Macha, Valérie and Éric are the main characters in the TV series Tout sur moi. All three are good friends, and they live in the same apartment building.
A fourth character named Sébastien also lives in their building. He lives right above Macha.
Macha’s sitting in her apartment when Valérie walks through the front door. Macha reveals to Valérie that she spent the night at Sébastien’s place:
J’ai dormi chez Sébastien.
I slept at Sébastien’s place.
Valérie is shocked — she wants to know if Macha slept with Sébastien:
Hein?! As-tu couché avec?
What?! Did you sleep with (him)?
Then Éric appears. Éric is gay, but he’s practising trying to be straight today because he needs to convince someone that he’s not gay.
Valérie announces to Éric that Macha slept over at Sébastien’s place:
Elle a couché chez Sébastien.
She slept at Sébastien’s place.
Éric is shocked too. He rushes over to Macha and says:
Nonnnn! … Pis?? As-tu scoré?
Noooo! … So?? Did you score?
Asking if Macha “scored” with Sébastien is out of character for Éric: He explains that he’s practising talking “straight.” To him, it sounds like the way a straight guy would ask the question!
[All quotes from Tout sur moi, “Éric au poteau,” season 5, episode 5, Radio-Canada, Montreal, 12 October 2011.]
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