Captain Sharif

Seasons

2013

France

7.2

The adventures and misadventures of the always-smiling Kader Cherif, Captain of Lyons' Criminal Brigade with an eccentric way to solve the cases, and his by-the-book new partner, Adeline Briard.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Les liens du sang

After quitting her previous position in Paris for reasons unknown, rigorous capitaine Adeline Briard joins the Brigade Criminelle at Lyon, where she confronts her new teammate, capitaine Kadir Cherif, for their contradictory methods in their first assignment together, the murder in a first rate hotel of a young man beaten to death in "the pink room", a suit where the hotel team have occasional sex.

S1 • E2

Faux Semblants

A young woman, in expensive underwear and with a the face of a clown covering her face, is found shot in her apartment in Montessuy, a neighbourhood in Lyon, but investigation reveals that she worked as a cleaning lady. Everything indicates that she was not who she claimed to be. Cherif and Briard will have to trust each other to find the guilty part.

S1 • E3

Le dernier mot

A couple was found dead in bed in evening clothes. The victims are a successful novelist and her husband.

S1 • E4

Injustice

When everyone is asleep in the nursing home where they reside, four elderly people gather in the room of one of them. The next day, they are found dead after having celebrated a birthday party. The investigation discovers that they were poisoned with wine from a bottle not intended for any of them and that there is a second one in the city that may contain the same poison. Cherif and Briand rush to save another life.

S1 • E5

Crime à la carte

A couple searches a trash can on the street for tickets to a concert they mistakenly threw away, but instead they find the naked corpse of a man. Adeline recognizes him as a famous chef, known for his molecular cuisine and with several Michelin stars. Cherif and Briard find that he was not as loved as the restaurant team claims.

S1 • E6

Diagnostic meurtre

A young woman phones the police but the line cuts off in the middle of the call. Next day her body appears in the river, and investigators know the exact time of the murder, for it has been recorded on the emergency line: 5:24 a.m. Cherif and Briard discover that she had a dating website to pay for her medical studies. Sarah will be the new intern at the Hotel de Police for a week.

S1 • E7

Reine d'un jour

A young man playing frisbee in Parc de la Tête d'Or discovers the body of a beautiful teenager under a tree. She was one of the participants in a youth beauty pageant. The investigation brings back bad memories for Capitaine Briand of a previous one in which a rape victim committed suicide.

S1 • E8

Blackjack

A father and son crabbing in the river found two shot bodies on a blanket with a picnic basket. The woman, Carole Legal worked in a local casino, but the identity of the man is not so easy to establish. Cherif gets intrigued when Sarah and Briard meet behind his back.