This Tuesday, December 3, 2024, France 3 is rebroadcasting an investigation from its successful series, Alex Hugowhich is also the last of Lionnel Astier. What is this episode worth? Our opinion.
Created by Niko Tackian and Franck Thilliez, the successful France 3 detective series, Alex Hugo returns to the channel with a rebroadcast, which marks the departure of Lionnel Astier, after that of Marilyne Canto. In the casting of this necessarily special opus, we find for the last time the tandem formed by Samuel Le Bihan (Alex Hugo) and his friend Lionnel Astier (Angelo Batalla). Also present in the cast are Mikaël Fitoussi (Pascal Renart), Fabien Baïardi (Tony Leblanc), Peggy Martineau (Olivia), Cyril Lecomte (Michel Guivarch) and Olivier Chantreau (Luc Hernandez).
Alex Hugo : What is the episode broadcast this Tuesday, December 3, 2024 about?
The Lusagne rural police are preparing to welcome the team from Totem, an association specializing in the repair of old buildings which calls on prisoners at the end of their sentence. This work aims to prepare them for their reintegration after their release from prison. Alex Hugo sets up a camp for them. The police officer must also take care of Renart, who came to take refuge in Lusagne after being suspended for acts of violence. Alex Hugo helps his friend wean himself off alcohol, into which he fell. In the early morning, Angelo learns that two inmates are missing. Alex and Angelo follow the trail of the fugitives, and find the lifeless body of one of them. His skull was shattered. The second inmate, who was finishing serving a long sentence, was nowhere to be found. Would he have reoffended?
Alex Hugo : Should we watch this episode, which marks the departure of Lionnel Astier?
It’s difficult to watch this episode without a particular emotion when we know that it is Lionnel Astier’s last. The actor delivers a beautiful score in this choral story which gives a place to all the characters and not just to his hero, Alex Hugo. This plot which speaks of revenge and redemption provides good suspense with twists and turns. The plot is quite captivating, despite a slightly too slow pace, and ends emotionally with a touching sequence between Samuel le Bihan and Lionnel Astier, whose characters say their goodbyes. Perhaps the departure of Lionnel Astier would have deserved a special episode around this gruff and endearing police officer, and around his friendship with Alex Hugo. But perhaps also this final sequence made of few words, around a drink and with looks full of emotion, constitutes the most beautiful tribute. A discreet departure, like the series, modest and warm.
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