The Worst Episodes of Maigret

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   6.9/10(7 votes)

   #1 - Maigret in Montmartre

   S1:E46/7/1992

   A stripper starts to report a murder that has not yet happened, but leaves before making the report official. She is found murdered that morning. Complicating matters is the relationship she had with one of Maigret's assistants.

   Director:José Pinheiro

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:José Pinheiro

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   8.4/10(7 votes)

   #2 - Maigret and the Flemish Shop

   S1:E21/5/1992

   Maigret is sent at the Border with Belgium to investigate on a shady affair.

   Director:Serge Leroy

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Serge Leroy

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   8.7/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Maigret and the Burglar's Wife

   S1:E112/1/1991

   Maigret learns from a shady acquaintance that a murder has occurred during a burglary at a dentist's home. Tho his wife has disappeared, neither the suspiciously uncooperative dentist nor his virago mother are talking, and there is no body.

   Director:Claude Goretta

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Claude Goretta

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   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Maigret and the Judge

   S1:E33/15/1992

   Maigret observes a man dragging a corpse along the ground at night. The man is a judge; Maigret must discover the identity of the dead man.

   Director:Bertrand Van Effenterre

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bertrand Van Effenterre

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Maigret and Lock no.1

   S1:E1310/21/1994

   A rich entrepreneur is assaulted and Maigret must find out who did it and why.

   Director:Olivier Schatzky

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Olivier Schatzky

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Maigret and the Spinster

   S1:E1410/28/1994

   Young Cécile and her aunt are killed. Maigret must find out who did it.

   Director:Denys de La Patellière

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Denys de La Patellière

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Maigret and the Old Lady

   S1:E163/17/1995

   The maid to a wealthy elderly woman is murdered. The latter tells the authorities that she believes it was a case of mistaken identity by the killer and that she herself was their target.

   Director:David Delrieux

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Delrieux

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   8.8/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses

   S1:E911/5/1993

   Murder occurs in a family that has fallen from Grace. Maigret is on the case.

   Director:Michel Sibra

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michel Sibra

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Maigret's Holiday

   S1:E189/8/1995

   Even on holiday, Maigret must investigate crime.

   Director:Pierre Joassin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Pierre Joassin

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    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Maigret's War of Nerves

    S1:E212/23/1996

    When Joseph Heurtin escapes from prison, it's because Maigret has arranged it. And if Heurtin didn't kill that old woman, who did?

    Director:Juraj Herz

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Juraj Herz

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    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Maigret and the Diamond Cruncher

    S1:E342/16/2001

    A wealthy Englishman emotionlessly identifies a picture of his dead wife.

    Director:André Chandelle

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:André Chandelle

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    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Maigret goes to School

    S1:E4111/11/2002

    Maigret goes to a small village after receiving a letter from the son of the schoolteacher. The schoolteacher is currently in prison awaiting trial for the murder of the village's postmistress. She was supposedly killed when he was out of the classroom for a few minutes one morning collecting graded essays from his house which is attached to the school. The schoolteacher is an outsider in a very insular community. Maigret investigates a collection of drunks and children to find the truth.

    Directors:Yves de Chalonge, Yven de Chalonge

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:Yves de Chalonge, Yven de Chalonge

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13. 

    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Maigret’s Failure

    S1:E433/31/2003

    After receiving some threatening anonymous letters, an old classmate of Maigret wants him to investigate. Then, the classmate is killed.

    Director:Jacques Fansten

    Writers:Claire Level, Steve Hawes

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    Director:Jacques Fansten

    Writers:Claire Level, Steve Hawes
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    9.2/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Maigret and the Headless Corpse

    S1:E59/11/1992

    Maigret is called to the canal St Martin; a headless body has been found. He finds a café nearby with an uncommunicative owner.

    Director:Serge Leroy

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Serge Leroy

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15. 

    9.2/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Maigret on Trial

    S1:E85/7/1993

    Someone is out to get Maigret into trouble, and he must defend himself vigorously.

    Director:Andrzej Kostenko

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Andrzej Kostenko

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    9.2/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Maigret and the Man on the Bench

    S1:E1012/17/1993

    Louis Thouret is knifed to death in Paris, and Maigret must find out who did it.

    Director:Étienne Périer

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Étienne Périer

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17. 

    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Night at the Crossroads

    S1:E611/27/1992

    Maigret investigates a murder at a crossroads in rural France. Everybody has something to hide, and he's got to find the guilty one.

    Directors:Alain Tasma, Bertrand Van Effenterre

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:Alain Tasma, Bertrand Van Effenterre

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    9.3/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Maigret Is Mistaken

    S1:E1511/11/1994

    A young prostitute is killed in a posh Paris apartment, and Maigret is on the case. Who did it?

    Director:Joyce Buñuel

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Joyce Buñuel

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    9.3/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Maigret Is Afraid

    S1:E2411/1/1996

    Maigret investigates a series of murders in a small town.

    Directors:Christian Karcher, Claude Goretta

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:Christian Karcher, Claude Goretta

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    9.3/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Maigret and the Liberty Bar

    S1:E2610/17/1997

    Maigret is dispatched on a special murder case to the South of France with instructions from a very high source not to make waves while solving the crime. The homicide victim, an Australian ex-pat, was a hero in the French Resistance.

    Director:Michel Favart

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Michel Favart

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    9.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Maigret and the Vanishing Mr. Owen

    S1:E2712/12/1997

    Maigret is spending a few days between assignments avoiding a long trip back to Paris and then on again to his next assignment. The seaside resort is run by an acquaintance from earlier days in Paris, Monsieur Louis. Staying at the resort is a art dealer, Monsieur Owen, who is wheelchair bound from MS and accompanied by a nurse. Also staying is a flamboyant actress with her newly acquired second husband and a dog. There is also a gentleman whom Monsieur Louis describes as a "fixer" who "helps" people not favored by Lady Luck at the Casino. A unknown dead man is found in Monsieur Owen's bath with the actress's dead dog. Both the second husband and Monsieur Owen have disappeared. The actress faints; the nurse demures. Maigret who is on vacation and "not involved" even after Monsieur Louis's request for help get interested in the strange actions of the characters.

    Director:Pierre Koralnik

    Writer:Unknown

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    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Maigret Among the Rich

    S1:E335/26/2000

    Maigret investigates a threatening letter at the Parendon mansion.

    Directors:Denys Granier-Deferre, Pierre Joassin

    Writer:Unknown

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    Directors:Denys Granier-Deferre, Pierre Joassin

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    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Maigret and the Wine Merchant

    S1:E371/18/2002

    A wealthy wine dealer's death doesn't bother his wife or "secretary."

    Director:Christian de Chalonge

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Christian de Chalonge

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    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Maigret and the Minister

    S1:E382/1/2002

    A government minister asks Maigret to investigate when he becomes the victim of "dirty tricks".

    Director:Christian de Chalonge

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Christian de Chalonge

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    9.3/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Maigret Has Scruples

    S1:E462/13/2004

    While in Brussels where he is being rewarded with the Order of Leopold, Maigret is asked for by a man named Xavier Marton who tells him that he suspects his wife Gisèle to want to murder him. Then the man disappears. The following evening a woman by the name of Gisèle Marton is waiting for him in the lounge when Maigret arrives in this hotel. She warns the French commissaire that he must not believe what her husband has told him as the man is paranoiac. Puzzled by this unusual situation, Maigret decides to investigate. At the Martons'luxurious house (another oddity considering what modest jobs the couple have) he meets Jany, Gisèle's sister, who lets him know that he shouldn't believe all her sister says...

    Director:Pierre Joassin

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Pierre Joassin

    Writer:Unknown