The Code (2021)
Season 1
Idriss Toma, 46, the Parisian lawyer of the rich and powerful, sees his life turned upside down when he is the victim of an attempted murder. He miraculously escapes but an inoperable bullet fragment could now be fatal at any moment. Determined to correct his personal and professional mistakes, he returns to Lille, his hometown and joins forces with Nadia Ayad, a committed lawyer and Jeanne Vanhoven, a former glory of the bar. Together, they put their audacity and talent at the service of those whom the judicial machine threatens to crush...
6 Episodes
- Profession of Faith
E1Profession of FaithIdriss Toma and Claire Caldeira represent Estelle Lantez, accused of murdering her violent partner. The client claims to have acted in self-defense, but the lawyers quickly understand that the reality is quite different. Nadia Ayad, for her part, defends Mr. Garcia, a compulsive kleptomaniac who steals shoes on a regular basis. At the same time, Idriss tries to reconnect with his daughter Chloé, on her 20th birthday... - Presumed Guilty
E2Presumed GuiltyNadia and Maxime Laffargue defend Jeremy Dutertre, a young man with a lengthy criminal record accused of shooting a grocer during a robbery. Jeremy, who has made great efforts to get out of delinquency and proclaims his innocence, has a hard time controlling himself against a particularly devious opponent: Attorney General Jacques Kowalski... - Word against word
E3Word against wordIdriss and Claire defend one of his friends: Olivier Walter, the owner of a hotel, accused of raping one of his employees. The case becomes seriously complicated when the complainant turns out to be not the only one to blame the client. At the same time, Nadia sees an old fling resurface in her life when a man asks for her help in a case of flagrante delicto led by customs... - The Moment of Truth
E5The Moment of TruthJeanne Vanhoven makes her big comeback to the assizes: she defends, with Maxime, David Kerval, a novelist suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, accused of the murder of his wife. At the same time, Claire assists Jacqueline Arsena, mother of a young woman killed by Xavier Durieux, a drug addict who has just filed a request for early release. Idriss, for his part, learns that his health has deteriorated considerably...
