Vidocq — Season 1, Episode 5: Le Crime de la mule noire

Episode synopsis

Fleeing from Inspector Flambart, Vidocq separates from Annette and Desfossés and manages to surprise the policeman. But the next village had asked for help from the Parisian police, and Vidocq, armed with Flambart's papers, is drawn into a criminal investigation: the Baron de Flocheron has been stabbed in the night, and Justine, the servant whose lover he was, is suspected. But Vidocq immediately finds something fishy: the Baron was already dead when he was stabbed. Can he find the real culprit before the real Inspector Flambart manages to talk to the mayor ?

About Vidocq

François Vidocq has been sentenced to eight years' hard labor for a crime he didn't commit. Escaped with the help of his faithful friends Desfossés and Fil de fer, the convict is pursued by his lifelong enemy: the policeman Flambart. Between scams and disguises, Vidocq initially leads an undercover life in 19th-century Paris. Eventually, the two men team up to fight criminals... And Vidocq succumbs to Annette's charms.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1L'éternel Évadé
• E2La Bijouterie Jacquelin
• E3Vidocq et les faux témoins
• E4Vidocq à Bicêtre
• E6L'armée roulante
• E7La Baraque aux 36 étoiles
• E8Les Olympiens
• E9L'Auberge de la Mère Tranquille
• E10Le Mariage de Vidocq
• E11Le système du docteur Terrier
• E12À vous de jouer, monsieur Vidocq !
• E13Le Chapeau de l'empereur