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Baptiste is a retired French detective, who has a gift for finding people. In Season 1, he searches for a man's 'daughter' in Holland. She went missing from the Red-Light district & is also wanted by a very lethal Albanian gang. Somehow Baptiste is never afraid of these kinds of people. Stick with this series.

Season 2--an Ambassador's family goes missing whilst on vacation-- was probably 4 episodes too long with innumerable flashbacks. Disappointing, but the character Baptiste always is a pleasure to watch.

I've loved the character since the first series of 'Missing'. I'd only just latched onto 'Baptiste' in the last few months. I read the reviews and wish I hadn't. Each to his own I guess. But the first series was brilliant, had me on the edge of my seat and I adored every episode. I literally binged it.

Season 2 was even stronger, it is absolutely spectacular with powerhouse performances. I hope Karyo has one last hoorah as this genius. No loss if he doesn't, but he is sublime in this role.

Whatever you read about season 2, watch it for you, and make your own mind up. You will not be disappointed.

My Review -Baptiste Series 2

My Rating 7:5/10.

My Review -Baptiste Series 2

My Rating 7.5 /10

In Series 2 we find Juliien Baptiste a retired detective impressively played by Tcheky Karyo in much different circumstances and location than in series 1 .

Julien Baptiste character first came to life in the superb (2014-2012) Crime Thriller series " The Missing" about the abduction of a five year old child in Germany .

Keeley Hawks as Gemma Webster the mother of the child was a standout in that series as was Jessica Raine in Series One of Baptiste.

The Star turn in Series 2 of Baptiste is without a doubt Fiona Shaw ,a brilliant English Stage and Film character actress known for such varied roles as Aunt Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter, Father in The Avengers, Carolyn Martins in Killing Eve and recently in Ammonite as Elizabeth Philpot.

In Series 2 of Baptiste Fiona Shaw has a huge role as Emma Chambers the British Ambassador to Hungary . Emma suffers great personal loss when her daughter and husband are murdered. This series is set in Budapest Hungary when Julien Baptiste travels to Hungary to help the Emma Chambers, locate her two missing sons who disappear on a skiing holiday in the mountains The pressure is on to save Emma's two sons when a body is found and a terrorist cell enters the story headed by a mystery figure called Gomorrah. Who is Gomorrah and what does this terrorist cell have to do with Emma's missing sons and the death of her daughter and husband ?

An intriguing set of circumstances takes place leading the retired detective to reflect on the loss of his own daughter as a result of her drug addiction .

We see in flashback the state of Baptiste's marriage and the damage he has done to himself due to his long absence from home and his indifference to his wife mainly caused by his own grief and alcohol abuse.

I found the way the flashback and fast forward sequences in Series 2 take place in the middle of the action intrusive and confusing with so much going on and so many characters I would have preferred a more linear time frame but this seems to be the trend in many series lately I suppose the Director thinks it keeps the audience interested?

My other small criticism is that a man of Baptiste's age I guess at between 65 and 70 would have to be as fit as Keanu Reeves to achieve the sprinting speed and physical strength that Baptiste is required to achieve in Series 2 .

Considering that we see him shortly before all the action begins as a washed up drunk in dereliction a bit implausible to say the least Tcheky Karyo must have had a very fit stunt man.

I enjoyed this series with a few reservations but it's a worthy follow up to series one and worth seeing for an amazing performance from Fiona Shaw I hope she receives a BAFTA and Emmy nomination she really deserves one.

No jpc-32341... the S2 was much better... see again please! Production is better, stories reveals lots of things... I think you should try again. My suggest is you should think about all back and forward of the storie!

Baptiste is entertaining but the storyline is not convincing enough. As a dutch national I was exited that it is set in Amsterdam where i have worked for three years. But why have belgian actors playing the Dutch police? If you don't speak Dutch than you wont notice, but a belgian accent for dutch police officers in the city of Amsterdam is kind a funny. We have actors in Holland you know :-)

I loved both series "Missing". Excellently written plot with somone dissapearing at its core. But there is so much more to it always, not to mention new beautiful european filming locations. I hope these series will hold up to the promissing new start.

Season 1 was awesome but season 2 I think was a complete and utter terrible unbelievable story. I had to turn it off a few episodes in.

The negative reviews are quite interesting. I often wonder when people write bad reviews how old they are, what country they live in, and their worldliness...also political leanings.

Enough of that. First episode, I questioned whether I would be interested in Baptiste. It seemed slow and Baptiste outdated as far as law enforcement procedures was concerned. I was wrong! Baptiste is brilliantly done and the topic of Season One is something we all should pay attention to. Seems the judicial system spends too much time persecuting wealthy heavy hitters that are notable who offended a few women #MeTo generation rather than underground traffickers. Agree the wealthy heavy hitters behavior isn't acceptable, but what about the millions of poor young women who are truly victims of sex trafficking worldwide? That's what Season One was all about. I'm appalled at the people who don't seem to "get it," but probably enjoyed reading about the Bill Cosbys and Weinsteins of the world .. or Epstein & his gang of merry wealthy men. Huge difference.

Went with low hopes for season 2 after the reviews but ended up not finding it that bad. Still enjoyable for 1-2 episodes per evening :) Overall 7/10.

'Baptiste' was watched with high expectations when Season 1 was first advertised. Absolutely loved 'The Missing' for most of its run and one of the biggest reasons was the mesmerising acting of Tcheky Karyo. The cast was also a very talented one, and Season 2 was also watched with high expectations because of being generally very impressed by the first season. Certainly enough to make me want to continue. Am a fan too of this genre, so would watch anything in it.

Some viewers loved 'Baptiste', others hated it. Especially Season 2. Can personally see both sides, being someone who was and still is in retrospect very conflicted on her feelings of the series. While really liking Season 1, though not quite as much as any episode from 'The Missing', Season 2 in most aspects was a real disappointment and felt like a completely different series to what came before it. Was really struggling which rating to give 'Baptiste', with it being a series of two very different halves.

There are good things here. The two consistent best things in both seasons are the very atmospheric locations and Karyo knocking it out of the park once again as Baptiste, he has such a great ability of telling so much in such a charismatic yet moving way while saying and doing little and that is something very special in an actor that is not seen a lot these days this viewer feels.

Did think that Season 1 had a lot to admire. Outside of those two particularly great aspects, the photography was gritty and moody and loved the Scandanavian mystery thriller-like mood that was suspense laden. The music had presence while not overpowering. Other members of the cast performed very well, with chilling Alec Secareanu immediately standing out.

Against all those good things, in my view it was too obvious too soon about there being an inside job betrayal and did have an inkling who it was.

Regarding Season 2, other than Karyo and the locations, as well as some stylish photography, it was incredibly disappointing. The story is excessively convoluted nonsense, to the point of incoherence with so much left vague or completely skimmed over and the ridiculousness was insulting. It really could have done with slowing down and not trying to cram in so much, with the second half particularly feeling rushed and over-stuffed.

Writing also isn't as taut and can be soapy and there is a real lack of tension and suspense, because the viewer is continually struggling to comprehend what is going on. The acting is noticeably inferior to that in the first season, am someone who usually loves Fiona Shaw but despite some moving moments her acting mostly was overwrought.

Very conflicted overall and can see both sides of liked it and hated it. 5/10.

Season 1 was great.

Season 2 is not that so. Despite the acting being still excellent, Emma's character is so weak and dumb that it really weakened everything else.

Anyone that's watch the show's prequel (not that it has to be watched to understand this series, it's more of a spin off) will be engorged and have them thinking in every scene, who is the person really behind this? When we watched Missing a few years ago, I think we past viewers will agree we were all shocked but satisfied when the answers were revealed. I feel like this will be the same. It gets me thinking. In every scene I'm trying to put pieces together and work our what's going on. Even in the first episode (which is all I've seen so far as the next one isn't out til next week) there are some shocks and twists in the tale. And the episode ended on a big cliffhanger. I can tell this series will be great. Great acting, great locations, and brings to light the horrible things that go on in our societies. I would definitely recommend this :)

Although reasonably entertaining, this Baptiste story is a ridiculous chase after money which is constantly being stolen and is far removed from anything that could happen in real life. The police are inapt and people get away with murder.

The complex plot goes much wider than this and some of it is actually happening in many countries. If you like a slow burner, this mystery may be more to your liking. It is below standard of what one usually expects from the BBC.

Season 2: A completely new story, more realistic but still very complex, about the British ambassador in Hungary, who loses her husband and her 2 sons are kidnapped. Baptiste offers his help in solving this matter. My star rating remains the same.

Perhaps it's a little slow to begin with but there are many twists and turns and every episode leaves you with a cliffhanger. The acting is high quality and the story is gripping. Give it a go and make your own mind up.

It's fair to say one of the most memorable things to come from the Missing series was the character of Baptiste, Tchéky Karyo was hugely charismatic, so it came as no surprise that he got his own series.

From start to end, it is captivating, gripping, hard hitting drama, there is no lull at any point, it is full throttle throughout. The characters are big, and the performances are excellent, Karyo, Hollander and Raines are all excellent, Alec Secareanu is just terrific as Constantin, he's a menacing character.

Some very tense moments, some edge of the seat, dramatic scenes, including a pulse racing car chase.

Slick production values, the Dutch location work gives it a very different feel, it looks terrific throughout.

A real winner, BBC I hope more are planned. 9/10

I have yet to see season 2, mostly because I felt it ended well in season 1. He's an old man, retired, and it was a suspenseful case with all the moving pieces.

This show kind of manipulates you...at some point it's like it's leading up to something great...like something awesome is building up...and then it just lets you down...

the pacing is good in some areas...in others not so much...the dialogue can be a bit bland and exhausting...also pointless...

the twists don't feel natural...the whole story feels half-baked...

i would say...find another show...this isn't really worth your time.

14 months earlier. 14 months later. 14 months earlier. 14 months later. 14 months earlier. 14 months later. I shouldn't have to work this hard to be entertained.