Overview of 'The Crimson Rivers' Season 1

The Crimson Rivers (2018)

Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.

Writing:

Jean-Christophe Grangé

Stars:

Release Date: 2018-11-26
Seasons: 1 2 3 4

6.6/10

Country: BE, FR, DE
Language: Français
Runtime: 48

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - The Last Hunt (1)
Release Date: 2018-11-26
A mutilated corpse is found during a forest hunting party and it seems the victim was the heir to a family fortune. As Niemans and Camille question his immediate circle, his sister is also targeted.
Episode 2 - The Last Hunt (2)
Release Date: 2018-11-26
Niemans and Camille are put on the track of a curse that is rumoured to be placed on the sons of the Von Geyersberg family. But are the rich clan really the victims or is there a killer among them?
Episode 3 - The Day of the Ashes (1)
Release Date: 2018-12-03
In a wine-growing region at harvest time, a battered corpse is discovered under rubble when a vault collapses during the renovation of a chapel, destroying a fresco. Was it an accident or foul play?
Episode 4 - The Day of the Ashes (2)
Release Date: 2018-12-03
When Niemans obtains X-ray images of the damaged frescos, they provide further insight into the case, but does a missing fragment from the biblical scenes portrayed hold the key to the killer?
Episode 5 - The Children's Crusade (1)
Release Date: 2018-12-10
When two men discover the severed hand of a child, Niemans and Camille find the local police distracted by the case of a serial killer armed with a rifle. Can they find clues at a children's home?
Episode 6 - The Children's Crusade (2)
Release Date: 2018-12-10
Two more people are shot dead, in the cemetery: a married couple who took in foster children. But a quotation from an ancient tale about an ill-fated group of children on a memorial provides a clue.
Episode 7 - Song of Darkness (1)
Release Date: 2018-12-17
Niemans witnesses the death of a monk named Brother Guillaume who utters the words 'the sword and the snake' with his dying breath and has the palm of his left hand burned to hide a mysterious tattoo
Episode 8 - Song of Darkness (2)
Release Date: 2018-12-17
It seems the monks believe they have discovered sinister secret messages in the ancient music they've been studying. As Camille and Niemans get closer to the truth, they encounter a satanic sect.