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Spiral

Spiral

★ 7.9/10•2005•48m•18•Action & Adventure•Crime•Drama
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This gritty crime drama set in the dark underbelly of Paris follows police officers and lawyers as they investigate and prosecute crimes. Throw any romantic notion of Paris out the window. Crime is dark. The legal system is darker. This is Spiral.

StatusEnded
Runtime48m
LanguageFR
First Air DateDec 13, 2005

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E148m

Episode 1

A public prosecutor is teamed with a hardened police captain and a magistrate to identify a body found discarded in a skip. As the case unfolds, their investigation uncovers deception and political intrigue.

Dec 13, 2005

Episode 2 - Episode 2E251m

Episode 2

The police make an appeal to the Press and get their hands on Elina's diary - which reveals she had friends in high places. Pierre discovers a connection between the murder victim and a childhood friend of his, now a wealthy businessman - and it seems they met the day before she died.

Dec 13, 2005

Episode 3 - Episode 3E351m

Episode 3

The police delve into the personal life of a businessman who burned to death in his own home, Clement struggles to conceal his friendship with a suspect in the Andrescu case, and Gilout's drug habit gets out of control. The mother of a murdered baby is accused of negligence.

Dec 20, 2005

Episode 4 - Episode 4E449m

Episode 4

A prominent ministerial adviser, who has links to prosecutor Pierre Clement's close friend Benoit Faye, joins the list of suspects for the ruthless killing of Elina Andrescu. Meanwhile, Captain Laure Berthaud comes up against lawyer Josephine Karlsson during an inquiry into a double murder.

Dec 20, 2005

Episode 5 - Episode 5E548m

Episode 5

The inquiry into Elina Andrescu's murder takes yet another disturbing turn when the body of her missing sister Sophia is found in a freezer. A distraught Ghislaine Androux is brought to trial in connection with the murder of her baby, but Judge Roban soon begins to regret meddling in the affair.

Dec 27, 2005

Episode 6 - Episode 6E648m

Episode 6

Pierre begins divorce proceedings after his estranged wife is implicated in a drug trafficking scandal. Josephine defends a man accused of committing brutal acts of torture, while Gilout's drug addiction tests Berthaud's patience

Dec 27, 2005

Episode 7 - Episode 7E749m

Episode 7

Pierre Clement unwittingly endangers Benoit Faye's life when he resolves to have his friend arrested in connection with the Andrescu case. Lawyer Josephine Karlsson is called in to defend a young man accused of rape, while Gilout is compromised by blackmailers.

Jan 3, 2006

Episode 8 - Episode 8E847m

Episode 8

With Benoit Faye in intensive care following an assassination attempt, the prosecution in the Andrescu case has lost its main witness. The events leading up to the sisters' double murder are reconstructed using Benoit's recollections.

Jan 3, 2006

Actors

Caroline Proust

Caroline Proust

Laure Berthaud

Audrey Fleurot

Audrey Fleurot

Joséphine Karlsson

Thierry Godard

Thierry Godard

Gilles "Gilou" Escoffier

Tewfik Jallab

Tewfik Jallab

Ali Amrani

Valentin Merlet

Valentin Merlet

Commissaire Beckriche

Clara Bonnet

Clara Bonnet

Lucie Bourdieu

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Maître Eric Edelman

Bruno Debrandt

Bruno Debrandt

Brémont

Kool Shen

Kool Shen

Cisco

Lionel Erdogan

Lionel Erdogan

Tom

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