MADEMOISELLE HOLMES - SEASON 1, EPISODES 5 & 6: - 20 DEGRÉS & LE DERNIER PROBLÈME (TF1)

[Favourite of the Month][Spoiler-free review] After HPI and Panda, French private channel TF1 adds another jewel to its thursday night crime/mystery drama line-up with Mademoiselle Holmes. This 6 x 52-minute series was created by Victoria Spennato (Face à Face) and Laëtitia Kügler with Laure Mentzel and Mélusine Laura Raynaud.

 

Mademoiselle Holmes is loosely based on the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, from the stories written by author Arthur Conan Doyle (totally in the public domain since 2023).

The bottom line: HPI meets Elementary.

Episodes 3 and 4: https://tattard2.blogspot.com/2024/04/mademoiselle-holmes-season-1-episodes-3.html
Episodes 1 and 2: https://tattard2.blogspot.com/2024/04/mademoiselle-holmes-season-1-episodes-1.html

Mademoiselle Holmes stars Lola Dewaere (Astrid et Raphaëlle, Crimes à...) as Charlie Holmes, a discrete and unassuming young woman who's none other than the great granddaughter of the famous Sherlock Holmes. She lives in an old manor in Loire-Atlantique with her grandfather Georges, plays the violin, gets around by bike and works for the police in the  squad of Commissaire Florence Billon. When Charlie Holmes is hit by a car, her personality changes completely and her extraordinary intelligence is unleashed. Assisted by the sympathetic Dr. Samy Vatel,  a trainee in forensic medicine and a fan of Sherlock Holmes, the unpredictable Mademoiselle Holmes investigates in Nantes and its region. Much to the irritation of macho cop Commandant Chris Hervieu.

In the shadows loom Charlie's own weaknesses, family secrets and the descendants of Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Professor Moriarty. Comedian, actor and TV personality Tom Villa (Munch) co-stars as Samy. French national treasure Daniel Prévost is the quiet but mysterious Georges Holmes. Commandant Hervieu, the "Inspector Lestrade" of Charlie Holmes, is played by Thomas Jouannet (Sophie Cross). Alika Del Sol (Simon Coleman) plays Commissaire Billon. Also starring Armelle Abibou (Jess), Oscar Berthe (Loïc), Valentin du Peuty (Simon), Éric Naggar (Dr. Alfred Camus), etc. In - 20 degrés, Mademoiselle Holmes is called to the shop of an artisan ice-cream maker. A young Korean woman who worked there was found dead in a deep freezer.

Samy tries to have a conversation with Charlie about what happened in London. This rather spectacular episode was written by Chloé Devicq, Simon Rocheman, Laure Mentzel, Mélusine Laura Raynaud, Louise Collaray and Léonor Varone. Charlie Holmes has now a rank, she's a captain. Guest starring Chloé Guillot (Angèle Yvrard), Stéphane Brel (Vincent Yvrard), Caroline Ferrus (Eléna Yvrard), Ji Su Jeong (Ji Young Park), Mounir Kateb (Sofiane Tomal), etc. The amazing season finale of Mademoiselle Holmes is called Le dernier problème, which is of course a reference to the short story The Final Problem (Le dernier problème in French) by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Le dernier problème was penned by Chloé Glachant and Sven Jacquet. Someone tried to kill Georges Holmes and all the clues lead to... Charlie. Captain Charlie Holmes and Dr. Samy Vatel race against time and their colleagues to find the true culprit while officially working on a case of parcel thefts. They learn who drove the car that hit Charlie (see Episode 1) and Mademoiselle Holmes has another meeting with April Moriarty. Roxane Mesquida returns as April. Grégoire Champion (Demain nous appartient) guest stars as Léo Perret. Also with Évelyne Poiraud (Léo's mother), Erwan Maillot (Boss of the parcel delivery company), Christophe Hamon (Mr. Brocat), Jean-Pierre Morice (President of the hunting association), etc.

Produced by Marysol (Newen Group) with TF1 and RTL tvi. Filmed between March and June 2023 with the support of Région des Pays de la Loire and the help of the Bureau d'accueil des tournages des Pays de la Loire. Cyrielle Mottin and Paloma Martin y Prada are the producers. Music  by François Liétout (Les Combattantes). Cinematography by Christophe Legal. Editing by Bertrand Maillard and Pascal Jauffrès (Episodes 5 and 6). Main title sequence by François Basset and Jules Maillard. The manor of Georges and Charlie Holmes is in fact the Château du Docteur Daguin in Sion-les-Mines. Story arc by Victoria Spennato and Laëtitia Kügler.

Episodes  5 and 6  directed by  François Ryckelynck (Astrid et Raphaëlle). Mademoiselle Holmes is distributed by Newen Connect.

https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/series/d-astrid-et-raphaelle-a-mademoiselle-holmes-lola-dewaere-une-actrice-enquete-de-soi-20231117

See also:

https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sion-les-mines-44590/le-docteur-daguin-et-mlle-holmes-marquent-lhistoire-du-chateau-neogothique-de-sion-les-mines-f330d51e-d302-11ed-9078-c96e51806d43 (Château du Docteur Daguin)