Is Witnesses violent?

Yes. More violent than 81% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 72% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Witnesses easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 66% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Witnesses

Name: Witnesses
Genre: Mystery, Crime
Released: 2015
Rating: 6.75
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Marie Dompnier, Jan Hammenecker, Roxane Duran, Mehdi Nebbou

Created by Marc Herpoux, Hervé Hadmar

On France 2

2015–20172 seasons14 episodes52 min6.8 / 10

A dark French procedural built on escalating serial violence and institutional corruption, where detectives pursue increasingly disturbing killers across two tightly plotted seasons.

Witnesses (French: Les Témoins) is a French police procedural television series, created by Marc Herpoux and Hervé Hadmar. In the first season, police detectives Sandra Winckler and Justin investigate when bodies of murder victims are unearthed and left for discovery in the show homes of a housing developer. Former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve, is implicated. In the second season, Sandra and Justin find themselves on the trail of a serial killer whose modus operandi is to murder all former lovers of his kidnap victims.

Clusters

Betrayal, Paranoia, and the Cost of Loyalty Paranoia Without Comfort Grief, Guilt, and the Long Investigation

Genres

Mystery Crime

Keywords

France Police Grave Robbing

Questions people ask

Is Witnesses scary? Yes. More frightening than 89% of series.
Is Witnesses violent? Yes. More violent than 81% of series.
Does Witnesses leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 81% of series.
Is Witnesses sad? Somewhat. More sad than 72% of series.
Is Witnesses easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 66% of series.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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