Les témoins

We Dutch love frikandellen, caravans with his' n hers Batavuses on the back and compare. We like it, compare. Nice to put things against each other and then crumple into a box as quickly as possible. That gives order. It calms us down. When little Rodney from the D1 of the Boekelse Boys on a drizzly Sunday afternoon with an unintentional feint puts the right back of WTBSSWKV on the wrong foot, the local fool immediately labels him in fat chocolate letters as 'the Messi from Boekel'. A nice, accidentally dark boy, who can come and blow his trumpet at DWDD for a minute? The new Miles Davis. And when the farmer finally gets himself to put something in his mouth that he doesn't know, he'll probably mumble something along the lines of, “Oooh, that's not that dirty. Smækt a beetroot if… ”. Compare. We love it. You should therefore be very pleased that a series has been released that somewhat resembles Broadchurch. Broadchurch was a very nice diptych and everything that resembles it is very welcome. However? If someone died on the Dorset coastline in Broadchurch, in Les Témoins some people leave life behind the dunes of the French town of Le Tréport. As if that were not enough, someone apparently finds it necessary to excavate the bodies of the deceased and place them dressed in a cozy living room setting. Creative. I cannot say otherwise. In Broadchurch detectives Ellie and Alec, who have to find out who has misbehaved, in Les Témoins Sandra and Paul take care of the job. Paul was once Sandra's teacher at the police academy, but the two lost touch for years after an unfortunate incident. However, the mysterious murders bring them back together and Paul can use Sandra's help when it turns out that the culprit also has a bone to pick with him. Les Témoins is one of those that slowly grabs you by your throat. Such an uncomfortable one that gets under your skin without being asked. It is certainly not The Bridge or The Killing, but it can stand the comparison with Broadchurch just fine. Following Saga, Sarah Lund and Laure Berthaud, we also have an extremely charming detective with Sandra Winckler. An extremely charming detective who can beat you up completely if the situation calls for it. That is great. Just as nice is that Les Témoins is going to get a second season and so we can immerse ourselves in French grimness for another episode or six. Très bien!

top series ... super exciting and cleverly put together .... very recommended