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* ProdigalFamily: Gabriël's family counts as this, as he never talks about them and members never show up in the show. The reason for this is revealed in the episode "Vuil", where we find out that a row between Gabriël and his father caused a rift between him and the rest of his family. By the end of the episode, he's made things right and can be seen working in his family's food stand.
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* ProdigalFamily: Gabriël's family counts as this, as he Gabriël never talks about them his family and members never none of his relatives show up in the show. up. The reason for this is revealed in the episode "Vuil", where we find out that a row between Gabriël and his father caused a rift between him and the rest of his the family. By the end of the episode, he's Gabriël's made things right and can be seen working in his family's food stand.
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* InnocentCohabitation: Frieda, the wife of Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" claims that she doing this with Klaus, even though it's blatantly obvious that they're having an affair. She eventually resorts to making him a tenant, to give him a valid reason for living in her marital home, but merely fools the court with this.
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* AdultFear: The episode "Verloren weekend" has two instances of this. The first is a child (the daughter of Chris' client) who goes missing and eventually ends up dead nearby, to the utter heartbreak of the parents. The second tops this, when it turns out that the child was murdered by her twin brother, who now faces time in an institution (or even jail) because of it. And not just that, but the guilt of the murder also nearly drives the twin brother to suicide, which would mean the death of both children.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The episode "Verloren weekend" has two instances of this. The first is a child (the daughter of Chris' client) who goes missing and eventually ends up dead nearby, to the utter heartbreak of the parents. The second tops this, when it turns out that the child was murdered by her twin brother, who now faces time in an institution (or even jail) because of it. And not just that, but the guilt of the murder also nearly drives the twin brother to suicide, which would mean the death of both children.
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* BrokenPedestal: Justin Okiko, Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart" suffers uite harshly from this after he gets accused of raping a sixteen-year-old, as all of his (former) fans turn on him without a second thought, forming an angry mob at his door.
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* BrokenPedestal: Justin Okiko, Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart" suffers uite quite harshly from this after he gets accused of raping a sixteen-year-old, as all of his (former) fans turn on him without a second thought, forming an angry mob at his door.
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** During the robbery that took place in the episode "Bankwezen", one of the clients at the bank (the son of the bank manager) wets himself out of fear. This might have been [[a ruse, as he turns out to be in league with the robbers all along.
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** During the robbery that took place in the episode "Bankwezen", one of the clients at the bank (the son of the bank manager) wets himself out of fear. This might have been [[a [[spoiler: a ruse, as he turns out to be in league with the robbers all along.along]].
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In the episode "Liefde", when Hugo gets a call from the Neo-Nazis who kidnapped Chris about an (unrelated) weapon trade (used by Hugo to find Chris), Hugo wants to leave for the meeting sraight away, while Paul-Emile wants to warn the district attorney first. Louise eventually comes up with the ideal compromise: Hugo already leaves for the rendez-vous, while Paul-Emile warns the district attorney.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In the episode "Liefde", when Hugo gets a call from the Neo-Nazis who kidnapped Chris about an (unrelated) weapon trade (used by Hugo to find Chris), Hugo wants to leave for the meeting sraight straight away, while Paul-Emile wants to warn the district attorney first. Louise eventually comes up with the ideal compromise: Hugo already leaves for the rendez-vous, while Paul-Emile warns the district attorney.
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--> '''"Commander"''': Consider it done! You're grandfather told me much about his birth region... He was proud of his heritage!
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--> '''"Commander"''': Consider it done! You're Your grandfather told me much about his birth region... He was proud of his heritage!
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Steffie from the episode "Schoolslag" was a typical example of this, as she incited all of her colleagues to bully a rival teacher she wanted out of the school, while pretending to be near-saintly herself. She even made it look like her victim lost her mind, merely to (kindly) whisk away any allegations as the onset of Alzheimers (which she had every bt of understanding for. She's eventually exposed for what she is after taking a prank to far.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Steffie from the episode "Schoolslag" was a typical example of this, as she incited all of her colleagues to bully a rival teacher she wanted out of the school, while pretending to be near-saintly herself. She even made it look like her victim lost her mind, merely to (kindly) whisk away any allegations as the onset of Alzheimers (which she had every bt bit of understanding for.for). She's eventually exposed for what she is after taking a prank to far.
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---> '''Sander''': No, I've gone snowbaording...snowboarding...
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* AristocratsAreEvil: A good example of this is given in the episode "Adel verplicht, where (nearly) all of the episodes villains were nobility.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: A good example of this is given in the episode "Adel verplicht, verplicht", where (nearly) all of the episodes villains were nobility.
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* TheCon: Luc, of all people, gets involved in one in the episode "Stalker", when he acts as the attorney of his "Aunt" Emma. She has a dispute with one of her tenants, about damage caused by faulty plumbing. While Emma initially plays the sweet old lady, Luc eventually finds out (from her) that the faulty plumbing was a hidden defect and that she's trying to pin it on her tenants. He ends up handing over the case to Gabriël, who (quite easily) wins the case for her.
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* RealEstateScam: Luc, of all people, gets involved in one in the episode "Stalker", when he acts as the attorney of his "Aunt" Emma. She has a dispute with one of her tenants, about damage caused by faulty plumbing. While Emma initially plays the sweet old lady, Luc eventually finds out (from her) that the faulty plumbing was a hidden defect and that she's trying to pin it on her tenants. He ends up handing over the case to Gabriël, who (quite easily) wins the case for her.
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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: After Rob Scherpenberg executes [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]] at the start of the episode "Liefde", he leaves her corpse at a memorial for the victims of his terroristic shooting to wanr everyone that he means bussiness.
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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: After Rob Scherpenberg executes [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]] at the start of the episode "Liefde", he leaves her corpse at a memorial for the victims of his terroristic shooting to wanr warn everyone that he means bussiness.
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* CowboyCop: Hugo was this at the federal judicial police and continues on this path after he becomes Chris' assistant / [=PI=].
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** Hugo was this at the federal judicial police and continues on this path after he becomes Chris' assistant /[=PI=].[=PI=].
** The victim of the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" was notorious for being this (in addition to a DirtyCop) as well, which was related to him being (very) deep undercover in the maffia, as well as to his (extreme) persistence in taking down the maffia. First deputy procurator DiBruno even compares Hugo to him, stating that he reminds him of the victim more and more every time they speak (which, according to him, isn't a good thing).
** Hugo was this at the federal judicial police and continues on this path after he becomes Chris' assistant /
** The victim of the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" was notorious for being this (in addition to a DirtyCop) as well, which was related to him being (very) deep undercover in the maffia, as well as to his (extreme) persistence in taking down the maffia. First deputy procurator DiBruno even compares Hugo to him, stating that he reminds him of the victim more and more every time they speak (which, according to him, isn't a good thing).
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gambling debts.
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** [[spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gamblingdebts.debts.
** The victim of the episode "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" was this as well, as he started working for the maffia after infiltrating them as an undercover cop. This eventually lead to his dead, as he threatened the wrong person, who eventually saw no other way out than to kill him.
** [[spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gambling
** The victim of the episode "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" was this as well, as he started working for the maffia after infiltrating them as an undercover cop. This eventually lead to his dead, as he threatened the wrong person, who eventually saw no other way out than to kill him.
* Fingore: This happened to "De keizer", the (anonymous) kingpin of a Belgian crime syndicate from the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", at one point in his life, as his most distinguishing feature is that he's lacking phalanges on several of his fingers on his left hand.
* ForceFeeding: The killer of the two-parter "Onderwereld/Bovenwereld" force fed her victims an entire bottle of whiskey, to make them docile enough to hang them from the doorknob afterwards. This nearly worked on Hugo as well, but Stanny arrived on the scene just in time to cut him loose.
* LockedRoomMystery: The murder of the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" was a minor case of this, as the victim was slumped against the door of his bathroom, preventing anyone from getting in or out. In a twist on this trope, Hugo and Stanny quite quickly prove how easily someone could do this by themselves, if they had enough strength.
* MoleInCharge: First deputy procurator Carlo Dibruno from the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" was this, as he was leading an investigation on organized crime (more specifically, the maffia) in Brussels, while being in their pocket all along. This is most clearly shown by his reluctant attitude in his investigation of "De keizer", a mysterious and anonymous maffia kingpin (who happens to be his patron).
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* MustStateIfYoureACop: In the episode "Nachtvlucht", one of the victim's neighbours ask Chris and Hugo if they're lawyers or cops. Hugo's answer was probably the only one he ever used during his time at the [=GP=]. What makes it funnier is that Hugo wasn't with the police anymore.
--> '''Hugo''': Do I look like a cop?
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** In the episode "Nachtvlucht", one of the victim's neighbours ask Chris and Hugo if they're lawyers or cops. Hugo's answer was probably the only one he ever used during his time at the [=GP=]. What makes it funnier is that Hugo wasn't with the police anymore.
--> ---> '''Hugo''': Do I look like a cop?cop?
** This happens to Hugo once more in the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", when he tries to convince the killer that he's, in fact, an undercover cop.
---> '''Hugo''' ''[sloshed]'': Not that it matters too much, but I'm a cop...
---> '''Killer''': Yeah right, next you're gonna tell me the other guy was one as well!
---> '''Hugo''': I was send in to investigate a murder and expose a maffia kingpin.
---> '''Killer''': Alright, prove it! All cops must be able to identify themselves...
---> '''Hugo''': Not if they're undercover...
** In the episode "Nachtvlucht", one of the victim's neighbours ask Chris and Hugo if they're lawyers or cops. Hugo's answer was probably the only one he ever used during his time at the [=GP=]. What makes it funnier is that Hugo wasn't with the police anymore.
** This happens to Hugo once more in the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", when he tries to convince the killer that he's, in fact, an undercover cop.
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---> '''Killer''': Yeah right, next you're gonna tell me the other guy was one as well!
---> '''Hugo''': I was send in to investigate a murder and expose a maffia kingpin.
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* NeverSuicide: The murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst" was initially labelled as a suicide by the police. After Chris convinced the victim's mother to demand an autopsy, the coroner came to the conclusion that she was actaully murdered and that the killer staged the scene as a suicide.
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* NeverSuicide: NeverSuicide:
** The murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst" was initially labelled as a suicide by the police. After Chris convinced the victim's mother to demand an autopsy, the coroner came to the conclusion that she was actaully murdered and that the killer staged the scene as asuicide.suicide.
** In the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", the victim's death was also classified as suicide by the first deputy procurator, even though the victim was far too drunk to have killed himself the way he did. His death eventually turns out to be murder, when the killer tries to use the same method on Hugo.
** The murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst" was initially labelled as a suicide by the police. After Chris convinced the victim's mother to demand an autopsy, the coroner came to the conclusion that she was actaully murdered and that the killer staged the scene as a
** In the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", the victim's death was also classified as suicide by the first deputy procurator, even though the victim was far too drunk to have killed himself the way he did. His death eventually turns out to be murder, when the killer tries to use the same method on Hugo.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", the [=CEO=] of a videogame developer is threatened by the maffia into handing over the code for his latest game, a war game called "The Big Hit". When trying to reconstruct the reason for the maffia's interest in the videogame code, Hugo and Stanny quickly come to the conclusion that the maffia is trying to sell the code to a military organization, as they could use it to improve their weapons systems (even citing an incident where the the military of several Middle Eastern countries bought large shipments of [=PS2s=] to replicate and use their technology in their weapons systems).
* SurrenderBackfire: Henk Molenaar tries to surrender after getting caught during a burglary, only for the resident to shoot him in the face.
* SurrenderBackfire: Henk Molenaar tries to surrender after getting caught during a burglary, only for the resident to shoot him in the face.
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* SurrenderBackfire: Henk Molenaar tries to surrender after getting caught during a burglary, only for the resident to shoot him in the face.
* SwissBankAccount: The CorruptCorporateExecutive from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" has several shell companies which are located on the isle of Jersey.[[note]]A small island near the coast of France, which is autonomic under British protection[[/note]] He uses those companies for tax evasion purposes and to act as a front / scapegoat for when things go awry.
* SwissBankAccount: The CorruptCorporateExecutive from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" has several shell companies which are located on the isle of Jersey.[[note]]A small island near the coast of France, which is autonomic under British protection[[/note]] He uses those companies for tax evasion purposes and to act as a front / scapegoat for when things go awry.
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* SurrenderBackfire: Henk Molenaar tries to surrender after getting caught during a burglary, only for the resident to shoot him in the face.
* SwissBankAccount:SwissBankAccount:
** The CorruptCorporateExecutive from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" has several shell companies which are located on the isle of Jersey.[[note]]A small island near the coast of France, which is autonomic under British protection[[/note]] He uses those companies for tax evasion purposes and to act as a front / scapegoat for when things goawry.awry.
** The criminal organization from the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" also owned a private bank in the Cayman Islands, which they used to launder money, as well as to extort people who took a loan with them.
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** The CorruptCorporateExecutive from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" has several shell companies which are located on the isle of Jersey.[[note]]A small island near the coast of France, which is autonomic under British protection[[/note]] He uses those companies for tax evasion purposes and to act as a front / scapegoat for when things go
** The criminal organization from the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" also owned a private bank in the Cayman Islands, which they used to launder money, as well as to extort people who took a loan with them.
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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: This was first deputy procurator Carlo Dibruno's stance on the murder of one of his undercover cops in the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld". The victim was clearly murdered, as he was too drunk to pull off suicide. Dibruno, however, kept insisting it was suicide to deter an ongoing investigation into the matter, as he was part of a criminal organization and tried to prevent them from becoming suspects in the murder. This didn't work, however, as Hugo and Dtanny were convinced it was murder and proved it to be as much, by the end of the first part
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* Turncoat: A positive example of this is seen in the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld", when Pieter Mariman, the barrister who represented the opposing party in the previous episode, "Pro-Deo", becomes the newest employee of Leduc & Partners.
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* VillainousHarlequin: The two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld" featured a gangster who dressed up as a clown to abduct the child of Chris' client. In a strange twist on the trope, he played a kind and generous clown, who gave the child gifts in order to get her to come along with him. His motives, however, were entirely evil, as the criminal organization he worked for used the child as a bargaining chip.
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** Chris and Hugo work two sides of the same case in the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld. Hugo tries to solve the murder of an undercover agent, wich leads him to a mysterious crime syndicate. Meanwhile, Chris is trying to protect her client from the same crime syndicate (not aware that Hugo has gone undercover to lure them out). It takes about two-third of the two-parter for them to find out that they were working against the same opponent, after which they team up and take on the crime syndicate together.
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* AssholeVictim: The victim of the episode "Geduld" was this to such a degree that his wife spent 10 years planning the perfect murder, after which Chris (who's renowned for building her cases on honesty and facts) lied in court (together with all of Leduc & Partners) to keep her client (the murderer) out of jail. Furthermore, when they were looking for character witnesses, they had to refuse people from applying, as there was more than a busload of people who wanted to state in court how much of a bastard the guy was. It obviously didn't help that the guy was a renowned wife beater, who spent more time in strip clubs than at home and who was drunk almost every day.
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** The victim of the episode "Geduld" was this to such a degree that his wife spent 10 years planning the perfect murder, after which Chris (who's renowned for building her cases on honesty and facts) lied in court (together with all of Leduc & Partners) to keep her client (the murderer) out of jail. Furthermore, when they were looking for character witnesses, they had to refuse people from applying, as there was more than a busload of people who wanted to state in court how much of a bastard the guy was. It obviously didn't help that the guy was a renowned wife beater, who spent more time in strip clubs than at home and who was drunk almost everyday.day.
** The victim of the episode "Pro Deo" was this as well, as he promised his daughter's fiancé (who had a mental handicap) that he could marry his daughter if he saved 1 million Belgian francs (25000 €), only to pocket the money and come back on his word (stating that he meant 1 million €). The fiancé wasn't pleased and murdered the man.
** The victim of the episode "Geduld" was this to such a degree that his wife spent 10 years planning the perfect murder, after which Chris (who's renowned for building her cases on honesty and facts) lied in court (together with all of Leduc & Partners) to keep her client (the murderer) out of jail. Furthermore, when they were looking for character witnesses, they had to refuse people from applying, as there was more than a busload of people who wanted to state in court how much of a bastard the guy was. It obviously didn't help that the guy was a renowned wife beater, who spent more time in strip clubs than at home and who was drunk almost every
** The victim of the episode "Pro Deo" was this as well, as he promised his daughter's fiancé (who had a mental handicap) that he could marry his daughter if he saved 1 million Belgian francs (25000 €), only to pocket the money and come back on his word (stating that he meant 1 million €). The fiancé wasn't pleased and murdered the man.
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* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Happens in the episode "Verloren weekend", when the police finds the murder weapon because the son of Chris' client draws attention to it by trying to hide it, putting his fingerprints on it in the process. Appears to be subverted near the end of the episode, as the son eventually turns out to be the killer.
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* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon:
** Happens in the episode "Verloren weekend", when the police finds the murder weapon because the son of Chris' client draws attention to it by trying to hide it, putting his fingerprints on it in the process. Appears to be subverted near the end of the episode, as the son eventually turns out to be thekiller.killer.
** While he doesn't handle the murder weapon (as it's long gone), Chris' client from the episode "Pro Deo" manhandles the victim's corpse instead (while staunching the blood and checking for a pulse), which makes him the prime suspect for the murder. He even gets convicted because of it.
** Happens in the episode "Verloren weekend", when the police finds the murder weapon because the son of Chris' client draws attention to it by trying to hide it, putting his fingerprints on it in the process. Appears to be subverted near the end of the episode, as the son eventually turns out to be the
** While he doesn't handle the murder weapon (as it's long gone), Chris' client from the episode "Pro Deo" manhandles the victim's corpse instead (while staunching the blood and checking for a pulse), which makes him the prime suspect for the murder. He even gets convicted because of it.
** Despite the bullying and gaslighting taking place in the episode, "Schoolslag" was this in season four, as it wasn't merely the only episode not to feature a murder or other horrible crime, but it was furthermore one of the few episodes of the season, which didn't end with a downer ending. In addition, it fell in between the episode "Lijk in de kast", which contained one of the show's most sadistic villains, and the final four episodes, which featured the near-murder of Chris ("Nachtvlucht"), a blatant case of MiscarriageOfJustice which made Chris doubt her career choices ("Pro Deo") and the series finale (the two-parter "Onderwereld / Bovenwereld"), which got both Chris and Hugo nearly killed.
** Chris' client from the episode "Pro Deo" becomes the victim of this, when his girlfriend's lawyer forces her to change her statement right before the closing statements, in order to frame him for the murder. The girlfriend reluctantly complied, because her lawyer told her that she would be sent to jail otherwise, which she wanted to avoid.
** This happened to Chris' client and his girlfriend in the episode "Pro Deo", as they were accused of murder, simply because they were the only two people the police could place at the scene (through the video of a security camera). The murderer, however, entered and left through the back window. In a rather cruel twist on the trope, finding the guilty party did nothing to exonerate Chris' client, as he wouldn't confess in front of court to what he did (the fact that he had a mental handicap didn't help), while the girlfriend's lawyer (eventually) framed Chris' client (through a false confession) for the murder, in order to let her client go free.
* HenpeckedHusband: While he was only her fiancé, Benny Andersen from the episode "Pro Deo" states that he was this to his girlfriend Vera in a conversation with Hugo. He even uses the Flemish version of "being under her thumb" ("Onder de sloef liggen") to describe their relationship.
* InspectorLestrade: Commissioner Van Cleef from the episode "Pro Deo" was this, as he was utterly convinced that Chris' client and his girlfriend were the culprits from the start of the investigation, with only a scrap of (circumstantial) evidence to go on. He subsequently picked and chose the evidence to prove their guilt (while ignoring any elements that could prove their innocence) and constructed everything they said and did as an admission of guilt on their part. He's wrong, obviously, but eventually does see one of his suspects convicted, due to an obvious case of MiscarriageOfJustice.
--> '''Chris' client''': In the eyes of commissioner Van Cleef, everything we say or do is an admission of guilt! He has us pegged as the murderers regardless...
--> '''Chris' client''': In the eyes of commissioner Van Cleef, everything we say or do is an admission of guilt! He has us pegged as the murderers regardless...
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* MealTicket: Ben Lauricks from the episode "Te jong" was this, after he became smitten with a female singer half his age. He quickly came around, after she changed the locks on him.
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** Ben Lauricks from the episode "Te jong" was this, after he became smitten with a female singer half his age. He quickly came around, after she changed the locks onhim.him.
** Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" was this to his wife and her lover, who would abuse his kind-heartedness and generosity.
** Ben Lauricks from the episode "Te jong" was this, after he became smitten with a female singer half his age. He quickly came around, after she changed the locks on
** Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" was this to his wife and her lover, who would abuse his kind-heartedness and generosity.
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* MentalHandicapMoralDeficiency: Benny Andersen from the episode "Pro Deo" had a mental defiency and murdered the victim in a fit of rage. Nevertheless, he doesn't feel guilty about the murder, even if an innocent person goes to jail for it, simply because he doesn't understand that what he did was wrong (or how dire the consequences are).
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** Koen Janssen from the episode "Pro Deo" was wrongfully convicted of murdering a man in a gas station bathroom, even after Chris showed that he most likely wasn't the killer (as the killer was right-handed, while Koen was left-handed). He was furthermore convicted solely on circumstantial evidence and motive (as they could prove that he stole the 25000 € in cash the victim had on him). Moreover, Chris and Hugo find the actual culprit (the mentally handicapped fiancé of the victim's daughter), but can't manage to convince anyone that he's the killer (predominantly because of his handicap). Chris spends the next couple of episodes trying to prove his innocence (to no avail, however).
--> '''Koen''': Life in prison! How?!
--> '''Koen''': I'm entirely innocent! I didn't murder the guy!
--> '''Koen''': Life in prison! How?!
--> '''Koen''': I'm entirely innocent! I didn't murder the guy!
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** Chris' client of the episode "Pro Deo" also became the victim of this, as everyone (even the judge and the jury) were more focusses on the motive Chris' client had for the murder (the theft of the victim's money), than on actual evidence Chris provided. This continued even after Chris provided an alternative suspect (who had, in fact, murdered the victim), simply because they believed that Chris' client had too much of a motive not to be the killer.
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* {{Plunder}}: The main reason why Chris' client from the episode "Pro Deo" gets convicted in the end, is because he stole an envelope with 25000 € from the victim's corpse. He even states that anyone in a similar position would do the same, as it was just too tempting to pass down.
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* RejectedMarriageProposal: In the episode "Pro Deo", Hugo proposes to Chris (as he wants to keep seeing her, after returning to the [=GP=]). At first, Chris thinks he's joking and laughs at him. Then, she (somewhat more) politely rejects his proposal, as she doesn't want to be his consolation price (as his career will always go first). She eventually accepts his proposal several episodes laters, during the season finale.
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* YouMakeMeSick: This was the reaction of both Chris and her fellow attorney Mariman to the underhanded action of a (befriended) attorney in the episode "Pro Deo", where the latter used a false confession to frame Chris's client and get her's go free as a result.
--> '''Katrijn''' ''[to Mariman]'': I would like to congratulate you with your closing statements, confrère.
--> '''Mariman''': You don't have any confrères here, anymore.
--> '''Katrijn''' ''[to Mariman]'': I would like to congratulate you with your closing statements, confrère.
--> '''Mariman''': You don't have any confrères here, anymore.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The two-parter "Haat / Liefde" revolves around a terrorist attack by members of a right-wing extremist movement called Wodan, who drew most of their inspiration from the Nazis
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The two-parter "Haat / Liefde" revolves around a terrorist attack by members of a right-wing extremist movement called Wodan, who drew most of their inspiration from the NazisNazis.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: This was apparently the reaction to Mangelschots getting KickedUpstairs at the [=GP=], if Stanny's word could be taken for it. Then again, Stanny was his successor as commissioner.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: This was apparently the reaction to Mangelschots getting KickedUpstairs at the [=GP=], if Stanny's word could be taken for it. Then again, Stanny was his successor as commissioner.
** Michael Nachtegaele from the episode "Nachtvlucht" also fell under this trope, as he was the only man who was never suspected of the murder. Chris and Hugo evetually only find out by chance that he was involved, as he otherwise would have gotten away with it.
* CutAndPasteNote: Greet Nachtegaele from the episode "Nachtvlucht" receives two of these with the intention to scare her into quiting her profession (prostitution). A partial address pressed into the letters used in in the notes is eventually used to find the culprit, who turns out to be [[spoiler: her son]].
* DisposableSexWorker: The episode "Nachtvlucht" featured Els Nachtegaele, a prostitute who was stoned to death at the end of her workday (while working from her sisters house). It eventually turns out that not she, but her sister (who's also a prostitute) was the intended target. Nevertheless, the murderer specifically acted out of spite against prostitutes, as he was [[spoiler: the son of one himself]].
* GasChamber: The killer of the episode "Nachtvlucht" tried to kill both Chris and his [[spoiler: mother]] by using a garage as an impromptu gas chamber (by turning on the car inside and letting it run). His plan his, fortunately, foiled right on time by Hugo.
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* GoldDigger: Candy from the episode "Te jong" was this, as she roped a wealthy man twice her age into give her a record deal (he wasn't a producer) and a condo.
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* GoldDigger: GoldDigger:
** Candy from the episode "Te jong" was this, as she roped a wealthy man twice her age into give her a record deal (he wasn't a producer) and acondo.condo.
** Els Nachtegaele, the victim of the episode "Nachtvlucht", turned out to be this, as she tricked one of her customers (she was a prostitute) into buying her extras, in exchange for her promise to marry him. The customer eventually becomes the prime suspect, as he was onto Els for a while and wanted one of his gifts (an expensive engagement ring) back from her.
** Candy from the episode "Te jong" was this, as she roped a wealthy man twice her age into give her a record deal (he wasn't a producer) and a
** Els Nachtegaele, the victim of the episode "Nachtvlucht", turned out to be this, as she tricked one of her customers (she was a prostitute) into buying her extras, in exchange for her promise to marry him. The customer eventually becomes the prime suspect, as he was onto Els for a while and wanted one of his gifts (an expensive engagement ring) back from her.
** Chris nearly got murdered in the episode "Nachtvlucht" for exactly this reason. The killer even literally states the trope name.
--> '''Greet''' ''[to the killer]'': Let me out of here!
--> '''Killer''': No!
--> '''Greet''': Then at least let Chris go, she's innocent in all of this!
--> '''Killer''': She knows too much!
--> '''Greet''' ''[to the killer]'': Let me out of here!
--> '''Killer''': No!
--> '''Greet''': Then at least let Chris go, she's innocent in all of this!
--> '''Killer''': She knows too much!
* HighClassCallGirl: Anke Ravens from the episode "Lijk in de kast" was this, as she was working for an agency catering to high-end clientele, who needed a female companion to accompany them to parties and conferences. This becomes a plot point during the episode, as her excellent reputation makes the story of Chris' client unlikely.
** Greet Nachtegaele from the episode "Nachtvlucht" was this as well, as she prostituted herself to provide for her son (who she gave birth to at fifteen). Even after [[spoiler: he turns out to be the murderer]], she still forgives him and let's him off the hook for his crimes.
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* KickedUpstairs: In the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", a critical civil servant at the planning department is promoted to a different position, partially because of this trope and partially as a reciprocal service for keeping quiet about an environmental scandal.
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* KickedUpstairs: KickedUpstairs:
** In the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", a critical civil servant at the planning department is promoted to a different position, partially because of this trope and partially as a reciprocal service for keeping quiet about an environmentalscandal.scandal.
** This also happens to commissioner Mangelschots, who gets promoted to an unnamed (and apparently unimportant) committee. He's replaced by Stanny, who overjoyed at the fact that Mangelschots is finally gone (together with Chris and Hugo).
** In the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", a critical civil servant at the planning department is promoted to a different position, partially because of this trope and partially as a reciprocal service for keeping quiet about an environmental
** This also happens to commissioner Mangelschots, who gets promoted to an unnamed (and apparently unimportant) committee. He's replaced by Stanny, who overjoyed at the fact that Mangelschots is finally gone (together with Chris and Hugo).
* Matricide: The killer form the episode [[spoiler: "Nachtvlucht"]] attempts to murder his mother, because of her profession (she's a prostitute). However, he targets the wrong person and kills his aunt by mistake. He eventually tries again and nearly kills Chris as well (as she was an inconvenient witness).
* MurderByMistake: The killer from the episode "Nachtvlucht" killed his aunt by mistake, while attempting to kill his [[spoiler: mother]], as it was dark and she was using her umbrella.
* MustStateIfYoureACop: In the episode "Nachtvlucht", one of the victim's neighbours ask Chris and Hugo if they're lawyers or cops. Hugo's answer was probably the only one he ever used during his time at the [=GP=]. What makes it funnier is that Hugo wasn't with the police anymore.
--> '''Hugo''': Do I look like a cop?
--> '''Hugo''': Do I look like a cop?
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* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: In the episode "Illegaal", when Chris eventually find the husband of her client, it turns out he has re-married his new wife (under some duress), thinking that his old wife was murdered during the war. It becomes a bit of a plot point, as his marriage to her client is the only grounds for her and her son to get a visa.
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* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: OopsIForgotIWasMarried:
** In the episode "Illegaal", when Chris eventually find the husband of her client, it turns out he has re-married his new wife (under some duress), thinking that his old wife was murdered during the war. It becomes a bit of a plot point, as his marriage to her client is the only grounds for her and her son to get avisa.visa.
** Armand from the episode "Nachtvlucht" wanted to marry Els, a prostitute he frequented, and even bought her an engagement ring. What he never mentioned, was that he was married already, with a child and several grandchildren.
** In the episode "Illegaal", when Chris eventually find the husband of her client, it turns out he has re-married his new wife (under some duress), thinking that his old wife was murdered during the war. It becomes a bit of a plot point, as his marriage to her client is the only grounds for her and her son to get a
** Armand from the episode "Nachtvlucht" wanted to marry Els, a prostitute he frequented, and even bought her an engagement ring. What he never mentioned, was that he was married already, with a child and several grandchildren.
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* RankUp: Stanny Michel is promoted to commissioner of the [=GP=] near the end of the series, after his boss, Mangelschots, gets KickedUpstairs.
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* SingleMomStripper: Greet Nachtegaele from the episode "Nachtvlucht" was a single mom prostitute, after her parents kicked her out of the house when she was fifteen, for getting knocked up and refusing to get rid of her child. she nearly pays the ultimate price for it, when [[spoiler: her son]] tries to murder her because of her profession.
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* SonOfAWhore: This was the killer's motive for murder in the episode [[spoiler: "Nachtvlucht"]]. He had always been embarrassed by his mother's profession (and even tried to keep it a secret, to no avail). When the revelation that his mother was a prostitute cost him his relation, he decided that she needed to die, but killed his aunt by mistake. Afterwards, he sent her threatening notes, in order to make her retire early. He eventually tried again and nearly ended up killing Chris as well.
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* Gaslighting: Steffie and her fellow teachers did this to one of their colleagues, Lydia, in the episode "Schoolslag". They would steal important mail or report cards, unlock doors Lydia locked, steal her dayplanner and even open several gas bottles (creating a potentially dangerous situation) simply to both mess with her head and to make it look like she was becoming senile (which led to no one believing Lydia, when she tried to set the record straight). It only worked half, as Lydia was adamant that she wasn't going senile (which caused her to see through the gaslighting attempt). Nevertheless, everyone else (including the principal) did think that she was senile, which would have cost her her job, if it weren't for Chris.
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* Gaslighting: {{Gaslighting}}: Steffie and her fellow teachers did this to one of their colleagues, Lydia, in the episode "Schoolslag". They would steal important mail or report cards, unlock doors Lydia locked, steal her dayplanner dayplanner, plant Alzheimers medication in her drawer and even open several gas bottles (creating a potentially dangerous situation) simply to both mess with her head and to make it look like she was becoming senile (which led to no one believing Lydia, when she tried to set the record straight). It only worked half, as Lydia was adamant that she wasn't going senile (which caused her to see through the gaslighting attempt). Nevertheless, everyone else (including the principal) did think that she was senile, which would have cost her her job, if it weren't for Chris.
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* Gorn: The episode "De jacht" contained a rather graphic beheading scene, in which a convicted serial killer decapitates another serial killer with a piece of iron wire.
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* ItsPersonal: Chris' case in "Lichter dan lucht" quickly becomes this for her, as the client is a friend of her then-boyfriend, who (almost) instantly became a friend of hers too. She ends up getting far too involved with her client (and the case) to see that he's the bad guy.
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* ItsPersonal: ItsPersonal:
** The episode "Familiezaken" is this for Hugo, as Leduc & Partners are defending his niece, Karen, who became the victim of rape at the hands of her boss.
** Chris' case in "Lichter dan lucht" quickly becomes this for her, as the client is a friend of her then-boyfriend, who (almost) instantly became a friend of hers too. She ends up getting far too involved with her client (and the case) to see that he's the badguy.guy.
** The episode "De Rietdekkers" is quite personal for Gabriël, who's called in to act as a negotiator in the kidnapping case of fiancé's father. It becomes ADayInTheLimelight for Gabriël, as well as the case that breaks his career.
** The episode "Schoolslag" is, once more, personal for Hugo, as his favorite primary school teacher has become the victim of "mobbing" (bullying in group), which could cost her her job (as no one believes her allegations).
** The episode "Familiezaken" is this for Hugo, as Leduc & Partners are defending his niece, Karen, who became the victim of rape at the hands of her boss.
** Chris' case in "Lichter dan lucht" quickly becomes this for her, as the client is a friend of her then-boyfriend, who (almost) instantly became a friend of hers too. She ends up getting far too involved with her client (and the case) to see that he's the bad
** The episode "De Rietdekkers" is quite personal for Gabriël, who's called in to act as a negotiator in the kidnapping case of fiancé's father. It becomes ADayInTheLimelight for Gabriël, as well as the case that breaks his career.
** The episode "Schoolslag" is, once more, personal for Hugo, as his favorite primary school teacher has become the victim of "mobbing" (bullying in group), which could cost her her job (as no one believes her allegations).
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* KidDetective: Alan from the episode "Schoolslag" aspires to be this, as he's interested in police and detective work. He furthermore has become extremely good at eavesdropping, which eventually helps Chris' case. Moreover, if Hugo's old primary school teacher is to be believed, Hugo was this as well during his childhood, as he aspired to be a detective even back then.
* KidsAreCruel: In the episode "Schoolslag", the children of miss Lydia's class are very easily turned against her by her bully, miss Steffie, despite the fact that they like her as a teacher. Hugo even tells Lydia that kids will just mimic whatever mean words they're told, no matter how cruel they are. They eventually make things right with her in the end, though.
* KidsAreCruel: In the episode "Schoolslag", the children of miss Lydia's class are very easily turned against her by her bully, miss Steffie, despite the fact that they like her as a teacher. Hugo even tells Lydia that kids will just mimic whatever mean words they're told, no matter how cruel they are. They eventually make things right with her in the end, though.
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* PeerPressuredBully: A whole group of these shows up in the episode "Schoolslag". Throughout the episode, it turns out that Lydia, Hugo's favorite (former) primary school teacher, is being bullied by the rest of the teachers. Eventually, they discover that the entire bullying campaign was organized by one of the teachers, Steffie, and that the others joined in mainly because of this trope. They even state that they would have never done anything like this on their own and that they were used by Steffie to further her goals (driving Lydia out of the school, so she could take her job).
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** This was Steffie's motive to start a bullying campaign against one of her colleagues, Lydia. She needed Lydia to go on early retirement, so she could get her job at the school, and organized a bullying and {{Gaslighting}} campaign to have her deemed unfit to work (and drive her crazy in the process). She, furthermore, couldn't wait for Lydia to retire on her own accord, as her job was on the line, due to the declining number of students at the school.
---> '''Lydia''' ''[after Steffie turned her class against her in public]'': Why are you doing this?
---> '''Lydia''': Why are you picking on me?! What have I ever done to you?
---> '''[[BitchInSheepsClothing Steffie]]''': Well, it all has to do with student numbers, you see... Nothing personal, though.
---> '''Lydia''' ''[after Steffie turned her class against her in public]'': Why are you doing this?
---> '''Lydia''': Why are you picking on me?! What have I ever done to you?
---> '''[[BitchInSheepsClothing Steffie]]''': Well, it all has to do with student numbers, you see... Nothing personal, though.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Steffie from the episode "Schoolslag" invoked this trope in an attempt to get an older colleague of hers fired. She would gaslight her by stealing her mail and unlocking her classroom door to make her look forgetful and she even placed Alzheimers medication in her desk to imply that she was suffering from the onset of that disease. It would have worked, if Chris and Hugo hadn't intervened.
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: This is Chris' strategy in the episode "Schoolslag" to make the bully of her client (one of the school's teachers) stand down. The bully had decided to gang up on the teacher with all of the other teachers to drive her out of the school, so Chris decided to go over her head and play politics with the district representative to drive her out instead (using a prank that could have seriously gone wrong as leverage).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Steffie from the episode "Schoolslag" was a typical example of this, as she incited all of her colleagues to bully a rival teacher she wanted out of the school, while pretending to be near-saintly herself. She even made it look like her victim lost her mind, merely to (kindly) whisk away any allegations as the onset of Alzheimers (which she had every bt of understanding for. She's eventually exposed for what she is after taking a prank to far.
* CassandraTruth: Chris' client from the episode "Schoolslag", Lydia, becomes the victim of this. She's continuously being bullied and [[Gaslighting gaslighted]] by her colleagues, who are trying to get rid of her, because she's near retirement anyways (which would allow one of them to take her job). Whenever she tells anyone about the bullying, however, no one believes her, because her bullies made it look like she's become forgetful lately, which would be a (far more benign, but false) explanation for the things happening to Lydia.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: During the episode "Schoolslag", Hugo recognizes one of the teachers at his old school, but doesn't know where he saw him. After some catching up, it turns out that the teacher was an old classmate of Hugo, who only went to class with him for one year (as Hugo didn't pass that year). Judging from Hugo's reaction, he forgot about the guy entirely until that point.
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** Hugo and Stanny also have a funny conversation about the phonetic pronounciation of the acronym
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* Gaslighting: Steffie and her fellow teachers did this to one of their colleagues, Lydia, in the episode "Schoolslag". They would steal important mail or report cards, unlock doors Lydia locked, steal her dayplanner and even open several gas bottles (creating a potentially dangerous situation) simply to both mess with her head and to make it look like she was becoming senile (which led to no one believing Lydia, when she tried to set the record straight). It only worked half, as Lydia was adamant that she wasn't going senile (which caused her to see through the gaslighting attempt). Nevertheless, everyone else (including the principal) did think that she was senile, which would have cost her her job, if it weren't for Chris.
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** Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" carved a Fleur-de-Lîs on his victims as a means to brand them (like cattle).
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* BondageIsBad: Chris' client from the episode "Pirma Donna" (a sixteen-year-old prostitute) is confronted with a case of this, when one of her clients turns out to be a (sexually) sadistic physician.
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* BondageIsBad: BondageIsBad:
** Chris' client from the episode"Pirma "Prima Donna" (a sixteen-year-old prostitute) is confronted with a case of this, when one of her clients turns out to be a (sexually) sadistic physician.physician.
** Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" was probably one of the most evil clients Chris had throughout her career (and one of her other clients was a convicted serial killer). He was also really into [=BDSM=] (in particular the sadism part), complete with leather masks, whips and other implements.
** Chris' client from the episode
** Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" was probably one of the most evil clients Chris had throughout her career (and one of her other clients was a convicted serial killer). He was also really into [=BDSM=] (in particular the sadism part), complete with leather masks, whips and other implements.
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* BribeBackfire: Happens to J.C. Pickery in the episode "Familiezaken", when he tries to bribe Karen into dropping her rape case against him. Not only does she refuse the bribe, but she steals a floppy disk containing evidence of Pickery's tax evasion.
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* BribeBackfire: BribeBackfire:
** Happens to J.C. Pickery in the episode "Familiezaken", when he tries to bribe Karen into dropping her rape case against him. Not only does she refuse the bribe, but she steals a floppy disk containing evidence of Pickery's taxevasion.evasion.
** Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" forces Chris to bribe a high-class escort, after he drugged her, raped her and maimed her face. This goes as well as you would expect it to go (not well at all). In an ironic spin on this trope, the victim eventually does want to take the bribe, only for Penne to refuse to make her the offer again (because he wants to see her squirm.
** Happens to J.C. Pickery in the episode "Familiezaken", when he tries to bribe Karen into dropping her rape case against him. Not only does she refuse the bribe, but she steals a floppy disk containing evidence of Pickery's tax
** Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" forces Chris to bribe a high-class escort, after he drugged her, raped her and maimed her face. This goes as well as you would expect it to go (not well at all). In an ironic spin on this trope, the victim eventually does want to take the bribe, only for Penne to refuse to make her the offer again (because he wants to see her squirm.
** Martin Tijsmans from the episode "Lijk in de kast" allegedly commited suicide by car crash, becuase he felt guilty for duping thousands of clients of his bank (who predominantly aimed their services towards working-class citizens). Ironically, not Martin, but his bussiness associate Penne was guilty of the fraud that caused the bank to go bankrupt, but as Martin conscripted most of the clients, he felt a personal responsibility.
** This is also Henri Penne's initial strategy in the episode "Lijk in de kast", as he wanted to pay 50000 €, despite proclaiming his innocence. In a shocking twist on the trope, he eventually refuses to pay the bribe, because the person being bribed initially declined to take it.
* FalseReassurance: Chris, of all people, sarcastically reassures Paul-Emile (who got Leduc & Partners blackmailed into defending an evil client) that everything will be okay over the phone. The fact that she's convinced that everything she's saying is a lie, which she will have to propagate, is truly brought home by the sheer amount of sarcasm she puts in her voice.
--> '''Chris''' ''[Sarcastically to Paul-Emile over the phone]'': No, the case is going well... Our client is perfectly happy with the defense we have prepared, e.g. the character murder of a crack whore. He furthermore provided us with a star witness, who will say exactly what we want to hear and if this defense is brought the immaculate Chris Haagdoorn, the judge will eat it up like a five-star dinner. I'm so glad I get to do this for you!
--> '''Chris''' ''[Sarcastically to Paul-Emile over the phone]'': No, the case is going well... Our client is perfectly happy with the defense we have prepared, e.g. the character murder of a crack whore. He furthermore provided us with a star witness, who will say exactly what we want to hear and if this defense is brought the immaculate Chris Haagdoorn, the judge will eat it up like a five-star dinner. I'm so glad I get to do this for you!
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* LikesOlderWomen: During the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Luc admits during a drunken stupor that he's attracted to his latest client, who's 49 (Luc is somewhere in his twenties).
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** During the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Luc admits during a drunken stupor that he's attracted to his latest client, who's 49 (Luc is somewhere in histwenties).twenties).
** During the episode "Lijk in de kast", everyone at Leduc & partners (as well as the viewer) finds out that Luc is dating a woman fifteen years older than him.
** During the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Luc admits during a drunken stupor that he's attracted to his latest client, who's 49 (Luc is somewhere in his
** During the episode "Lijk in de kast", everyone at Leduc & partners (as well as the viewer) finds out that Luc is dating a woman fifteen years older than him.
* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: In the episode "Lijk in de kast", chris complains to Hugo and her mother about the secret Paul-Emile hid from her and the way he lied about it. When Chris states that she never expected him to lie to her, as she would with her mother, Louise admits that she told Chris some white lies as well.
--> '''Hugo''': Everyone lies from time to time, especially to protect their friends...
--> '''Chris''': Not Paul-Emile... he's the most honest man I know! And he certainly wouldn't lie to me!
--> '''Louise''': Why not?
--> '''Chris''': That would be as if you lied to me.
--> '''Louise''': But I did lie to you from time to time...
--> ''[Chris stares at her mother in disbelief.]''
--> '''Louise''': Like that time you got your hair dyed as a teenager... and I told you that you could pull off that color with ease...
--> '''Hugo''': Everyone lies from time to time, especially to protect their friends...
--> '''Chris''': Not Paul-Emile... he's the most honest man I know! And he certainly wouldn't lie to me!
--> '''Louise''': Why not?
--> '''Chris''': That would be as if you lied to me.
--> '''Louise''': But I did lie to you from time to time...
--> ''[Chris stares at her mother in disbelief.]''
--> '''Louise''': Like that time you got your hair dyed as a teenager... and I told you that you could pull off that color with ease...
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Steven Daelman, Chris' client from the episode "Een goed verhaal", is detained for complicity to unspecified criminal acts because he wouldn't tell the name of his source, despite the case against him being incredibly meager. The fact that he was sentenced to this simply because he did his job (he was a journalist) is what makes it this trope, as well as the fact that he was (essentially) falsely sentenced on the basis of little to no evidence.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: MiscarriageOfJustice:
** Steven Daelman, Chris' client from the episode "Een goed verhaal", is detained for complicity to unspecified criminal acts because he wouldn't tell the name of his source, despite the case against him being incredibly meager. The fact that he was sentenced to this simply because he did his job (he was a journalist) is what makes it this trope, as well as the fact that he was (essentially) falsely sentenced on the basis of little to no evidence.
** Steven Daelman, Chris' client from the episode "Een goed verhaal", is detained for complicity to unspecified criminal acts because he wouldn't tell the name of his source, despite the case against him being incredibly meager. The fact that he was sentenced to this simply because he did his job (he was a journalist) is what makes it this trope, as well as the fact that he was (essentially) falsely sentenced on the basis of little to no evidence.
* MyGreatestFailure: The episode "Lijk in de kast" revolves around Paul-Emile's greatest failure, which he has kept a secret for nearly two decades. Back when Leduc & Partners was a beginning lawfirm, he handled the legal affairs for a public savings bank, where he (and his associate Tijsmans) unwittingly helped Henri Penne commit an embezzlement fraud. As Paul-Emile was implicated (and wanted to preserve the remaining money the bank still had), he helped Penne get exonerated for the fraud, so he could prevent bankruptcy (returning a fraction of the savings to their owners). However, the guilt that came from purposefully exonerating a fraudster remained for both him and Tijsmans (who took his own life because of it). What also remained was Penne's hold over Paul-Emile (as he could get him arrested for involvement in the fraud, without any risk of proscecution, due to double jeopardy), which led to him blackmailing Leduc & Partners into defending him, after he drugged, raped and maimed an escort.
* Sadist: Henri Penne fits this trope perfectly, as he's into [=BDSM=] (particularly the "S" part), loves to humiliate the women he has "intercourse" with (even branding them like cattle) and loves to force people into situations where he can watch them squirm, simply for the fun of it. The fact that he wants to use Chris as a defense lawyer merely to corrupt her immaculate reputation really drives home how sadistic he can be.
** Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" blackmailed his connections (including Paul-Emile) into keeping him out of jail. This all falls apart when paul-Emile decides to come clean, removing Penne's hold over him.
* SecretRelationship: Luc turns out to be in one with a woman who's fifteen years older than him in the episode "Lijk in de kast". The relationship doesn't stay a secret for long after Hugo finds out about it.
* TheCorrupter: Henri Penne from the episode "Lijk in de kast" likes to do this to the people around him, in order to have a hold over them when he later needs them (as he did with Paul-Emile). He even tries to corrupt Chris (who has an immaculate reputation), simply so he could blackmail her later as well (and partially because he's truly evil).
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* WretchedHive: The eponymous Quartier Chaud from the episode "Quartier chaud" was this, as it was (nearly) ruled by thugs, who played by their own rules.
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* WretchedHive: The eponymous Quartier Chaud from the episode "Quartier chaud" was this, as it was (nearly) ruled by thugs, who played by their own rules.rules.
* YouOweMe: An evil version of this is invoked by Henri Penne on Paul-Emile in the episode "Lijk in de kast", as he has evidence that can bring down the reputation of Leduc & Partners (which he helped build by staying silent). Paul-Emile, in turn, has to ask Chris to defend Penne (as Penne wants to use her) and uses this trope on her as well (as she owes him for being her mentor all these years). She reluctantly agrees and by the time she finds out about the blackmail, it's too late for her to refuse. Paul-Emile eventually ends up sacrificing himself, in order to free Chris from Penne.
* YouOweMe: An evil version of this is invoked by Henri Penne on Paul-Emile in the episode "Lijk in de kast", as he has evidence that can bring down the reputation of Leduc & Partners (which he helped build by staying silent). Paul-Emile, in turn, has to ask Chris to defend Penne (as Penne wants to use her) and uses this trope on her as well (as she owes him for being her mentor all these years). She reluctantly agrees and by the time she finds out about the blackmail, it's too late for her to refuse. Paul-Emile eventually ends up sacrificing himself, in order to free Chris from Penne.
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* ArmsDealer: Patrick Coels and Pascal Dufour from the episode "Maten" were this and even killed two innocent farmer for walking in on one of their weapon deals, which kicks off the plot. They eventually get arrested during another weapon deal.
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** Danny Verelst from the episode "Maten" took the blame for two murders, because he was blackmailed by his squad leader with evidence of his homosexuality. He eventually comes clean near the end of the episode, after his gay lover hangs himself out of guilt.
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* TheSquad: The episode "Maten" revolves around a four-man military squad carrying a terrible (criminal) secret, as they're trying to get away with it in court.
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* BetrayalInsurance: In the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Chris' client gets released after spending seven years in jail. However, it turns out that he didn't commit the murder and that he was taking the heat for his lover. When she rejects him, he threatens to release the camera footage for the night of the murder, which he kept hidden somewhere. She eventually tries to kill him to keep her secret safe.
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** In the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Chris' client gets released after spending seven years in jail. However, it turns out that he didn't commit the murder and that he was taking the heat for his lover. When she rejects him, he threatens to release the camera footage for the night of the murder, which he kept hidden somewhere. She eventually tries to kill him to keep her secretsafe.safe.
** Danny Verelst, Chris' client from the episode "Maten", is blackmailed into TakingTheHeat for his squad leader for two accounts of murder. When Chris starts digging, the squad leader and his henchman use their blackmail threats to remind Danny of his vows and reinforce his loyalty to them, causing him to lie to Chris.
** In the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Chris' client gets released after spending seven years in jail. However, it turns out that he didn't commit the murder and that he was taking the heat for his lover. When she rejects him, he threatens to release the camera footage for the night of the murder, which he kept hidden somewhere. She eventually tries to kill him to keep her secret
** Danny Verelst, Chris' client from the episode "Maten", is blackmailed into TakingTheHeat for his squad leader for two accounts of murder. When Chris starts digging, the squad leader and his henchman use their blackmail threats to remind Danny of his vows and reinforce his loyalty to them, causing him to lie to Chris.
* ClosetGay: Both Danny Verelst and his lover Bruno Buggenhout from the episode "Maten" were this, with Buggenhout being married with a daughter. They get involved in a weapon trafficking ring ran by their squad leader, Patrick Coels, because he blackmails them with video evidence of their affair, which would mean the end of their military career. This eventually kicks off the plot of the episode.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: This happened almost immediately to Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart", after he got accused of rape, as he was a well-known football player. It didn't take much to turn his neighbour (and long-term fan) against him, who set an angry mob loose on him. Eventually, even his wife and friends abandoned him because they thought he was guilty. He turns out to be innocent in the end, but this doesn't matter, as he has been convicted by the public thrice over, causing him to leave for Switzerland.
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** This happened almost immediately to Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart", after he got accused of rape, as he was a well-known football player. It didn't take much to turn his neighbour (and long-term fan) against him, who set an angry mob loose on him. Eventually, even his wife and friends abandoned him because they thought he was guilty. He turns out to be innocent in the end, but this doesn't matter, as he has been convicted by the public thrice over, causing him to leave forSwitzerland.Switzerland.
** This also happened to Chris' client from the episode "Maten", who's immediately labeled a homocidal maniac by the press without any evidence (he was a soldier who shot two (alleged) militia members carrying Kalashnikovs). They turn out to be somewhat right: The two victims were, in fact, innocent farmers (shot because they saw too much), but they were shot by the arms dealing squat leader of Chris' client.
** This happened almost immediately to Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart", after he got accused of rape, as he was a well-known football player. It didn't take much to turn his neighbour (and long-term fan) against him, who set an angry mob loose on him. Eventually, even his wife and friends abandoned him because they thought he was guilty. He turns out to be innocent in the end, but this doesn't matter, as he has been convicted by the public thrice over, causing him to leave for
** This also happened to Chris' client from the episode "Maten", who's immediately labeled a homocidal maniac by the press without any evidence (he was a soldier who shot two (alleged) militia members carrying Kalashnikovs). They turn out to be somewhat right: The two victims were, in fact, innocent farmers (shot because they saw too much), but they were shot by the arms dealing squat leader of Chris' client.
** Bruno Buggenhout from the episode "Maten" hangs himself, when a video tape of him kissing a fellow soldier is about to come out. It doesn't help that he's married with a (young) child.
* FlashbackStares: Danny Verelst, Chris' client from the episode "Maten", had (shards of) flashbacks of his time as a soldier in Kosovo at the start of the episode. Near the end of the episode, the viewer sees the entire flashback of what happened (including the true culprit of the crime that took place) as Danny gives his testimony.
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** Throughout the episode "Mariska", noth the true killer and the proscecutor try to frame Chris' client Sven for a murder he didn't commit. The killer eventually even pays Sven to take the heat.
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** The two murders of the episode "Maten" were initially framed as self-defense, when a corrupt military arms dealer threw two Kalashnikovs at two farmers (who catched them in a reflex), after which he shot them in cold blood (Kalashnikov in hand). The plan eventually ends up failing, after it's held to further scrutiny.
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* FromCamouflageToCriminal: While he wasn't in the military, the main bad guy from the episode "Dode Rambo" turned his back on the neighbourhood watch and started burgling the people he was supposed to protect, using his knowledge as a watchman to gain entry to the houses.
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** While he wasn't in the military, the main bad guy from the episode "Dode Rambo" turned his back on the neighbourhood watch and started burgling the people he was supposed to protect, using his knowledge as a watchman to gain entry to thehouses.houses.
** Patrick Coels and Pascal Dufour from the episode "Maten" were two military arms dealers, who smuggled guns from Kosovo to Belgium while on active duty. Coels even murders two farmers, who (accidentally) spotted them, and implicates his fellow soldiers, in order to keep his secret hidden.
** While he wasn't in the military, the main bad guy from the episode "Dode Rambo" turned his back on the neighbourhood watch and started burgling the people he was supposed to protect, using his knowledge as a watchman to gain entry to the
** Patrick Coels and Pascal Dufour from the episode "Maten" were two military arms dealers, who smuggled guns from Kosovo to Belgium while on active duty. Coels even murders two farmers, who (accidentally) spotted them, and implicates his fellow soldiers, in order to keep his secret hidden.
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* ManlyGay: Both Danny Verelst and Bruno Buggenhout were this, as they were both burly soldiers with manly past time interests, such as physical exercise and lifting weights. Danny, in addition, drove a CoolBike to work.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Bruno Buggenhout from the episode "Maten" looked like this, as he started drinking in secret after returning from Kosovo. It eventually turns out that it wasn't the war that scarred him, but the terrible secret he took back home after it.
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* BeneathSuspicion: Fonny Breseels from the episode "Vuur" falls into this category, as he wasn't suspected by the police (or the viewer) of murder through arson throughout most of the episode. The only reason he was present during the hearing was as a witness. It eventually turns out that he committed the murder to get rid of a bungalow, which was blocking his plans for a restaurant and terras.
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** Fonny Breseels from the episode "Vuur" falls into this category, as he wasn't suspected by the police (or the viewer) of murder through arson throughout most of the episode. The only reason he was present during the hearing was as a witness. It eventually turns out that he committed the murder to get rid of a bungalow, which was blocking his plans for a restaurant andterras.terras.
** Joeri from the episode "Rode kaart" was this as well, as he was the only person who was never mentioned as a suspect for his girlfriend's rape. His girlfriend even covers for him during the court case, as she really wants to see Chris' client go to jail. He's eventually caught after Crhis and Hugo eavesdrop on the pair.
** Fonny Breseels from the episode "Vuur" falls into this category, as he wasn't suspected by the police (or the viewer) of murder through arson throughout most of the episode. The only reason he was present during the hearing was as a witness. It eventually turns out that he committed the murder to get rid of a bungalow, which was blocking his plans for a restaurant and
** Joeri from the episode "Rode kaart" was this as well, as he was the only person who was never mentioned as a suspect for his girlfriend's rape. His girlfriend even covers for him during the court case, as she really wants to see Chris' client go to jail. He's eventually caught after Crhis and Hugo eavesdrop on the pair.
* {{Blackface}}: The perpetrator of the episode "Rode kaart" applied soot on his hands and face, in order to frame Chris' client, Justin Okiko, for rape (as he was the only one in the neighbourhood with dark skin). His ruse is (eventually) spotted by Hugo, when he finds the cork used to apply the soot near the crime scene.
* BrokenPedestal: Justin Okiko, Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart" suffers uite harshly from this after he gets accused of raping a sixteen-year-old, as all of his (former) fans turn on him without a second thought, forming an angry mob at his door.
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* ConfessToALesserCrime: The killer of the episode "Geduld" confessed to legal self-defense, in order to escape a murder charge. She succeeds in the end.
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** The killer of the episode "Geduld" confessed to legal self-defense, in order to escape a murder charge. She succeeds in theend.end.
** Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart" eventually confesses to having consensual extramarrital sex with an underage girl from his neighbourhood, to get exonerated for her rape (which he, in fact, didn't commit). Not that it mattered too much, as he was ConvictedByPublicOpinion long before.
** The killer of the episode "Geduld" confessed to legal self-defense, in order to escape a murder charge. She succeeds in the
** Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart" eventually confesses to having consensual extramarrital sex with an underage girl from his neighbourhood, to get exonerated for her rape (which he, in fact, didn't commit). Not that it mattered too much, as he was ConvictedByPublicOpinion long before.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: This happened almost immediately to Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart", after he got accused of rape, as he was a well-known football player. It didn't take much to turn his neighbour (and long-term fan) against him, who set an angry mob loose on him. Eventually, even his wife and friends abandoned him because they thought he was guilty. He turns out to be innocent in the end, but this doesn't matter, as he has been convicted by the public thrice over, causing him to leave for Switzerland.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Justin Okiko, Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart", was known for his speeding habit, if we have to go by Hugo's remarks about. Chris even defends him, stating that the car Justin drives wasn't made to drive slowly.
--> '''Hugo''' ''[about Justin's arrest]'': So, was he arrested for breaking the soundbarrier on the highway again?
* DrowningMySorrows: Justin Okiko from the episode "Rode kaart" does this after his wife leaves him. He ends up drinking an entire bottle of spirits.
--> '''Hugo''' ''[about Justin's arrest]'': So, was he arrested for breaking the soundbarrier on the highway again?
* DrowningMySorrows: Justin Okiko from the episode "Rode kaart" does this after his wife leaves him. He ends up drinking an entire bottle of spirits.
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* GoodLuckCharm: Justin Okiko from the episode "Rode kaart" was a superstitious football player, who always wore the same underwear to an important match, as well as his lucky track suit, for good luck.
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* GroupieBrigade: Justin Okiko from the episode "Rode kaart" had this, as he was a succesful striker for the local soccer team (even playing on an international level). After an underage girl accuses him of rape, however, his "fans" quickly turn on him and even form an angry mob.
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* IKnowKungFaux: When Justin Okiko, Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart", gets into an altercation with his neighbour, his neighbour tells him that he's not scared of Justin, as he used to be part of the special forces. His (alleged) combat experience is immediately shown, when Justin knocks him out with one punch.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: When Chris' client from the episode "Rode kaart" gets accused of rape, he tries to ask the victim why she's accusing him (as he's certain he's innocent). Before she can answer, one of the neighbours knock him to the ground with a branch, while the victim runs off. The neighbour subsequently kicks him in the crown jewels while he's down on the ground, amounting to this trope.
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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: When Justin Okiko from the episode "Rode kaart" gets accused of rape, his best friend, Frank, tells him to not let it get to him too much, as the ordeal is an opportunity to become even stronger. He even tells him that people can make the greatest leaps (of progress) when they're faced with adversity.
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* MobstacleCourse: Paul-Emile, of all people, faces this when he becomes the lawyer of Justin Okiko and even gets threatened and spat on by the mob, merely for defending him. The same thing happens to Hugo and Jutsin, when they return home after the initial hearing, with press and protesters harassing them.
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* ShowerOfAngst: Ella Liefknecht, the victim of the episode "Rode kaart", does this at the start of the episode, as a result of getting raped. If her father is to be believed, she stayed in the shower for at least an hour, before coming out (and coming clean).
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* SpitefulSpit: During the episode "Rode kaart", Paul emile is spat on by a protester out of anger, simply because he was the lawyer of Justin Okiko, a well-known football player who got accused of rape. He takes it in stride.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: After Justin Okiko from the episode "Rode kaart" gets accused of rape, he's gradually abandoned by more and more of his friends and family, including his wife and his best friend. His best friend, however, takes the cake, as he even manages to steal Justin's wife by the end of the episode.
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* ContagiousAI: Leduc & Partners runs into a bit of trouble with this in the episode "Een goed verhaal", when a computer virus infects their system and continues to spread (through e-mail) from one computer to the next over the course of the episode. The fact that the virus only installs a risqué picture of a voluptuous woman as the computer's background, makes this one of the more hilarious computer viruses in the history of Flemish [=TV=]. It eventually turns out that the virus originated from Hugo's computer, which makes it even funnier, as Hugo is the company's [=IT=] expert.
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* BenevolentConspiracy: In the episode "Een goed verhaal", the judicial police and the ministry of internal affairs conspire against a local news network to obtain the name of one of their sources, even going as far as detaining a journalist for complicity to criminal acts, simply because he wouldn't share the name. The reason they did this, however, is because the network was on the trail of a large amount of highly toxic waste, which could end up in the environment because of their broadcasting, which would lead to a Chernobyl-esque situation in Belgium. They even state that the only reason the culprit is hanging on to the waste, is because he doesn't know how toxic it is and that if he would know, he would certainly dump it to get rid of it.
* BluffTheEavesdropper: During the episode "Een goed verhaal", Chris and her client have their offices bugged by someone working for the ministry of internal affairs. When Hugo finds the bug in Chris' office, he calls Chris (who's at her client's office) and warns her about it. Chris then quietly whisks her client outside, where she tells her that her office might be bugged, after which the follow this trope to mislead the eavesdropper.
* DeadlineNews: Chris' clients from the episode "Een goed verhaal", who work for a local [=TV=] network, become news themselves when they get on the trail of barrels containing highly toxic waste. While they don't end up dying, they eventually do become part of their own news story, becuase they were the ones who managed to lead the police in the right direction.
* DefinitelyJustACold: Henri Muylle, the (unwitting) culprit of the episode "Een goed verhaal", still shows up to work, despite getting (chronically) poisoned by high doses of dioxine. He even carries on as usual after he develops a nasty case of chlorine acne and starts throwing up for no apparent reason.
* DuctTapeForEverything: When Henri Muylle from the episode "Een goed verhaal" causes a leak in a barrel of highly toxic chemical waste, he "fixes" the problem by plugging the hole with paper and covering it with tape. This obviously doesn't fix anything, as the toxic material continues to leak out, killing the rats in his warehouse and making him quite ill in the process.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: The [IntrepidReporter intrepid reporters]] from the episode "Een goed verhaal" endangered their own lives (and those of others), when they investigated an environmental scandal involving toxic waste, as the (unwitting) culprit was less than helpful (even violent) and already damaged one of the barrels, causing it to leak. Even when their lives weren't in danger, their freedom was, as the judicial police was also going after the toxic waste and would spare no (legal) method to make the journalists talk.
* IntrepidReporter: Chris' clients from the episode "Een goed verhaal" were this, as they went after their own news stories (despite being news anchors) and placed more value in bringing the news and protecting their sources than in the national security. The fact that they worked for a small, local news channel helped with this as well, as they didn't have the funds to hire people to get the news for them.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: Steven Daelman, Chris' client from the episode "Een goed verhaal", is detained for complicity to unspecified criminal acts because he wouldn't tell the name of his source, despite the case against him being incredibly meager. The fact that he was sentenced to this simply because he did his job (he was a journalist) is what makes it this trope, as well as the fact that he was (essentially) falsely sentenced on the basis of little to no evidence.
* NoSuchAgency: While he's not a group, Frans Opdebeeck, the officer of the ministry of internal affairs from the episode "Een goed verhaal", turns out to be a fixer the judicial police hires to get the job done in "unconventional" ways not authorized by law. Hugo and Stanny even discuss his role and outright state that no one would acknowledge his existence as an agent if he ever gets caught, as he officially isn't part of the justice system.
* ThatManIsDead: Margot Janssen from the episode "Een goed verhaal" quit her life as a journalist, after she was forced to give up one of her sources. She even states that that moment changed everything and that she "isn't a journalist anymore", because of that one act. She furthermore states that it took her fifteen years to turn her life around and become the editor of a local news network. Moreover, it's implied that the same happened to Steven Daelman, her news anchor and star reporter, after he was forced into the same situation. Steven eventually ended up traveling the African desert.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The reason why Margot Janssen and Steven Daelman from the episode "Een goed verhaal" gave up their respecxtive sources, was because they got a call from the home secretary asking them to give up their information to become a hero for their country. This made them (and their goals) feel insignificant, causing them to spill the beans at their own expense. The judicial police even gets the idea to do this, after they eavesdrop on Margot telling her story to Chris.
--> '''Margot''': They made me feel like I would be important just once in my life, if I told them what they needed to know... So I did.
--> '''Margot''': They made me feel like I would be important just once in my life, if I told them what they needed to know... So I did.
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* ToxicInc: The waste disposal company Taxowaste from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" turns out to be this, as it pollutes the land (and subsequently sells it as building ground) merely to make profit. The corporations bringing their waste to Taxowaste are guilty of this as well, as they know what Taxowaste does (and even try to cover for them), while turning a blind eye to the consequences.
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** The waste disposal company Taxowaste from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" turns out to be this, as it pollutes the land (and subsequently sells it as building ground) merely to make profit. The corporations bringing their waste to Taxowaste are guilty of this as well, as they know what Taxowaste does (and even try to cover for them), while turning a blind eye to theconsequences.consequences.
** While he was a one-man bussiness, Henri Muylle from the episode "Een goed verhaal" served as this, as he was (unwittingly) storing highly toxic waste in unsafe circumstances, which he planned to dump in the environment as soon as the judicial police was on his heels. His only reason to do this, furthermore, was to make a quick buck.
** The waste disposal company Taxowaste from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" turns out to be this, as it pollutes the land (and subsequently sells it as building ground) merely to make profit. The corporations bringing their waste to Taxowaste are guilty of this as well, as they know what Taxowaste does (and even try to cover for them), while turning a blind eye to the
** While he was a one-man bussiness, Henri Muylle from the episode "Een goed verhaal" served as this, as he was (unwittingly) storing highly toxic waste in unsafe circumstances, which he planned to dump in the environment as soon as the judicial police was on his heels. His only reason to do this, furthermore, was to make a quick buck.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: This was the culprit's motive in the episode "De chauffeur" to attempt murder on her husband's pregnant misstress.
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** This was the culprit's motive in the episode "De chauffeur" to attempt murder on her husband's pregnantmisstress.misstress.
** Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" attempts to do this to his wife's lover. It's unclear if the lover survived the attack, however.
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** Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" attempts to do this to his wife's lover. It's unclear if the lover survived the attack, however.
* PrettyFreeloaders: Klaus from the episode "Tortelduiven" was this, as he moved in with his lover (who was a freeloader as well) simply to have a house, food and booze without paying for anything (while making love to his lover, at the expense of her husband). A background check of his reveals that he did this more often, simply because he couldn't hold a job (or a house)
* SelectiveObliviousness: Pierre from the episode "Tortelduiven" was (most likely) selectively oblivious to his wife's latest affair, as he didn't believe she was having one, even after she kicked him out in favor of her lover. This is even lampshaded by his friend / foreman, who wonders if he's faking his obliviousness or if he's truly this simple. Even when Chris showed him photographic evidence, he still didn't believe her (or wanted to believe her), because the pictures were blurry (but still recognizable, nevertheless).
* ShootTheDog: Pierre, Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven", was forced to do this with his beloved parakeet, in order to move back in with his wife (who threw him out in favor of her lover). It also serves as a moment of heartbreak, as he saw the parakeet as his own child. It eventually turns out to be somewhat of a SenselessSacrifice, as his wife was merely taking him back for the money.
* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Frieda from the episode "Tortelduiven" did this, as she had copious affairs (usually in plain sight), but utterly neglected to have sex (or even sleep) with her husband, who she shunned. This even gets so bad that she throws her husband out of the house to have some private time with her lover.
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* ThirdWheel: In the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Chris and Hugo are preparing a (romantic) dinner together, when they hear something downstairs. The noise turns out to be Luc, who was repairing the heater. When they mention the dinner, Luc states that he's starving and ends up having dinner with them.
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* TheAlcoholic: Both Pierre and his wife Frieda from the episode "Tortelduiven" were this, as shown by the large collection of bottles at the back of their house. They both had different drinking patterns, however, as Pierre was more of a social drinker (at the pub), while Frieda was a day drinker at home. It was even discussed during the the episode's court hearing, where both Chris and Frieda's lawyer were painting eachother's clients as raging alcoholics.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After an entire episode of humiliation at the hands of his wife and her lover, Pierre from the episode "Tortelduiven" takes revenge on his wife's lover by stabbing him several times in the gut with a scraper. He, furthermore, finally decides to divorce his wife, after spending an entire episode defending her to Chris.
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* ThirdWheel: In the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Chris and Hugo are preparing a (romantic) dinner together, when they hear something downstairs. The noise turns out to be Luc, who was repairing the heater. When they mention the dinner, Luc states that he's starving and ends up having dinner with them.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: In the episode "Tortelduiven", it takes this to finally make Chris' client stand up for himself (and against his wife and her lover). It ends with the lover either dead or seriously injured.
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* DrinkingOnDuty: Pierre, Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" started showing up to work drunk, after his wife kicked him out of the house to make room for her lover. He eventually gets fired because of it.
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* EmasculatedCuckold: Chris' client, Pierre, from the episode "Tortelduiven" falls under this trope, as his wife cheats on him (and even kicks him out of his own house), while he keeps on defending her out of love (up to the point that he denies the plainly obvious affair she's having). He eventually takes revenge on his wife's lover, but only after his wife humiliated him for the umpteenth time.
* EmbarrassmentPlot: The main plot of the episode "Tortelduiven" can be seen as this. Chris' client of the episode, Pierre, gets cheated on and humiliated by his wife and (reluctantly) asks Chris for help (not to take revenge, mind you, but to reconcile). However, despite the humiliations Pierre undergoes, he can't seem separate from his wife, let alone bear her ill will (much to Chris' incomprehension). It's only after he loses his job and has to cross a (heartbreaking) threshold (kill the parakeet that was like a child to him), that he finally stands up against his wife and her lover (which ends with him maiming or killing the lover).
* EmbarrassmentPlot: The main plot of the episode "Tortelduiven" can be seen as this. Chris' client of the episode, Pierre, gets cheated on and humiliated by his wife and (reluctantly) asks Chris for help (not to take revenge, mind you, but to reconcile). However, despite the humiliations Pierre undergoes, he can't seem separate from his wife, let alone bear her ill will (much to Chris' incomprehension). It's only after he loses his job and has to cross a (heartbreaking) threshold (kill the parakeet that was like a child to him), that he finally stands up against his wife and her lover (which ends with him maiming or killing the lover).
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* ExtremeDoormat: Pierre from the episode "Tortelduiven" was this, as he was constantly humiliated by his wife and her lover (who was living with them), while providing for both of them. He even gets kicked out of his own house (which belonged to his mother) and would have simply rolled over, if it weren't for Louise enlisting Chris as his lawyer.
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* ForcedFromTheirHome: Chris client from the episode "Tortelduiven" was kicked out of his house by his wife, in order for her lover to take up residence. He's eventually allowed in again, after both the wife and the lover run out of money.
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* InnocentCohabitation: Frieda, the wife of Chris' client from the episode "Tortelduiven" claims that she doing this with Klaus, even though it's blatantly obvious that they're having an affair. She eventually resorts to making him a tenant, to give him a valid reason for living in her marital home, but merely fools the court with this.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Pierre from the episode "Tortelduiven" showed shades of this, as he was a simple, working -class man who was too kindhearted for his own good. He furthermore kept on forgiving his wife's affairs, even though she constantly humiliated him, simply because he was in love with her. He even denied her latest affair, either because he genuinly believed his wife or because he was in denial, and spent more time defending her than trying to get his own life in order.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Stef Molenaar from the episode "Broers" wanted to take revenge on George Windey for shooting his brother in the face (which cost him his sight). In the end, he decides (just in time) not to go through with it, because Chris believed in him and even wanted to give him a paid internship at Leduc & Partners. Unfortunately for him, George had other plans and tried to kill him by shooting him in the back.
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* BringMyBrownPants: During the robbery that took place in the episode "Bankwezen", one of the clients at the bank (the son of the bank manager) wets himself out of fear. This might have been [[a ruse, as he turns out to be in league with the robbers all along.
--> '''Simone Jonkers''' ''[In response to people calling her a hero]'': I'm just glad I didn't pee myself like poor Mich did.
--> '''Simone Jonkers''' ''[In response to people calling her a hero]'': I'm just glad I didn't pee myself like poor Mich did.
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* BringMyBrownPants: BringMyBrownPants:
** During the robbery that took place in the episode "Bankwezen", one of the clients at the bank (the son of the bank manager) wets himself out of fear. This might have been [[a ruse, as he turns out to be in league with the robbers all along.
--> ---> '''Simone Jonkers''' ''[In response to people calling her a hero]'': I'm just glad I didn't pee myself like poor Mich did.did.
** George Windey from the episode "Broers" wets himself when he gets threatened with a gun.
** During the robbery that took place in the episode "Bankwezen", one of the clients at the bank (the son of the bank manager) wets himself out of fear. This might have been [[a ruse, as he turns out to be in league with the robbers all along.
** George Windey from the episode "Broers" wets himself when he gets threatened with a gun.
* CopCriminalFamily: Stef Molenaar from the episode "Broers" is an aspiring lawyer hailing from a family of car thieves and burglars. Throughout the episode, he nearly falls into a life of crime himself, as a way to pay the medical bills of his brother.
** The episode "Broers" had another case where someone falsely called on self-defense. at the start of the episode, Chris' client gets caught during a burglary and surrenders to the resident, who has a gun. The resident subsequently shoots him in the side of his head (blinding him for life), relying on a self-defense plea (and a wily lawyer) to get exonerated. This eventually fails after he tries to kill the burglars brother in cold blood.
* CycleOfRevenge: The episode "Broers" almost literally revolved around "an eye for an eye", as the brother of Chris' client (an aspiring lawyer) wants to take revenge on the resident who (purposely) blinded his brother during a burglary gone wrong. He almost takes his revenge, but gives up on it just in time, only to become the next victim of the vengeful resident.
* DirtyCoward: George Windey from the episode "Broers" is a textbook example of this trope, as he has a tendency to shoot people in the back, who are no longer a threat to him, simply to take revenge. Furthermore, when he gets threatened with a gun himself, he wets his pants in fear.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Both the police and the (suspected) culprits abide by this during the episode "Quartier chaud". Near the start of the episode, Chris' client is given citations for at least half a dozen violations, merely for "burning rubber" in the street. He's quite easily acquited by Chris. Later on, one of the friends of Chris' client takes revenge on the elderly lady who called the cops on them, by robbing her and slicing her face with a pocket knife.
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**Both the police and the (suspected) culprits abide by this during the episode "Quartier chaud". Near the start of the episode, Chris' client is given citations for at least half a dozen violations, merely for "burning rubber" in the street. He's quite easily acquited by Chris. Later on, one of the friends of Chris' client takes revenge on the elderly lady who called the cops on them, by robbing her and slicing her face with a pocketknife.knife.
** Happens in the episode "Broers", where George Windey attempts to murder an unarmed burglar (who was actively surrendering to him) by shooting him through the head. The burglar miraculously survives, but still loses his eyesight. He later on tries to take revenge on the burglar's brother in much the same fashion, after the brother threatened him. This time, he gets caught by Chris as he's about to deal the CoupDeGrace.
**Both the police and the (suspected) culprits abide by this during the episode "Quartier chaud". Near the start of the episode, Chris' client is given citations for at least half a dozen violations, merely for "burning rubber" in the street. He's quite easily acquited by Chris. Later on, one of the friends of Chris' client takes revenge on the elderly lady who called the cops on them, by robbing her and slicing her face with a pocket
** Happens in the episode "Broers", where George Windey attempts to murder an unarmed burglar (who was actively surrendering to him) by shooting him through the head. The burglar miraculously survives, but still loses his eyesight. He later on tries to take revenge on the burglar's brother in much the same fashion, after the brother threatened him. This time, he gets caught by Chris as he's about to deal the CoupDeGrace.
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* EyeScream: Henk Molenaar from the episode "Broers" loses his eyesight after he gets shot in the face. According to the doctor's report, the bullet grazed his skull and took out both of his eyeballs.
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* InTheBack: This is George Windey's favored method of dealing with intruders in the episode "Broers", as he shot no less than two of them in the back. He nearly gets away with it the first time, but is caught redhanded when he tries it twice.
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* {{Kneecapping}}: George Windey did this to Stef Molenaar in the episode "Broers" to hobble him, before attempting a coup de grâce. Stef (temporarily) ended up in a wheel chair because of it.
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* SurrenderBackfire: Henk Molenaar tries to surrender after getting caught during a burglary, only for the resident to shoot him in the face.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Jacky Lambermont is this to Stef Molenaar in the episode "Broers", as he's the one encouraging his attempt at revenge, even though both his brother and Chris want to prevent this at all cost. He even provides Stef with a gun, so he can kill the man who blinded his brother.
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* TriggerHappy: George Windey from the episode "Broers" owns several guns (including one without a permit) and is not hesistant to use them on intruders, as Chris' client finds out.
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* VigilanteMan: George Windey from the episode "Broers" was this, as he took the law in his own hands and tried to kill a burglar, even though he could have called the police and detained the burglar until they arrived (the burglar even surrendered to him).
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* Swirlie: One of the ways the victim of the episode "Geduld" abused his wife, was by giving her a swirlie in the upstairs toilet at home.
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* SarcasticConfession: Chris makes one in court in the episode "Geduld", as she can't state the truth outright without implicating her client in murder (she's on trial for legal self-defense, but, in fact, did murder her jerkass husband after decades of abuse).
--> '''Chris''' ''[to the proscecutor]'': You don't believe in self-defense, which is your good right...
--> '''Chris''': You take this humiliated woman (her client) for a murderer, which is a wily strategy...
--> '''Chris''': You wish to turn her son, who's on the stand of his free will, into a martyr, which is a trump card I wouldn't use myself...
--> '''Chris''': But you have no choice, as you don't have any hard evidence!
--> '''Chris''': Or should we leave the evidence behind and start to speculate...
--> '''Chris''': Fine, what would you think of this theory: Perhaps my client and her son plotted the murder together...
--> '''Chris''': Perhaps they murdered him together! Perhaps her son wasn't unconcious after all and he held him upright, while his mother bashed his head in with a hammer!
--> '''Chris''': Is that what you wanted to hear, proscecutor? Or would you have me make up another version of the facts?
--> '''Chris''' ''[to the proscecutor]'': You don't believe in self-defense, which is your good right...
--> '''Chris''': You take this humiliated woman (her client) for a murderer, which is a wily strategy...
--> '''Chris''': You wish to turn her son, who's on the stand of his free will, into a martyr, which is a trump card I wouldn't use myself...
--> '''Chris''': But you have no choice, as you don't have any hard evidence!
--> '''Chris''': Or should we leave the evidence behind and start to speculate...
--> '''Chris''': Fine, what would you think of this theory: Perhaps my client and her son plotted the murder together...
--> '''Chris''': Perhaps they murdered him together! Perhaps her son wasn't unconcious after all and he held him upright, while his mother bashed his head in with a hammer!
--> '''Chris''': Is that what you wanted to hear, proscecutor? Or would you have me make up another version of the facts?
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* ShamelessSelfPromoter: In the episode "Geduld", the owner of the strip club "The Red Butterfly" is called to the stand as a (character) witness. She uses the opportunity to promote her strip club, much to the hilarity of the people in the crowd.
--> '''Chris''': With your girls, you mean the dancers of "The Red Butterfly".
--> '''Owner''': Yep, on the Leuvensesteenweg, next to the Aldi. You can't miss it!
--> '''Chris''': With your girls, you mean the dancers of "The Red Butterfly".
--> '''Owner''': Yep, on the Leuvensesteenweg, next to the Aldi. You can't miss it!
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* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Mentioned twice in the episode "Geduld". The first time was during the trial, when the owner of "The Red Butterfly" (a strip club) stated that the victim was unfit for sex on the night of the murder, as he had consumed too much alcohol. This becomes an important point, as the motive for the fight that led to his death was refusal of sex by his wife. The second time was when Chris tells about her one-night stand with proscecutor de Jaeger, who had a similar problem as the episode's victim.
--> '''Chris''' ''[repeating the phrase the owner of "The Red Butterfly spoke]'': Als het bier is in den bok, hangt de vlag half stok... [[note]]After he emptied his cup, he couldn't get it up...[[/note]]
--> '''Chris''' ''[repeating the phrase the owner of "The Red Butterfly spoke]'': Als het bier is in den bok, hangt de vlag half stok... [[note]]After he emptied his cup, he couldn't get it up...[[/note]]
