The BEST episodes of Balthazar

Every episode of Balthazar ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Balthazar!

Raphael has everything to please. He is charming, handsome, intelligent ... and he knows how to make the dead talk like nobody. The most talented forensic pathologist of his generation, he fascinates as much as he exasperates. Irreverent and teasing, he crunches life without losing a crumb, often in defiance of norms and conventions. A major challenge for Police Commander Hélène Bach, a busy mother and recently arrived at La Criminelle, who will have to collaborate with this extraordinary personality. Together, they will face the most complex murders by dragging us into the meanders of the realm of death.

Last Updated: 5/29/2023Network:TF1
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Noces rouges
star
8.00
37 votes

#1 - Noces rouges

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2020

The Missing
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7.80
50 votes

#2 - The Missing

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2018

After a horrific car accident, Balthazar determines that a woman found at the scene actually died several hours earlier, her corpse deposited in one of the car trunks.

Directors: Jérémy Minui
Watch Now:Amazon
Under The Influence
star
7.75
8 votes

#3 - Under The Influence

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2023

Balthazar is stuck at home awaiting the judges' decision and spies on his neighbors to fill his boredom. At the same time, in Paris, a nightmare erupts: a figure in a duck mask kills three random passers-by.

Watch Now:Amazon
If It's Not You
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7.74
38 votes

#4 - If It's Not You

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/14/2022

Despite his friends' efforts, Balthazar refuses to defend himself. Believing there's no one he can trust, someone proves surprisingly helpful. Free from the drugs, he remembers a terrible secret but is it too late to fix everything?

Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Contre tous
star
7.67
36 votes

#5 - Contre tous

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2020

The Law of the Strongest
star
7.66
47 votes

#6 - The Law of the Strongest

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/2019

After receiving a threat from Lise's killer, Balthazar worries his new girlfriend, Maya, is in danger. Bach is called to investigate a body found in a pond, but the case turns personal when she realizes the victim is someone close to her.

Directors: Nicolas Capus
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Life in Pieces
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7.63
52 votes

#7 - Life in Pieces

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/20/2018

Balthazar examines a dismembered corpse found in the river, but when the body parts don't match up, he realizes there's another victim. As Bach investigates the crime, Balthazar debates whether to tell her that Lise's killer may have committed six other murders.

Directors: Vincent Jamain
Watch Now:Amazon
License to Kill
star
7.59
44 votes

#8 - License to Kill

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2019

Balthazar and Bach finally track down a suspect in Lise's murder case, only to find he has been dead for 10 years and the real killer has been using the identity of the deceased. Balthazar has little time to process his emotions before being pulled into a triple homicide investigation of teenagers butchered during a camping trip.

Directors: Jérémy Minui
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Un autre monde
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7.53
36 votes

#9 - Un autre monde

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2020

All or Nothing
star
7.51
55 votes

#10 - All or Nothing

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2018

Balthazar examines a frozen corpse found in a truck. The police have few leads until he finds a piece of evidence that connects the victim to a seemingly unrelated case.

Directors: Vincent Jamain
Watch Now:Amazon
The Human Bomb
star
7.50
6 votes

#11 - The Human Bomb

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2023

Balthazar is back at the IML with his daughter, whom he has on his hands for forty-eight hours until she is placed. To keep busy he autopsies an old lady, only to have a surprise discovery.

Watch Now:Amazon
Remember
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7.49
37 votes

#12 - Remember

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2022

Balthazar is sent to his hometown to investigate the ritualistic killing of a cow and runs into memories of a childhood he'd rather forget. When former friends start dying, Balthazar's blackouts suddenly seem a lot more sinister.

Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Against the Wall
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7.47
32 votes

#13 - Against the Wall

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/2020

Directors: Mona Achache
Watch Now:Amazon
Delirium
star
7.44
50 votes

#14 - Delirium

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2019

When Lise's killer sends Balthazar a video of her being murdered, Balthazar relies on drugs to numb the pain and starts to lose his grip on reality. Meanwhile, a disturbed man wearing a woman's bloody scalp walks into the police station offering no explanation for his state.

Directors: Mona Achache
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Cold Blood
star
7.41
51 votes

#15 - Cold Blood

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/2019

A husband and wife suffer a knife attack that bears the marks of a serial killer who is supposedly in prison. When Balthazar links the crime to a remote town in the mountains, he and Bach travel to the snow-covered village to determine whether the murderer is a copycat or still at large.

Directors: Vincent Jamain
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
L'enfant
star
7.39
33 votes

#16 - L'enfant

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/2020

Soul Mates
star
7.38
60 votes

#17 - Soul Mates

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2018

While at the movies, Balthazar is called upon to help an apparent stabbing victim and soon finds that her fiancé has also been attacked.

Directors: Vincent Jamain
À la folie
star
7.36
36 votes

#18 - À la folie

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2020

Watch Now:Amazon
Flesh and Blood
star
7.36
70 votes

#19 - Flesh and Blood

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/2018

When called to a crime scene, unconventional forensic pathologist Raphael Balthazar immediately clashes with the new, no-nonsense chief inspector, Helene Bach. But they must work together to solve the double homicide of a public prosecutor and his wife, who were gunned down in their home, leaving behind their traumatized young daughter.

Death Sentence
star
7.35
57 votes

#20 - Death Sentence

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/2018

Reeling from the realization that the person who murdered his wife, Lise, could still be at large, Balthazar investigates the gruesome killing of a man.

Funeral March
star
7.35
60 votes

#21 - Funeral March

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/2019

A dead dog covered in human blood leads police on a frantic hunt for a missing infant. Suspicion immediately falls on the child's nanny, who is not who she says she is, but Balthazar connects the case to a prestigious music academy instead.

Directors: Vincent Jamain
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Eros and Thanatos
star
7.31
35 votes

#22 - Eros and Thanatos

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2022

Balthazar's lab is being filmed by a documentary team. Called to examine a skeleton found in the river, he continues to embarrass Vesinet as the police realize they're hunting a killer with an apparent taste for human flesh.

Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Friday the 13th
star
7.30
33 votes

#23 - Friday the 13th

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2020

Directors: Mona Achache
The Debt
star
7.30
47 votes

#24 - The Debt

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2019

After hearing an emergency call from a distressed teenager, Bach arrives at a peculiar crime scene: an empty car with smashed windows and a trunk full of snakes. With little else to go on, Balthazar and Bach race to find the missing girl.

Directors: Jérémy Minui
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
In Full Flight
star
7.30
44 votes

#25 - In Full Flight

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2022

Recovering from his injuries and the loss of Hélène, Balthazar flies home to Paris from Istanbul. When passengers start falling ill, he realizes they have been poisoned.

Watch Now:AmazoniTunes

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