No Second Chance

A doctor searching frantically for her missing baby daughter finds herself tangled in a web of ruthless criminals, suspicious cops and dark secrets.

No Second Chance (2015) is a French television miniseries created by Sydney Gallonde for TF1. Alexandra Lamy plays Alice Lambert, a doctor whose search for her missing baby daughter pulls her into a web of ruthless criminals and suspicious cops. Charlotte Des Georges plays Romano, and Hippolyte Girardot plays Tessier, both principal figures whose motives remain tangled with the investigation. The engine of the series is simple and urgent: a mother with no institutional allies must trace who took her child while every lead threatens to implicate her further. Each of its six episodes of roughly fifty minutes tightens the net around her, moving between clinic corridors, police offices and the underworld that hides behind them. The story runs as one continuous arc in a single season, a compact limited series built on suspense rather than spectacle. Its tone is tense, anxious and emotionally raw, with dread carried by the protagonist's exhaustion and desperation. Fans of Braquo, The Missing and Broadchurch will find resonance in its grim procedural pulse, its moral ambiguity and its focus on a parent pushed to the edge of what she can endure in a contemporary French setting.

• Braquoshared tense missing-child stakes and mother-driven investigation in a French procedural frame
• The Missingshared tone of a determined protagonist uncovering criminal networks in a police-adjacent thriller
• Broadchurchshared serialized crime mystery with a single season and dark secrets

Created by

Sydney Gallonde

Release Date

2015-10-15

Episode runtime

52 min

Rating

7.1 / 10 (30)

What is No Second Chance about?

A frantic doctor searching for her kidnapped baby daughter becomes entangled with ruthless criminals and suspicious police.

What is No Second Chance like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of No Second Chance as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is No Second Chance violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in No Second Chance as moderate.

Which shows are like No Second Chance?

Shows with a similar feel include Braquo, The Missing, and Broadchurch.

How long is No Second Chance?

No Second Chance: 1 season, 6 episodes.

Is No Second Chance still running?

No, No Second Chance has ended.

Where can I watch No Second Chance?

In United States, No Second Chance streams on France Channel Amazon Channel.