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At Leduc & Partners, Chris and Hugo work together with Paul-Emile Leduc, their kind-hearted boss and Chris' mentor; Gabriël Nukerke, their amoral and opportunistic fellow attorney; Luc Lievens, the law firm's meek attorney in training and Jessie Vinck, the firm's young and energetic secretary. They furthermore get help from Louise Haagdoorn, Chris' mother and manager/barkeep of a local diner, and Stanny Michel, Hugo's former partner at the judicial police, who occasionally provides information to Hugo. As the series progresses, Luc becomes a certified attorney, while Gabriël has to leave the firm to take care of his ailing father. The series was furthermore well-known for the [[WillTheyOrWontThey romantic tension between Chris and Hugo]], which was eventually resolved in the series finale.
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At Leduc & Partners, Chris and Hugo work together with Paul-Emile Leduc, their kind-hearted boss and Chris' mentor; Gabriël Nukerke, their amoral and opportunistic fellow attorney; Luc Lievens, the law firm's meek attorney in training and Jessie Vinck, the firm's young and energetic secretary. They furthermore get help from Louise Haagdoorn, Chris' mother and manager/barkeep of a local diner, and Stanny Michel, Hugo's former partner at the judicial police, who occasionally provides information to Hugo. As the series progresses, Luc becomes a certified attorney, while Gabriël has is forced to leave the firm to take care of quit after making a (grave) deonthological error and takes over his ailing father.father's company, when he becomes (terminally) ill. The series was furthermore well-known for the [[WillTheyOrWontThey romantic tension between Chris and Hugo]], which was eventually resolved in the series finale.
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* BedsheetLadder: Billy Müller, Chris' client from the episode "Prima Donna", makes one to run away from the institution where she's being detained.
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* BondageIsBad: Chris' client (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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* CementShoes: It's implied that this happened to a young pimp turned informant in the episode "Prima Donna".
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* LovableTraitor: Jacco Vandewalle from the episode "Prima Donna" turns out to be this. He's a young pimp, who recuits underage girls into prostitution and gets away with it by snitching on his fellow pimps. Despite (or perhaps because) of this, he has made quite a few friends and is well-loved by nearly everyone around him (at least, until they find out he's a snitch).
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* ParentalNeglect: Marianne Müller, the mother of Chris' client from the episode "Prima Donna", was this towards her daughter, as she solely focused on her opera career. The neglect eventually drove Chris' client into the arms of an abusive pimp.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Happens in the final scene of the episode "Prima Donna". During the scene, Billy Müller hears that her boyfriend/pimp was presumed murdered by his fellow pimps, after snitching on them. The image of Billy then zooms out to the tunes of "Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley, the funny song the pimp sang to Billy to get her to run away with him at the start of the episode.
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* TheDiva: Marianne Müller from the episode "Prima Donna" is a fai example of this trope, as she's demanding, condescending, self-important and career-oriented. This eventually causes a rift between her and her daughter, which drives the plot of the episode.
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* UndercoverCopReveal: This is what kickstarts the episode "Prima Donna". Chris' client, an underage prostitute, is caught by an undercover officer when she tries to offer her services. This causes Chris to get involved, who spends the rest of the episode trying to protect Billy from her pimp boyfriend (and herself).
* UnproblematicProstitution: The episode "Prima Donna" makes it look easy to order a callgirl/prostitute, even when they're underage. They also make it seem like there's a lot of money to be made (but only for the pimps).
* UnproblematicProstitution: The episode "Prima Donna" makes it look easy to order a callgirl/prostitute, even when they're underage. They also make it seem like there's a lot of money to be made (but only for the pimps).
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* ComeAlone: As with most kidnapping stories, these were the explicit instructions of the kidnapper throughout the episode "De Rietdekkers". The family goes along with it, against the advice of Gabriël, because they want the victim to return safely (or because they're (directly) involved).
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Happens to Paul-Emile in the episode "De Rietdekkers", who keels over in front of the front desk, after a (stress-induced) heart attack.
* HoneyTrap: Hugo and Gabriël set up the means to film one for a client of theirs. It eventually turns out that their client used them and is now blackmailing the (unsuspecting) victim with the tape they made.
* HoneyTrap: Hugo and Gabriël set up the means to film one for a client of theirs. It eventually turns out that their client used them and is now blackmailing the (unsuspecting) victim with the tape they made.
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* HoneyTrap: Hugo and Gabriël set up the means to film one for a client of theirs. It eventually turns out that their client used them and is now blackmailing the (unsuspecting) victim with the tape they made.
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* HotPursuit: Hugo and Gabriël end up in one with a taxi driver during the episode "De Rietdekkers". They eventually manage to drive him off the road to question him. It turns out he knew nothing about the case.
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* InbredAndEvil: The culprit of the episode "De Rietdekkers" turns out to be this. The incest that led to this trope furthermore turns out to be the motive behind the (botched) kidnapping.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In the episode "De Rietdekkers", this trope eventually tips Gabriël off that his new girlfriend is involved in the kidnapping of her father. Near two-thirds of the episode, she receives a call from her father (courtesy of the kidnappers) as a sign that he's still alive. When his corpse is found later on, the police tells Gabriël that he died long before that. As his girlfriend must have known that the call was fake, Gabriël can only conclude that she's involved (but not the culprit, as he's her alibi).
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In the episode "De Rietdekkers", this trope eventually tips Gabriël off that his new girlfriend is involved in the kidnapping of her father. Near two-thirds of the episode, she receives a call from her father (courtesy of the kidnappers) as a sign that he's still alive. When his corpse is found later on, the police tells Gabriël that he died long before that. As his girlfriend must have known that the call was fake, Gabriël can only conclude that she's involved (but not the culprit, as he's her alibi).
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* LeftForDead: Happens to the victim of the episode "De Rietdekkers", who dies after being stuffed in the booth of his car by the kidnapper.
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* ParentalIncest: Happened to Gabriël's girlfriend from the episode "De Rietdekkers". She was abused by her father during her childhood, which led to a TeenPregnancy when she was fourteen. This fact, many years later, leads to the botched kidnapping and murder of her father.
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* RansomDrop: Two of these were ordered during the episode "De Rietdekkers". The first one involved a drop-off at a small chapel, followed by a taxi driver picking up the bag. The second one involved a (moving) transaction with a biker.
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* TeenPregnancy: Gabriëls girlfriend from the episode "De Rietdekkers" had one when she was fourteen. Her daughter was subsequently raised by her mother and treated as a sister.
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* WhiteSheep: For all his faults, Laurens Rietdekker from the episode "De Rietdekkers" was this. He might have been an irresponsible party animal, but compared to his father (who committed incest on his daughter and daughter/granddaughter), his mother (who kept the whole affair quiet and raised the incestuous child as her own) and his sisters (who kidnapped and (accidentally) murder his father for the money), he's the most well adjusted of the bunch.
--> '''Laurens''': I told you this family was a viper's nest...
--> '''Laurens''': I told you this family was a viper's nest...
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* CrazyHomelessPeople: The episode "Schedelinhoud" featured a few of these, among them Luc's client Louis. However, while Louis was a bit eccentric at best, his female homeless friend takes the cake.
* CryingWolf: A rather grim example happens to Luc's client, Louis, of the episode "Schedelinhoud". Throughout the episode, Louis (a homeless man) is sued for abusing the services of the emergency department of several local hospitals (without paying his bills), by pretending to have a heart attack. Luc eventually gets him off the hook by finding a loophole in the hospital's policy. When he suffers from an actual heart attack the next day, he's refused entrance to the hospital by its financial administrator (who remembered him from court), as he believes that Louis is running his scam again. He eventually dies in Luc's arms, as he's making his way to Leduc & partners.
* DrivenToSuicide: Chris' client from the episode "Schedelinhoud" suffers through this (but doesn't take her own life in the end). She became paralyzed from the waste down after a car crash and subsequently lost her sight during a botched cranial operation. This (and her increasing self-pity) was enough to drive her to suicidal thoughts. She eventually gets over them, when she remembers that she has a daughter to take care off.
* DrunkDriver: During the episode "Schedelinhoud", Chris' client ended up paralyzed due to a car crash. Around halfway the episode, Chris (and the viewer) find out that her husband wasn't merely responsible for the accident, but that he was driving intoxicated as well.
* DrunkDriver: During the episode "Schedelinhoud", Chris' client ended up paralyzed due to a car crash. Around halfway the episode, Chris (and the viewer) find out that her husband wasn't merely responsible for the accident, but that he was driving intoxicated as well.
* HarmfulHealing: Happens to Chris' client of the episode "Schedelinhoud". She was supposed to undergo a (relatively) harmless cranial procedure, but ended up losing her sight, because the surgeon tried an experimental procedure on her.
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* LoopholeAbuse: In the episode "Illegaal", Gabriël finds (and abuses) a loophole in the law to exonerate his client, Giovanni Busso, from a (serious) crime he committed. While it was left unclear what the crime was, it involved the poisoning of one of his employees.
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** In the episode "Illegaal", Gabriël finds (and abuses) a loophole in the law to exonerate his client, Giovanni Busso, from a (serious) crime he committed. While it was left unclear what the crime was, it involved the poisoning of one of hisemployees.employees.
** In the episode "Schedelinhoud", Luc abuses the fact that his client is homeless to get him exonerated for a hospital scam. He claims that, because the hospital didn't follow their own directory of sending his client the hospital bill by mail, his client doesn't owe them anything, which is followed by the judge.
** In the episode "Illegaal", Gabriël finds (and abuses) a loophole in the law to exonerate his client, Giovanni Busso, from a (serious) crime he committed. While it was left unclear what the crime was, it involved the poisoning of one of his
** In the episode "Schedelinhoud", Luc abuses the fact that his client is homeless to get him exonerated for a hospital scam. He claims that, because the hospital didn't follow their own directory of sending his client the hospital bill by mail, his client doesn't owe them anything, which is followed by the judge.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: The surgeon who operated Chris' client in the episode "Schedelinhoud" would fall under this. He used a (high-risk) experimental procedure (which eventually left her blind) on Chris' client, purely for selfish reasons (a major breakthrough in his career, media attention). Eventually, he does feel remorse for his acts and confesses his actions in court.
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* NotGoodWithRejection: Jessie has a minor case of this, after she's dumped by Hugo. She becomes irritable and rash at work and puts in little effort to do her job properly. She also chews out Hugo every opportunity she gets. She eventually does get better.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: In the episode "Schedelinhoud", one of the main reasons for Chris' client's husband to take her surgeon to court is to make him bleed for a botched medical procedure. This eventually consumes him so much, that he wants to keep on going, even after the surgeon admitted his mistakes in court and agreed to pay a (hefty) compensation. His wife (Chris' client), in turn, orders him to leave it at this.
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* SuicideForOthersHappiness: One of the reasons why Chris' client from the episode "Schedelinhoud" wanted to commit suicide, was because she saw herself as a burden (due to her paralysis and blindness) and wanted to spare her husband and child from having to take care of her.
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* WisdomFromTheGutter: Luc's client from the episode "Schedelinhoud" was a wily homeless man with quite a bit of street smarts. Throughout the episode, he even relates some of it to Luc.
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* AmicableExes: Initially played straight between Gabriël and his ex Evelyne in the episode "Vuur". Quickly subverted, however, as Evelyne merely tried to trick Gabriël into implicating himself in a blackmail attempt, set up by her. WHen they (eventually) confront her, she states that she implicated Gabriël out of spite.
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* AmicableExes: Initially played straight between Gabriël and his ex Evelyne in the episode "Vuur". Quickly subverted, however, as Evelyne merely tried to trick Gabriël into implicating himself in a blackmail attempt, set up by her. WHen When they (eventually) confront her, she states that she implicated Gabriël out of spite.
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* AScarToRemember: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" gave his ex-wife one, when he carved his name into her chest with a gutting knife.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Throughout the episode "Stalker", Jan Matthijs, the stalker ex of Chris' client, all but states that he's entitled to the love of his ex, because she married him in church. According to him, the bond between them will remain uuntil the end of their days and no divorce will come between that.
* HarassingPhoneCall: Jan Matthijs, from the episode "Stalker", was fond of these, not just to his ex-wife, but also to Chris.
* IfICantHaveYou: The mindset of Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker". He wants to win his ex-wife back at every cost and won't take no for an answer, even going as far as attempted murder.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" had several of these moments with his ex-wife, although the most obvious one was when he broke into her bedroom while she was asleep, after which he kissed her and stroked her hair.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" had several of these moments with his ex-wife, although the most obvious one was when he broke into her bedroom while she was asleep, after which he kissed her and stroked her hair.
* InsanityDefense: Chris tries to use this defense in the episode "Vuur" to get her client exonerated for involuntary manslaughter during an arson attempt. She ends up changing her strategy mid-trial, as it doesn't seem to take as well as she hoped.
* LiteralMetaphor: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" used these liberally throughout the episode, usually as threats. The best examples of these would be "married until death do us part" (as he would murder her otherwise) and making his ex feel what it's like for "your blood to run cold" (he locked her in the freezer of his fish store).
* ParentalSubstitute: In the episode "Stalker", Luc defends his "Aunt Emma" in a housing dispute. She isn't related to him, but acted as a surrogate mother during his youth (as his parents were away from home often). This quickly goes awry when he figures out that his "Aunt" is a slumlord.
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* PoliceAreUseless: When Louise gets mugged in the episode "Soft / Hard", she immediately reports the theft at the police station. Her description of the way the police treated her case shows strong resemblance with this trope.
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** When Louise gets mugged in the episode "Soft / Hard", she immediately reports the theft at the police station. Her description of the way the police treated her case shows strong resemblance with thistrope.trope.
** The local police from the episode "Stalker" take this trope to a new level. When Chris calls them on the stalker ex of her client, the police send him off without an official warning and tell him to "Go home and have a beer". When the stalker ex returns the following day and gets wounded during an altercation he provoked, the same officers file a report of assault and battery against Chris' client and even threaten Chris with a libel charge, after she states how poorly they're doing their job.
** When Louise gets mugged in the episode "Soft / Hard", she immediately reports the theft at the police station. Her description of the way the police treated her case shows strong resemblance with this
** The local police from the episode "Stalker" take this trope to a new level. When Chris calls them on the stalker ex of her client, the police send him off without an official warning and tell him to "Go home and have a beer". When the stalker ex returns the following day and gets wounded during an altercation he provoked, the same officers file a report of assault and battery against Chris' client and even threaten Chris with a libel charge, after she states how poorly they're doing their job.
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* PsychoEx: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker fits this trope (almost) perfectly. Not only did he stalk his ex-wife for three years (sending her letters and gifts every day), but he furthermore maimed and attempted to murder her, when she took him to court.
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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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* StalkerWithACrush: Chris has a (rather nasty) run in with one in the episode "Stalker". During the episode, Chris' client is stalked and harrassed by her ex-husband, who tries to win back his wife at any cost. When she (eventually) takes him to court, he even goes as far as attempted murder, as he couldn't stand being without her.
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" calls his ex-wife "schatje", even after three years of divorce. The ex-wife, who's Chris' client, finds it particularly creepy.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: A rather peculiar example of this happens in the episode "Stalker". Chris' client of the episode is stalked by her ex-husband, who thinks she belongs to him because he married her. When she tries to take him to court for his behaviour (and succeeds in getting a restraining order), he "upgrades" from stalking to maiming and attempted murder, simply because he can't stand losing her. He even outright states that death would be the only way for them to truly separate.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: A rather peculiar example of this happens in the episode "Stalker". Chris' client of the episode is stalked by her ex-husband, who thinks she belongs to him because he married her. When she tries to take him to court for his behaviour (and succeeds in getting a restraining order), he "upgrades" from stalking to maiming and attempted murder, simply because he can't stand losing her. He even outright states that death would be the only way for them to truly separate.
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* AbusiveParents: In the episode "Soft / Hard", it eventually turns out that the father of Chris' client framed his own son for possession of heroin, as a means for him to "better his life" (he was an artist). While he wanted to prevent his son from falling in with the worng crowd, everything eventually backfires on him, when his son gets addicted to heroin in jail.
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** In the episode "Soft / Hard", it eventually turns out that the father of Chris' client framed his own son for possession of heroin, as a means for him to "better his life" (he was an artist). While he wanted to prevent his son from falling in with the worng crowd, everything eventually backfires on him, when his son gets addicted to heroin injail.jail.
** The reason why Stefan Leurts from the episode "Vuur" turned to arsony, was because his mother was a prostitute, who locked him in the closet with their (aggressive) cats and burned him with a sigarette when he (or the cats) made noise.
** In the episode "Soft / Hard", it eventually turns out that the father of Chris' client framed his own son for possession of heroin, as a means for him to "better his life" (he was an artist). While he wanted to prevent his son from falling in with the worng crowd, everything eventually backfires on him, when his son gets addicted to heroin in
** The reason why Stefan Leurts from the episode "Vuur" turned to arsony, was because his mother was a prostitute, who locked him in the closet with their (aggressive) cats and burned him with a sigarette when he (or the cats) made noise.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Or psychopatic people, in the case of Stefan Leurts from the episode "Vuur". Severe abuse in his childhood gave him a deep hatred for cats, which he showcased by dousing them in deodorant and setting them on fire as a means of starting arsony. This eventually gets him off the hook for murder, as a copycat arson didn't use this cruel method of starting a fire.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Stefan Leurts from the episode "Vuur" speaks very little and seems quiet and benign, but he's a sadistic arsonist, who has little to no moral compass.
* 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.
* 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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** Chris' client from the episode "Vuur" is seen as the ideal murder suspect from the start, because he is an arsonist and the victim died in a house fire. While further investigation shows that the fire was indeed arson, Chris eventually proves that the arsonist used a different M.O. than her client would use. The trope is even discussed by Chris and Paul-Emile throughout the case, where Paul-Emile states that the odds are high that Chris' client will be convicted simply because there aren't any other suspects.
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* HoneyTrap: Hugo and Gabriël set up the means to film one for a client of theirs. It eventually turns out that their client used them and is now blackmailing the (unsuspecting) victim with the tape they made.
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* OutGambitted: Throughout the episode "Vuur", Gabriël and Hugo get roped into aiding a client with a HoneyTrap, which is eventually used to blackmail a senator. They come up with a plan together, where they not only stop the blackmail attempt, but also get dirt on the client which they can use in a case against her.
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* PyroManiac: Stefan Leurts, Chris' client from the episode "Vuur", was a typical case of this, as he loved to watch things burn. He even set fire to the mattress in his prison cell, merely for the joy of watching it burn.
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* Ponzi: The episode "Lichter dan lucht" featured a classic version of this scheme. Hugo even explains the entire idea behind a Ponzi scheme to Chris (and the viewer). Chris, however, already knew how it worked.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Chris gets into trouble throughout the episode "Illegaal", because she kept on defending her client even after she was made aware that this would yield a conflict of interest with another client of Leduc & partners (which would be a deontological error). Her response to getting called out about it is this trope, as the other client was a CorruptCorporateExecutive, who was under suspicion of murdering her client's husband.
* ShaggyDogStory: Chris' case from the episode "Illegaal" turns out to be this. In this episode, Chris' defends an illegal immigrant, who came to Belgium to be re-united with her husband (who allegedly had permanent residence there). Chris tries to find the husband (as he's her client's only hope of permanent residence) over the course of the episode, but it seems like he disappeared of the face of the earth. There are even rumours that he was murdered and buried in the foundations of a skyscraper, but when push comes to shove, the man turns out to be very much alive and living with his new family in Belgium. When Chris eventually manages to convince the husband to vouch for his wife, however, she's told by the immigration's clerk that her client was deported the day before and that she has already returned to her home country. The episode ends with the husband pledging to find her, but it's not going to be easy in a (still) wartorn zone.
* ShotgunWedding: Giovanni Busso from the episode "Illegaal" forced his grandson-in-law into one of these after he knocked up his granddaughter. He furthermore has him change his name, which makes it more difficult for Chris to track him down several years later.
* WarRefugees: Chris' client from the episode "Illegaal" was this, as well as her husband. Not that they cared much at immigration, as the war was "officially" over.
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* WomanScorned: In the episode "Mariska", the main reason for the widow of the victim to betray her son-in-law to the cops was because he cheated on her daughter, which caused her to become bipolar (or so the son-in-law states)
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* WorkingTheSameCase: Chris and Gabriël turn out to work on opposite sides of the same case in the episode "Illegaal". This leads to an internal struggle between them, as there's a conflict of interest between their clients.
* WorkingTheSameCase: Chris and Gabriël turn out to work on opposite sides of the same case in the episode "Illegaal". This leads to an internal struggle between them, as there's a conflict of interest between their clients.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Alex Verpoorte from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" definitely falls under this trope, as he dumps toxic waste in the ground and subsequently sells the polluted land as building ground, all to make enormous profits.
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** Alex Verpoorte from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" definitely falls under this trope, as he dumps toxic waste in the ground and subsequently sells the polluted land as building ground, all to make enormousprofits.profits.
** Giovanni Busso from the episode "Illegaal" was a FauxAffablyEvil version of this, as he pretends to be a decent man, but eventually has no problem with bending the rules (or outright breaking them) for his own selfish reasons.
** Alex Verpoorte from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" definitely falls under this trope, as he dumps toxic waste in the ground and subsequently sells the polluted land as building ground, all to make enormous
** Giovanni Busso from the episode "Illegaal" was a FauxAffablyEvil version of this, as he pretends to be a decent man, but eventually has no problem with bending the rules (or outright breaking them) for his own selfish reasons.
* EthnicMenialLabor: Used to its full effect in the episode "Illegaal", where all of the illegal African immigrant work in construction (as they have no papers to work anywhere else). Even Giovanni Busso, the CEO of one of those construction firms, states that he used to work in the mines (as an Italian immigrant) back when he started out.
* LoopholeAbuse: In the episode "Illegaal", Gabriël finds (and abuses) a loophole in the law to exonerate his client, Giovanni Busso, from a (serious) crime he committed. While it was left unclear what the crime was, it involved the poisoning of one of his employees.
* NaturalizedName: Désiré Mageza from the episode "Illegaal" changed his name partially because of this trope and partially to leave his past behind him and stay under the radar.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Chris meets several of these throughout the episode "Pentito".
** The employees she meets at city hall are as helpful as you'd expect them to be, based on this trope. Their standard answer to any inquiry Chris makes for information about her client is "I don't think I can share that information with you, miss." and not even threathening them with a subpoena would change this. She ends up having to go over their heads, only to find an even more obstructive bureaucrat.
** District attorney Leopold has her own reasons to be this, throughout the episode. She wants Rudy to give her information on a gang of human traffickers he used to work for, even if she has to use bureaucracy to extort him into ratting them out. She even tries to play both sides and negotiates with the human traffickers as well, in order to play them against eachother, with devastating effects.
** The employees she meets at city hall are as helpful as you'd expect them to be, based on this trope. Their standard answer to any inquiry Chris makes for information about her client is "I don't think I can share that information with you, miss." and not even threathening them with a subpoena would change this. She ends up having to go over their heads, only to find an even more obstructive bureaucrat.
** District attorney Leopold has her own reasons to be this, throughout the episode. She wants Rudy to give her information on a gang of human traffickers he used to work for, even if she has to use bureaucracy to extort him into ratting them out. She even tries to play both sides and negotiates with the human traffickers as well, in order to play them against eachother, with devastating effects.
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** Chris meets several of these throughout the episode "Pentito".
** *** The employees she meets at city hall are as helpful as you'd expect them to be, based on this trope. Their standard answer to any inquiry Chris makes for information about her client is "I don't think I can share that information with you, miss." and not even threathening them with a subpoena would change this. She ends up having to go over their heads, only to find an even more obstructive bureaucrat.
** *** District attorney Leopold has her own reasons to be this, throughout the episode. She wants Rudy to give her information on a gang of human traffickers he used to work for, even if she has to use bureaucracy to extort him into ratting them out. She even tries to play both sides and negotiates with the human traffickers as well, in order to play them against eachother, with devastating effects.effects.
** Johan Delbeke, the clerk from immigration in the episode "Illegaal", also fits this trope quite well, as he tends to do dismiss evidence of Désiré Mageza's existence quite easily, simply becuase it was provided to him by an illegal immigrant. He furthermore doesn't even take the effort to call Chris' when her client gets deported (despite the fact that he knew full well that Chris was working on getting her a visa).
** Chris meets several of these throughout the episode "Pentito".
** Johan Delbeke, the clerk from immigration in the episode "Illegaal", also fits this trope quite well, as he tends to do dismiss evidence of Désiré Mageza's existence quite easily, simply becuase it was provided to him by an illegal immigrant. He furthermore doesn't even take the effort to call Chris' when her client gets deported (despite the fact that he knew full well that Chris was working on getting her a visa).
* 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.
* RulesLawyer: Gabriël has shades of this (as shown in the episode "Illegaal"), but only if it helps his case.
* TheIllegal: The entire premise of the episode "Illegaal" revolved around an illegal immigrant, who came to Belgium in search of her husband. She eventually got deported before she could find him.
* TheMadnessPlace: Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht", Jan Pieter de Leeuw, had bipolar disorder and was suffering a manic episode when he decided to start swindling people. This caused his behaviour to become more extravert and erratic as the episode progressed. The peak of his manic episode occured near the end of the episode, when he came with the idea to buy a luxurious restaurant with Chris and her then-boyfriend Wout. He subsequently tried to convince Chris by rambling on about the restaurant, whilst trying to force himself onto her (only to stop out of embarrassment before he went to far). When Chris eventually figured out Jan Pieter was manic and confronted him with it at the golf club, it ended in a (one-sided) shouting match, where he claimed that he would one day buy the golf club and rule there as a king.
* TheMadnessPlace: Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht", Jan Pieter de Leeuw, had bipolar disorder and was suffering a manic episode when he decided to start swindling people. This caused his behaviour to become more extravert and erratic as the episode progressed. The peak of his manic episode occured near the end of the episode, when he came with the idea to buy a luxurious restaurant with Chris and her then-boyfriend Wout. He subsequently tried to convince Chris by rambling on about the restaurant, whilst trying to force himself onto her (only to stop out of embarrassment before he went to far). When Chris eventually figured out Jan Pieter was manic and confronted him with it at the golf club, it ended in a (one-sided) shouting match, where he claimed that he would one day buy the golf club and rule there as a king.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Giovanni Busso from the episode "Illegaal" often refers to himself in the third person.
--> '''Busso''' ''[In response to Gabriël's question]'': Busso is not a murderer.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Hugo's niece Karen gets fired at her job after she injures her boss by throwing a binder at his head.
--> '''Busso''' ''[In response to Gabriël's question]'': Busso is not a murderer.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Hugo's niece Karen gets fired at her job after she injures her boss by throwing a binder at his head.
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* TheMadnessPlace: Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht", Jan Pieter de Leeuw, had bipolar disorder and was suffering a manic episode when he decided to start swindling people. This caused his behaviour to become more extravert and erratic as the episode progressed. The peak of his manic episode occured near the end of the episode, when he came with the idea to buy a luxurious restaurant with Chris and her then-boyfriend Wout. He subsequently tried to convince Chris by rambling on about the restaurant, whilst trying to force himself onto her (only to stop out of embarrassment before he went to far). When Chris eventually figured out Jan Pieter was manic and confronted him with it at the golf club, it ended in a (one-sided) shouting match, where he claimed that he would one day buy the golf club and rule there as a king.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Hugo's niece Karen gets fired at her job after she injures her boss by throwing a binder at his head.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Hugo's niece Karen gets fired at her job after she injures her boss by throwing a binder at his head.
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* FallGuy:
** Sven from the episode "Mariska" was set up to become this and eventually even accepted payment to take the blame.
** John Verlinden from the episode "Lichter dan lucht" was a classic example of this trope, as he was a drunk who signed papers as a "company CEO" in exchange for money. He even stated that he didn't care what he signed, as long as he got payed.
** Sven from the episode "Mariska" was set up to become this and eventually even accepted payment to take the blame.
** John Verlinden from the episode "Lichter dan lucht" was a classic example of this trope, as he was a drunk who signed papers as a "company CEO" in exchange for money. He even stated that he didn't care what he signed, as long as he got payed.
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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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* MultipleIdentityIDs: Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht" concocted several fake identities for himself, based on famous writers and poets. While this could have been to stay out of trouble with the law, it was clearly hinted throughout the episode that he, in fact, became those persons as well in real life.
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* Ponzi: The episode "Lichter dan lucht" featured a classic version of this scheme. Hugo even explains the entire idea behind a Ponzi scheme to Chris (and the viewer). Chris, however, already knew how it worked.
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Most of the victims of the Ponzi scheme in "Lichter dan lucht" were this, as they fell head first for the scheme.
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* ShelteredAristocrat: Jan Pieter de Leeuw, Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht" pretended to be this as an explanation for why he got conned as well. It eventually turns out that he was the (only) conman.
* SmokyGentlemensClub: The golf club in the episode "Lichter dan lucht" serves this purpose, although it's a lot less smoky than the usual examples.
* SmokyGentlemensClub: The golf club in the episode "Lichter dan lucht" serves this purpose, although it's a lot less smoky than the usual examples.
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* SplitPersonality: Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht" is hinted to suffer from this, although it wasn't confirmed throughout the episode. He was suffering from bipolar disorder and created several fake identities for himself, but played them so convincingly that he could have easily [[BecomingTheMask became the mask]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: The episode "Lichter dan lucht" had an interesting subversion of this. Chris' client, who was accused of swindling, stated that he himself (and everyone else) might have been swindled by a guy named Martin Prévert, who he met at a party. Throughout the episode, Chris and Hugo each conduct a search for this linchpin separately, only to find out that Martin Prévert was one of the false identities of Chris' client (and possibly a figment of his split personality).
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* TheMadnessPlace: Chris' client from the episode "Lichter dan lucht", Jan Pieter de Leeuw, had bipolar disorder and was suffering a manic episode when he decided to start swindling people. This caused his behaviour to become more extravert and erratic as the episode progressed. The peak of his manic episode occured near the end of the episode, when he came with the idea to buy a luxurious restaurant with Chris and her then-boyfriend Wout. He subsequently tried to convince Chris by rambling on about the restaurant, whilst trying to force himself onto her (only to stop out of embarrassment before he went to far). When Chris eventually figured out Jan Pieter was manic and confronted him with it at the golf club, it ended in a (one-sided) shouting match, where he claimed that he would one day buy the golf club and rule there as a king.
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** Stany is suspected of selling information to a gang in the episode "Vuil" and Chris and Hugo try to help him clear his name.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Stany serves as this to Hugo, after he quits the GP.
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** Sven from the episode "Mariska" is accused of murder and seen as the prime (and only) suspect by the proscecutor, despite his daughter vouching for him. Hugo, however, is nearly certain Sven is innocent and proves his innocence throughout the episode. Even the FGP, who's handling the case, doesn't believe in Sven's guilt, as shown by Stany's reaction, but they have to follow the proscecutor's orders nevertheless.
---> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
---> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.
---> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
---> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.
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** Sven from the episode "Mariska" is accused of murder and seen as the prime (and only) suspect by the proscecutor, despite his daughter vouching for him. Hugo, however, is nearly certain Sven is innocent and proves his innocence throughout the episode. Even the FGP, who's handling the case, doesn't believe in Sven's guilt, as shown by Stany's Stanny's reaction, but they have to follow the proscecutor's orders nevertheless.
--->'''Stany''': '''Stanny''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
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--> '''Stany''': Follow me...
--> ''[Stany looks around to see if the coast is clear]''
--> '''Stany''': Follow me...
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* AbusiveParents: In the episode "Soft / Hard", it eventually turns out that the father of Chris' client framed his own son for possession of heroin, as a means for him to "better his life" (he was an artist). While he wanted to prevent his son from falling in with the worng crowd, everything eventually backfires on him, when his son gets addicted to heroin in jail.
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* DadTheVeteran: The father of Chris' client in the episode "Soft / Hard" was a (retired) army major. Throughout the episode, it's revealed that he rules over his wife with an iron fist (literally) and that he couldn't stand how free-spirited his son had become.
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* DescentIntoAddiction: Chris' client from the episode "Soft / Hard" goes through one of these while he's in prison. By the end of the episode, he's addicted to heroin.
* DirtyOldMan: Jacky de Potter from the episode "Soft / Hard" was this in spades, as he was more than willing to have sex with the (young) girlfriend of Chris' client in return for (vital) information. He also liked them young and even had a photographic collection of (naked) teenage girls in his desk.
* DirtyOldMan: Jacky de Potter from the episode "Soft / Hard" was this in spades, as he was more than willing to have sex with the (young) girlfriend of Chris' client in return for (vital) information. He also liked them young and even had a photographic collection of (naked) teenage girls in his desk.
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* DomesticAbuse: The father of Chris' client in the episode "Soft / Hard" regularly beats his wife into submission. It becomes one of the main motives for the client to sit out a jail sentence, as it would mean that his father would leave his mother alone.
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* FakeOutMakeOut: Hugo and Jessie have to perform one of these to avoid getting caught in the episode "Soft / Hard". Not that either of them minds.
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* FiveFingerDiscount: In the episode "Soft / Hard", Louise's handbag gets stolen and the thieves subsequently use her keys to clear out her living room. Hugo and Jessie manage to catch the thieves before the end of the episode and return everything to Louise.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Stany serves as this to Hugo, after he quits the GP.
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* LawmanGoneBad: Jacky de Potter from the episode "Soft / Hard" is a former cop, who worked for vice until he was caught in bed with a minor. He subsequently became a (shifty) PI, who helped his client frame Chris' client for possesion of heroin.
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* PrivateDetective:
** Hugo essentially fills this role for Leduc & partners, despite having a different job description.
** Chris and Hugo have to deal with a shifty one in the episode "Soft / Hard", who holds the key to the case of their client and wants to share his information for a price.
** Hugo essentially fills this role for Leduc & partners, despite having a different job description.
** Chris and Hugo have to deal with a shifty one in the episode "Soft / Hard", who holds the key to the case of their client and wants to share his information for a price.
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* StarvingArtist: Chris' client from the episode "Soft / Hard" was one of these and, hence, had little money to pay Chris' fees. Chris, nevertheless, took his case, despite the fact that Leduc & Partners were in a bit of financial trouble.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Near the start of the episode "Huisje, tintje, kindje", Leduc & partners receive a new telephone system for the office, which connects their phone to their e-mail, fax and other electronics. Initially, it works as well as you'd expect such a complicated system to work, with calls being put through to everywhere within the firm, except the place they should go.
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* CorruptBureaucrat: The episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" features a civil servant who kept quiet about an environmental scandal in exchange for a promotion. As the episode continues, Chris and Hugo find out that the servant's bosses were in on the whole thing and that he was promoted partially to get rid of him.
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* OhCrap: Verpoorte, the CorruptCorporateExecutive of Taxowaste, has one near the end of the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje". He thought that he could avoid financial ruin by syphoning assets from Taxowaste to his other shell companies, but gets the shock of his life when Chris tells him that the justice department is confiscating the assets of all those companies as well.
--> '''Verpoorte''' ''[smugly]'': Hah! You're too late, Haagdoorn! Taxowaste is bankrupt!
--> '''Chris''': Yes, I guess we'll have to get our compensation from any of your other companies.
--> ''[Verpoorte goes silent as Chris names all his most profitable shell companies and hands him the subpoenas which allows the justice department to confiscate their assets.]''
--> '''Chris''': It seems like all that fine art of yours will do some good after all!
--> '''Verpoorte''' ''[smugly]'': Hah! You're too late, Haagdoorn! Taxowaste is bankrupt!
--> '''Chris''': Yes, I guess we'll have to get our compensation from any of your other companies.
--> ''[Verpoorte goes silent as Chris names all his most profitable shell companies and hands him the subpoenas which allows the justice department to confiscate their assets.]''
--> '''Chris''': It seems like all that fine art of yours will do some good after all!
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* SmugSnake: Chris often takes on (male) opponents of this kind, either in or out of court. Some examples include J.C. Pickery from the episode "Familiezaken", Wim Waesbeke from the episode "Dode Rambo", Jurgen Cats from the episode "Mariska" and Alex Verpoorte from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje".
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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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* UnusualEuphemism: During the B-plot of the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", Gabriël defends two clients who are involved in the sale of horse sperm (for professional breeding purposes). When he gets a report on the quality of the "sample" his clients sold, he reads that there were foreign cells within the sample. He asks his clients about it, who state that they had to provide "their own contribution", as they spilled some material and the sample would be too small otherwise. Gabriël couldn't help but laugh after he heard this.
--> '''Gabriël''' ''[After he (eventually) stops laughing]'': Okay, the best thing I can do for you now is try to get a plea bargain.
--> '''Gabriël''' ''[After he (eventually) stops laughing]'': Okay, the best thing I can do for you now is try to get a plea bargain.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Alex Verpoorte from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje" definitely falls under this trope, as he dumps toxic waste in the ground and subsequently sells the polluted land as building ground, all to make enormous profits.
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* EveryManHasHisPrice: This was J.C. Pickery's tactic in the episode "Familiezaken". He would pay off his victims' silence with large sums of cash (200000 Belgian Francs, which is 5000 €) he kept in his safe.
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** This was J.C. Pickery's tactic in the episode "Familiezaken". He would pay off his victims' silence with large sums of cash (200000 Belgian Francs, which is 5000 €) he kept in hissafe.safe.
** Verpoorte, the CorruptCorporateExecutive from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", tries this on Chris, as he believes lawyers are only in it for the money. She (rather politely) declines.
** This was J.C. Pickery's tactic in the episode "Familiezaken". He would pay off his victims' silence with large sums of cash (200000 Belgian Francs, which is 5000 €) he kept in his
** Verpoorte, the CorruptCorporateExecutive from the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", tries this on Chris, as he believes lawyers are only in it for the money. She (rather politely) declines.
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* ForensicAccounting: Hugo keeps himself occupied with some of this throughout the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje". It eventually allows Chris (and the federal police) to track down the list of shell companies used by the opposition, which permits them to sue the CorruptCorporateExecutive for nearly everything he has.
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* MysteriousNote: Chris receives one after her case against a waste disposal company hits a snag in the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje". It (eventually) allows her to build a stronger case against them for her appeal hearing.
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* PromotedToScapegoat: In the episode "Huisje, tuintje, kindje", a CorruptCorporateExecutive made his wife high-ranking management staff in several of his shell companies, as to avoid getting connected to them himself. It doesn't work out for him in the end.
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* 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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* RomanticFalseLead: During season two, Chris starts a relationship with Wout Lefever. Wout is obviously this trope, as Chris is meant to get into a relationship with Hugo.
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* TroubledTeen: Thomas van Oyen from the episode "Biechtgeheim" was this, as he spent more time in detention than in class and even tried to sell "Playboys" to his classmates in catholic school. This behaviour is later on explained by the fact that he was sexually abused by one of the priests at school.
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* TroubledTeen: Thomas van Oyen from the episode "Biechtgeheim" was is this, as he spent more time in detention than in class and even tried to sell "Playboys" to his classmates in catholic school. This behaviour is later on explained by the fact that he was sexually abused by one of the priests at school.school.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Chris and Hugo have this in spades, as they're obviously attracted to one another, but try to avoid getting into a relationship at all cost. They eventually end up with eachother in the series finale.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: In the episode "Biechtgeheim", Paul-Emile asks Chris to defend a priest as a favor for an old friend of his, reverend Godderis. Throughout the episode, it turns out that Chris' client is a pedophile and that Godderis tried to cover this up to save the reputation of his catholic school. When Paul-Emile tries to appeal to the better nature of Chris' client and Godderis (by letting him turn himself in), they both decline. What follows is this exchange:
--> '''Paul-Emile''': Then I hereby have to end the cooperation between the client and Leduc & Partners.
--> '''Godderis''': I still hope I can count on your professional confidentiality, both as a former client and friend.
--> '''Paul-Emile''': Calling you a friend would mean that I would have to see you as an equal. At this point, I see you as nothing more than a common criminal.
--> '''Paul-Emile''': Then I hereby have to end the cooperation between the client and Leduc & Partners.
--> '''Godderis''': I still hope I can count on your professional confidentiality, both as a former client and friend.
--> '''Paul-Emile''': Calling you a friend would mean that I would have to see you as an equal. At this point, I see you as nothing more than a common criminal.
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* FieryCoverup: Done by reverend Godderis in the episode "Biechtgeheim" to destroy incriminating photographic evidence of pedophilia by one of his underlings.
--> '''Godderis''': What do you have there, Marietje.
--> ''[Marietje shows him the photographs of naked students she found in the room of her son, teacher Debruyne]''
--> '''Godderis''': What are you going to do with those?
--> '''Marietje''': I don't want them! Get rid of them!
--> '''Godderis''': What are you going to do with those?
--> '''Marietje''': Throw them in the thrash!
--> '''Godderis''': Might be better if we burn them...
--> ''[Marietje agrees silently]''
--> '''Godderis''': What do you have there, Marietje.
--> ''[Marietje shows him the photographs of naked students she found in the room of her son, teacher Debruyne]''
--> '''Godderis''': What are you going to do with those?
--> '''Marietje''': I don't want them! Get rid of them!
--> '''Godderis''': What are you going to do with those?
--> '''Marietje''': Throw them in the thrash!
--> '''Godderis''': Might be better if we burn them...
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* GoAndSinNoMore: Hugo gives a pedophilic priest this choice during the episode "Biechtgeheim". Throughout the episode, Chris (inadvertently) got her client, the priest, exonerated for pedophilia, but received evidence later on to prove his guilt. The problem is that she couldn't hand in the evidence without breaking her professional confidentiality. Hugo, who isn't bound by such oaths, blackmails the priest into going into therapy voluntarily to stop the evidence from reaching the police.
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* PedophilePriest: Chris' client from the episode "Biechtgeheim", reverend Debruyne, was this. He had an expansive photo collection of his (naked) students and even sexually abused one of them.
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* StrawMisogynist: Reverend Godderis was this in spades. Not only did he doubt Chris' capabilities as a lawyer, but he saw women in general as lesser being, which should be [[StayInTheKitchen relegated to the kitchen]].
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* TroubledTeen: Thomas van Oyen from the episode "Biechtgeheim" was this, as he spent more time in detention than in class and even tried to sell "Playboys" to his classmates in catholic school. This behaviour is later on explained by the fact that he was sexually abused by one of the priests at school.
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* PerspectiveReversal: Happens to Chris and Hugo in the episode "Bankwezen". Near the start of the episode, Chris fully believes that her client is innocent, while Hugo believes that he's the inside man. Somewhere near the halfway point, Chris comes to the realization that her client has too much to hide and starts suspecting him. Hugo, on the other hand, sees several discrepancies which cause him to seriously doubt the guilt of Chris' client. Eventually, it turns out that the client was innocent after all.
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* BankRobbery: The episode "Bankwezen" revolved around the (alleged) role of Chris' client in a bank robbery.
* 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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* GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty: Sven from the episode "Mariska" is accused of murder and seen as the prime (and only) suspect by the proscecutor, despite his daughter vouching for him. Hugo, however, is nearly certain Sven is innocent and proves his innocence throughout the episode. Even the FGP, who's handling the case, doesn't believe in Sven's guilt, as shown by Stany's reaction, but they have to follow the proscecutor's orders nevertheless.
--> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
--> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.
--> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
--> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.
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** Sven from the episode "Mariska" is accused of murder and seen as the prime (and only) suspect by the proscecutor, despite his daughter vouching for him. Hugo, however, is nearly certain Sven is innocent and proves his innocence throughout the episode. Even the FGP, who's handling the case, doesn't believe in Sven's guilt, as shown by Stany's reaction, but they have to follow the proscecutor's orders nevertheless.
--> ---> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
--> ---> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.innocent.
** Chris' client from the episode "Bankwezen" is eventually treated like this, even though he wasn't involved in the case at all and was merely absent from his work (to get lunch) at the wrong time.
** Sven from the episode "Mariska" is accused of murder and seen as the prime (and only) suspect by the proscecutor, despite his daughter vouching for him. Hugo, however, is nearly certain Sven is innocent and proves his innocence throughout the episode. Even the FGP, who's handling the case, doesn't believe in Sven's guilt, as shown by Stany's reaction, but they have to follow the proscecutor's orders nevertheless.
** Chris' client from the episode "Bankwezen" is eventually treated like this, even though he wasn't involved in the case at all and was merely absent from his work (to get lunch) at the wrong time.
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* InsideJob: The episode "Bankwezen" revolved around one of these. From the start of the episode, it was clear as day that the robbers had insider knowledge, which allowed them to rob the bank efficiently. The remainder of the episode focuses on identifying the inside man.
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* MotiveEqualsConclusiveEvidence: Several of Chris' clients are faced with this.
** Sven from the episode "Mariska" was accused of murder without a single piece of incriminating evidence against him, becuase he had the best motive of all the suspects
** Chris' client, Herman Baetens, from the episode "Bankwezen" was accused of being the inside man for the robbery of the bank he worked at. Not a single piece of (non-circumstantial) evidence was provided by the district attorney. Chris even discussed this while pleading for her client in court.
--> '''Chris''' ''[To the district attorney]'' : Can you show me one piece of physical evidence which links my client to the crime?
--> ''[The remainder of the court room remain silent, including the district attorney]''
--> '''Chris''': That's because you don't have any! And putting a family man behind bars will not magically grant you one either!
* NasalTrauma: Hugo gets into a fight with a bouncer during the episode "Bankwezen" and ends up witha severe nosebleed.
** Sven from the episode "Mariska" was accused of murder without a single piece of incriminating evidence against him, becuase he had the best motive of all the suspects
** Chris' client, Herman Baetens, from the episode "Bankwezen" was accused of being the inside man for the robbery of the bank he worked at. Not a single piece of (non-circumstantial) evidence was provided by the district attorney. Chris even discussed this while pleading for her client in court.
--> '''Chris''' ''[To the district attorney]'' : Can you show me one piece of physical evidence which links my client to the crime?
--> ''[The remainder of the court room remain silent, including the district attorney]''
--> '''Chris''': That's because you don't have any! And putting a family man behind bars will not magically grant you one either!
* NasalTrauma: Hugo gets into a fight with a bouncer during the episode "Bankwezen" and ends up witha severe nosebleed.
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* PostRobberyTrauma: Surprisingly averted in the episode "Bankwezen", where several employees sustained physical trauma due to excessive violence, but none of them were traumatized mentally.
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* AbortionFalloutDrama: In the episode "Bankwezen", Chris finds out that her mother had an abortion several years after her father died. This shocked her gravely, as her mother always claimed that her dad was (and always had been) the only man in her life. The fallout of this reveal causes a rift between Chris and her mother, which lasts until the end of the episode.
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* DefiantStrip: One of Luc's clients did this in the episode "Bankwezen". In this episode, Luc and his client (an African immigrant) were taking the client's boss to court for exploitation. When the boss subsequently claimed that Luc's client lied about his poor health, the client protested and stated that he had evidence that he was in great health. Upon requesting to see said evidence, the client exposed himself to the (female) judge, who had to suspend court out of bewilderment. Fortunately, she thought the entire situation was hilarious and eventually even ruled in the client's favor.
--> '''Judge''' ''[To Luc and Paul-Emile]'': Of course I had to suspend court... I was gonna have a laughing fit right then and there otherwise!
--> '''Judge''' ''[To Luc and Paul-Emile]'': Of course I had to suspend court... I was gonna have a laughing fit right then and there otherwise!
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Happens to Gabriël in the episode "Bankwezen". Near the start of the episode, Gabriël gives a tough case to Luc (as a favor, no less), while he takes up an easier case with a hefty reward. Not only does the tougher case lead to big break (and media attention) for Luc, but Gabriël's hefty reward (in the form of stocks) turns out to be useless, as the firm he's representing files for bankruptcy.
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: A peculiar example occurs in the episode "Bankwezen". The prime suspect of an inside job (who's also Chris' client) doesn't seem like an obvious suspect at first glance (family man with a stable job, who worked at his workplace for 18 years). However, as more and more circumstantial evidence builds up against him, even Chris becomes convinced that he did it. Eventually, it turns out that he didn't do it and was framed by the true culprit.
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** In the episode "Haat", Chris and district attorney Leopold are kidnapped by a gang of Neo-nazis. They end up getting bound and gagged by one of them, who subsequently guards them for most of the episode.
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* BoxedCrook: Rudy Nooteboom becomes one in the episode "Pentito". He wants to marry his (pregnant) fiancé, but the marriage is declined by city hall, because Rudy has a criminal record and his fiancé [[CitizenshipMarriage has no residence permit.]] The only way he can marry her (and prevent her extradition) is by ratting out his former associates (at the risk of his own life and his wife's).
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* CitizenshipMarriage: The main reason why Rudy and his fiancé from the episode "Pentito" weren't allowed to marry, was because the fiancé didn't have a residence permit. The trope's even discussed within the episode.
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* ContractOnTheHitman: Happens to Chris' client in the episode "Pentito". While he was a former hitman at that point, the remainder of the trope nevertheless applies.
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* ExternalCombustion: Used in the episode "Pentito" to kill Chris' client, his fiancé and their newborn child, after the former ratted out his (former) employer to the district attorney.
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** A hit was put out on Rudy Nooteboom from the episode "Pentito", because there were runours that he was going to snitch on them, which made him a liability.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold:
** Rudy's fiancé Raïsa from the episode "Pentito" definitely fits this trope, as she's sympathetic and longing for a normal life outside of prositution.
* HopeSpot: After Rudy Nooteboom and his pregnant fiancé survive a drive-by shooting by Rudy's former associates, everything seems on the up-and-up for them. Their baby gets born unscathed, Rudy (gladly) rats out his former associates and they even get married in the end. Then, they (and their newborn child) die in a carbombing by the end of the episode.
* HumanTrafficking: In the episode "Pentito", the gang Chris' client, Rudy, used to work for is suspected of human trafficking, but never convicted, as no one talks. Throughout the episode, district attorney Leopold tries to lever Rudy into ratting out his former employers to put the gang behind bars, regardless of the consequences for Rudy.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This was district attorney Leopold's point of view throughout the entirety of the episode "Pentito". She wanted to take down a gang of human trafficker through whichever (legal) way possible, regardless of the (innocent) bystanders that would get hurt. Best illustrated in her final conversation with Chris' of the episode.
--> '''DA Leopold''': It seems that in the end we both got what we wanted.
--> '''Chris''': What we wanted?! Rudy's pregnant fiancé was wheeled into hospital with a bullet wound! I'd call that a travesty!
--> '''DA Leopold''': You're looking at it the wrong way. It's not a travesty... It's the price we had to pay for justice to prevail.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold:
** Rudy's fiancé Raïsa from the episode "Pentito" definitely fits this trope, as she's sympathetic and longing for a normal life outside of prositution.
* HopeSpot: After Rudy Nooteboom and his pregnant fiancé survive a drive-by shooting by Rudy's former associates, everything seems on the up-and-up for them. Their baby gets born unscathed, Rudy (gladly) rats out his former associates and they even get married in the end. Then, they (and their newborn child) die in a carbombing by the end of the episode.
* HumanTrafficking: In the episode "Pentito", the gang Chris' client, Rudy, used to work for is suspected of human trafficking, but never convicted, as no one talks. Throughout the episode, district attorney Leopold tries to lever Rudy into ratting out his former employers to put the gang behind bars, regardless of the consequences for Rudy.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This was district attorney Leopold's point of view throughout the entirety of the episode "Pentito". She wanted to take down a gang of human trafficker through whichever (legal) way possible, regardless of the (innocent) bystanders that would get hurt. Best illustrated in her final conversation with Chris' of the episode.
--> '''DA Leopold''': It seems that in the end we both got what we wanted.
--> '''Chris''': What we wanted?! Rudy's pregnant fiancé was wheeled into hospital with a bullet wound! I'd call that a travesty!
--> '''DA Leopold''': You're looking at it the wrong way. It's not a travesty... It's the price we had to pay for justice to prevail.
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* LoveRedeems: The reason for Rudy Nooteboom from the episode "Pentito" to give up his life as a hit man, was because he fell in love with one of the dancers at the club and got her pregnant. It's discussed by Hugo and Stany halfway through the episode.
--> '''Hugo''': So, is Rudy still working for Vandaele?
--> '''Stany''': No, it seems the two had a falling out. He even took one of vandaele's dancers with him.
--> '''Hugo''': So he's starting on his own?
--> '''Stany''': No, the local gossip states that he left with her out of love with a capital L.
--> '''Hugo''': I didn't know that still existed...
--> '''Stany''': It definitely does, Hugo, it definitely does...
--> '''Hugo''': So, is Rudy still working for Vandaele?
--> '''Stany''': No, it seems the two had a falling out. He even took one of vandaele's dancers with him.
--> '''Hugo''': So he's starting on his own?
--> '''Stany''': No, the local gossip states that he left with her out of love with a capital L.
--> '''Hugo''': I didn't know that still existed...
--> '''Stany''': It definitely does, Hugo, it definitely does...
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: The main cause of drama in the episode "Pentito". Chris' client Rudy and his ex-associates made an agreement to leave eachother be at the start of the episode, but rumours of a plea deal eventually made the latter reconsider, after which they placed a hit on Rudy.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Chris meets several of these throughout the episode "Pentito".
** The employees she meets at city hall are as helpful as you'd expect them to be, based on this trope. Their standard answer to any inquiry Chris makes for information about her client is "I don't think I can share that information with you, miss." and not even threathening them with a subpoena would change this. She ends up having to go over their heads, only to find an even more obstructive bureaucrat.
** District attorney Leopold has her own reasons to be this, throughout the episode. She wants Rudy to give her information on a gang of human traffickers he used to work for, even if she has to use bureaucracy to extort him into ratting them out. She even tries to play both sides and negotiates with the human traffickers as well, in order to play them against eachother, with devastating effects.
** The employees she meets at city hall are as helpful as you'd expect them to be, based on this trope. Their standard answer to any inquiry Chris makes for information about her client is "I don't think I can share that information with you, miss." and not even threathening them with a subpoena would change this. She ends up having to go over their heads, only to find an even more obstructive bureaucrat.
** District attorney Leopold has her own reasons to be this, throughout the episode. She wants Rudy to give her information on a gang of human traffickers he used to work for, even if she has to use bureaucracy to extort him into ratting them out. She even tries to play both sides and negotiates with the human traffickers as well, in order to play them against eachother, with devastating effects.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the episode "Pentito", Chris' client Rudy eventually rats out his former associates, after they attempt a hit on him. Shortly after, he dies in a car explosion together with his wife and newborn child.
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* RetiredOutlaw: Rudy Nooteboom from the episode "Pentito" became this after he fell in love with with one of the dancer's at his boss' club.
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* StrappedToABomb: Rudy Nooteboom from the episode "Pentito" outfits himself with a bombgirdle to free his wife-to-be from a criminal gang, by threatening to blow up the club they're in.
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* Frameup: 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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* ClearTheirName:
** The episode "Mariska" revolves around Hugo's pursuit to clear the name of Mariska's father, Sven, a wrongfully accused driver who's facing a murder charge for his boss' murder.
** The episode "Mariska" revolves around Hugo's pursuit to clear the name of Mariska's father, Sven, a wrongfully accused driver who's facing a murder charge for his boss' murder.
* CripplingTheCompetition: At the start of the episode "Mariska", Hugo gets injured by a (malicious) tackle during a football match. This sets the plot of the episode in motion, as he meets Chris' next client at physiotherapy.
* Frameup: 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.
* GotVolunteered: Chris gets volunteered by Hugo to take up Sven as a client in the episode "Mariska". She isn't very pleased about it.
--> '''Chris''': I already have plenty of clients and I'm quite capable of picking out my cases on my own, thank you very much!
--> '''Chris''': I already have plenty of clients and I'm quite capable of picking out my cases on my own, thank you very much!
* GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty: Sven from the episode "Mariska" is accused of murder and seen as the prime (and only) suspect by the proscecutor, despite his daughter vouching for him. Hugo, however, is nearly certain Sven is innocent and proves his innocence throughout the episode. Even the FGP, who's handling the case, doesn't believe in Sven's guilt, as shown by Stany's reaction, but they have to follow the proscecutor's orders nevertheless.
--> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
--> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.
--> '''Stany''': During the reconstruction the proscecutor told Sven how he murder his boss and the guy starts crying like a baby.
--> '''Stany''': So either Sven's a damn good actor or he's plain innocent.
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: done by Stany in the episode "Mariska".
--> '''Stany''': You know I can't state anything about the investigation.
--> ''[Stany looks around to see if the coast is clear]''
--> '''Stany''': Follow me...
--> '''Stany''': You know I can't state anything about the investigation.
--> ''[Stany looks around to see if the coast is clear]''
--> '''Stany''': Follow me...
* MarriageOfConvenience: The victim of the episode "Mariska" and his widow had this kind of marriage.
--> '''Widow''': For 29 years, my husband and I have lived alongside eachother in harmony...
--> '''Widow''': For 29 years, my husband and I have lived alongside eachother in harmony...
* RecognizableBySound: The neighbour of the victim in the episode "Mariska" could hear the make and model of a car from the sound of it's engine.
--> '''Neighbour''': A woman can fake it (in bed), but the roar of a car's engine will always sound true, no matter what.
--> '''Neighbour''': A woman can fake it (in bed), but the roar of a car's engine will always sound true, no matter what.
* TakingTheHeat: Sven from the episode "Mariska" eventually plans to do this in return for a (large) payment, as his family could use the money to give his chronically ill daughter the medical aid she needs.
* TheScapegoat: Sven from the episode "Mariska" is set up as one. He's even payed off eventually to confess to a murder he didn't commit.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: The series had this in spades when it came to Chris and Hugo. It eventually took them until the end of the series to confess their feelings for eachother and get into a relationship.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: The series had this in spades when it came to Chris and Hugo. It eventually took them until the end of the series to confess their feelings for eachother and get into a relationship.relationship.
* WomanScorned: In the episode "Mariska", the main reason for the widow of the victim to betray her son-in-law to the cops was because he cheated on her daughter, which caused her to become bipolar (or so the son-in-law states)
* WomanScorned: In the episode "Mariska", the main reason for the widow of the victim to betray her son-in-law to the cops was because he cheated on her daughter, which caused her to become bipolar (or so the son-in-law states)
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* CrimeOfSelfDefense: This happened to Chris' client in the episode "Dode Rambo". He kills a member of the neighbourhood watch, who was actually trying to break into his home, with a baseball bat and subseuently gets charged with murder, because his wife had a brief affair with the victim. The fact that the man was wielding a knife is ignored, because the knife went missing after the struggle.
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* CrimeOfSelfDefense: This happened to Chris' client in the episode "Dode Rambo". He kills a member of the neighbourhood watch, who was actually trying to break into his home, with a baseball bat and subseuently subsequently gets charged with murder, because his wife had a brief affair with the victim. The fact that the man was wielding a knife is ignored, because the knife went missing after the struggle.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Gabriëls client in the episode "Dode Rambo" fits the trope perfectly, as everyone in showbizz knows he's gay, but he can't come out publicly due to the backlash it would generate. He even wants to come out at some point, but his manager convinces him not to, as it would end his career.[[note]]The show was taped in the 90's, when gay celebrities couldn't come out that easily[[/note]]
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: This happened to Chris' client in the episode "Dode Rambo". He kills a member of the neighbourhood watch, who was actually trying to break into his home, with a baseball bat and subseuently gets charged with murder, because his wife had a brief affair with the victim. The fact that the man was wielding a knife is ignored, because the knife went missing after the struggle.
* 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.
* GilliganCut: A humorous example was used in the episode "Dode Rambo", when Chris and Hugo try to identify a salesman of faulty alarm systems.
--> '''Chris''': So we have a long list of names and a description placing him as a short, pudgy man with a ginger mustache. We can't just call all these people and ask them if they know a man fitting that description.
--> ''[The scene cuts to (nearly) the entire office calling people on the list about a short, pudgy man with a ginger mustache.]''
--> '''Jessie''': Hello miss, I want to inquire if you're husband is short and a bit overweight, with a ginger mustache.
--> '''Jessie''' ''[In response to the answer]'': Ah, he's dead... Sorry for your loss, miss.
* GilliganCut: A humorous example was used in the episode "Dode Rambo", when Chris and Hugo try to identify a salesman of faulty alarm systems.
--> '''Chris''': So we have a long list of names and a description placing him as a short, pudgy man with a ginger mustache. We can't just call all these people and ask them if they know a man fitting that description.
--> ''[The scene cuts to (nearly) the entire office calling people on the list about a short, pudgy man with a ginger mustache.]''
--> '''Jessie''': Hello miss, I want to inquire if you're husband is short and a bit overweight, with a ginger mustache.
--> '''Jessie''' ''[In response to the answer]'': Ah, he's dead... Sorry for your loss, miss.
* IronicEcho: The episode "Dode Rambo" had two separate cases of this
** When Chris gets a rudimentary description of a man selling sabotaged alarm systems, Hugo sarcastically claims "We got him!". When Hugo, later on, returns with a long list of possible names for the same man, Chris, in turn, responds with "We got him!" in much the same fashion.
** When Chris' house gets burgled and Chris' mother gets threatened by the episode's bad guy, Chris visits him in a fit of rage. The first thing he says in response to her angry rant is "It looks like you could use a good night's sleep". When he's later caught trying to retrieve a vital piece of evidence from the crime scene in the middle of the night, Chris repeats his words back at him in a malicious fashion. She then adds that she'll make sure that he has plenty of time to sleep in jail.
** When Chris gets a rudimentary description of a man selling sabotaged alarm systems, Hugo sarcastically claims "We got him!". When Hugo, later on, returns with a long list of possible names for the same man, Chris, in turn, responds with "We got him!" in much the same fashion.
** When Chris' house gets burgled and Chris' mother gets threatened by the episode's bad guy, Chris visits him in a fit of rage. The first thing he says in response to her angry rant is "It looks like you could use a good night's sleep". When he's later caught trying to retrieve a vital piece of evidence from the crime scene in the middle of the night, Chris repeats his words back at him in a malicious fashion. She then adds that she'll make sure that he has plenty of time to sleep in jail.
* MistakenForGay: Happens to Gabriël in the episode "Dode Rambo, when he defends an ArmouredClosetGay artist from slander in the press. The journalists even claim that he must be a ClosetGay as well, as he's so fiery in his pleading. It turns out Gabriël has his client's best interest in mind (for once) and wants to give him the opportunity to come out when he feels like it.
* PlatonicKissing: Chris and Hugo kiss in the episode "Dode Rambo", but agree with eachother that the kiss was this trope the morning after. [[WillTheyOrWontThey It obviously wasn't.]]
* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Used to its full effect in the episode "Dode Rambo", where the episode's villain burgles Chris' home and threatens her mother at her pub to scare Chris off. Fortunately, she has Hugo to protect her.
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* TransparentCloset: Gabriël's client from the episode "Dode Rambo" apparently had a very transparent one, as everyone in showbizz knew that he was gay. While he wasn't exactly in denial about his sexual preference, the client had to stay in the closet because of his celebrity status.
* UselessSecurityCamera: Or in the case of the episode "Dode Rambo", a sensor-based security system which could be turned off by the burglars with a remote control they carried. The identity of the system's salesman eventually leads Chris and Hugo to the gang of burglars ravaging the neighbourhood.
* VigilanteMilitia: The episode "Dode Rambo" revolves around the death of a neighbourhood watch member, who was killed by another member in self defense.
* WhiteGangbangers: The episode "Te jong" features a gang consisting predmoinantly of white skinheads, who use "The Lido" as their hangout. Chris' client turns out to be a part of thisgang.gang.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: The series had this in spades when it came to Chris and Hugo. It eventually took them until the end of the series to confess their feelings for eachother and get into a relationship.
* UselessSecurityCamera: Or in the case of the episode "Dode Rambo", a sensor-based security system which could be turned off by the burglars with a remote control they carried. The identity of the system's salesman eventually leads Chris and Hugo to the gang of burglars ravaging the neighbourhood.
* VigilanteMilitia: The episode "Dode Rambo" revolves around the death of a neighbourhood watch member, who was killed by another member in self defense.
* WhiteGangbangers: The episode "Te jong" features a gang consisting predmoinantly of white skinheads, who use "The Lido" as their hangout. Chris' client turns out to be a part of this
* WillTheyOrWontThey: The series had this in spades when it came to Chris and Hugo. It eventually took them until the end of the series to confess their feelings for eachother and get into a relationship.
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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Hugo's niece Karen gets fired at her job after she injures her boss by throwing a binder at his head.
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* AcquaintedInRealLife: A somewhat darker example happens to Hugo's niece Karen in the episode "Familiezaken". After getting raped by her boss, Karen starts sending hate mail to an online chatbox. There, she meets someone nicknamed Salomé, who says that he wants to help her publish any evidence she has against her boss. When the two of them meet, Salomé turns out to be Karen's boss, who intimidates her into handing over the evidence.
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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.
* BrokenBird: Hugo's niece Karen becomes one after getting raped by her boss. This doesn't improve when he's exonerated of the charges by the end of the episode.
--> '''Karen''' ''[bitter]'': The next time I have a problem, I'll solve it myself!
* BrokenBird: Hugo's niece Karen becomes one after getting raped by her boss. This doesn't improve when he's exonerated of the charges by the end of the episode.
--> '''Karen''' ''[bitter]'': The next time I have a problem, I'll solve it myself!
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* EveryManHasHisPrice: This was J.C. Pickery's tactic in the episode "Familiezaken". He would pay off his victims' silence with large sums of cash (200000 Belgian Francs, which is 5000 €) he kept in his safe.
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* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Used by the defense attorney of J.C. Pickery in the episode "Familiezaken" to debunk the rape claim Chris made in the name of Sylvie Hendrickx. The attorney claimed that, as Sylvie consented to sex (under duress) with Pickery prior to the rape, that she also consented to rape, despite the physical evidence telling otherwise. Sadly, this retort works and the judge exonerates Pickery.
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* OvertRendezvous: Hugo's niece, Karen, meets with her online contact, Salomé, on the roof of a parking garage, which, due to the lack of columns, was in full view of everyone.
* PostRapeTaunt: J.C. Pickery from the episode "Familiezaken" is fond of these, as he smugly flirts with both his victim and Chris, when they try to make a rape case against him. His final conversation with Chris is probably the best example of this.
--> '''Pickery''' ''[to Chris]'': So now that this case is done, how about some dinner and some pleasure for the both of us.
--> '''Chris''': Not if you were the last man on earth!
--> '''Pickery''': Now, now... Don't be a sore loser.
--> '''Chris''': You don't get it, do you! You raped a girl and got away with it! I'd never date a bastard like you!
--> '''Pickery''' ''[whispering]'': Is that what you want to hear, that I raped her. Fine, I raped her.
--> '''Pickery''': And the best part about it... Is that you'll never be able to prove that I did it.
* QuestionableConsent: Essentially the line of defense J.C Pickery and his lawyer used during the trial. By proving that there was consent (albeit questionable), they reasoned that Pickery didn't commit rape. The judge, moreover, followed their reasoning as well and exonerated Pickery.
* RapeAndRevenge: This was the main driving force behind the plot of the episode "Familiezaken". In this episode, Hugo's niece Karen gets raped by her boss and subsequently fired. Afterwards, she tries to take revenge both online and through a court case. The defense attorney of her boss, however, uses the revenge part as a means of exonerating his client, as he claims that the rape case is merely a way to get back him for firing the victim.
* PostRapeTaunt: J.C. Pickery from the episode "Familiezaken" is fond of these, as he smugly flirts with both his victim and Chris, when they try to make a rape case against him. His final conversation with Chris is probably the best example of this.
--> '''Pickery''' ''[to Chris]'': So now that this case is done, how about some dinner and some pleasure for the both of us.
--> '''Chris''': Not if you were the last man on earth!
--> '''Pickery''': Now, now... Don't be a sore loser.
--> '''Chris''': You don't get it, do you! You raped a girl and got away with it! I'd never date a bastard like you!
--> '''Pickery''' ''[whispering]'': Is that what you want to hear, that I raped her. Fine, I raped her.
--> '''Pickery''': And the best part about it... Is that you'll never be able to prove that I did it.
* QuestionableConsent: Essentially the line of defense J.C Pickery and his lawyer used during the trial. By proving that there was consent (albeit questionable), they reasoned that Pickery didn't commit rape. The judge, moreover, followed their reasoning as well and exonerated Pickery.
* RapeAndRevenge: This was the main driving force behind the plot of the episode "Familiezaken". In this episode, Hugo's niece Karen gets raped by her boss and subsequently fired. Afterwards, she tries to take revenge both online and through a court case. The defense attorney of her boss, however, uses the revenge part as a means of exonerating his client, as he claims that the rape case is merely a way to get back him for firing the victim.
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* SerialRapist: J.C. Pickery from the episode "Familiezaken" raped at least two of his female employees and will probably continue to do so after his exoneration.
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* FormerTeenRebel: Chris was apparently this, if her mother is to be believed.
--> '''Louise''': Chris used to be quite a problem teen herself, you know.
--> '''Chris''': That not true! I wasn't worse than any other child my age.
--> '''Louise''': Yeah right! remember that time you tried to shave off all your hair in protest of the whale hunt.
--> '''Chris''': It was the seal hunt and you always come with this example.
--> '''Louise''': Then how about the time I had to drag you out of that tattoo parlor. If I hadn't retrieved you then, you would have been covered in ink by now!
--> '''Chris''': I was irresponsible back then, cause I was only fourteen!
* 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.
--> '''Louise''': Chris used to be quite a problem teen herself, you know.
--> '''Chris''': That not true! I wasn't worse than any other child my age.
--> '''Louise''': Yeah right! remember that time you tried to shave off all your hair in protest of the whale hunt.
--> '''Chris''': It was the seal hunt and you always come with this example.
--> '''Louise''': Then how about the time I had to drag you out of that tattoo parlor. If I hadn't retrieved you then, you would have been covered in ink by now!
--> '''Chris''': I was irresponsible back then, cause I was only fourteen!
* 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.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Hugo is a big fan of this, as is shown by his treatment of Chris'(unwilling) client during their meetings. Chris, however, wasn't pleased and even nicknamed it "the pitbull method".
* 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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* RemovingTheRival: This was the actual motive for the murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst". Her killer was one of her colleagues, who was jealous that the victim took her position at the club. She, therefore, ratted her out to her pimp and subsequently murdered her for him.
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* RemovingTheRival: This was the actual motive for the murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst". Her killer was one of her colleagues, who was jealous that the victim took her position at the club. She, therefore, ratted her out to her pimp and subsequently murdered her for him.him.
* TheFagin: Speedo from the episode "Te jong" is one of these, as he strictly uses minors as drugsmules and drugsrunners, while he himself stays out of reach from the police.
* WhiteGangbangers: The episode "Te jong" features a gang consisting predmoinantly of white skinheads, who use "The Lido" as their hangout. Chris' client turns out to be a part of this gang.
* TheFagin: Speedo from the episode "Te jong" is one of these, as he strictly uses minors as drugsmules and drugsrunners, while he himself stays out of reach from the police.
* WhiteGangbangers: The episode "Te jong" features a gang consisting predmoinantly of white skinheads, who use "The Lido" as their hangout. Chris' client turns out to be a part of this gang.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season consisted of only six episodes and made the cases more personal for Chris and Hugo than later seasons would. It furthermore used an alternate version of the shows title theme.
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''Recht op Recht'' was a Flemish legal drama, which originally ran from 1998 until 2002 on the VRT. The series revolves around Chris Haagdoorn, a female defense attorney with a strong moral conscience, who handles (and usually solves) legal cases with her partner Hugo van Eyck, a former DI of the federal judicial police turned [=PI=].
Chris Haagdoorn is one of the attorney's working for Leduc & Partners in Brussels, where she predominantly pleads the law firm's criminal cases. In one of those cases, she represents Hugo van Eyck, an inspector at the judicial police in Brussels, who forged a police report to protect an informant. When the informant is found dead in her bath later on, Hugo is removed from active duty and eventually even accused of ordering her murder. Chris and Hugo work together to [[ClearMyName clear Hugo's name]] and prove that her pimp ordered the murder to silence her. However, Hugo's dislike towards his boss has reached a breaking point by the end of the case and Hugo gets (permanently) suspended for punching him in the nose. When Hugo tries to arrange a payment plan for Chris' fee, he gets hired as an administrative employee at the law firm. Hugo's [[NonIndicativeName only an administrative employee in name]], as he actually performs investigative tasks for the law firm. Together, Hugo and Chris handle a (broad) variety of criminal cases, ranging from theft and vandalism to homocide.
At Leduc & Partners, Chris and Hugo work together with Paul-Emile Leduc, their kind-hearted boss and Chris' mentor; Gabriël Nukerke, their amoral and opportunistic fellow attorney; Luc Lievens, the law firm's meek attorney in training and Jessie Vinck, the firm's young and energetic secretary. They furthermore get help from Louise Haagdoorn, Chris' mother and manager/barkeep of a local diner, and Stanny Michel, Hugo's former partner at the judicial police, who occasionally provides information to Hugo. As the series progresses, Luc becomes a certified attorney, while Gabriël has to leave the firm to take care of his ailing father. The series was furthermore well-known for the [[WillTheyOrWontThey romantic tension between Chris and Hugo]], which was eventually resolved in the series finale.
The series was a major hit in Flanders during its original broadcast and became the [[StarMakingRole breakthrough]] for several of its lead actors. It ran for a total of 45 episodes divided over four seasons, after which it ended rather abruptly. It has seen relatively little exposure outside of Flanders, however, and has been reran only twice on Flemish television since its original run. The series can be watched on Youtube (for now), as well as on Eén.
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!! This show contains examples of:
* AmoralAttorney:
** Barrister Monnard from the episode "Geschorst" falls under this trope, as he goes as far as sacrificing one of his lesser clients to save a notorious pimp / drugs dealer.
** Gabriël sometimes shows traces of this, as he isn't afraid to use underhanded tactics to better himself.
* BoundAndGagged: Happens to Chris several times throughout the series.
** In the episode "De zaak Ryckaert", Chris is bound and gagged by one of her clients, after she tries to return his daughter to her mother.
** In the episode "Haat", Chris and district attorney Leopold are kidnapped by a gang of Neo-nazis. They end up getting bound and gagged by one of them, who subsequently guards them for most of the episode.
* ClearMyName:
** The series pilot "Geschorst" has Hugo become a suspect in the murder of his informant. Chris ends up having to get him off the hook for the murder.
** Stany is suspected of selling information to a gang in the episode "Vuil" and Chris and Hugo try to help him clear his name.
* CowboyCop: Hugo was this at the federal judicial police and continues on this path after he becomes Chris' assistant / [=PI=].
* CrusadingLawyer: Chris is a clear example of this trope, as she will always to do what's best for her client, even if she pays the price for it herself. She, nevertheless, demands that her client is completely honest with her in return.
* DivorceAssetsConflict: The episode "De zaak Ryckaert" features one of these, which ends in the kidnapping of the daughter by her father (who turns out to be Chris' client). The rest of the episode is spent tracking the father down, before he commits an act of desperation.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Played completely straight with Hugo's informant, Nicole Thijs, who wore a blonde wig when she worked as a companion lady / prostitute.
* FootDraggingDivorcee: Chris' client Pierre from the episode "Tortelduiven" becomes one of these, as his marriage is over and his wife is (openly) cheating on him. It takes the murder of his wife's lover to convince him to divorce her.
* ForegoneConclusion: As the show is about Chris and Hugo working together (closely), it wasn't really a surprise that Hugo quit his job at the judicial police to join her law firm.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients: While not all of Chris' clients are innocent, most of them have valid grounds for their acts and are actually fighting for justice to be done. Hence, most of her clients are exonerated or punished very mildly by the end of the episode.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Chris gets hit over the head with a glass vase by her client in the episode "De zaak Ryckaert".
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** The victim of the pilot episode was murdered, because she was going to testify against her pimp in court. Furthermore, Hugo was subpoenaed by the pimp, as he knew (and could lure out) the informant.
* LingerieScene: Chris has one in the episode "De zaak Ryckaert", as she's getting dressed for a night out with Hugo.
* 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.
* OutOfJobIntoThePlot: Happens to Hugo at the end of the pilot episode, where he leaves the judicial police to join Leduc & partners.
* RemovingTheRival: This was the actual motive for the murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst". Her killer was one of her colleagues, who was jealous that the victim took her position at the club. She, therefore, ratted her out to her pimp and subsequently murdered her for him.
Chris Haagdoorn is one of the attorney's working for Leduc & Partners in Brussels, where she predominantly pleads the law firm's criminal cases. In one of those cases, she represents Hugo van Eyck, an inspector at the judicial police in Brussels, who forged a police report to protect an informant. When the informant is found dead in her bath later on, Hugo is removed from active duty and eventually even accused of ordering her murder. Chris and Hugo work together to [[ClearMyName clear Hugo's name]] and prove that her pimp ordered the murder to silence her. However, Hugo's dislike towards his boss has reached a breaking point by the end of the case and Hugo gets (permanently) suspended for punching him in the nose. When Hugo tries to arrange a payment plan for Chris' fee, he gets hired as an administrative employee at the law firm. Hugo's [[NonIndicativeName only an administrative employee in name]], as he actually performs investigative tasks for the law firm. Together, Hugo and Chris handle a (broad) variety of criminal cases, ranging from theft and vandalism to homocide.
At Leduc & Partners, Chris and Hugo work together with Paul-Emile Leduc, their kind-hearted boss and Chris' mentor; Gabriël Nukerke, their amoral and opportunistic fellow attorney; Luc Lievens, the law firm's meek attorney in training and Jessie Vinck, the firm's young and energetic secretary. They furthermore get help from Louise Haagdoorn, Chris' mother and manager/barkeep of a local diner, and Stanny Michel, Hugo's former partner at the judicial police, who occasionally provides information to Hugo. As the series progresses, Luc becomes a certified attorney, while Gabriël has to leave the firm to take care of his ailing father. The series was furthermore well-known for the [[WillTheyOrWontThey romantic tension between Chris and Hugo]], which was eventually resolved in the series finale.
The series was a major hit in Flanders during its original broadcast and became the [[StarMakingRole breakthrough]] for several of its lead actors. It ran for a total of 45 episodes divided over four seasons, after which it ended rather abruptly. It has seen relatively little exposure outside of Flanders, however, and has been reran only twice on Flemish television since its original run. The series can be watched on Youtube (for now), as well as on Eén.
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!! This show contains examples of:
* AmoralAttorney:
** Barrister Monnard from the episode "Geschorst" falls under this trope, as he goes as far as sacrificing one of his lesser clients to save a notorious pimp / drugs dealer.
** Gabriël sometimes shows traces of this, as he isn't afraid to use underhanded tactics to better himself.
* BoundAndGagged: Happens to Chris several times throughout the series.
** In the episode "De zaak Ryckaert", Chris is bound and gagged by one of her clients, after she tries to return his daughter to her mother.
** In the episode "Haat", Chris and district attorney Leopold are kidnapped by a gang of Neo-nazis. They end up getting bound and gagged by one of them, who subsequently guards them for most of the episode.
* ClearMyName:
** The series pilot "Geschorst" has Hugo become a suspect in the murder of his informant. Chris ends up having to get him off the hook for the murder.
** Stany is suspected of selling information to a gang in the episode "Vuil" and Chris and Hugo try to help him clear his name.
* CowboyCop: Hugo was this at the federal judicial police and continues on this path after he becomes Chris' assistant / [=PI=].
* CrusadingLawyer: Chris is a clear example of this trope, as she will always to do what's best for her client, even if she pays the price for it herself. She, nevertheless, demands that her client is completely honest with her in return.
* DivorceAssetsConflict: The episode "De zaak Ryckaert" features one of these, which ends in the kidnapping of the daughter by her father (who turns out to be Chris' client). The rest of the episode is spent tracking the father down, before he commits an act of desperation.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Played completely straight with Hugo's informant, Nicole Thijs, who wore a blonde wig when she worked as a companion lady / prostitute.
* FootDraggingDivorcee: Chris' client Pierre from the episode "Tortelduiven" becomes one of these, as his marriage is over and his wife is (openly) cheating on him. It takes the murder of his wife's lover to convince him to divorce her.
* ForegoneConclusion: As the show is about Chris and Hugo working together (closely), it wasn't really a surprise that Hugo quit his job at the judicial police to join her law firm.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients: While not all of Chris' clients are innocent, most of them have valid grounds for their acts and are actually fighting for justice to be done. Hence, most of her clients are exonerated or punished very mildly by the end of the episode.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Chris gets hit over the head with a glass vase by her client in the episode "De zaak Ryckaert".
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** The victim of the pilot episode was murdered, because she was going to testify against her pimp in court. Furthermore, Hugo was subpoenaed by the pimp, as he knew (and could lure out) the informant.
* LingerieScene: Chris has one in the episode "De zaak Ryckaert", as she's getting dressed for a night out with Hugo.
* 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.
* OutOfJobIntoThePlot: Happens to Hugo at the end of the pilot episode, where he leaves the judicial police to join Leduc & partners.
* RemovingTheRival: This was the actual motive for the murder of Hugo's informant in the episode "Geschorst". Her killer was one of her colleagues, who was jealous that the victim took her position at the club. She, therefore, ratted her out to her pimp and subsequently murdered her for him.
