Thu, Jun 4, 2009
Loïc and Nadège Lardenois visit the cemetery on Alexandre's anniversary, dead at birth from pre-eclampsia. She is suffering from depression since then and must take sleeping pills that night. Next morning, Loïc's body appears on the river bank, with a shattered skull, one pistol from his World War II collection and gunpowder residue in his hand, and he is taken to hospital in a coma. Main suspect in the attack is Dr. Lemaréchal, a renowned obstetrician whom Nadège accused of a medical error during delivery that caused the death of her baby. Judge Nevers identifies with the case because of her pregnancy, which she must face alone. Marquand offers to help her in the process.
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Frédéric Rougerie, a gendarme taking part in a routine road check and whose wife is expecting, is hit by a van that skips control and flees. Vehicle belongs to Nicolas Régnier, biochemist at LCMO, a laboratory handling highly toxic biochemical substances, such as the highly contagious Marburg, an incurable virus. Nevers and Marquand's visit to LCMO premises sets off alarms when exposing to a vial, which finally contained distilled water only, but reveals that six others with the deadly virus are missing. Suspecting a terrorist attack, the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST), with Paul Langlois in command, takes the case, but the judge and the commandant do not agree with his methods and investigate Florence, Régnier's sister, seriously injured by an explosion and whose husband, Alex Richard, was in prison for bank robbery.
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Simon Morel, a 25-year-old cabinetmaker, is found killed by a shotgun to the chest in a vacant lot. Shocked by the news, his pregnant partner Anaïs Estrada, gives birth to Clement, a boy that is kidnapped by an unknown woman at the hospital. Alice and Marquand suspect that Simon could have trafficked with his son's life since before he died he received a transfer of 20,000 euros.