Guillaume Debailly

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Guillaume Debailly, également connu sous le nom de Paul Lefevbre (nom public), ou de Malotru (nom de code donné par le Bureau). est le personnage principal de la série *Le Bureau des légendes*.

## Histoire

Il fit sa première apparition dès le 1er épisode de la saison une, lorsqu'il était en mission en tant qu'agent, en Syrie.

*The Bureau* begins with Malotru (which means “Brute” – don’t worry, it’s ironic) returning to Paris after six years undercover in Syria. His superiors at France’s elite undercover spy agency the Bureau were worried he wouldn’t be able to put the thrill of the undercover world behind him. They were right; over the course of the next few seasons, Maltrou sneaks away from his handlers to continue an affair, becomes a CIA double-agent, travels to Syria pretending to be a suicide bomber, is taken hostage, escapes to France then flees to Moscow, and becomes a prisoner of the Russian secret service.

While Malotru’s seen his fair share of action over the course of the series, it’s when he’s in a room with his opponents using his charm and intellect to win them over (or occasionally, not) that he really shines. He’s almost always the smartest man in the room, and the series makes sure to constantly put him up against people who are no dummies either. That’s not to say he’s invulnerable though, and at the end of season four it looked like he’d been killed by Russian separatists. Can *The Bureau* continue without its super spy?

## Personnalité

Guillaume Debailly, aka Malotru, an intelligence officer at the French DGSE (their CIA) who spends six years undercover in Syria before returning to Paris and quickly becoming one of the organization’s leaders. He’s played by Mathieu Kassovitz.

Debailly, who goes by Paul Lefebvre, brings us deeper into the psyche of what it takes to be truly good at his job, and the show itself isn’t afraid to question his motivations. On the surface, the thing that gets him into trouble on his return to Paris—I’ll be intentionally vague to avoid spoilers—can be seen as an act of love. But as a psychiatrist who also works for the DGSE tells him, it’s more than that. He has an addiction to the thrill of duplicity, and to emerge from that is shocking and disquieting, and he has the urge to jump straight back into the dynamic. It undermines what looks like noble intent, and hints at the egotism and even narcissism of those who play god by adopting fake personas, becoming close with people under false pretenses, and coercing or outright manipulating them.

The work can be noble, but to be truly great, *The Bureau* posits, you have to be something of a sociopath. And Guillaume Debailly *is* a sociopath, I think, albeit a very likable one. He’s a natural leader, funny, reliable, seemingly empathetic, and with the bearing of somebody who would never hurt you. A quarter-smile, Mona Lisa-like, always plays on his face, and his features have a natural friendliness to them, perfect for hiding the viper inside. Everything to him is a kind of game, albeit with serious consequences, and his biggest fear is somehow being extracted from that fame.

## Guillaume Debailly's best dialogues( With Timestamps)

1. "The art of spying is the art of doubt. If you don't have doubt, you don't have anything." (Season 1, Episode 1, 02:30)
2. "Spies don't have friends. We have colleagues and enemies." (Season 1, Episode 2, 17:50)
3. "The truth is like the horizon, you can approach it, but you'll never reach it." (Season 1, Episode 4, 12:20)
4. "In the intelligence game, the one who gets to know the enemy best wins." (Season 2, Episode 2, 15:30)
5. "You think you know what you're capable of, but you don't. Until you're tested." (Season 2, Episode 8, 34:30)
6. "Being a spy is a life of lies. But the worst lie is the one you tell yourself." (Season 3, Episode 2, 18:45)
7. "We're all prisoners of our own secrets." (Season 3, Episode 3, 03:00)
8. "You have to be ready to sacrifice everything for your country, even your soul." (Season 4, Episode 5, 13:45)
9. "The most dangerous thing in this world is an idea." (Season 5, Episode 1, 02:50)
10. "The truth doesn't matter. It's the story that counts." (Season 5, Episode 10, 35:25)

## Durant les saisons

**Note:** cette section contient uniquement les principaux événements ayant eut lieu durant les saisons respectives ci-dessous. Cela permet de comprendre comment le personnage a évolué.

### Saison 1

Articles détaillés : Saison une et Saison 1/Guillaume Debailly