Here it all begins, the summary in advance for Tuesday, October 14: Carla reveals Joséphine’s secret [SPOILERS]

The atmosphere at the Auguste Armand Institute reaches a rarely equaled point of tension in the episode of Tuesday, October 14, 2025. As everyone is busy with their culinary preparations for the week, an emotional bomb is about to explode, and it is Carla who holds the fuse. For several days, the young woman has seemed nervous, torn between her desire to tell the truth and her fear of causing a cataclysm among her classmates. But faced with the growing pressure and the guilt that eats away at her, she finally gives in: Joséphine’s secret finally comes to light… and nothing will ever be the same again.

It all begins with a busy morning at the Institute. The students in Teyssier’s class are busy with an inventiveness challenge, where each student must create a dish that tells a story of themselves. While knives clatter and pots boil, Carla seems distracted. Absently, she mixes her ingredients without conviction. Jim, who has been watching her for several days, senses she’s hiding something. The young man, usually frank and protective of her, tries to understand what’s tormenting her. But Carla remains evasive, fearing the truth will do more harm than good.

Meanwhile, Joséphine, a brilliant student but whose behavior is increasingly unstable, is trying to keep calm. For some time now, her attitude has been intriguing: unexplained absences, shifty glances, disproportionate reactions… Even Teyssier, who is focused on the culinary competition, is beginning to notice that something is wrong. Bérénice, who often shares classes with Joséphine, tries to find out more, but is met with a wall of silence. A heavy, almost threatening silence.

It’s during a tense discussion in the kitchen that everything changes. A harmless remark from Rose, who has come to assess the dishes, triggers a violent reaction in Josephine. She leaves the room abruptly, under the stunned gaze of her classmates. This is the last straw for Carla, who can no longer bear to see her friend sink into lies. After a sleepless night, she makes a radical decision: she’s going to tell everything.

The next morning, the young woman confronts Joséphine in the courtyard of the Institute. The scene is charged with emotion. Carla, her voice trembling but determined, reveals what she has known for several weeks: Joséphine is hiding a troubled past, linked to a tragedy that occurred before her arrival at the Institute. A secret that explains her absences, her fears, and her disproportionate reactions. Face to face with her, Joséphine tries to deny it, but her tears betray the truth. The students, gathered around them, are stunned to discover the extent of the lie.

This moment of truth causes a real emotional upheaval. Some support Carla, believing she was right to speak out to free her friend from the burden of the secret. Others condemn her, believing she shouldn’t have betrayed such an intimate confidence. The Institute is divided, friendships are fractured, and Teyssier, witnessing the scene, understands that this revelation could well destabilize the entire class.

For her part, Joséphine collapses. In a few moments, everything she had tried to build shatters. She retreats to a secluded place, distraught. It is Rose who finds her and, true to her sensitivity, tries to soothe her. Through their exchanges, we finally understand the nature of the secret: Joséphine had a profoundly impactful experience before joining the Institute, an event she preferred to hide in order to start her life from scratch. But the ghosts of the past always end up resurfacing…

Meanwhile, Jim finds himself caught in the crossfire. He understands Carla’s reasons, but struggles to forgive her for exposing Josephine in this way. The young man, true to his sense of loyalty, feels betrayed in turn. This misunderstanding causes a rift between them, a fracture that seems impossible to repair. Carla, hurt by his rejection, doubts herself. She thought she was doing the right thing, but realizes too late that telling the truth isn’t always synonymous with justice.

Teyssier, a strategist, takes advantage of the situation to turn this crisis into a life lesson. In a chilling speech to his students, he reminds them that cooking is also a matter of truth and vulnerability: “In cooking, as in life, hiding a mistake is letting it fester. The truth always ends up resurfacing.” These words resonate in Joséphine’s mind, but also in Carla’s, who understands the extent to which her actions have had irreversible consequences.

In the kitchens, the tension remains palpable. Everyone tries to get things back on track, but the looks on each other’s faces betray what’s been left unsaid. Bérénice tries to rekindle dialogue between Carla and Joséphine, but the latter, still in shock, refuses any reconciliation. She even considers leaving the Institute, unable to face the stares of her classmates.

A worried Rose tries to convince Josephine to stay, reminding her that the Institute has always been a place of second chances. Her words, filled with empathy, resonate with the young woman, who is torn between fleeing and facing her demons. Meanwhile, Carla, consumed by guilt, secretly prepares a symbolic dish that she wishes to present to Josephine as a message of forgiveness.

When the time comes to taste the dish, Teyssier immediately notices the emotion emanating from Carla’s dish. Behind the recipe, he perceives a rare sincerity. Joséphine, touched in spite of herself, ends up understanding her friend’s approach. Without the need for words, a fragile hope of reconciliation is born between the two young women.

But the newfound calm is only apparent. The revelation of Josephine’s secret leaves deep scars. Some professors question her place at the Institute, while others plead in her favor. As for Carla, she must now face her actions, between remorse and the conviction that she meant well.

The episode ends on a poignant note: Josephine, after much reflection, chooses to stay at the Institute. But her vacant stare suggests that this story is far from over. Behind the stoves, hearts still burn, and the wounds will take time to heal.

This Tuesday, October 14, Here It All Begins delivers an episode of rare intensity, where truth, guilt, and forgiveness intertwine in a perfectly orchestrated score. By revealing Joséphine’s secret, Carla has unleashed a storm from which no one will emerge unscathed. What if this truth, however painful, was only the beginning of a new era for the students of the Auguste Armand Institute?