A Math-Savvy Crook Goes Undercover as a Teacher in Netflix’s New French Comedy
Eddy — played by Alexandre Kominek — is a math genius and small-time crook who suddenly finds himself staring down real jail time. His only way out? A wildly questionable deal: go undercover as a high-school teacher and quietly identify the hidden child of a major criminal. Because nothing says “rehabilitation” like tossing a fraud into a classroom full of teenagers.
The setup puts Flunked somewhere between crime caper, workplace comedy and school-day disaster, with Eddy forced to bluff his way through lesson plans while keeping his real assignment buried.
Official Synopsis
Netflix’s setup is simple: Eddy is a brilliant mathematician and small-time crook who is offered a way out of prison if he agrees to go undercover as a high-school teacher. His mission is to identify the hidden child of a major criminal — while convincing everyone around him that he actually belongs at the front of a classroom.
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Alexandre Kominek leads Flunked, a new French comedy about a crook whose way out of jail comes with one very unlikely undercover assignment.
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From Small-Time Crook to Extremely Unqualified Teacher
As expected, things go sideways fast. Eddy slips into escapism, chaos and hilariously good trouble, juggling fake lesson plans, suspicious students and the constant threat of blowing his cover. It’s messy, it’s charming, and it’s very French.
The series is part of Netflix’s 2026 French lineup and was showcased at Séries Mania, giving the comedy an early festival spotlight ahead of its streaming debut.
Kominek leads the story as Eddy, with the series building its comedy around the collision between his criminal instincts and a school environment where teenagers can make even a seasoned hustler look underprepared.
Netflix has Flunked set to arrive April 23, 2026, giving viewers a little time to decide whether Eddy’s undercover teaching career sounds like a brilliant plan or one spectacularly bad idea.
Images: Netflix.
Watch the Official Trailer Ahead of Its April 23 Drop
The official trailer introduces Alexandre Kominek as Eddy and previews the undercover classroom chaos ahead of the series’ Netflix debut.
Sources: Netflix; Séries Mania.
