Alexandra Ehle works as a forensic pathologist at the Bordeaux Institute of Forensic Medicine. She's brilliant, eccentric and independent, and navigates her way through this environment with disconcerting ease. Her mission is to restore the physical and "human" dignity of the deceased, to do them justice. So she conducts her own investigations, ignoring the advice of her team and the warnings of Antoine Doisneau, the Commander of the Judicial Police, whom she loves to take by surprise... Alex is supported by young Théo Durrel, who has just arrived at the IML. Attracted by her charm, he does everything to please her, but he's not really at ease in this environment. Together, Alex and Théo form a team that is as unlikely as it is effective, even if it means ignoring basic legal rules...