Alphonse
The series revolves around Alphonse, a chameleon-like man whose main mission is to please women and satisfy all their wishes.
Genre: Comedy
Cast:Pierre Arditi , Marie-Christine Barrault , Francine Bergé , Jean Dujardin , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Nicole Garcia , Laura Morante , Myriem Akheddiou , Denis Ardant , Thomas Arnaud , Lily Aubry , Alice Aufray , Lubna Azabal , Véronique Balme , Thierry Barbet , Olivier Barthélémy , Arnaud Baudoin , Marie-Pierre Bellefleur
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Alphonse gets assaulted by mafia men at a job he struggles to keep. On paid leave in therapy, he discusses his mother's disappearance when he was a child. Returning to work, he is immediately let go by his boss and in the same day learns his estranged father is in the hospital. Their rekindling is rocky, especially when Alphonse finds out his father has secretly worked as a gigolo his whole life.
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Telling his wife Margo he's found success in a new day job, Alphonse secretly replaces his father as a gigolo servicing aging Parisian women. Though he stumbles out of the gate, struggling to keep his high-maintenance clients satisfied, he soon discovers the work helps him come into his own. His clever wife, however, does not stay fooled for long.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
Alphonse's top client has a troublesome grandson who is after her money by hook or by crook. Alphonse and his father lock horns over management of the business when it becomes apparent Alphonse is a prodigy. Margo begins an affair with the couple's lesbian mortgage advisor. Alphonse's long-lost mother, recently widowed in Italy, takes a trip back to Paris.
S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
Alphonse and Adèle conspire to get her grandson Imprisoned. Margot catches Alphonse with his pants down, yet once the truth is revealed their marriage is reborn. Jacques attempts to go back to work Only to find he may be in love with Marthe, the most difficult of clients. Adèle succumbs to failing health and bequeaths her remaining fortune to Alphonse.
S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5
Adèle's grandson hires deadbeat private detective Wilfried to track down his grandmother's wealth.
S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6
Alphonse and Margot have to improvise a jet-setter's vacation in Nice. Lonely in Paris, Alphonse's mother calls an escort service that comes highly recommended.
