Plan B is a Canadian television drama series, that premiered on CBC Television on February 27, 2023.Greg David, "CBC UNVEILS 2022-23 PROGRAMMING SLATE". TV, eh?, June 1, 2022.CBC UNVEILS WINTER 2023 SLATE ACROSS NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURING NEW ORIGINAL STORYTELLING REFLECTING MORE PEOPLE, PLACES AND PERSPECTIVES ACROSS CANADA
An adaptation of the French-language Quebec series , which premiered on Ici Radio-Canada Télé in 2017, the series is an anthology centred on a mysterious agency that allows people to travel back in time to change their lives, with each season telling a different self-contained story.
Premise The first season follows Phillip (Patrick J. Adams), a man who is offered the opportunity to go back in time to make different choices in life to salvage his relationship with his girlfriend Evelyn (Karine Vanasse) and his career after a major personal setback.
The second season follows Mia Coleman, a police officer who wants to change her actions after her intervention in a domestic dispute between Paul (Vincent Leclerc) and Keri (Sarah Booth) Whitman goes disastrously wrong.Greg David, "Vinessa Antoine, Vincent Leclerc and Sarah Booth to star in the second season of the CBC original drama series Plan B". TV, eh?, September 20, 2023. The second season of the English series is adapted from the third, rather than the second, season of the French series,"Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, tête d’affiche de la prochaine saison de Plan B". Ici Radio-Canada, February 17, 2021. and features two actors, Leclerc and Patrick Emmanuel Abellard as Mia's police partner, reprising the same roles they played in French.Guillaume Picard, "Dans la version anglophone de «Plan B»: Vincent Leclerc reprendra son rôle de père qui tue toute sa famille". Le Journal de Montréal, September 20, 2023.
The third season, adapted from the second season of the original series, stars Carolina Bartczak as Abigail Walker, a prominent television host who approaches the agency after her daughter Lucy (Arianna Shannon) commits suicide.Jesse Whittock, "‘Plan B’: Carolina Bartczak To Lead Season 3 Of CBC’s Time-Bending Drama; Arnold Pinnock & Ennis Esmer Also Cast". Deadline Hollywood, September 17, 2024. The cast also includes Arnold Pinnock, Ennis Esmer, Jaeden Noel, Carolyn Taylor and Grace Lynn Kung. The third season premiered August 8, 2025, on CBC Gem.Greg David, "Preview: Tragic time-travel series Plan B returns for Season 3 on CBC Gem". TV, eh?, August 6, 2025.
Cast and characters Season 1 Patrick J. Adams as Phillip Grimmer (Original French: Louis Morissette as Philippe Girard) Karine Vanasse as Evelyn Landry (Original French: Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Évelyne Lalonde) François Arnaud as Patrick Landry (Original French: Émile Proulx-Cloutier as Patrick Lalonde) Josh Close as Andy Tremblay (Original French: Fabien Cloutier as André Dumais) Troian Bellisario as Miranda Delano (Original French: Julie Le Breton as Marie Denoncourt)
Season 2 Vinessa Antoine as Mia Coleman (Original French: Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Mylène Clermont) Vincent Leclerc as Paul Whitman (Original French: Vincent Leclerc as Bruno Bernier) Sarah Booth as Keri Whitman (Original French: Mélanie Pilon as Caroline Nadeau) Rossif Sutherland as Bryson (Original French: Pierre-Luc Brillant as Guillaume Raymond)
Season 3 Main Carolina Bartczak as Abigail Walker (Original French: Sophie Lorain as Florence Morin) Arianna Shannon as Lucy Walker (Original French: Émi Chicoine as Marilou Morin) Arnold Pinnock
Supporting Ennis Esmer Jaeden Noel Carolyn Taylor Grace Lynn Kung
Episodes
Season 1 (2023)
Season 2 (2024) The second season was released in August 2024 to the CBC's streaming platform CBC Gem, although it is slated for linear television broadcast beginning October 7.
Season 3 (2025)
Production Development The series is produced by KOTV, directed by Jean-François Asselin, Aisling Chin-Yee, and Maxime Giroux. The English adaptation was written by Lynne Kamm; the co-creators of the original French-language series are Jean Francois Asselin and Jacques Drolet.
On September 22, 2023, CBC announced the second season of Plan B.VINESSA ANTOINE, VINCENT LECLERC AND SARAH BOOTH TO STAR IN THE SECOND SEASON OF CBC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES PLAN B FROM KOTV - CBC
Casting In June 2022, the casting of Patrick J. Adams and Karine Vanasse in the lead roles was announced. In August 2022, it was announced that François Arnaud, Josh Close and Troian Bellisario would be joining the cast in undisclosed roles.
Broadcast
International distribution rights to the series have been acquired by Seven.One Studios through Red Arrow Studios International.Kelly Townsend, "Red Arrow Studios Int’l picks up global rights to CBC’s Plan B remake". Playback, June 6, 2022.
Critical response In August 2025, The Globe and Mail television critic J. Kelly Nestruck questioned why the CBC had invested money in creating a full English-language remake of the original French-language series, instead of simply distributing the original version on CBC Gem with subtitles, and investing in a new original production instead of a remake.J. Kelly Nestruck, "CBC/Radio-Canada could double its value to Canadians, if only it stopped resisting". The Globe and Mail, August 15, 2025.
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