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Witnesses

Wed, Mar 18, 2015
  • Mystery
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Witnesses (French: Les Témoins) is a French police procedural television series, created by Marc Herpoux and Hervé Hadmar. In the first season, police detectives Sandra Winckler and Justin investigate when bodies of murder victims are unearthed and left for discovery in the show homes of a housing developer. Former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve, is implicated. In the second season, Sandra and Justin find themselves on the trail of a serial killer whose modus operandi is to murder all former lovers of his kidnap victims.

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Cast

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  • Marie Dompnier
    Marie Dompnier
    as Sandra Winckler
  • Jan Hammenecker
    Jan Hammenecker
    as Justin
  • Judith Henry
    Judith Henry
    as Maxine
  • Audrey Fleurot
    Audrey Fleurot
    as Catherine Keemer
  • Steve Driesen
    Steve Driesen
    as Oliver Keemer
  • Anne Benoît
    Anne Benoît
    as Christiane Varène
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Episodes

2 seasons · 14 episodes

Ended · 14 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Wed, Mar 18, 2015 · 50m

    This thrilling new French drama based in the North of France follows female detective, Sandra Winckler, who is investigating a wave of strange murders that are linked to a former crime squad legend, Paul Maisonneuve; a man who is now retired but forced to return to duty. Desecrated graves, dead bodies dug up and left in model homes and every time, the same ritual: a woman, a man, a teenager, who weren't related but who form a new family. Amid the bodies, a photo: the one of Paul Maisonneuve, a crime squad legend in the North of France, now retired but forced to return to duty. Who is digging up the bodies? Who is leaving them in model homes and why?

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Wed, Mar 18, 2015 · 50m

    Paul Maisonneuve and Sandra Winckler, two chalk-and-cheese cops, are faced with the show-home case. A victim of attempted homicide, Paul Maisonneuve is a mysterious man. What secret is he hiding? Who from his past could be guilty party, most-wanted by every police officer in northern France?

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Wed, Mar 25, 2015 · 50m

    Sandra Winckler and Paul Maisonneuve have proof: Kaz Gorbier is alive. Paul's sworn enemy is probably the one digging up the bodies. As they hunt Kaz and his accomplices, Paul and Sandra discover another set-up: more bodies in a new show-home.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Wed, Mar 25, 2015 · 50m

    Kaz Gorbier steps into action and reveals himself: he kidnaps his own family and lures Paul Maisonneuve into a trap. Will Sandra Winckler be able to foil Gorbier's schemes? Will she solve the numerous mysteries building up around the show-home case?

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Wed, Apr 1, 2015 · 50m

    Paul Maisonneuve is in the hands of Kaz Gorbier. Sandra Winckler is now alone on the case. She knows that Kaz Gorbier cannot be acting alone. If Gorbier isn't digging up the bodies, than who is the guilty party? Where lies the truth? And more importantly, how can she save Paul Maisonneuve from certain death?

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Wed, Apr 1, 2015 · 50m

    Paul, rescued by Sandra, discovers the truth: the person digging up the bodies is hiding their past. A troubled past which has resurfaced. Guilt buried for a very long time...Paul and Sandra will have to stretch their very own limits to finally get to the bottom of the "show-home case".

Season 2
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Wed, Mar 15, 2017 · 50m

    A police lieutenant in northern France is assigned to investigate the grim discovery of 15 frozen bodies, sitting on board an abandoned bus, on the first day of spring. All 15 men were at one time or another involved with a woman named Catherine Keemer, but she disappeared three years earlier.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Wed, Mar 15, 2017 · 50m

    The police investigating team begin to understand the murderer's modus operandi, and Sandra becomes increasingly sure Catherine holds the key to the mystery. Meanwhile, someone else steps forward claiming to know who the killer is.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Wed, Mar 22, 2017 · 50m

    The body of a young woman is found buried under a wind turbine, and police try to figure out whether her death is related to the other murders. Meanwhile, Sandra starts using the same dating app Catherine used prior to her abduction, and it becomes ever clearer that she has become personally involved in the investigation.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Wed, Mar 22, 2017 · 50m

    Catherine holds Martin Souriau captive, believing him to be the kidnapper, and she resolves to do whatever it takes to save her child. Meanwhile, Sandra realises she is beginning to fall for Antoine, even though he could be the person who broke into her apartment.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Wed, Mar 29, 2017 · 50m

    Antoine's car is found in the middle of a forest, but the driver is no-where to be seen. Meanwhile, Sandra remains on the run with Catherine, and the pair try to figure out who Martin Souriau is covering for as they pursue the killer - and Catherine's missing baby.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Wed, Mar 29, 2017 · 50m

    Sandra discovers a new line of inquiry as she investigates the Mount St Michel orphanage, and finds a group photograph of the children who once lived there. Convinced that the key to finding the killer lies in within this old picture, she resolves to track down everyone seen in the portrait.

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Wed, Apr 5, 2017 · 50m

    Sandra finds herself in the clutches of the killer, who intends to subject both her - and her past lovers - to the same grisly fate that awaited his previous victims. Meanwhile, Audrey Solange's refusal to talk causes Justine and Max's investigation to stall, prompting Catherine to make some enquiries of her own.

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Wed, Apr 5, 2017 · 50m

    Sandra tries to find a way to escape from the killer before she can become his next `bride', but the wellbeing of her past lovers remains unknown. Catherine continues to search for her baby, and the mystery of the power `the Minotaur' held over the children of the Mount St Michel orphanage is revealed.