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Season 1
January 5, 1971

Season 1

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.

01. The Iron Crate

Vidocq, to everyone's surprise, has become head of the Sûreté Nationale. One of his former chain-mates, Desfossé, is compromised in a murder case.

55min
January 5, 1971

02. The Three Vidocq Crimes

Vidocq 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.

55min
January 12, 1971

03. The Knights of the Night

Vidocq is tasked with finding the Empress's pink necklace (inherited from François I) before the reception at which the Empress is to wear it.

55min
January 19, 1971

04. The Chauffeurs du Nord

Vidocq 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.

55min
February 16, 1971

05. Failure for Vidocq

At 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.

55min
February 23, 1971

06. Bankers of crime

In the run-up to the Hundred Days, Vidocq investigates strange events at the Toulon penal colony.

55min
March 2, 1971