Spiral is one of the best television shows broadcast on UK TV. The French language series is broadcast on BBC4 and is available on DVD in the UK. It is unremittingly bleak. I have just finished watching season 4 and I found it to contain some of the most unsympathetic characters I have ever encountered.
Paris, as portrayed in Spiral, is a horrible place. The police commit crimes regularly and often appear to be differentiated from criminals only by a badge. The courts are corrupt with lawyers and judges out to make money and nothing else. The criminals are even worse. The left-wing terrorists featured in series 4 are some of the most pointless and unpleasant people in existence. I wanted to throw something at the screen every time that they appeared.
Spiral draws you in and emotionally involves you. The plot is complex. It is a French answer to the Wire. Watch it and overcome your fear of subtitles.
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