Discover the full recap of Here It All Begins ahead of Tuesday, October 21, 2025 with episode 1289. Carla loses everything, has Constance gone too far?
What are the highlights of the October 21, 2025 episode of Here It All Begins in Advance? In brief, ITC episode 1289
- Carla hides her eating disorder: she pretends to eat and discreetly throws the food back into a napkin.
- Ferdinand humiliates Carla: a photo of her as a teenager goes viral and he turns it into a sticker, provoking a violent gesture from Jim.
- Constance breaks medical confidentiality: she reveals the truth about Carla’s illness to Rose and Bérénice.
- Gaspard confides in Maya: he admits to seeing a shrink to overcome his wounds linked to his mother Eléonore.
- Bérénice cancels the wedding: faced with Carla’s condition, she chooses to stop everything before a tragedy occurs.
Everything you need to know about episode 1288 of Here It All Begins on October 20, 2025, with all the complete spoilers for today’s storylines in Calvières.
Here everything starts early: Constance goes against the rules of medical confidentiality

Rose shocked by Constance’s announcement
Carla is drunk early in the morning with Gaëtan reminding her that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. She hesitates to eat her toast, but ends up putting it in her mouth. But as soon as Gaëtan and Bérénice turn their backs, she discreetly spits it out into a napkin.
Coline tells her mother that she can’t accept Carla’s fat-phobic comments. Rose arrives at the farm, and Angèle tells her that their daughters are angry.
Anouk offers a communications course to second-year students; Milan would have preferred a more technical course. Thelma is a fan, because for her, she’s the queen of social media.

Ferdinand doesn’t miss a beat: still as angry as ever
But things get out of hand when Ferdinand humiliates Carla by showing her a photo of her as a teenager: “You were cute with your little cheeks.” Worse still, he created a sticker of her image and posted it on the institute’s groups. Jim discovers the post, grabs the phone, and throws it into boiling water.
Meanwhile, Gaspard tells Maya that he spent the evening alone, that he had to sort things out… but he doesn’t want to talk about it. Maya tells him that she doesn’t want any lies between them.
Anouk congratulates: “you have transformed a local dish into a little gem.” Milan is lost, while Ismaël assures and impresses .

No exclusivity between Maya and Gaspard
Later, Carla, Joséphine, and Jim meet up in PE class with Gaëtan. Carla falls heavily… Gaëtan wants Joséphine to accompany him to the infirmary. She refuses, but Joséphine threatens her: “If you refuse, I’ll tell everyone you’re taking Petrovac.”
Constance realizes that Carla has a real problem with her image. Carla finally confides to Jo and Constance, her voice cracking, that she was nicknamed “the whale,” “the sow,” and “triple fat” when she was little at school.

AnaPis still at war with Anouk
Faced with the gravity of the situation, Constance defies medical confidentiality and reveals to Rose and Bérénice that Carla suffers from body dysmorphic disorder and is dangerously starving herself . Rose, upset, whispers: “My daughter is injecting herself to lose weight?” Constance justifies her actions: Carla’s life is in danger.
Here it all begins October 21, 2025: Gaspard takes charge
Gaspard tells Maya he reinstalled the dating apps, thinking she was okay with an open relationship. But behind this decision, a silent jealousy sets in .
They decide to talk honestly. “I don’t want to hurt you, to lose you,” Gaspard confides, while Maya wants to believe that honesty rhymes with trust. In a moment of confidence, she admits that she hates having her hand held.

Carla doesn’t forgive Jim even though he taught Ferdinand a lesson.
Then, in a rare moment of emotion, Gaspard admits that he has been seeing a shrink since his mother Eléonéore left . That’s why he wasn’t available the day before. He confides that he wants to change and understand what gives meaning to his life . Maya, moved, tells him that she is proud of him.
Meanwhile, Anouk and Anaïs find themselves in Clotilde’s office: Chef Revero’s advice is slowing down the entire Double A team, who are focusing on the aesthetics of the dishes rather than their productivity. Clotilde tries to ease the tension.
But the real shock of the day comes when Berenice catches Carla injecting herself with an appetite suppressant . Carla tries to justify it: it’s just for the dress. Berenice, panicked, begs her to stop. Carla replies that she just wants to feel beautiful…for the wedding.

Constance established Carla’s diagnosis
So, with a heavy heart, Berenice makes a radical decision : “This marriage was supposed to do you good, but it’s doing the opposite. I’m sorry, but until you get better, there will be no marriage.” Carla, devastated, begs her: “Don’t do this…”