Spiral
This gritty crime drama set in the dark underbelly of Paris follows police officers and lawyers as they investigate and prosecute crimes. Throw any romantic notion of Paris out the window. Crime is dark. The legal system is darker. This is Spiral.
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Season 1
8 episodes
Premiered Dec 13, 2005
Season 2
8 episodes
Premiered May 12, 2008
Season 3
12 episodes
Premiered May 3, 2010
Season 4
12 episodes
Premiered Sep 3, 2012
Season 5
12 episodes
Premiered Nov 10, 2014
Season 6
12 episodes
Premiered Sep 18, 2017
Season 7
12 episodes
Premiered Feb 4, 2019
Season 8
10 episodes
Premiered Sep 7, 2020
Ep 1Episode 1
A public prosecutor is teamed with a hardened police captain and a magistrate to identify a body found discarded in a skip. As the case unfolds, their investigation uncovers deception and political intrigue.
Ep 2Episode 2
The police make an appeal to the Press and get their hands on Elina's diary - which reveals she had friends in high places. Pierre discovers a connection between the murder victim and a childhood friend of his, now a wealthy businessman - and it seems they met the day before she died.
Ep 3Episode 3
The police delve into the personal life of a businessman who burned to death in his own home, Clement struggles to conceal his friendship with a suspect in the Andrescu case, and Gilout's drug habit gets out of control. The mother of a murdered baby is accused of negligence.
Ep 4Episode 4
A prominent ministerial adviser, who has links to prosecutor Pierre Clement's close friend Benoit Faye, joins the list of suspects for the ruthless killing of Elina Andrescu. Meanwhile, Captain Laure Berthaud comes up against lawyer Josephine Karlsson during an inquiry into a double murder.
Ep 5Episode 5
The inquiry into Elina Andrescu's murder takes yet another disturbing turn when the body of her missing sister Sophia is found in a freezer. A distraught Ghislaine Androux is brought to trial in connection with the murder of her baby, but Judge Roban soon begins to regret meddling in the affair.
Ep 6Episode 6
Pierre begins divorce proceedings after his estranged wife is implicated in a drug trafficking scandal. Josephine defends a man accused of committing brutal acts of torture, while Gilout's drug addiction tests Berthaud's patience
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