“Maigret’s Revolver” Is Only a Piece of the Puzzle in Part 2

Last week’s episode ended with the team finally finding this week’s body, the missing Minister André Delteil, who was shot in the head, and his body was shipped to the airport. (Technically, Olga was also a dead body, but at this point we still don’t know how she, Martin, or Giroux are tied to this.) Therefore, this week starts with an arrest: Baron Francois Lagrange, who was the person on the CCTV who signed for the trunk containing the body to be shipped overseas. Lagrange has a meltdown as Maigret and company bust in to place him under arrest, and he winds up having to be sedated, but not before Maigret pleads with him to tell them where Alain is, to no avail.

Back at the station, Kernavel asks what the deal is with finding Alain, and Maigret explains the kid stole his revolver. Guichard is aware of the situation, and no, it wouldn’t have been the murder weapon – Alain didn’t steal it until the body was already on its way to Heathrow.

Upstairs, Bonfils attempts to manage upwards, insisting Maigret send him to the more high-profile part of the case, only to be asked about the club CCTV he was supposed to review. Bonfils says there was nothing to find; a declaration immediately proven false by Lapointe, who actually reviewed the footage and found what was cut – all frames containing a woman who was at the club with Lagrange, and who Maigret immediately recognizes as the nosy neighbor he met when he originally went to do a wellness check on Lagrange. Bonfils is told his job is to sit down, shut up, and stay in the office and coordinate; the grown-ups are working.