Original title
Le Code
Released
12/1/2021
Origin country
FR
Genre
Drama
Production companies
France Télévisions, Making Prod, LO Productions
Status
Cancelled
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
12
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...
Idriss 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...
Nadia 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...
Idriss 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...
Court-appointed to Jessica Guilaume, a woman accused of drug trafficking, Maxime finds Jacques Kowalski on his path. Determined to show Nadia that he is up to the task, he decides to confront the Attorney General alone… at his client's risk.
Jeanne 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...
While Idriss and Nadia travel to Paris for the trial of Carl Roussel (Stéphane Blancafort), the man who shot Idriss, Claire finds herself in the eye of the storm: Jacqueline Arsena has committed a murder and had warned her of her intentions.
The secret of lawyer Idriss Toma has been lived: while the health of the partner becomes more and more worrying, each member of the firm Ayad, Toma and Vanhoven strives to cope in his own way. For all, the time has come to make choices, but they will remain faithful to their oath: to defend their clients to the end, whatever the difficulty of the case and the intimate dilemmas they face.
Idriss' secret is now revealed and the entire firm knows that he only has a few months to live. Determined to leave Ayad, Toma and Vanhoven, Nadia defends with Claire M. Perez accused of having killed his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. A gesture of love or premeditated femicide? For his part, Idriss is offered a strange deal to exonerate Chloé.
Idriss defends Mr. Duval, accused of killing the man who tried to rob him. Self-defense seems to prevail, but the facts and the judge's investigations undermine the client's version. Nadia comes to the aid of Alice, his teacher partner, suspected of hitting a student in her class. Does the truth always come out of the mouths of children?
Believing she's defending a wealthy client, Jeanne forces Claire to be present at a murder trial... except that the accused is homeless, a very disturbing reflection of our potential downfall. Nadia tries to assist a drug addict client who is now pregnant. But how far can you go to help someone against their will?
Nadia and Maxime defend a police officer accused of causing the death of a young man in police custody. Claire sees an unexpected client arrive at the office: her mother. Chloé meets a friend who was there the night of her accident… and whose testimony could change the entire course of her future trial...
Jeanne and Maxime defend a doctor accused of murder on appeal. Facing them: a real police bigwig, against whom Jeanne has a tenacious grudge. Elodie is attacked in the street. Suspect No. 1 is none other than a client of... Nadia.
While Nadia comes to the aid of an incarcerated client who wants to attend the funeral of his aunt who raised him at all costs, Idriss's state of health becomes very worrying. However, and against the advice of his loved ones, the lawyer wants to honor his promise to defend a young schizophrenic accused of killing his neighbor. Between the lawyer and his client, who is the most irresponsible?
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