Balthazar on TF1: What does the fourth season cost without Helen de Fugerol?

More than a year after the release of the Season 3 finale, which ended with a bloodbath performed by Tomer Sisley, a medical expert, Balthazar returns this Thursday, March 10, at 9:10 p.m. Is the first who has not appeared in the character of Helen Bach, after the departure of Helen de Fugerol.

Deprived of her main female protagonist, who made a major contribution to the emotional empowerment of the first three seasons and was very popular in the community, the series, created by Clotilda Jamin and Clelia Constantine, therefore re-imagines itself in part with these eight new episodes introducing the actress. Constance Labe, who is especially seen in Camping Paradis, Red Weddings and The School of Life, as Camille Costes.

Crossing during a high-flying investigation in the first episode of Season 4 – so to speak, as the main part of the action takes place on board the plane – this police captain, originally from Lille, will take on his duties as a criminal and teammate with Delgado (Yanig Samoth). Creating a shocking couple with Rafael Balthazar. To the delight of the fans who are to enjoy this new season just as successfully as the previous one.

With Camille, Balthazar begins a whole new chapter

After unraveling the mystery surrounding Lisa’s murder and declaring Helen’s love in the final seconds of Season 3, fans may have hoped that Balthazar and Captain Bach would see a big story in a series like Clair de Lune and Castle. They completed the sinking and pairing of their characters. But it will not be.

To avoid boredom and to avoid going for less dramatically interesting things, the writers preferred to rewrite the cards and blow the wind of change into the series. And if we can regret that Helen Bach’s departure came after a few lines of dialogue, the arrival of Constance Labe in the role of Camille Costes is a really good surprise. And very good news for the series, which is fully activated with the contribution of this new character.

Like a storm in Balthazar’s life, Camille enters perfectly from the first episode. Indeed, viewers did not take long to discover that the two characters had already crossed the path a few years ago, before collaborating on this investigation in the air, on board a plane where the killer was allegedly hiding.

During a drunken evening, Balthazar and Camille slept together in the toilets of a nightclub. The only problem: Camille never called Balthazar and eventually forgot about this short one night stand. Which makes it difficult for a lawyer talking to the deceased to conceive and digest.

A comic situation that serves to lay the groundwork for this new couple, which is more based on comedy because Camille shows a more inner character than Elena and fails to meet Balthazar and stand up to him.

The result: a very good friendship between them will be established over the episodes, thus giving a false air to this fourth season of the hit detective series “Friend Movie” from TF1. Because Balthazar and Camille are not so different from each other. And the meeting of these two “loneliness” greatly contributes to the success of these new episodes, which do not slip a bet – in either case – on the love affair of the two characters.

Constance Labe, who is immediately impressed by her naturalness and magnetism, shines in the skin of this new investigator and is just as comfortable in comedy as she is in her emotional moments. Because Camille hides the wounds that will gradually be revealed and will be at the heart of one of the new secrets of this 4th season.

The screenwriters may have completed the common theme of the first three seasons, but Balthazar remains with his demons – and especially Maya (Leslie Medina), who tortures him from prison and intends to give birth to their child.

But a new mystery related to his past will soon turn his life upside down. And promises to stop fans who will be happy to see their beloved pathologist lose a leg more than ever. Can Balthazar have the right to happiness and this new beginning that seems to be approaching his path? There is nothing less convincing.

Always eye-catching exams and a totally insane finale

The love story of Eddie (Côme Levin) and Fatima (Philippa Phoenix) on the side of the IML (Medical Law Institute) goes on, but can very quickly turn out to be the main obstacle. Before Katerina Mourinho enters the series from the 3rd episode, which will be broadcast next Thursday on TF1, in the role of doctor Olivia Vesinet, who was sent to the IML after a report to evaluate Balthazar.

Who could be blamed for the hero’s unconventional practices? It is the salt of this new story that also offers the wonderful moments of comedy between Tomer Sisley and Katerina Mourinho, whose characters are clearly hated and annoyed by each other.

But if we love Balthazar so much, it is also due to his often unusual and rather obscure investigations into the prime-time series on TF1. Each season explores the depths of the human soul a little more and offers us even more amazing, horrifying or obviously disturbing occasions and occasions of the week.

Aside from “En plein vol”, the brilliant opening episode, this fourth season of Balthazar especially features a serial killer who loves human puzzles, the disappearance of a child who hides horrible truths, cannibals or even hostages other than the ordinary. .

Once again, after his remarkable 3rd season, the dramatic intensity of which reached Crescendo, the series shot by Tomer Sisley managed to offer a false note in terms of his investigation (no episode is really inferior to the other) and argues if at least he doubted he was the best. In terms of detective literature on French television.

And as every year, this new party ends with a grand finale, during which Balthazar sees his past unexpectedly. Quite an insane double episode, in line with last year, which ends this season 4 very nicely and opens up to the already ordered 5th season, which we obviously want to discover.