It is a day of pleadings at Jérémie's trial. The jury must render its verdict. The leader of the assailants in the affair of the carnage at the Frites et Cie restaurant contacts Lapointe. Marie-Anne feels guilty and makes a difficult announcement to Maxime.

Maxime is looking for a missing hunter in the entourage of the murdered man. Inès and Lapointe work to defend the cutthroat of Frites et Cie.