La Libération
or The Liberation
July 25, 1942
Marie Germain and Hélène Crémieux escape from the school. They are forced to depart on foot because the car is being watched. Marie sends Sophie to Lucienne's home and then heads back to her farm. She tells Albert Crémieux about what happened.
Lucienne keeps an eye on Hélène until Jules returns. The Gestapo search the town for Hélène and they are nearing Jules and Lucienne's apartment. Jules hides Hélène in a closet which he then locks. The Gestapo shows up and starts to search but then Lucienne pretends that she is going into labor. The Gestapo officers leave without searching the closet.
Hortense visits the school. She helps Sarah escape. She stays in her place. She tries to explain, once Sarah is long gone, that she is the mayor's wife. The Germans don't believe her. She manages to shout a message to Jules when he comes to the school to try and talk to Anna Crémieux. Sarah returns to the Larcher's home.
Servier announces to the Jewish people held at the school that they are headed to Drancy, a suburb of Paris. The story about Poland was false. He thanks Judith Morhange for all she has done.
Marchetti continues to try to help Rita and her mother. He runs into a stumbling block when he learns about the fact that Hélène escaped. He tells Loriot to grab Rita's mother and take her directly to the school. He doesn't tell Rita what he's doing. He sends her back to his place after showing her the deserted apartment that she and her mother used to occupy. He places the blame for her mother's disappearance on the Germans.
Lucienne goes into labor. Hélène doesn't know what to do. She tries going for help and is picked up by the Gestapo as she is leaving the apartment. They take her back to the school where she is reunited with her mother.
Daniel Larcher returns home and finds Sarah there. She tells him how Hortense helped her to escape from the school. He rushes back to the school but by the time he gets there the school has been cleared of the prisoners and the train has left town.
Mr. Cohn and his daughter are picked up by the French police. Marchetti handles their case by himself. He gives then a pass that is good for a week which should be enough time for them to get across the border into Switzerland.
Daniel gets home and finds Hortense there. Servier got her freed before the train departed.
Lucienne gives birth to a girl whom she and Jules name Françoise.
Thoughts
Raymond and Jeanine Schwartz are not in this episode.
I was a little surprised at how easy it seemed that Marie and Hélène escaped. I had visions of them getting gunned down by German soldiers as they ran away. The Germans seemed to be primarily focused on finding Hélène and didn't seem to give any thought to finding Marie.
I don't get it. The Gestapo officers had to know that Jules and Lucienne were hiding Hélène but they don't do anything about it.
The train has gone. Judith Morhangs and Rita's mother were among those who were presumably on the train. How is it that no one, specifically the Germans, has noticed that Sarah is missing? They should have at least noticed that there was one fewer prisoner when it came time to get them on the train.
What's the plan for Sarah now? I could do without her once again becoming Daniel's lover. It makes me uncomfortable. The actor that plays Daniel is 28 years older than the one who plays Sarah.
The music at the end of the episode is different than usual. I wonder if that is going to be the closing music going forward.
The title for this episode seems a bit odd. One character escapes temporarily, only to be recaptured. Another escapes and is still free. The Liberation seems like a bit of an overstatment.
I want to like this episode more than I do. It isn't awful but there are some things that just don't make sense to me or rub me the wrong way.
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