Does Stéphane Blé prove everyone wrong? Let’s find out in Represent ending explained. The show is a French political comedy produced by Studio 14, directed and created by Jean-Pascal Zadi with François Uzan. The story follows Stéphane Blé, an idealistic educator who is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
The cast of the series includes Jean-Pascal Zadi as Stéphane Blé, Éric Judor, Benoît Poelvoorde, Fadily Camara, Marina Foïs, Fary, Pierre-Emmanuel Barré and Panayotis Pascot. There are 6 episodes in total with a runtime of about 30 minutes each.
Netflix’s description of the series reads:
A YOUTH CENTRE LEADER FROM THE SUBURBS OF PARIS BECOMES A CANDIDATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BUT IS FRANCE TRULY READY FOR A BLACK PRESIDENT?
Represent Ending Explained
Early on in the series we see when Stéphane Blé’s verbal joust with presidential hopeful Eric Andrei goes viral, he finds himself in the limelight and reluctantly running for office. All he was doing was putting his thoughts and frustrations forward, but that turns him around into a new hero, whom people would like to see running the country.
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Although he doesn’t have any plans like that, he is persistently pursued by William Crozon, who wants him to be the voice of all immigrants and minorities. On the other hand, Stéphane has his own personal issues to deal with, as he is trying IVF treatments with his wife and looking after the troubled teens, to keep them out of trouble.
When Lamine gets arrested, Stéphane also gets behind bars when trying to get the kid out and that’s when he decides to run for president. William shows him how many people are rooting for him and that he could help all of these people. His wife Marion is opposed to the idea but reluctantly gives him the nod. However, what they don’t know is that William is not who he portrays.
He is actually working for another right-wing candidate, Etienne Durandeau. He wants to divert public attention towards Stéphane and then later plans to take him out of the elections, to help Durandeau and has no plans to make Stéphane succeed at all. While Blé is gearing up to do things properly with getting his own team, sponsors etc.
When they get in the race officially, the office is attacked by two assailants, but thanks to Mo’s security cameras, Stéphane identifies the arsonists. They were sent by his cousin who works with Eric Andrei. When the attack doesn’t deter him, Andrei tries to get dirt on William and threatens to expose him. Thus later, they head to Corrèze, a rural town unlikely to appreciate team Blé’s vibe and to discourage him from the elections.
But things go in Stéphane’s favour as he gets a suicidal villager to surrender but instead gets shot by another. The bullet affects his testicular area and while in the hospital, Andrei tries to capitalize on Stéphane’s injury. And Yasmine begins to suspect Will has an ulterior motive. But this experience leaves Stéphane exiting from the presidential campaign.
He decides to go through with IVF treatments with Marion and go back to his old life. However, when Lamine seems disappointed with his decision and confesses that it broke his own dreams, he thinks of going back again to show Lamine that things can get better for people like them. On a brighter note, somebody leaks the private emails of Andrei and Durandeau, which indicates corruption and money laundering, leading to their exit from the candidacy.
This is the perfect time for Stéphane to get back in the game, but on Andrei’s orders Lamine is set up for a trap, where he is handed a bag full of drugs and just then police will be called on him. But Lamine pushed one of the boys hard to the ground and runs away. He calls Marion for help, who takes her to a hotel and stays down low.
Along with Stéphane, they try to keep him hidden till the elections are over but the boy that was pushed, on recovering, names Lamine as his assailant. On the other hand, the final running candidates – Stéphane and Corinne face off in a televised debate but pointed questions and surprise guests like his dad, whom he didn’t see in the last 27 years, dominate the evening.
When Lamine gets to know about the police searching for him, he runs away from his hiding place. With election day around the corner and Lamine on the run, Stéphane tries to salvage his marriage and his campaign by dissociating with Lamine. Mo and William search for Lamine and finally Marion and Stéphane drops him off near the police station, to go and surrender.
How Stéphane is trying to keep a distance from Lamine and worrying about his image more, irks Marion and she tells him that he has changed. Instead of helping he has become just like other politicians and leaves him. On the day of the results, Stéphane’s team already expects to have lost but gets elected as the next president instead.
Also, Yasmin reveals that she was the one behind the email leaks and shows evidence of William’s duality. This makes Stéphane fire him. In the end, we see everyone celebrating and a speech by Stéphane, where he thanks everyone who voted for him.
Represent is currently streaming on Netflix.
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