Season 7 • Episode 24
LatestMarie Lamontagne, a widowed mother of two in her forties, confesses to a murder she didn't commit to protect her daughter. Thrust into brutally unfamiliar and hostile surroundings, she first learns survival, then confronts the biggest challenge of her life: bonding with her fellow inmates and helping them take back control of their lives.
Acting
Guylaine Tremblay's maternal ferocity anchors every scene she's in.
Writing
Trottier crafts an entire prison ecosystem with soap-opera patience.
Production
Quebec's first major women's prison drama—landmark local television.
Creator
Danielle Trottier
Ève Landry
Jeanne Biron
Salomé Corbo
Caroline Laplante
Debbie Lynch-White
Nancy Prévost
Normand Daneau
Martin Lavallée
Catherine Proulx-Lemay
Michèle Paquette
Guylaine Tremblay
Marie Lamontagne
François Papineau
Normand Despins
Paul Doucet
Georges Ste-Marie
Émilie Bibeau
Lucie Lamontagne
Céline Bonnier
Suzanne Beauchemin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Unité 9 remains Quebec's longest-running scripted drama, proving local audiences craved complex female antiheroes long before the global 'prestige' boom.
The actual prison exterior was a decommissioned psychiatric hospital in Laval—former patients' graffiti still visible during early shoots.
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