Scripted series · La Une
Black Spot
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Théo Costa-Marini
Roman Barthélémy
8 eps
Brigitte Sy
Sabine Hennequin
8 eps
Laurent Capelluto
Franck Siriani
16 eps
Renaud Rutten
Louis Hermann
16 eps
Hubert Delattre
Martial Ferrandis "Nounours"
16 eps
Dan Herzberg
Gaspard Bellan
8 eps
Thomas Doret
Rudy Guérin
8 eps
Suliane Brahim
Laurene Weiss
16 eps
Camille Aguilar
Cora Weiss
16 eps
Tiphaine Daviot
Camille Laugier
16 eps
Naidra Ayadi
Leila Barami
16 eps
Samuel Jouy
Bertrand Steiner
16 eps
Samir Boitard
Paul Méric
8 eps
Cyrielle Debreuil
Anna Delambre
8 eps
Olivier Bonjour
Gérald Steiner
8 eps
Sarah Stern
Aurore
1 eps
Anne Suarez
Léa Steiner
1 eps
Marina Hands
Delphine Garnier
1 eps
Thomas Mustin
Alexis Petour
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Black Spot actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Black Spot reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper into secrets of the area.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08 · Signature episode
The end is just the beginning
The truth about Marion finally comes to the surface. Bertrand gets violent. Lauren and Cora are caught in a dangerous plot.
S02E06 · Signature episode
Sanctuary
Laurène remembers details of her kidnapping while trying to get help for Nounours. Siriani makes a disturbing discovery.
S01E02 · Signature episode
A Wolf’s Dream
Laurene comes face to face with a wolf which appears to be guarding a newborn baby hidden in a box. She undertakes to find the baby's parents, followed from afar by the mysterious animal. As everything rapidly becomes complicated, memories from her troubled past resurface.
S01E05 · Signature episode
The end of the road
A Sabine barless shootout causes a hunt for a band of armed criminals. Cora and Romano spy on trucks that enter the forest each night.
S02E02
How We Live Now – Part 2
While Nounours analyzes the images of the victims, Laurène returns to the library to search about ancient Celtic rituals.
S02E05 · Signature episode
The Girl and the Dead Man
Laurène finds a surreal crime scene, entitled to a piano in the middle of the forest. Cora tries to figure out what the end of Roman was. Garnier investigates Siriani's past.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E07
Like a dog
S02E08
The Shadow and the Prey
S02E06 · Signature episode
Sanctuary
S02E03
In another life
S02E04
Moon shot
S02E05 · Signature episode
The Girl and the Dead Man
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Pascal WynExecutive Producer
Writing
- Mathieu MissoffeWriter
- Antonin Martin-HilbertWriter
- Florent MeyerWriter
Direction
- Thierry PoiraudDirector
- Julien DespauxDirector
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