2025– · Based on 1 season, 6 episodes through November 9, 2025 ·
Jules Maigret is a young chief inspector in the Paris Police Judiciaire. He leads a small team while solving murders, robberies, threats, and family crimes across modern Paris. Maigret often ignores orders because he trusts his own sense of justice. The show has a serious, slow, and sometimes grim crime-drama tone. The show updates the old detective world with a mixed team that includes several women and people from different ethnic backgrounds. The team works together through banter and loyalty, but the story does not center on identity politics. Some cases show abuse, class power, police pressure, and unfair treatment of outsiders. These ideas support the crime plots more than they drive the whole series.
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These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Maigret.
Woke representation / casting
The modern police team includes women and a visibly mixed cast. PBS marketing directly points to diversity and women as changes from the books. The casting fits a present-day Paris setting, so the representation is noticeable but not dominant.
35%
Woke political dialogue
The series contains some talk about police power, justice, and unfair treatment. The dialogue does not often push modern identity or activist ideas. No repeated DEI or gender-politics speeches shape the season.
8%
Identity-driven story themes
The team shows women and minority characters working as capable police officers. A gay suspect also appears in one case. These elements are visible, but the main stories remain murder investigations rather than identity-centered plots.
20%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Maigret often clashes with police bosses, judges, and rich people who use power badly. The show questions unfair systems and police methods in several episodes. The criticism is mainly part of the crime stories, not a broad attack on Western culture.
24%
Woke character or canon changes
The series moves Maigret into present-day Paris and changes the old team with more gender and ethnic diversity. The creators publicly presented these changes as part of making the show fit modern Paris. The changes are clear, but they do not replace the central detective or his main character.
38%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
A few online viewers called the supporting cast politically correct or disliked changes from the books. These comments had limited reach and did not produce a boycott, review-bombing campaign, or major news story. Most visible reaction was ordinary interest or approval.
12%
Creator track record context
Susanne Simpson has a repeated focus on wider representation and women’s stories. Faye Gilbert has worked on social hardship and gendered power. The other key creators have little clear activist or identity-focused history, keeping this factor moderate-low.
25%
Production
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