Monsieur Spade
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Maltese Falcon and Monsieur Spade episode 1!
The Clive Owen-led neo-noir detective series boasts an impressive cast as well as a thrilling story.
Here’s who plays who in Monsieur Spade.
As it turns out, Brigid approached Spade and Archer to track her partner in crime, Thursby.
Unfortunately, she was caught and sentenced to 20 years in prison at the end ofThe Maltese Falcon.
However, Sam Spade and Brigid never reunited, with her dying before the events ofMonsieur Spade.
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Unfortunately, Brigid died in a trail derailment accident, putting an end to her life of crime.
Though it’s not named, a war is referred to throughout Sam Spade’s story in Monsieur Spade.
Here’s which real-life conflict they’re talking about.
Based on the works of Dashiell Hammet, Monsieur Spade is a mystery crime-drama series created for AMC by Scott Frank and Tom Fontana. The series follows Detective Sam Spade years into retirement, now living in France. His peaceful era is interrupted by a former foe who begins a string of murders, forcing Sam to return and uncover the truth about the town he now inhabits.
Monsieur Spadealso reveals a lot about the daughter in question, with her name being Teresa.
The series explains that, after meeting Phillippe, the duo had a daughter.
Upon discovering this, Spade tracked down Teresa and attempted to bring her to her father.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t work out.
The bond between Spade and Teresa remained strong, with Spade periodically checking in on Teresa.
Teresa wants to leave The Covenant and stay with Spade, but things unfortunately don’t work out.
However,Monsieur Spadeputs a spin on things, completely changing the setting of the TV show.
This just so happens to be where Phillippe resides, with it being the main setting of the show.
However, this only lasted a short time before tragedy struck Sam Spade’s life once again.
The series follows Detective Sam Spade years into retirement, now living in France.
