Lieutenant Jérôme Collet Character Analysis in The Da Vinci Code

Lieutenant Jérôme Collet is an agent working under Captain Bezu Fache for the Direction Centrale Police Judiciaire. He ferries Robert Langdon to the Louvre under suspicion of his involvement in the murder of curator Jacques Saunière. Although Collet frequently questions Fache’s rash decisions during the investigation, he defers to the captain in all but extreme circumstances.

Lieutenant Jérôme Collet Quotes in The Da Vinci Code

The The Da Vinci Code quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Jérôme Collet or refer to Lieutenant Jérôme Collet. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

Langdon was feeling anything but fortunate, and coincidence was a concept he did not entirely trust. As someone who had spent his life exploring the hidden interconnectivity of disparate emblems and ideologies, Langdon viewed the world as a web of profoundly intertwined histories and events. The connections may be invisible, he often preached to his symbology classes at Harvard, but they are always there, buried just beneath the surface.

Related Characters: Robert Langdon (speaker), Jacques Saunière, Lieutenant Jérôme Collet

Page Number and Citation: 15-16

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In law enforcement, hesitating to arrest a fugitive only occurred when uncertainty had arisen regarding the suspect’s guilt. Is Fache having second thoughts that Langdon is the right man? The thought was frightening. Captain Fache had gone out on a limb tonight to arrest Robert Langdon—surveillance cachée, Interpol, and now television. Not even the great Bezu Fache would survive the political fallout if he had mistakenly splashed a prominent American’s face all over French television, claiming he was a murderer.

Related Characters: Captain Bezu Fache, Lieutenant Jérôme Collet, Robert Langdon, Sir Leigh Teabing/The Teacher

Page Number and Citation: 271

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Lieutenant Jérôme Collet Character Timeline in The Da Vinci Code

The timeline below shows where the character Lieutenant Jérôme Collet appears in The Da Vinci Code. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...visitor is en route to Langdon’s room. Annoyed, Langdon opens his door to Lieutenant Jérôme Collet of the Direction Centrale Police Judiciaire (DCPJ)—the French equivalent of the U.S. FBI. Collet confirms... (full context)

As Collet drives through Paris, Langdon mourns Saunière, who he deeply admired. Collet remarks on Langdon’s presence... (full context)

Collet alerts his captain to their arrival. The gigantic plaza features a controversial modern structure: La... (full context)

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...is baffled, though Fache claims this is why they sought him out. From Saunière’s office, Collet eavesdrops on Langdon and Fache’s conversation being taped in the Grand Gallery. (full context)

Back in Saunière’s office, Collet admires Fache’s interrogation techniques. Earlier, Fache told his agents he knew who killed the curator,... (full context)

Collet suddenly radios Fache to tell him a cryptographer has arrived, despite orders not to interrupt... (full context)

...solitary bathroom break, confident he cannot escape. Then, Fache returns to Saunière’s office and asks Collet to keep a close eye on their suspect, who is still in the bathroom according... (full context)

...the hope they will incriminate themselves. As proof, Sophie directs Langdon to the GPS tracker Collet placed in his pocket at the hotel. She insists he keep it on his person,... (full context)

Fache returns from a call to the makeshift command post in Saunière’s office. There, Collet reports that Langdon is still in the bathroom. The tracker is still moving, so they... (full context)

Fache is annoyed that Sophie isn’t answering his calls. He tells Collet the Cryptology director called to say his team hasn’t found any references for Saunière’s “Draconian... (full context)

Fache sprints to the bathroom. On the walkie talkie, Collet reports that Langdon’s GPS dot is moving fast, meaning he must be in a car.... (full context)

Fache calls Collet at the Louvre to tell him that Sophie Neveu tipped Langdon off to the police’s... (full context)

Back at the Louvre, Fache is furious that Grouard let Sophie and Langdon escape. Collet updates him: they’ve located Sophie’s car and flagged Langdon’s purchase of train tickets. Believing the... (full context)

...promises someone will help them, leaves quickly, and locks them in. Across town, Fache tells Collet Interpol received a tip: the fugitives are at a bank. (full context)

...the bank uses for discreet deliveries. Vernet disguises himself and nervously drives toward the street. Collet stops the vehicle and questions him. Pretending to be a working-class driver, Vernet claims he... (full context)

Collet waits for Fache and the warrant outside the depository bank, certain the bankers are hiding... (full context)

Collet and his agents surround Teabing’s château. Fache calls, irritated that no one updated him on... (full context)

...the monk’s cilice. Silas’s gun fires. Sophie kicks him, knocking him out. Hearing the gunshot, Collet orders his men to move in regardless of Fache’s orders. Meanwhile, Langdon regains consciousness to... (full context)

Collet and his agents enter Teabing’s château, spreading out to search the house. They find signs... (full context)

Back at Teabing’s château, Fache is furious that Collet let Langdon escape again, even though he understands Collet’s reasons for disobeying orders, given available... (full context)

Collet oversees the forensic crew examining Teabing’s château. The evidence they’ve found is random and inconclusive,... (full context)

At Teabing’s château, Collet receives news from Interpol that Vernet is, on paper, an upstanding citizen. They flagged Rémy... (full context)

In the hayloft at Teabing’s château, Collet reviews the locations bugged by the hidden surveillance system. One of the locations is Jacques... (full context)

...exploited the Vatican and Opus Dei for his own purposes, covering his tracks carefully. Still, Collet has found information at Teabing’s château linking the knight to hidden surveillance devices, which were... (full context)

...euro among the families who have suffered because of Silas’s actions. On the hospital TV, Collet delivers a press conference at the château. When asked if Fache’s false accusations of Langdon... (full context)

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Lieutenant Jérôme Collet Character Timeline in The Da Vinci Code