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Episode 1

The Prisoner of Lagny

Synopsis

A young man brings Inspector Torrence a message he found in a bottle drifting on the Seine. It is a desperate call; an old man is sequestered in an abandoned mill that water is gradually invading ... The O Agency is investigating ... In order to be able to touch the heritage of Chauffier-Mignot; Jean Dassonville wants to marry Cécile the daughter of the family. The father not agreeing, he decides to kidnap him and lock him up in an old water mill. But Chauffier-Mignot refuses to sign the marriage authorization and even succeeds in sending a message in a bottle thrown into the river ...

Episode 2

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The Naked Man

Synopsis

The O Agency, whose exploits, which began last Monday, will be recounted in thirteen weekly episodes, was born in the imagination of Georges Simenon. It is led by two detectives: Joseph Torrence and Emile, a shy-looking young photographer. Today, it is in a Turkish bath, where he is undergoing weight loss, that Torrence investigates. He meets a famous lawyer, Mr. Duboin, and a gangster wanted for two years by the police. A few minutes later, the latter will be assassinated ...

Episode 3

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The Three Boats of the Calanque

Synopsis

The banker's mistress was murdered in broad daylight, in the open sea, in full sun, in the sight of three witnesses. Fortunately, Émile, from the O Agency, knows the secrets of the bowling alley and the technique of boulantin fishing with piades. Without these talents of society, the mystery would have remained intact, and the murderer unpunished.

Episode 4

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Émile's Cage

Synopsis

Agency O is commissioned by an insurance company to investigate a series of burglaries that the police attribute to a black jacket that moves on a powerful motorcycle. In his office, Inspector Torrence is examining an object he found, during an investigation, in a jewellery store and whose nature and function are difficult to specify. Then a young brunette girl enters who comes to entrust Torrence with an important document. When the young girl leaves the agency, the object has disappeared...

Episode 5

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Doctor Tant-Pis

Synopsis

Did Doctor Maupin poison Madame Goron? In any case, this is what his niece suspects, who calls on the O Agency. When the aunt dies, everything seems to overwhelm the doctor, who nevertheless has an indisputable alibi: he was being watched by the agency! How could he have transported the corpse? Unless the Agency was deliberately put on the wrong track ...

Episode 6

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The Old Ladies' Club

Synopsis

A curious investigation is one entrusted to the O Agency. It is a question of finding the man who disguised himself as a grandmother to reach the Old Ladies Club, where he was registered under the name of Mme Sacramento, widow of the former President of Panama. A cheque for one thousand dollars was paid as a provision by Margaret Pitchard, a billionairess of Austrian origin, host of this club. A difficult job for Emile... Mrs. Sacramento dines with Mrs. Pitchard. As she leaves, Mrs. Sacramento's car refuses to start and Mrs. Pitchard invites her friend to stay and sleep in her home. The next morning, Mrs. Pitchard wants to greet Mrs. Sacramento but she hides her face while claiming that she is ill. But suddenly, Mrs. Pitchard discovers that Mrs. Sacramento has a beard ...

Episode 7

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The Montigny Strangler

Synopsis

A series of tragic coincidences led the team of the O Agency to investigate in Montigny-sur-Long where, in two inns in the region, two blind travellers were strangled in two rooms, each bearing the number 9. For eight days, the official police are trampling. For fun, Emile begins to research. Torrence moves to the Auberge de la Vane-Rouge. Barbet photographs the clients ...

Episode 8

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The Little Florist of Deauville

Synopsis

Torrence has agreed to watch, in Deauville, the jewelry worn by Wanda Van Mollen, the young wife of a rich Dutch diamond dealer. This surveillance will not be easy. The little casino florist is found murdered on the beach; next to her, Wanda Van Mollen's lighter, Torrence's client ...

Episode 9

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Émile in Cannes

Synopsis

The O Agency finds itself in Cannes to help "Grandmother" find a seducer and thief of mink coats.

Episode 10

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Arrest of the Musician

Synopsis

Much to the chagrin of the official police, members of the O Agency are crossing the legal line widely - and repeatedly - to prevent a saxophonist from being charged with murder. They manage - but with difficulty - to establish proof of the plot aimed at compromising the musician. José is a saxophonist in a nightclub run by a manager nicknamed "The Banker". Kikou, the mistress of "The Banker" also works in this nightclub as a stripper and also prostitutes herself with large clients. José is attracted to Kikou and she is not insensitive to the young man. Having surprised them, "The Banker" decides to take revenge ...

Episode 11

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The Old Man with the Mechanical Pencil

Synopsis

The team from the O Agency has been intercepting strange encrypted messages for a few days. They come to understand that a cafe on Rue de la Paix in Paris is a date for some people. Emile therefore goes to there and decides to follow a pretty brunette: Miss Aku ...

Episode 12

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Metro Ticket

Synopsis

Shot by a gun, a client comes to die in the offices of the O Agency. He is a comfortable bourgeois from Saint Etienne who was due to marry his son the next day. The only clues: a metro ticket, and in his pocket a large revolver that was used a short time ago. But why did he regularly receive boxes of watercolors in the mail when he wasn't painting? When his last words, more or less intelligible, are finally understood, the evidence stands out.

Episode 13

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The Blackmail of Agency O

Synopsis

A leak occurred at the O Agency. What should at all costs remain secret fell on the ears of thugs who took advantage of it to exercise blackmail, and also to make the police believe that the Agency itself, even is wet in the combination. Dispelling police suspicion is far from easy. Until a few acoustic properties are discovered. The painter Tigrane Alban murdered Evjen because he had dishonored his daughter Dalté. The members of the O Agency are the only ones to know about it, but soon the painter is blackmailed. So there is one of the members of the O Agency who is responsible for the leaks. Miss Berthe feels that everything accuses her ...