Face à Face - Episode Guide

To protect his daughter, whose existence he has just discovered, Cédric Rouget accuses himself of the murder of his office colleague in place of the young woman. The real culprit is soon identified, but to prove his guilt, a DNA test must be carried out. However, he refuses to submit to it, and justice cannot force him to do so...

Louise Venturi is arrested for murder. But Justine and Vanessa quickly discover that the young woman's arrest hides a formidable ploy. Despite its indictment, it has legal access to the file in which those it considers responsible for the death of its twin brother are cited. Louise is finally released...

The identification of DNA relaunches the investigation into the death of two teenagers - a cold case that dates back more than twenty years. The family of the murdered twins sees its wounds reopen. While Sylvain Groud, yesterday's culprit on the brink of delinquency, no longer has anything to do with the loving husband and future father he is becoming, the revelation of his past acts implode his family. Sylvain confesses, hoping to find peace... when Justine discovers that he is protected by the prescription and that he must therefore be released. How, then, can a form of justice be found to appease the families of the victims?

In a bar, Vanessa surprises the conversation of a woman talking about her lover, who boasts of having camouflaged the murder of her wife in a domestic accident. She succeeds in identifying the man in question, a manipulative and disturbing psychiatrist. However, to investigate the matter, Justine needs evidence, when there is no complaint and the woman in the bar does not seem to realize what danger she runs while staying near him. How can a victim who is not aware of it understand that a psychological hold can be as fatal as physical violence ?

Victor, 3, has disappeared. A kidnapping alert is set up to try to find it. The first elements of the investigation show that the child was probably mistreated and that his mother is not his biological mother. Would the child have been kidnapped by his real parents ? Victor was finally deposed unharmed at the police station. The police must find someone to entrust it to...

Maître Alexandre Baranès, a young tenor from the Strasbourg bar, escapes an attempted murder. The police hope to find clues by checking the young lawyer's various cases. The case promises to be delicate, all the files being protected by professional secrecy...

The suicide attempt of Xavier, a close friend of Margaux, pushes Justine to open an investigation. The reasons for his action remain obscure. On social networks circulates the rumor of a heartache caused by a break with an older woman. Justine has a premonition and guesses a dark record of female pedophilia. In the eyes of many, it is the story of a tragic passion, but Vanessa's in-depth investigation shifts the romance into the story of a predator who abused a minor.

Oriane, Justine's clerk, is found dead at the Palais de Justice. A few days earlier, the young woman had ordered the release of a dangerous robber, which was a serious mistake. With the help of Vanessa, Justine agrees to take care of this affair, even if it affects her closely. Justine discovers things about her collaborator that she was totally unaware of...

A fire breaks out in an unsanitary apartment but nevertheless squatted by a man, member of a housing rights association. The owner finds himself facing justice, because, even if his accommodation is illegally occupied, he must ensure its maintenance. It is then that we discover that the presumed dead tenant is very much alive. Who is the person who lost their life in the disaster?

A woman is taken to hospital between life and death. We learn that she has had many arguments with her partner, and that they have a more than stormy relationship. Traces of strangulation suggest that this is an attempted murder on the part of his companion. But when she regains consciousness, the victim claims that it was a sex game that went wrong. What to believe ?

A violinist, Aurélie Chataignier, comes to file a rape complaint. She accuses her conductor, Vincent Lemeur. As the investigators have little evidence to support their investigation, the young woman brings them the filmed confessions of Lemeur, who acknowledges having raped her six months ago. However, the case had already been tried with the same protagonists, for the same reason and Lemeur had been acquitted. Investigators are at an impasse: one cannot be tried twice for the same crime when one has been acquitted. How can justice defend a just cause without having the legal means to do so ?

A violent green activist group entered a chemical factory, causing the death of the guard. The police investigation succeeded in unmasking the assassin, who was none other than an undercover policewoman and close friend of Vanessa. But can it be denounced ? At the risk of overturning a police mission that would prevent an attack on a polluting factory ?...