Dark Hearts (2023–present)

TV ShowOn airDrama, War & Politics, Action & Adventure2 seasons, 12 episodes
Dark Hearts posterReview score: 80%

Plot

The French Special Forces are deployed in Iraq, on the eve of the battle of Mosul, in October 2016. The members of this commando have the mission of finding and exfiltrating the daughter and the grandson of an important French Emir of Daesh who captured and who will cooperate with them only on this condition.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Dark Hearts S02E06Episode 6S02E06 · 9.5While the DGSE sets a plan in motion to divert Moktar’s attention, the 45 launch their assault to extract Sab...
  2. 02Dark Hearts S01E02HisbaS01E02 · 9.2Commando team 45 attempt to find Fares. Adele asks Kurdish intelligence for assistance.
  3. 03Dark Hearts S01E01MosulS01E01 · 9.0An elite French commando group is tasked with rescuing the daughter of a jihadist.

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2023Aired 8.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Dark Hearts S01E01MosulFebruary 3, 2023 9.0An elite French commando group is tasked with rescuing the daughter of a jihadist.
  2. S01E02Dark Hearts S01E02Season's bestHisbaFebruary 3, 2023 9.2Commando team 45 attempt to find Fares. Adele asks Kurdish intelligence for assistance.
  3. S01E03Dark Hearts S01E03PiegeFebruary 3, 2023 9.0The team are told there is pressure to move Zaid to Paris, so they have to act quickly.
  4. S01E04Dark Hearts S01E04TarekFebruary 3, 2023 8.3The team follow two leads in their attempt to find Salwa and Yanis.
  5. S01E05Dark Hearts S01E05High Value TargetFebruary 3, 2023 8.0The commando team finally locate Salwa but are forced into a fight with Isis soldiers.
  6. S01E06Dark Hearts S01E06RescueFebruary 3, 2023 8.7A rescue mission is launched to find the captured soldier Sab.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2025Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S02E01Dark Hearts S02E01Episode 1May 9, 2025 8.3After Sab’s capture, Group 45 brings in two new special forces operatives and Pierre, an agent from the DGSE. Negotiations with Zaïd are mak
  2. S02E02Dark Hearts S02E02Episode 2May 9, 2025 8.3In order to retrieve Sab, the 45 must protect Zaïd by eliminating a survivor from Qalb Aswad who wants to report him to ISIS.
  3. S02E03Dark Hearts S02E03Episode 3May 9, 2025 8.0Zaïd disappears from the radar while Moktar grows increasingly suspicious. Meanwhile, the 45 bypass the DGSE and recruit Soraya as a source,
  4. S02E04Dark Hearts S02E04Episode 4May 9, 2025 8.7Moktar becomes uncontrollable, and the DGSE begins to question its ties with him.
  5. S02E05Dark Hearts S02E05Episode 5May 9, 2025 8.0A joint operation between the DGSE and the 45 is devised to take down Moktar and rescue Sab.
  6. S02E06Dark Hearts S02E06Season's bestEpisode 6May 9, 2025 9.5While the DGSE sets a plan in motion to divert Moktar’s attention, the 45 launch their assault to extract Sab...

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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