Season 6 • Episode 4
Latest1777: France and England are at war over the independence of the United States. Nicolas le Floch, missioned by Louis the 14th to spy on the Duke of Chartres, who has his sights on the admiralty, witnesses the latter's cowardice in combat. He reports the facts to the king who nominates his cousin General of the light cavalry instead ... Le Floch has just made a mortal enemy out of him.
Paris, 1761. Brilliant young Parisian police commissioner Nicolas Le Floch works under Monsieur de Sartine, the Royal Lieutenant General of Police. Louis XV's kingdom is plagued by conspiracies and murders. With the help of his faithful subordinate Bourdeau, Nicolas solves mysterious disappearances and sorts out awkward scandals.
Production
Lavish Versailles locations and obsessively accurate period detail.
Costume
Silk waistcoats and elaborate wigs that deserve their own billing.
Acting
Jérôme Robart's smoldering intellect in tight breeches.
Creator
Hugues Pagan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series is adapted from Jean-François Parot's novels, and author Parot himself was a French diplomat who channeled his historical expertise into twelve Le Floch books.
This was France's answer to the British period detective boom, deliberately sexier and more politically cynical than its BBC counterparts—note how Nicolas sleeps with witnesses, suspects, and basically anyone in a corset.
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