Idriss Toma, 46, the Parisian lawyer of the rich and powerful, sees his life turned upside down when he is the victim of an attempted murder. He miraculously escapes but an inoperable bullet fragment could now be fatal at any moment. Determined to correct his personal and professional mistakes, he returns to Lille, his hometown and joins forces with Nadia Ayad, a committed lawyer and Jeanne Vanhoven, a former glory of the bar. Together, they put their audacity and talent at the service of those whom the judicial machine threatens to crush...
Episodes
Episode 1
Profession of Faith
December 1, 202152m8.0
Idriss Toma and Claire Caldeira represent Estelle Lantez, accused of murdering her violent partner. The client claims to have acted in self-defense, but the lawyers quickly understand that the reality is quite different. Nadia Ayad, for her part, defends Mr. Garcia, a compulsive kleptomaniac who steals shoes on a regular basis. At the same time, Idriss tries to reconnect with his daughter Chloé, on her 20th birthday...
Episode 2
Presumed Guilty
December 1, 202152m8.0
Nadia and Maxime Laffargue defend Jeremy Dutertre, a young man with a lengthy criminal record accused of shooting a grocer during a robbery. Jeremy, who has made great efforts to get out of delinquency and proclaims his innocence, has a hard time controlling himself against a particularly devious opponent: Attorney General Jacques Kowalski...
Episode 3
Word against word
December 8, 202152m8.0
Idriss and Claire defend one of his friends: Olivier Walter, the owner of a hotel, accused of raping one of his employees. The case becomes seriously complicated when the complainant turns out to be not the only one to blame the client. At the same time, Nadia sees an old fling resurface in her life when a man asks for her help in a case of flagrante delicto led by customs...
Episode 4
Gears
December 8, 202152m8.0
Court-appointed to Jessica Guilaume, a woman accused of drug trafficking, Maxime finds Jacques Kowalski on his path. Determined to show Nadia that he is up to the task, he decides to confront the Attorney General alone… at his client's risk.
Episode 5
The Moment of Truth
December 15, 202152m8.0
Jeanne Vanhoven makes her big comeback to the assizes: she defends, with Maxime, David Kerval, a novelist suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, accused of the murder of his wife. At the same time, Claire assists Jacqueline Arsena, mother of a young woman killed by Xavier Durieux, a drug addict who has just filed a request for early release. Idriss, for his part, learns that his health has deteriorated considerably...
Episode 6
Pretium Doloris
December 15, 202152m8.5
While Idriss and Nadia travel to Paris for the trial of Carl Roussel (Stéphane Blancafort), the man who shot Idriss, Claire finds herself in the eye of the storm: Jacqueline Arsena has committed a murder and had warned her of her intentions.