Season 1
6 episodes · Jan 5, 1971
Appointed head of the new Paris police force, Vidocq has to deal with the “chauffeurs du Nord”, a gang of farm robbers, royalist murders and riots in Toulon. But his main threat is the Baroness, who heads up the “Knights of the Night” organization, which is multiplying its plots against him.
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S1E1The Iron Crate
Jan 5, 197155mVidocq, to everyone's surprise, has become head of the Sûreté Nationale. One of his former chain-mates, Desfossé, is compromised in a murder case.
S1E2The Three Vidocq Crimes
Jan 12, 197155mVidocq is accused of murdering two men who had denounced him to the police for blackmailing them. Arrested and imprisoned, he manages to escape and discovers a plot hatched by the Baroness de Saint-Gély: the criminal has hired a fake Vidocq to arrest some very wealthy thugs.
S1E3The Knights of the Night
Jan 19, 197155mVidocq is tasked with finding the Empress's pink necklace (inherited from François I) before the reception at which the Empress is to wear it.
S1E4The Chauffeurs du Nord
Feb 16, 197155mVidocq is tasked with arresting a gang of looters operating in northern France. These criminals attack isolated farms, forcing peasants to confess where their savings are hidden by burning their feet.
S1E5Failure for Vidocq
Feb 23, 197155mAt the dawn of the Restoration, Mr. Henry, eager to protect Vidocq, sends him to Brittany to investigate the mysterious disappearance of emigrants who have returned to France clandestinely.
S1E6Bankers of crime
Mar 2, 197155mIn the run-up to the Hundred Days, Vidocq investigates strange events at the Toulon penal colony.