The Bureau (TV Series) Episode #5.1 (2020) User Reviews

Great opener

[EamonTracyCritic · 9/10 · 4 January 2021]

JJA is leaving for work before sunrise due to the breaking news of Guillaume's alleged assassination ordered by the CIA with DGSE's consent.

Marie-Jeanne is far away from the Parisian HQ stationed at luxurious hotel in Cairo. She receives the sad news and is unhappy.

While JJA overlooks the Seine under dark blue skies we get an overview of the last 8 months and the introduction of an Italian spy.

Solid opener to an exceptional and intriguing season.

Summary

[antoine_7777 · 9/10 · 13 April 2020]

JJA, the Director of Internal Security, has taken over the leadership of the Legends Office to put it in order while Marie-Jeanne preferred to get away from Mortier and test her resistance to stress on the ground in Egypt. The DGSE will be shaken by the revelations in the press about the execution of Paul Lefebvre and the role played by the DGSE and the CIA. These leaks wake up old demons at JJA who multiply his paranoia and worry his closest collaborators, Sisteron and Ellenstein. His obsessions join that of a new clandestine agent, Mille Sabords, who tries to approach the Saudi secret services while investigating this atoning victim that was Paul Lefebvre. Another collateral victim of Malotru's disappearance: César, the genius geek, infiltrated the best cyber-fighters of the FSB who are preparing a large-scale operation. In the end, Malotru, dead or alive, will not cease to confront each one with his own dead ends, in Sinai, in Jeddah, Phnom Penh, Moscow, Cairo and... Paris, boulevard Mortier.