joellyn-mumcian Not going to give away anything, but the 2nd season ending created more questions than answers. I don't need to have everything tied up in neat little bows, but I think the writers could have done a much better job on how this series came to it's conclusion. That being said, Les temoins is one of the best detective dramas on screen out there. I hope there's a season 3.

Monsieur_Rioux I enjoyed the second series as much as the first. Very disturbing plot but no more disturbing than some real life cases over the last few years, one in Austria and another in the USA. I disagree with other comments about unprofessional or unlikely behaviour. Put yourself in the character's shoes. One mother has no memory other than of her third child and is desperate to find the only person she remembers. Desperate? You bet, for two reasons - the baby and her memory.The other character - cop Sandra - has kids herself so will likely feel more strongly about a case involving missing children. Plus she knows there's a threat to previous men in her life including a current one and the father of her kids when there's a good relationship there. And you expect her to still be the good cop doing things by the book?

Tweekums This French crime drama is set in a small coastal town by the English Channel. There have been a series of bizarre crimes; somebody has been digging up murder victims and leaving the bodies in local show-homes; they also leave items that point to former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve. Detective Sandra Winckler is investigating the case and brings Maisonneuve in to see what light he can shed on the mystery. As they investigate possible links between the bodies it becomes clear that Maisonneuve has made some dangerous enemies in the past; is the grave robber one of these people taunting him or is it somebody trying to get him to investigate the link between the men and solve another crime?We've had plenty of fine Euro-crime dramas on British television the last few years and this is another good one. The location is atmospheric and strangely familiar… not too surprising when you think of the proximity of Northern France to Southern England. The mystery is unusual enough to get the viewer gripped from the start. As the story progresses and we meet various suspects the sense of danger increases. Right up till the downbeat ending I was unsure how the story would be resolved… a good thing in a mystery. The cast do a fine job; particularly Marie Dompnier, who plays Sandra Winckler and Thierry Lhermitte who plays Paul Maisonneuve. At only six episodes the story doesn't drag on, neither does it feel rushed though. Overall a really good series; I'd certainly recommend it to anybody who enjoys the darker toned Euro-dramas.

Richard Horvath Scandi-noir brings with it a set of expectations which Witnesses duly delivers. Female cop with suppressed issues -- check; a wintry French coastal village dominated by Broadchurch style cliffs -- check; improbable crime scenes that darkly hint at a miscreant with a messed up mind -- check, and the usual cool colour palette of blues and greys -- check.Genre conventions are not a bad thing, if used deftly, and Witnesses delivers. Marie Dompnier as the female lead investigator, Sandra Winckler, is impressive as the astute cop who exorcises her insomniac nights by obsessively cleaning her apartment. Thierry Lhermitte plays the former high-flying policeman haunted by family tragedy, and as Winkler's former instructor who is implicated in the bizarre crime, suppresses dark secrets about his past. The location shooting in Le Tréport, with its strange funicular railway which is used as a disturbing feature in the first episode, is inspired, and the photography is superb.This review is based on viewing the introductory episode, which sometimes tends to be dramatically the most engaging with television mini-series, such as The Bridge and its British-French counterpart, The Tunnel, but marred in subsequent weeks by a lurid story trajectory. Hopefully Witnesses will exhibit a narrative restraint where trust is placed in mood and character development without forsaking the sense of unease that is so well established in the opening hour.