“The Spies of Terror” at 9:10 p.m., on M 6. The countdown is chilling. On November 13, 2015, at the Fleury-Mérogis prison center, a guard reported that “in the bearded section, several of them have requested TV subscriptions”. “It’s been flashing in all directions for weeks,” confirms an internal security agent. When the phones of Lucie, Malika, Alex and the others start ringing that evening, we want to cry. The jihadists have just struck the heart of Paris. Carried by a convincing cast, this spy thriller, not recommended for children under 10, plunges us into the heart of the French secret services, where men and women must transform their feeling of helplessness and their anger into the rage to win.
Very documented, this thrilling intrigue in four episodes is inspired by the eponymous book by Matthieu Suc (an updated version of which has just been published by HarperCollins), a journalist at Mediapart who participated in the writing of the series. From the cop of the territorial section of Lille, who defends his informant despite the ambient paranoia (Vincent Elbaz), to the experienced analyst of external security (formidable Rachida Brakni), including a couple of anti-terrorist agents (Fleur Geffrier and Pierre Perrier), we follow for more than a year these anonymous heroes determined to identify and incapacitate those responsible for the attacks to prevent them from striking again, often at the sacrifice of their private lives.
