Marseille

See you tomorrow, Mom.

My darling...

We'll talk to the specialists.

Why didn't you tell me?

Why?

To protect you.

Like a child?

You treat me the way you treat everyone.

Your daughter, Lucas, the whole of Marseille.

You control everything.

Imagine if I said to you,

"Give up on Marseille.

The thing you love most is killing you."

It is.

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

SENDER UNKNOWN

Attack on Crédit Méridional in Arles

WHO ARE YOU?

He said you were out to get revenge on him.

Not revenge on him but on my past.

The foster homes, social services...

That's what I can't stand.

That's where my politics and my fighting spirit come from.

That suffering,

it gets a hold of you and weighs you down.

It never lets you go.

You want to throw it back in the face of those who made you suffer.

I know you understand.

Yeah.

Lucas, I'm going to tell you a secret.

- But it stays between us. - You can trust me.

I was madly in love with Robert.

I had no idea.

It left me feeling every bit as alone and unhappy

as you must have felt.

That's why I understand.

And that's why I'm going to support you.

- You'll support me? - Yes.

For me or against him?

Against him.

He made me the kind of promises you make to a woman

when you want to seduce her, I suppose.

He betrays the women who love him.

He abandons them.

At the side of the road, like animals.

It's disgusting.

I'm not like him.

I'm not like that.

When you want a woman, what do you do?

I just tell her.

See that Merc over there?

I promised you a car if you worked with us.

So, how do you like it?

It's kind of conspicuous.

Don't worry. We'll give it a little makeover.

Here, put this on.

Okay, go start her up.

Let's go.

Here.

You, sit up front.

Right.

What do we have here?

That's it.

Fuck, look! It's the cops.

I have 100 pounds of hash in the trunk. Move it!

Wait.

Go on, floor it. Go!

Go, for fuck's sake!

Watch out. There's another one!

Faster!

They want to play? I'll light 'em up.

Go, go, go.

That's it! You're losing them.

Go, go!

He left them for dust!

We did it.

Go on, unload the trunk.

- The trunk's empty. - How's that?

Only a moron would steal a car with a trunk full of hash.

Smart kid!

Now let's meet your new friend.

When will it be ready?

Depends. What color do you want?

Black.

What are you doing here?

Waiting for you.

What's happened?

Rachel? What's wrong with her?

She has a degenerative illness.

- Shit. - She'll have to stop playing.

Can nothing be done?

I don't believe it.

Shit.

I'll call her.

It's probably best if I go there in person.

Your mother needs our support.

- She needs company. - No, don't bother.

We'll keep it in the family.

Just the three of us.

It's for the best.

- Hello. - Hello.

Chasseron is here. I told him your plane was late.

I like your outfit.

It's cute.

Sorry.

You should take the train.

It would cost taxpayers less and I wouldn't have to wait ten minutes.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Since you asked me here, you must require my services.

Yes, in a way.

I thought you didn't need our share of the vote.

That was before.

What, you didn't hear?

Taro is standing again.

What's that got to do with me?

Taro's too old for Marseille. He doesn't understand this city.

He wants to bulldoze it.

He's forgotten what made it great.

- For example? - For example...

the old port.

It's crazy to knock it all down.

The port is the key to Marseille.

We need to develop Fos

and leave the port alone.

- Even though the docks are redundant? - Those docks need fixing up.

But all in good time.

You need to understand that the mayor means a lot to me,

but I'm prepared to fight for Marseille.

That's a little cocky.

Compared to him, you're a small fry.

Unlike you, I have principles.

And energy and passion.

Right. Was it that passion that led you to me?

I thought we could join forces in certain districts.

You'll be running against him?

That's brave. And you want me to take your side?

If I make it to the second round, yes.

And I want your candidates to attack his people, not mine.

If I hassle my candidates, what do I get out of it?

Nothing, unless I win.

But if you help me on the quiet,

there's a good chance I can win.

And?

Then I will hold all the cards and I'll be able to help you.

- You're off to a good start. - I've learned.

I love the mayor deeply.

It's a kind of poetic justice.

You have to kill the father. That's just how it is.

What's this tweet about?

Robert TARO is standing for mayor again?

I changed my mind.

The lists are decided in one week. You have no chance.

Can't you spare us the humiliation just this once?

- This is my business. - It's our business too, Dad.

When I left home you were mad at me for six months.

Same with Lucas. You hate it when people break free of you.

So?

Marseille is just an excuse not to deal with us.

No, I need you. And Marseille needs me.

I can't do without one or the other.

Julia, this has to stop. We need to look after your mother.

Stop it! Don't stand.

She'll be all alone. Is that what you want?

For her to be alone again?

Of course he must stand.

Otherwise we'd both be in mourning, for the cello and the mayoralty.

When did you last see a politician put his wife first?

Or see a cellist give up their instrument?

Leave me alone.

The odds are against you.

I could never have chosen between you and music.

Marseille is your passion.

And I love you for it.

I want you to comfort me.

But I also need to admire you.

So stand.

I will.

Thank you.

Robert Taro.

Ah, Chasseron. I always wonder why you never built an extension.

Your place is so small.

Are you trying to piss me off, or did you forget?

- Forget what? - City Hall won't grant me a permit.

Oh, right.

- You wanted to build a hotel. - A luxury one.

And how would you have paid for that?

You prefer inside or out?

Can I ask you something that might make you angry?

Yeah, go ahead.

When did you leave the Party?

In 2010. One year later I created the Center Party. Why?

Right, you were our Treasurer.

- And you jumped ship before the bust. - There was no bust.

Someone cooked the books on the previous campaign.

If I remember right, it was overbilled by 13%.

Your house may not be the place of your dreams but it still cost money.

Are you kidding me?

I told you it would make you angry.

You thought I came here as a friend? Those days are gone.

If you ask me, where you screwed up was by only taking 13% and not 20%.