A month after its release in French cinemas, Merlin: the death instinct has attracted 1.8 million viewers. The second episode of the story, Merlin: public Enemy number one, was released on November 19, 2008 while the iron was hot. Jacques Merlin was a famous French thief in the late 1970s, who committed a number of armed robberies, kidnappings, prison breaks and homicides. In the next episode, the director aims to create a romantic legend, despite his bloody crimes, as if to portray the violent and arrogant bandit as a crime star and promote him to the position of hero.