Balthazar

When called to a crime scene, unconventional forensic pathologist Raphaël Balthazar immediately clashes with the new, no-nonsense chief inspector, Hélène Bach. But they must work together to solve the double homicide of a public prosecutor and his wife, who were gunned down in their home, leaving behind their traumatized young daughter.

Reeling from the realization that the person who murdered his wife, Lise, could still be at large, Balthazar arrives to a gruesome scene: a beaten man with his face torn off. Everyone the police interview claims the victim was well-liked, so why was he dumped miles from his home, and why didn't he ever mention his years-old injuries to his wife?

Bach calls on Balthazar to examine a young woman found dead in a truck, but the deceased's body is completely frozen. The police have few leads to go on until Balthazar finds a piece of evidence that connects her to a seemingly unrelated case.

While at the movie theater, Balthazar is called to help a woman who appears to have been stabbed, but after realizing the blood she's covered in belongs to someone else, he races to find the other injured person. Learning that the two victims were engaged, Bach interviews their families, who claim the pair were very much in love, but evidence shows the woman was deeply depressed.

Balthazar examines a dismembered corpse found in the river, but when the body parts don't match up, he realizes there's another victim. As Bach investigates the crime, Balthazar debates whether to tell her that Lise's killer may have committed six other murders.

Balthazar arrives on the scene of a horrific car accident and finds the body of a woman a few yards away. The police assume she was killed in the crash, but Balthazar determines she died several hours earlier, and her corpse was in one of the car trunks.

A dead dog covered in human blood leads police on a frantic hunt for a missing infant. Suspicion immediately falls on the child's nanny, who is not who she says she is, but Balthazar connects the case to a prestigious music academy instead.

Balthazar analyzes a collection of bones discovered in an old abandoned building and finds three bodies dating back to the Middle Ages and one who died a week ago, partially dissolved in acid. The victim's girlfriend, who reported him missing, lives with her parents in a creepy house said to be cursed.

A husband and wife suffer a knife attack that bears the marks of a serial killer who is supposedly in prison. When Balthazar links the crime to a remote town in the mountains, he and Bach travel to the snow-covered village to determine whether the murderer is a copycat or still at large.

When a woman is found hanged from a bridge, it appears to be straightforward suicide, but Balthazar finds it strange that another victim died the same way days earlier. The fact that both victims had used a blind-dating site before their deaths points to a serial killer targeting women.

Balthazar examines a body at a derelict toy store and determines that the victim died from an accelerated version of the bubonic plague. Having been exposed to the virus, Balthazar locks himself inside to stop its spread, but will Bach's team be able to find the cure before he ends up another victim?

After hearing an emergency call from a distressed teenager, Bach arrives at a peculiar crime scene: an empty car with smashed windows and a trunk full of snakes. With little else to go on, Balthazar and Bach race to find the missing girl.

Balthazar examines a dead woman dressed as Snow White and determines she was shot, then buried alive. A USB drive hidden in her wounds reveals portraits of seven missing people, including the victim's son.

Balthazar and Bach finally track down a suspect in Lise's murder case, only to find he has been dead for 10 years and the real killer has been using the identity of the deceased. Balthazar has little time to process his emotions before being pulled into a triple homicide investigation of teenagers butchered during a camping trip.

After receiving a threat from Lise's killer, Balthazar worries his new girlfriend, Maya, is in danger. Bach is called to investigate a body found in a pond, but the case turns personal when she realizes the victim is someone close to her.

When Lise's killer sends Balthazar a video of her being murdered, Balthazar relies on drugs to numb the pain and starts to lose his grip on reality. Meanwhile, a disturbed man wearing a woman's bloody scalp walks into the police station offering no explanation for his state.

Devastated by the death of a friend, Balthazar has left his job in Paris and spent the past six months sailing around the Atlantic, vowing never to touch a corpse again. His resolve is tested when he discovers a dead body near a remote island.

Bach investigates the death of a waiter who was impaled after a fall from his apartment. Balthazar is called to assist but is sidetracked by a woman claiming she was mugged outside of the Forensic Institute.

After a high-speed chase in a restricted military zone results in their arrest, Balthazar and Bach are forced to recount to authorities the events that led them there. The day before, Balthazar and Bach had begun investigating a massacre at a bowling alley that left seven dead and one survivor.

Bach is sure they've finally caught Lise's killer, a man named Janvier, but Balthazar doesn't believe it. When a woman is found beaten to death in a church, Balthazar thinks her murder is linked to a secret martial-arts club.

Balthazar and Bach attend the scene of a bizarre double homicide, where the corpses were left in a ring of salt with coins over their eyes. As Balthazar delves into the life of one of the victims-a psychic-he imagines a parallel world where Lise never died.

Flying high after asking Maya to move in with him, Balthazar accompanies Bach on the search for a wounded boy. When they arrive at the child's home, they find the house empty and his mother dead.

When a man is found hit over the head and thrown into a balloon-filled pool, Balthazar determines he was killed by a clown. Meanwhile, Balthazar plans his upcoming wedding to Maya, but he worries how Bach will react to the news.

The day before Balthazar's wedding to Maya, Janvier breaks out of police custody. Balthazar is crushed, but Bach vows to bring Lise's killer to justice once and for all.