where Akheem can truly come off the edge and rush the passer. He could (play in a 3-4 alignment), I just think his skillset and experience better suit a four-down defence."

He is also the top-ranked player for the '26 CFL draft on April 28, but Chinchar doesn't expect Mesidor to ever play in his native land.

"He isn't coming up there anytime soon," Chinchar said. "There are so many factors, but if I were a betting man, I'd say that he's going to be successful in the NFL.

"I wouldn't bet against him."

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{allcanada} The Ducks beat the Canucks 5-3 as Mikael Granlund scores 2 goals

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Mikael Granlund scored twice, Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Thursday night.

Mason McTavish and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, while John Carlson had three assists and Lukas Dostal stopped 27 shots.

Anaheim grabbed a 2-1 lead in the second period, only to see Vancouver rally and tie the game twice before McTavish scored the winner at the 5:45 mark of the third.

Jake DeBrusk, Brock Boeser and Drew O'Connor scored for the Canucks, while Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson each contributed a pair of assists. Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves.

Pettersson's second assist of the night marked the 500th regular-season point of his NHL career.

Anaheim remains atop the Pacific Division with a five-point cushion on the second-place Edmonton Oilers.

Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas returned to the lineup after serving a five-game suspension for the knee-on-knee hit on Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews.

The blow left Matthews with a torn knee ligament that required season-ending surgery.

The Canucks got solid play from their special teams. DeBrusk and Boeser each scored power-play goals, and the penalty kill weathered a 95 second five-on-three before conceding Granlund's goal late in a penalty to defenseman Elias Pettersson.

The Ducks fell behind 1-0 in the opening frame, then outshot Vancouver 14-12 and scored a pair of goals over a 2:24 span.

McTavish got his first goal in 15 games. He buried his 14th goal of the season at the 5:45 mark of the third period, blasting a one-timer over Lankinen's glove from the faceoff dot to give the Ducks a 4-3 lead.

Pettersson tallied his 500th regular-season point in his 533rd game. Thomas Gradin is the lone Canuck to hit the milestone faster, doing so in 529 games.

Ducks: Visit Calgary on Thursday.

Canucks: Host Los Angeles on Thursday.

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