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The Best Episodes of Balthazar

Every episode of Balthazar ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Balthazar!

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...
Genre:Crime
Network:TF1

Best Episodes Summary

"The Missing" is the best rated episode of "Balthazar". It scored 8.1/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Jérémy Minui and written by Clothilde Jamin, Clélia Constantine, Nicolas Clément, it aired on 12/20/2018. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Funeral March".

  • The Missing
    8.1/1098 votes
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    #1 - The Missing

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2018

    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

    Writer: Clothilde Jamin, Clélia Constantine, Nicolas Clément

  • Funeral March
    7.9/10104 votes
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    #2 - Funeral March

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/2019

    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

    Writer: Clothilde Jamin, Nicolas Clément, Julie-Anna Grignon

  • Licence to Kill
    7.9/1073 votes
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    #3 - Licence to Kill

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Another World
    7.9/1073 votes
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    #4 - Another World

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red Wedding
    7.9/10100 votes
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    #5 - Red Wedding

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All or Nothing
    7.8/1089 votes
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    #6 - All or Nothing

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2018

    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

    Writer: Clothilde Jamin, Clélia Constantine, Nicolas Clément, Chloé Glachant

  • Life in Pieces
    7.8/1088 votes
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    #7 - Life in Pieces

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/20/2018

    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

    Writer: Clothilde Jamin, Clélia Constantine, Nicolas Clément

  • Last Remains
    7.8/1082 votes
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    #8 - Last Remains

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/2019

    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

    Writer: Clothilde Jamin, Nicolas Clément, Julie-Anna Grignon

  • Cold Blood
    7.8/1076 votes
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    #9 - Cold Blood

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Encounter
    7.8/1085 votes
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    #10 - Bad Encounter

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Sentence
    7.7/1094 votes
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    #11 - Death Sentence

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Soul Mates
    7.7/1085 votes
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    #12 - Soul Mates

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2018

    While at the cinema, Balthazar is called to help a young couple that has been stabbed. But when Buck interviews their families to figure out what happened, she realizes that there is more than meets the eye to the 'happy' couple.

    Director: Vincent Jamain

    Writer: Clothilde Jamin, Clélia Constantine, Nicolas Clément, Chloé Glachant

  • Wall of Trophies
    7.7/1074 votes
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    #13 - Wall of Trophies

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Law of the Strongest
    7.7/1071 votes
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    #14 - The Law of the Strongest

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Facing Death
    7.6/1093 votes
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    #15 - Facing Death

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 1
    7.6/1051 votes
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    #16 - Episode 1

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2023

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 4
    7.6/1036 votes
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    #17 - Episode 4

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2023

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Debt
    7.5/1073 votes
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    #18 - The Debt

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
    7.5/1035 votes
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    #19 - Episode 5

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/2023

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Delirium
    7.4/1075 votes
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    #20 - Delirium

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Against All
    7.4/1063 votes
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    #21 - Against All

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 1
    7.4/1071 votes
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    #22 - Episode 1

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2022

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 8
    7.4/1049 votes
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    #23 - Episode 8

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 4/14/2022

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 3
    7.4/1036 votes
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    #24 - Episode 3

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2023

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Against the Wall
    7.3/1069 votes
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    #25 - Against the Wall

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A