Mademoiselle Holmes S02E06

Mademoiselle Holmes S02E06, “Jour J” (Big Day), runtime 51:57
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The second season concludes. A visit to husband-and-wife wedding planners for Florence’s pending nuptials is interrupted by discovery of the husband’s (stabbed) body. Evidence leads the brigade to a cowboy, a hidden past, a cold case, and an unexpected culprit. Meanwhile, Charlie and April continue to meet on the sly.  Charlie moons over Chris. Samy makes a career decision. Florence and Vince tie the knot. Chris returns Charlie’s feelings, but they get a discomfiting surprise.

Dewaere with Roxane Mesquida as April

MISC

I keep having to remind myself that Mademoiselle Holmes is not a reboot/reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, but a ‘next generation,’ there’s no Charlie & Samy canon.

Talk about unexplored B stories: Florence and Vince’s romance is given zero development.


NOTES

(The Honourable) Ronald Adair (6’19”) was the victim in Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of The Empty House.”

Tu l'as bien mouchée, ‘You blew his nose well’ (7’40”), means ‘well, you showed him.’

It's not a gang, it's a club

Mademoiselle Holmes S02E05, “Toxique” (Toxic), runtime 53:07
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Nothing happened between Charlie and Chris, thank god. Yet?

The brigade is called to the Nantes University medical school, where student Damien and Dr Brassier, a professor’s wife, have been found dead in a dorm room, a Killer Bong close at hand. Was the doctor as faithful as her husband maintains? Or was she the collateral victim of squirrely dealer Amaury? Samy's alumni status, as well as being a legend of the med school's secret society chapter, gives him and Charlie access to the victims’ friends, rivals, and secrets.

NOTES

1’46”: The Universite de Nantes medical school (Faculte de Medecine) is not really named after Marie Curie, despite the sign the show put at what is supposed to be the campus entrance (2’17”). The real school is not in such a park-like setting.

The Sherlock link mangles elements of the Doyle short story “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot” (4’24”). In that Holmes case Mortimer Tregennis murders his sister and drives his brothers mad using poison vapors from burning a toxic root in a lamp; he was then killed with the same MO by his cousin Dr Sterndale.

Haut Potentiel Intellectuel S05E04

Haut Potentiel Intellectuel S05E04, “L'homme au soda à moitié plein” (The Man With the Half-Filled Soda), runtime 55:10
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Serge finally brings the Alvaro clan together for a day at the beach, only it's so Morgane can scatter his ashes on the English Channel. But on the train to the seaside, Morgane notices when a passenger goes missing. Stuck on the train, she sets out to manage the investigation by remote control.

Celine is trying to put out a fire regarding Morgane’s contract. Théa is wondering why Serge has left his lucky poker chip to her dad. A talkative student unwittingly provides clues to a 2023 homicide. Eliott is repulsed by the train restroom. Karadec realizes he's busted. Morgane has a brush with April Moriarty- I mean a mysterious passenger.


NOTES

Agnes refers to her cabas (00’39”), which usually means ‘tote’ or ‘tote bag.’ But in this case it’s one of those wire baskets on wheels, which is a ‘trolley.’

The funeral home employee (1’03”) is a role with no name. She's played by Domitie de Lamberterie.

The Brado Bunch

It's summer, so it may be a little longer between updates.


Haut Potential Intellectuel S05E03 “Effet Barnum” (Barnum Effect), runtime 59:12
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Three weeks have passed, and Morgane and Karadec's relationship is the worst kept secret at the commisariat. The brigade receives a visitation from Mélusine, a medium who claims a spirit gave her a vision of a woman being attacked. Morgane loves it of course, treating the paranormal like a guilty pleasure. Daphné loves it too, but of course for her it’s super serious. Théa and Morgane wonder what’s up with Karadec’s mysterious renting of an Airbnb. Gilles and Afida seem locked into a future together, but her days at the front desk are numbered if Celine has anything to say about it. Meanwhile, clues like the initials JJ, the name Brad, and the number 12 lead Morgane and Daphné to NFL night at a sports bar. The central bureaucracy rears its head.

Daphné (Bérangère McNeese) makes a rare trip out of the office.