It's the concept of the inverted detective story, popularized by Columbo though created in literature many years before the famous lieutenant. Crimes parfaits is available in the United States as Perfect Murders, thanks to SVOD service MHZ Choice.
Police captain Louise Bonne ("Comme la poire"), played by actress and humorist Julie Ferrier, returns with her deputy and protégé Fatou (Wendy Nieto) in Ivresse des profondeurs and La femme est un homme comme les autres. Juliette Petiot (Louise's teenage daughter Zoé) and Sophie de la Rochefoucauld, very funny as the ill-named pathologist Gracieuse, are back too. The two episodes, penned by Marie-Anne Le Pezennec, are helmed by David Ferrier (Candice Renoir). The improvement shown in the previous couple of "Capitaine Louise Bonne" (À la vie à la mort/Trop beau pour être vrai) continues despite the labored humour of the main character and the limits of the series format.
Even with the mandatory social comments, Ivresse des profondeurs is surprisingly good. Aboard a yacht, Jeanne Lambert murders drug squad supercop Tony Delage and makes the (horrid) crime looks like a diving accident while their friends are asleep. Louise eats some potential evidences and the war with her husband
continues. The character of Fatou has evolved, though nobody thought to
give her a last name yet. Gracieuse deserves one too, by the way. Special guest star Carole Bianic (Chérif) is impressive during the rather sadistic murder scene. Jérôme Pauwels, who plays her victim, definitely deserves his paycheck.
Mathieu Madénian couldn't return as Grégoire, the sympathetic procureur. He's replaced by Stéphane Debac as Benoît, who seems to have inherited Grégoire's lines. Also with Clémence Thioly (Sandrine), Vincent Heneine (Ben), Nathan Gruffy (Adam) and Paul Arvenne (Tom). The excellent Arthur Jugnot is the special guest star of La femme est un homme comme les autres, a case of harassment but with a twist and a nod to Cluedo. He plays Adrien, a cook who murders his female boss and his alibi would perfectly (no pun intended) fit in a Columbo.
One of the key elements of the investigation is Passion mortelle, an old black and white film (starring Cécile Guyon and Henri Bosc). Two years ago there was another fictional movie, named Nonosse, in a Crimes parfaits with Capitaine Agnès Bertaud. Regrettably, the epilogue of La femme est un homme comme les autres is ridiculous. With Apolline Bercholz (Morgane), Victor Pontecorvo (Marco), Valérie Maurice (Emma), Raphaël Hidrot (Joueur), François Perrache (Edmond - Film Passion mortelle) and Alice Kinh (Emma - Film Passion mortelle).
Developed with Toma de Matteis. Produced by Caroline Lassa for Salsa Productions. Co-produced by France.tvstudio with Be-Films and RTBF (Télévision belge). With the participation of France Télévisions and RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. Music by Benjamin Farley and Eve-Marie Bodet. Theme music of Crimes parfaits by Jean-Pierre Taïeb. Filmed with the support of Département de la Charente-Maritime.
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