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The Worst 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 Worst Episode
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    Balthazar Season 1 Episode 4 - Soul Mates
    5.2/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Soul Mates

    S1:E4

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

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  2. Balthazar Season 1 Episode 1 - Flesh and Blood
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Flesh and Blood

    S1:E1

    A man and a woman are found dead in their home, and charismatic medical examiner Raphael Balthazar is called to the crime scene. Once there he immediately clashes with his new coworker, the intelligent chief inspector Helene Bach.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Balthazar Season 5 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S5:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Balthazar Season 5 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Episode 5

    S5:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.8/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Episode 1

    S4:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.8/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Episode 3

    S4:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.8/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Episode 8

    S4:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Balthazar Season 5 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.8/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Episode 6

    S5:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Balthazar Season 5 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.9/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Episode 1

    S5:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #10 - 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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  11. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 2 - Last Remains
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 3 - Cold Blood
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 4 - Bad Encounter
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 5 - Facing Death
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 6 - The Debt
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 7 - Wall of Trophies
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 8 - Licence to Kill
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 9 - The Law of the Strongest
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Balthazar Season 2 Episode 10 - Delirium
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Episode 4

    S4:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Episode 5

    S4:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Episode 6

    S4:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Balthazar Season 4 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Episode 7

    S4:E7

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Balthazar Season 5 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Episode 2

    S5:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Soul Mates" is the worst rated episode of "Balthazar". It scored 5.2/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Vincent Jamain and written by Nicolas Clément, Chloé Glachant, Clélia Constantine, Clothilde Jamin, it aired on 12/13/2018. This episode scored 1.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Flesh and Blood".