At the start of the episode, Edward (Tom Hollander) speaks with a bleeding Nicolae (Zachary Baharov). He encourages him to call an ambulance. Edward questions him about Natalie’s sister. He shows Nicolae a picture Natalie (Anna Prochniak) sent him. Nicolae suggests that Dragomir would know. He was in charge of the young girls back them. Edward learns about Dragomir becoming Kim. Nicolae tells him to decide if he is going to help him. He has told Edward everything he knows. Julien (Tcheky Karyo) and Genevieve (Jessica Raine) try to hunt down Martha. Nicolae bleeds to death. Edward leaves the safe house with a bag full of clothes. Julien and Gene meet with Niels (Boris Van Severen).

Niels is not happy about the secret being hidden from him. Genevieve learns that Julien is his father. Julien tells him about the murders and Martha being corrupted. Niels doesn’t believe it. He tells them where to find his mother before returning to his drink. Genevieve and Julien find Martha. They accuse her of working with the gang. She tries to laugh it off. Genevieve believes Martha (Barbara Sarafian) had Constantin (Alec Secareanu) killed as well. Martha denies working with the Romanian gang. Martha tells them to get a warranty before riding off on her bike. Genevieve asks Julien if he believes her. He admits he wants to.

Genevieve believes Julien is hiding something from her. Their car is hit and a gunman fires at them. Genevieve calls for help as they attempt to lose the hitman. They manage to lose him temporarily. Then, the chase resumes. They manage to meet up with the police. Edward calls the police about his wife’s murder. He promises to explain everything to them, but he has something to do first. Julien realizes that the car hit them right after their meeting with Martha. They visit Mr. Visser’s house. He claims he threw away all of the equipment. He shows it to them in the trash outside. Genevieve wonders if it is really worth digging through. Edward goes looking for Kim (Talisa Garcia). He learns about her death. He is told about Greg as well. Edward speaks with Greg (Trystan Gravelle).

Greg remembers him. Greg asks him what he wants. Edward admits he was hoping Kim would be able to help with something from her past life. Edward is told he can look through the box. Greg confesses he can’t do it himself. Edward confirms that Dragomir was a bad person. Edward wonders why Kim left that stuff. It contains names and dates of transactions. It is everything Dragomir did for the Brigade Serbilu. He suggests it might be like an insurance policy. Edward looks in the envelope that had Greg’s name on it. Julien and the others get the computer up and running again. They learn that Niels is the one working with the gang. A gang member, Toma (Dejan Bucin), meets up with Niels. Toma tells him about Julien and Genevieve getting away. Niels says that they need to stop looking at us.

Julien and Genevieve visit Martha. They tell her everything. Martha gives them directions, but doesn’t join them. On the way up, Genevieve asks Julien why he broke up with Martha. He confesses that he was afraid and not ready at the time. They enter the flat a short time later. Julien finds out that Martha is on the phone warning Niels. A bunch of burner phones are found. Julien gets Martha’s phone and speaks with Niels. Niels says these things are going to happen with or without him. Niels says that people died because of Julien. Julien blames Niels. Martha admits Niels is all she has left. Genevieve is confident that they’ll find Niels. Toma breaks into Genevieve’s house. He pulls out a butcher knife. Julien meets with Edward.

Edward hopes he can still help Cristina. He tells Julien about his visit with Greg. He gives Julien a list of numbers. It contains coordinates. Julien tells Edward that he should go home. Gene returns home and notices her ornament has been moved. She grabs a pair of scissors. She looks everywhere and finds nothing. Then, she gets a call from Michael. She calls Julien and tells him about the call. Michael works with her. He got word from one of his men out in Bucharest. Niels’s name is out there. The gang has put a reward on his head. Genevieve says they’re safe now. Julien tells her about the items Greg found. Genevieve wants to find Niels to get information from him. After the call, Julien tells Celia (Anastasia Hille) she can sleep in her own bed again. We jump forward two months. Edward strolls along the beach.

Julien meets up with him. Edward says he dad liked collecting the shells there. Julien thinks Edward’s dad might have been looking for order. Edward asks about the numbers. We see police raid a building. Julien and Genevieve follow behind them. Gang members are arrested. The girls are found. Julien asks the girls about Cristina. One of the girls admits to knowing her. She says the girl is gone. Cristina was bought for 750 euros. Edward tells Julien about going to the funerals of Carl and Claire. He admits he repulses himself. Martha strolls through the streets. She meets with Niels. He admits he has been hiding under bridge. He tells her that he decided to work with the gang after he was diagnosed. He thought he would go down in flames.

Martha gives him a passport. Niels looks around and realizes he has been set up. He tries to make a run for it. Then, he takes Martha hostage. Martha digs through her purse. Niels shoots her in the head and shoots Julien. Julien tells Edward that his son will now die in prison. Genevieve visits Lucas. She tells Ines that she won’t see her around anymore. Genevieve tries to make things right with her. Ines tells her about a book Lucas was reading and never finished. She tells Genevieve that she could finish reading it to him. Niels is allowed to visit his mother’s gravesite. Julien tells Edward he hopes he will become something else. Edward asks Julien what he is going to do now. Julien doesn’t say.

 

Baptiste Review

The finale of Baptiste was pretty good. It definitely brought everything together and wrapped everything up. The way it finished up was very good. I thought we were going to get some cliffhangers when Julien and Edward met on the beach. The time jump was a little more effective. I enjoyed the entire season. It was definitely slow in the beginning, but picked up pretty quickly. If you can stick with the opener, you’ll end up enjoying the show to some degree.

It isn’t the best show I’ve watched. Nevertheless, I liked it. It has been better than some of the other recent dramas I’ve watched. The finale scores a 7.5 out of 10. Don’t forget to check out Reel Mockery’s previous Baptiste recaps.