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The Best Episodes of Balthazar

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Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can make the dead speak like no-one else.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Balthazar Season 1 Episode 5 - Life in Pieces
    9.5/10(101 votes)

    #1 - Life in Pieces

    S1:E5

    As he examines a dismembered body that was found in the river, Balthazar realizes there must be another victim. At the same time, he contemplates if he should share with Bach a crucial piece of information about Lise’s killer.

    Director:Vincent Jamain
    Writers:Nicolas Clément, Clélia Constantine, Clothilde Jamin

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  2. Balthazar Season 1 Episode 6 - The Missing
    9.5/10(110 votes)

    #2 - The Missing

    S1:E6

    Season 1 finale. When Balthazar arrives to the scene of a horrific car accident, he discovers the body of a woman a few yards away. Even though the police assume she was killed in the crash, it seems she had been dead for hours.

    Director:Jérémy Minui
    Writers:Nicolas Clément, Clélia Constantine, Clothilde Jamin

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  3. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 1 - Paradise Lost
    9.5/10(104 votes)

    #3 - Paradise Lost

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 2 - Friday the 13th
    9.5/10(82 votes)

    #4 - Friday the 13th

    S3:E2

    While Balthazar is examining the body of a young man with Bach’s help, he is called to rescue a woman who has been brutally assaulted. Soon enough, though, he realizes that these seemingly unrelated cases share a surprising link.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 3 - Against the Wall
    9.5/10(81 votes)

    #5 - Against the Wall

    S3:E3

    Balthazar is speeding away, trying to escape from the army that is pursuing him. Helene and a wounded man are with him in his car. But what could have possibly happened in the last 48 hours that brought them to this exact moment?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 4 - Against All
    9.5/10(73 votes)

    #6 - Against All

    S3:E4

    The badly beaten body of a woman is discovered in a chapel and the DNA sample that Balthazar analyzes links her death to that of two other women in the past 12 months. Were these women truly the victims of a serial killer?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 5 - Another World
    9.5/10(84 votes)

    #7 - Another World

    S3:E5

    Balthazar is investigating the case of a man and a woman who were found in the forest brutally murdered. However, soon he finds himself in a world between fantasy and reality that will help him realize a great deal about his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 6 - The Child
    9.5/10(74 votes)

    #8 - The Child

    S3:E6

    A bloody-faced little boy turns up at a gas station and disappears just as fast. Raphael and Bach are sent to locate him, but their investigation brings them face to face with some shocking revelations and a recent murder case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 7 - Madly
    9.5/10(74 votes)

    #9 - Madly

    S3:E7

    The body of a missing man is found in a balloon-covered pool and the crime bears the marks of a psychopath who has been escaping from the police for a while now. Meanwhile, Raphael gets one step closer to the truth about Lise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Balthazar Season 1 Episode 2 - Death Sentence
    9.2/10(109 votes)

    #10 - Death Sentence

    S1:E2

    The realization that his wife’s killer might still be at large has left Balthazar in a state of shock. However, his duty cannot wait as he is called to examine a gruesome crime scene where a man was found beaten up and mutilated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Balthazar Season 1 Episode 3 - All or Nothing
    9.2/10(106 votes)

    #11 - All or Nothing

    S1:E3

    When Balthazar is called to examine a young woman found dead in a truck, he is surprised to find that she is frozen solid. The police have few leads to go on, until Raphael discovers some DNA that connects the body to a cold case.

    Director:Vincent Jamain
    Writers:Nicolas Clément, Chloé Glachant, Clélia Constantine, Clothilde Jamin

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  12. Balthazar Season 3 Episode 8 - Red Wedding
    9.2/10(112 votes)

    #12 - Red Wedding

    S3:E8

    In the shocking finale of season 3, Janvier manages to escape just as Balthazar prepares to have the happiest day of his life. But after everything he has been through, does he even still have the right to believe in happiness?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 1 - Funeral March
    9.0/10(118 votes)

    #13 - Funeral March

    S2:E1

    As the second season begins, the police are searching for a missing child, after they discover a dead dog with traces of human blood. Although the officers soon suspect the child’s nanny, Balthazar comes to a different conclusion.

    Director:Vincent Jamain
    Writers:Nicolas Clément, Clothilde Jamin, Julie-Anna Grignon

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  14. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 2 - Last Remains
    9.0/10(94 votes)

    #14 - Last Remains

    S2:E2

    Balthazar analyses bones discovered in an old building and finds three bodies dating back to the Middle Ages, and one recent victim partially dissolved in acid.

    Director:Vincent Jamain
    Writers:Nicolas Clément, Clothilde Jamin, Julie-Anna Grignon

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  15. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 3 - Cold Blood
    9.0/10(86 votes)

    #15 - Cold Blood

    S2:E3

    Balthazar and Bach travel to a remote mountain village when a husband and wife suffer a knife attack that bears the marks of a serial killer who is supposedly in prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 4 - Bad Encounter
    9.0/10(96 votes)

    #16 - Bad Encounter

    S2:E4

    When a woman is found hanging from a bridge, it appears to be straightforward suicide, but Balthazar finds it strange that another victim died the same way days earlier after using a blind-dating site.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 5 - Facing Death
    9.0/10(104 votes)

    #17 - Facing Death

    S2:E5

    Balthazar locks himself inside a derelict toy store after he examines a body and determines that the victim died from an accelerated version of the bubonic plague.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 6 - The Debt
    9.0/10(85 votes)

    #18 - The Debt

    S2:E6

    After hearing an emergency call from a distressed teenager, Bach arrives at a crime scene with an empty car with smashed windows and a trunk full of snakes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 7 - Wall of Trophies
    9.0/10(85 votes)

    #19 - Wall of Trophies

    S2:E7

    After hearing an emergency call from a distressed teenager, Bach arrives at a crime scene with an empty car with smashed windows and a trunk full of snakes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 8 - Licence to Kill
    9.0/10(84 votes)

    #20 - Licence to Kill

    S2:E8

    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; teenagers are butchered during a camping trip.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 9 - The Law of the Strongest
    9.0/10(83 votes)

    #21 - The Law of the Strongest

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 10 - Delirium
    9.0/10(86 votes)

    #22 - Delirium

    S2:E10

    Balthazar relies on drugs to numb the pain when Lise's killer sends him a video of her being murdered; a disturbed man wearing a woman's bloody scalp walks into the police station.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.0/10(65 votes)

    #23 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    9.0/10(58 votes)

    #24 - Episode 4

    S4:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.0/10(60 votes)

    #25 - Episode 5

    S4:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Life in Pieces" is the best rated episode of "Balthazar". It scored 9.5/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by Vincent Jamain and written by Nicolas Clément, Clélia Constantine, Clothilde Jamin, it aired on 12/20/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Missing".