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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: AlwaysMurder: A good example is given in the episode "Geduld", where a (clear) case of self-defense eventually turns out to be murder.
* 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 ofspite.spite.
** Also played straight between Chris and proscecutor Bernd de Jaeger in the episode "Geduld".
* 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
** Also played straight between Chris and proscecutor Bernd de Jaeger in the episode "Geduld".
* AssholeVictim: The victim of the episode "Geduld" was this to such a degree that his wife spent 10 years planning the perfect murder, after which Chris (who's renowned for building her cases on honesty and facts) lied in court (together with all of Leduc & Partners) to keep her client (the murderer) out of jail. Furthermore, when they were looking for character witnesses, they had to refuse people from applying, as there was more than a busload of people who wanted to state in court how much of a bastard the guy was. It obviously didn't help that the guy was a renowned wife beater, who spent more time in strip clubs than at home and who was drunk almost every day.
* ConfessToALesserCrime: The killer of the episode "Geduld" confessed to legal self-defense, in order to escape a murder charge. She succeeds in the end.
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* 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 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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* CrimeOfSelfDefense: 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 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 thestruggle.struggle.
** An interesting case of this is shown in the episode "Geduld", where a murder was concealed as self-defense by the killer and her son. It starts out as an obvious (and airtight) case of self-defense, where a woman killed her husband with a hammer, after he knocked out her son with a vase and started choking her. But as the trial proceeds, more and more discrepancies start to show up: the husband was so drunk, that he was barely capable of standing up straight and the motive for his abuse (a demand for sex) seemed unlikely, as he couldn't get it up due to the booze. When Hugo discovers that the vase broke after the killer bludgeoned her husband to death, Chris demands a straight answer from her client (who confesses to murder) and ends up with a moral dilemma. Either she lies for her client and gets her exonerated for murder or she tells the truth and sends an (overly) abused woman to jail. She ends up going with the former.
** 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 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
** An interesting case of this is shown in the episode "Geduld", where a murder was concealed as self-defense by the killer and her son. It starts out as an obvious (and airtight) case of self-defense, where a woman killed her husband with a hammer, after he knocked out her son with a vase and started choking her. But as the trial proceeds, more and more discrepancies start to show up: the husband was so drunk, that he was barely capable of standing up straight and the motive for his abuse (a demand for sex) seemed unlikely, as he couldn't get it up due to the booze. When Hugo discovers that the vase broke after the killer bludgeoned her husband to death, Chris demands a straight answer from her client (who confesses to murder) and ends up with a moral dilemma. Either she lies for her client and gets her exonerated for murder or she tells the truth and sends an (overly) abused woman to jail. She ends up going with the former.
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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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* DomesticAbuse: 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 motheralone.alone.
** The victim of the episode "Geduld" was a notorious wife beater, who ended up getting murdered by his wife. The remainder of the case revolves around if the victim was murdered or slain in self-defense. It eventually turns out to be the former.
** 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
** The victim of the episode "Geduld" was a notorious wife beater, who ended up getting murdered by his wife. The remainder of the case revolves around if the victim was murdered or slain in self-defense. It eventually turns out to be the former.
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* FakingAmnesia: The son of Chris' client of the episode "Geduld" faked amnesia of the facts, after getting knocked out by a vase, to protect the killer (his mother).
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* HookersAndBlow: One of the things that showed how much of a jerk the victim of the episode "Geduld" was, was his habit to visit (and spend all his cash on) strip clubs and prosititutes, even though he had a wife and a teenage son at home. He would furthermore brag about the strippers he visited at home and would berate and insult when he talked about his wife at the strip club, for good measure.
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* InVinoVeritas: During the episode "Geduld", Hugo uses the (rather) inebriated state of the proscecutor to pilfer information from him (both about the case and his past relationship with Chris). He doesn't tell the truth entirely, as he severely overstates his role in his one-night stand with Chris
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* MaintainTheLie: In the episode "Geduld", Chris' client ends up blatantly lying to her and the court, but Chris eventually decides to keep up the lie regardless, as her client had been punished enough in life.
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* NoPokerFace: In the episode "Geduld", Chris and Hugo end up coaching the son of her client into lying convincingly in court (it's a long story), as he truly has no poker face. They end up spending all night on getting his story straight and he eventually succeeds in court.
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--> '''Chris''': Knight de Goebeure is a noble man, as he immediately donated his kidney, when his niece needed it...
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* {{Nepotism}}: While it wasn't out right said, it was quite clear that Laurence d'Audenbach Wiertz de Noirefontaine from the episode "Adel verplicht" got to her current position as deputy attorney (and her upcoming promotion) thanks to her connections (and her godfather Sir de Goebeure, in particular).
* OrganTheft: The episode "Adel verplicht" revolved around a kidney theft, where the victim was kidnapped and drugged before the operation and released with stitches (and without one of his kidneys) afterwards. He doesn't make it in the end.
* ResignedInDisgrace: Laurence, the deputy attorney from the episode "Adel verplicht", resigns by the end of the episode, after botching a criminal investigation on purpose on behalf of her family friend / second father Sir de Goebeure. The reason for her resignation was to safe face, as she would have been fired (or worse) otherwise. While the episode shows that she was easily corrupted, she does try to redeem herself by seponating an undeserved theft charge against Luc before she quits.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: One of the ways Geert Defreyne from the episode "De chauffeur" tries to pressure Chris into a plea bargain, is by contacting his connection at the insurance company, which could lead to either a swift payday or an excruciatingly slow one (depending on Chris taking the deal or not).
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections:
** One of the ways Geert Defreyne from the episode "De chauffeur" tries to pressure Chris into a plea bargain, is by contacting his connection at the insurance company, which could lead to either a swift payday or an excruciatingly slow one (depending on Chris taking the deal ornot).not).
** Jean-Phillipe de Goebeure from the episode "Adel verplicht" used his connections at the proscecutor's office to sabotage the investigation into an OrganTheft he orchestrated. It doesn't work out well for him in the end.
** One of the ways Geert Defreyne from the episode "De chauffeur" tries to pressure Chris into a plea bargain, is by contacting his connection at the insurance company, which could lead to either a swift payday or an excruciatingly slow one (depending on Chris taking the deal or
** Jean-Phillipe de Goebeure from the episode "Adel verplicht" used his connections at the proscecutor's office to sabotage the investigation into an OrganTheft he orchestrated. It doesn't work out well for him in the end.
* TimeDelayedDeath: Boris, Chris' client from the episode "Adel verplicht", survived a botched operation in which his kidney was stolen, only to die from septicemia several days later.
* VehicularKidnapping: Chris' client, Boris, from the episode "Adel verplicht" was kidnapped in this manner at the start of the episode. The subsequent theft of his kidney kicks off the plot of the episode.
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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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* WeUsedToBeFriends: 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.criminal.
** In the episode "Adel verplicht", the investigation into the criminal case of Chris' client (who became the victim of OrganTheft) was led by Laurence, a deputy attorney who's, furthermore, an old friend of Chris. It eventually turns out that she botched the investigation on purpose, to protect a family friend. It's easy to say that Chris and Laurence weren't the best of friends near the end of the episode, although they weren't outright enemies either.
** 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:
** In the episode "Adel verplicht", the investigation into the criminal case of Chris' client (who became the victim of OrganTheft) was led by Laurence, a deputy attorney who's, furthermore, an old friend of Chris. It eventually turns out that she botched the investigation on purpose, to protect a family friend. It's easy to say that Chris and Laurence weren't the best of friends near the end of the episode, although they weren't outright enemies either.
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* AgonizingStomachWound: Chris' client from the episode "Adel verplicht" receives one at the hands of a group of organ thiefs.
* AristocratsAreEvil: A good example of this is given in the episode "Adel verplicht, where (nearly) all of the episodes villains were nobility.
* LikeASonToMe: In the episode "Adel verplicht", Paul-Emile mentions to Chris that he sees her as a (surrogate) daughter. He furthermore proposes that Chris takes over the firm from him, when he (eventually) retires.
* MadDoctor:
** 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.
** Doctor van Gogh from the episode "Adel verplicht" was this, as he performed medical tests on homeless teens, merely to see if they were a proper fit for organ harvesting. When he found a suitable subject, he subsequently had him kidnapped by a group of thugs and performed a (botched) operation on him himself.
** 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.
** Doctor van Gogh from the episode "Adel verplicht" was this, as he performed medical tests on homeless teens, merely to see if they were a proper fit for organ harvesting. When he found a suitable subject, he subsequently had him kidnapped by a group of thugs and performed a (botched) operation on him himself.
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** 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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* MoralMyopia: Jean-Phillipe de Goebeure from the episode "Adel verplicht" is a fierce adherent of this, as he found it justified to steal a kidney for his granddaughter from a street urchin, simply because spending time on a waiting list would be unfair to her. Chris explains the problem with this best in her closing statement at the trial.
--> '''Chris''': Knight de Goebeure is a noble man, as he immediately donated his kidney, when his niece needed it...
--> '''Chris''': ... but the operation fails and he searches for a new donor.
--> '''Chris''': What's less than noble, is that he didn't want to wait his turn...
--> '''Chris''': ... as there are dozens of others in the same, horrible situation as his niece.
--> '''Chris''': Why should they have to give up their place in line?
--> '''Chris''': And what's even less noble, is that he then took something that didn't belong to him...
--> '''Chris''': He used my client's kidney as a spare part for his niece! Who gave him that right?
--> '''Chris''': I have to conclude, hence, that someone decided to play God... decided that one child was more worthy than the other!
--> '''Chris''': Don't get me wrong, I'm glad his niece got a chance at a better life...
--> '''Chris''': but my client never got that chance (as he's dead) and that is what I call unjust, as justice is for everyone!
--> '''Chris''': Knight de Goebeure is a noble man, as he immediately donated his kidney, when his niece needed it...
--> '''Chris''': ... but the operation fails and he searches for a new donor.
--> '''Chris''': What's less than noble, is that he didn't want to wait his turn...
--> '''Chris''': ... as there are dozens of others in the same, horrible situation as his niece.
--> '''Chris''': Why should they have to give up their place in line?
--> '''Chris''': And what's even less noble, is that he then took something that didn't belong to him...
--> '''Chris''': He used my client's kidney as a spare part for his niece! Who gave him that right?
--> '''Chris''': I have to conclude, hence, that someone decided to play God... decided that one child was more worthy than the other!
--> '''Chris''': Don't get me wrong, I'm glad his niece got a chance at a better life...
--> '''Chris''': but my client never got that chance (as he's dead) and that is what I call unjust, as justice is for everyone!
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* AlasPoorYorick: Daniël Huysmans does this to the decapitated head of his twin brother Theo in the two-parter "De jacht", after he decapitated him. The irony of it all was that he was desperately looking for Theo, but couldn't find him, because he had undergone a sex change. It was only after he saw the scars on his/her back, that it dawned on him that he killed his twin, after which was overcome with grief.
* CallingCard: the calling card of Daniël "The Angelmaker" Huysmans was that he cut off two strips of skin on his victims shoulders, where their wings were supposed to be. His copy cat killer uses the same calling card, but elaborates on it by sowing the victims together (in pairs), shoulders to shoulders.
* EasySexChange: Theo Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" has undergone one in order to become [[spoiler: Diane van Tollembeek]]. Ironically, he went through the process to be together with his twin brother, Daniël, who ended up killing him, because he didn't recognize him.
* FleshGolem: This was essentailly the goal of serial killer Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht". After he rejected his soulmate (who turned out to be his twin brother), he started collecting body parts that reminded him of his twin (but in female form). His plan was to sow the body parts together to form the perfect woman, but he was caught before he could find a proper head. By the end of the two-parter, he eventually does find the head he's looking for, which belonged to his twin brother, who underwent a sex change operation to become a female for him.
* 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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* 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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* GoAndSinNoMore: Hugo gives a pedophilic priest this choice during the Gorn: 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 "De jacht" contained a rather graphic beheading scene, 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.which a convicted serial killer decapitates another serial killer with a piece of iron wire.
* IWillFindYou: The ultimate goal of Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De Jacht" was to find his soulmate (and twin brother) Theo. When he couldn't find him, he went for the next best thing and tried to find a female version of him. When that didn't work, he started killing women and collecting their body parts to create the perfect woman, Frankenstein-style.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: At the end of the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Dennis Moerman still loves his (former lover, despite the fact that she framed him for murder and even tried to murder him after he got released from jail.
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** At the end of the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Dennis Moerman still loves his (former lover, despite the fact that she framed him for murder and even tried to murder him after he got released fromjail.jail.
** Daniël Huysmans from the episode "De jacht" started murdering people after kissing a boy, who turned out to be his twin brother. He even states that it was this act (and his rejection towards his twin afterwards) which drove him over the edge. His twin brother didn't fair much better and became a serial killer as well, in order to get closer to Daniël.
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** Daniël Huysmans from the episode "De jacht" started murdering people after kissing a boy, who turned out to be his twin brother. He even states that it was this act (and his rejection towards his twin afterwards) which drove him over the edge. His twin brother didn't fair much better and became a serial killer as well, in order to get closer to Daniël.
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* Narcissist: Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" could be considered one, as he fell in love with his own twin brother.
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* RazorFloss: Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" used iron wire to kill and dismember all of his victims.
--> '''Daniël''' ''[about his M.O.]'': I tried several methods of dismemberment... knives, hatchets... they were all sloppy!
--> '''Daniël''': Do you know what the best way to dismember a human is?
--> '''Daniël''': The same way you slice a boiled egg... with iron wire!
--> '''Daniël''' ''[about his M.O.]'': I tried several methods of dismemberment... knives, hatchets... they were all sloppy!
--> '''Daniël''': Do you know what the best way to dismember a human is?
--> '''Daniël''': The same way you slice a boiled egg... with iron wire!
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* ShipperOnDeck: While several member of the cast were rooting for Chris and Hugo to get together, the most extreme example came from the episode "De jacht", where they were even shipped by a serial killer.
--> '''[[spoiler: Diane van Tollembeek]]''': Those two belong together! Like the boys and the girls I killed! like Daniël and Theo...
--> '''[[spoiler: Diane van Tollembeek]]''': Those two belong together! Like the boys and the girls I killed! like Daniël and Theo...
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* ThePeepingTom: Jonathan Vogels from the two-parter "De jacht" was this, as he loved to spy on (and take photographs of) girls in the shower. His actions even drove one of the girls into the hands of a serial killer and landed him as the prime suspect, until he turned up dead.
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* Twincest: A case of this is shown in the two-parter "De jacht", where two twin brothers, who were separated at birth, met eachother in college and fell in love with one another (albeit with some reluctance). Both twins eventually become serial killers because of their (brief) romance and one of them ends up killing the other.
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* EvilPoacher: Fonny the poacher from the two-parter "De jacht" was a mentally deranged version of this.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The serial killer of the two-parter "De jacht" does this to [[spoiler: her]] victims in the woods. The name of the episode ("The hunt") refers to this as well.
* JackTheRipoff: The killer of the two-parter "De jacht" was a copy cat of Daniël Huysmans, A.K.A. "The Angelmaker", as well as [[spoiler: his twin brother.]]
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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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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: 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 incourt.court.
** Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" calls himself a doctor, even though he dropped out of med school after a year and a half. Furthermore, he's a deranged serial killer, who you wouldn't want to have as your doctor.
** 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
** Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" calls himself a doctor, even though he dropped out of med school after a year and a half. Furthermore, he's a deranged serial killer, who you wouldn't want to have as your doctor.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Daniël Huysmans, A.K.A. "The Angelmaker", from the two-parter "De jacht".
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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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** 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 trueculprit.culprit.
** The two-parter "De jacht" had Fonny, an EvilPoacher and DirtyOldMan, who wasn't entirely sane. By the end of the first part, he was the police's prime suspect for a string of murders taking place in the forest he poached. He obviously didn't do it...
* NightmareFetishist: The two-parter "De jacht" had quite a few, judging by the crowd that gathered around the strung up bodies of two adolescent girls conjoined at the shoulders with iron wire. More specifically, two guys in their early twenties (Jonathan and the guy playing his horn) were particularly interested in the case, despite the gruesome nature of it. And then there was Fonny, who was jacking off to the half-undressed corpses of the first two (female) victims.
--> '''Hugo''' ''[about Fonny]'': He sure seems excited...
** 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
** The two-parter "De jacht" had Fonny, an EvilPoacher and DirtyOldMan, who wasn't entirely sane. By the end of the first part, he was the police's prime suspect for a string of murders taking place in the forest he poached. He obviously didn't do it...
* NightmareFetishist: The two-parter "De jacht" had quite a few, judging by the crowd that gathered around the strung up bodies of two adolescent girls conjoined at the shoulders with iron wire. More specifically, two guys in their early twenties (Jonathan and the guy playing his horn) were particularly interested in the case, despite the gruesome nature of it. And then there was Fonny, who was jacking off to the half-undressed corpses of the first two (female) victims.
--> '''Hugo''' ''[about Fonny]'': He sure seems excited...
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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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** 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 themask]].mask]].
** Daniël Huysmans from the episode "De jacht" had a "Jeckyl and Hyde"-like condition, where he would switch from kind and charming to murderous psychopath at the drop of a hat.
** 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
** Daniël Huysmans from the episode "De jacht" had a "Jeckyl and Hyde"-like condition, where he would switch from kind and charming to murderous psychopath at the drop of a hat.
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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.
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* WorkingTheSameCase: 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 theirclients.clients.
** Chris and Luc end up working on the same case in the two-parter "De jacht". They even discuss it in the first part, with Luc complaining that Chris is keeping information from him.
** 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
** Chris and Luc end up working on the same case in the two-parter "De jacht". They even discuss it in the first part, with Luc complaining that Chris is keeping information from him.
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* AcheyScars: Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" has two large scars on his shoulder blades, which start to itch whenever [[spoiler: his twin brother]] commits a murder.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The first victim of the two-parter "De jacht" was ensnared in a snare trap with her right foot. The look of the flesh wound during the post mortum betrayed that it must have been a painful wound.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Diane van Tollembeek from the two-parter "De jacht" collects the stillborn fetuses of deformed babies. [[spoiler: The symbolism behind it somewhat gives away that she's the killer.]]
* ConjoinedTwins: Daniël Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" was once part of a conjoined twin, before he and his brother got separated. The scars on his shoulder blades are a (nasty) reminder of the separation.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Chris consults a serial killer in the two-parter "De jacht", because he states that he has information about a recent string of copy cat killings.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Chris consults a serial killer in the two-parter "De jacht", because he states that he has information about a recent string of copy cat killings.
* CreepyTwins: Daniël and Theo Huysmans from the two-parter "De jacht" were this, as they both were serial killer with a morbid fascination for mutilation.
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* 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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* DirtyOldMan: 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 hisdesk.desk.
** Fonny the poacher from the two-parter "De jacht" was this, as he even started jacking off to the corpses of two young women hanging from a tree.
** 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
** Fonny the poacher from the two-parter "De jacht" was this, as he even started jacking off to the corpses of two young women hanging from a tree.
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* ImperiledInPregnancy: Chris' client from the episode "De chauffeur" was nearly killed by a car, because she was pregnant and didn't want to get an abortion. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler: the wife of her lover]] was behind the wheel.
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* ImperiledInPregnancy: ImperiledInPregnancy:
** Chris' client from the episode "De chauffeur" was nearly killed by a car, because she was pregnant and didn't want to get an abortion. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler: the wife of her lover]] was behind thewheel.wheel.
** This also happens to Chris in the episode "Quartier chaud", when she gets robbed and eventually even falls of an apartment building while she's pregnant. She ends up losing her child because of the fall.
** Chris' client from the episode "De chauffeur" was nearly killed by a car, because she was pregnant and didn't want to get an abortion. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler: the wife of her lover]] was behind the
** This also happens to Chris in the episode "Quartier chaud", when she gets robbed and eventually even falls of an apartment building while she's pregnant. She ends up losing her child because of the fall.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Chris' client from the episode "Quartier chaud" owns a restored 1979 [=VW=] Beetle together with his best friend, despite the fact that he lives in a ghetto. The car ends up torched by the end of the episode.
** Acting commissioner Ilse Hermans from the episode "Quartier chaud" favored the heavy-handed approach with her arrestees, restraining them for so much as backtalking. While she eventually turned out to be (somewhat) right about Chris' client and his friends, Chris is still rather displeased every time she witnesses the acting commissioner's treatment of her suspects.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Chris' client from the episode "Quartier chaud" finally comes clean and identifies Chris' robber (who was also responsible for Chris' miscarriage), he tries to ask Chris for forgiveness. This exchange follows.
--> '''Tommy''': Chris, it just dawned on me that if I had turned in Axel earlier, none of this would have happened...
--> '''Chris''': So your guilty conscience finally caught up with you...
--> '''Chris''': Well, live with it! I'll never forgive you for this!
--> '''Tommy''': Chris, it just dawned on me that if I had turned in Axel earlier, none of this would have happened...
--> '''Chris''': So your guilty conscience finally caught up with you...
--> '''Chris''': Well, live with it! I'll never forgive you for this!
* VaporTrail: Tommy, Chris' client from the episode "Quartier chaud", uses this to set his [=VW=] Beetle on fire at the end of the episode, as the restorations of the car were funded by a string of violent robberies, one of which cost the life of Chris' unborn child.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: In the episode "Liefde", Rob Scherpenberg is ordered by his "Commander" to blow up a class of primary school children, after taking them hostage. In the end, however, he can't go through with it.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: In the episode "Liefde", Rob Scherpenberg is ordered by his "Commander" to blow up a class of primary school children, after taking them hostage. In the end, however, he can't go through with it.it.
* WretchedHive: The eponymous Quartier Chaud from the episode "Quartier chaud" was this, as it was (nearly) ruled by thugs, who played by their own rules.
* WretchedHive: The eponymous Quartier Chaud from the episode "Quartier chaud" was this, as it was (nearly) ruled by thugs, who played by their own rules.
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* 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]]
* ArtisticStimulation: The episode "Soft / Hard" has this in spades, as the case is about an artist who gets arrested for possession of heroin. He and his friends initially merely smoke weed, but Chris' client transfers to heroin by the end of the episode.
* AScarToRemember:
** Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" gave his ex-wife one, when he carved his name into her chest with a gutting knife.
** In the episode "Quartier chaud", an elderly woman gets one during a robbery, as revenge for calling the cops on one of the robber's friends.
* ArtisticStimulation: The episode "Soft / Hard" has this in spades, as the case is about an artist who gets arrested for possession of heroin. He and his friends initially merely smoke weed, but Chris' client transfers to heroin by the end of the episode.
* AScarToRemember:
** Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" gave his ex-wife one, when he carved his name into her chest with a gutting knife.
** In the episode "Quartier chaud", an elderly woman gets one during a robbery, as revenge for calling the cops on one of the robber's friends.
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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]]
* ArtisticStimulation: The episode "Soft / Hard" has this in spades, as the case is about an artist who gets arrested for possession of heroin. He and his friends initially merely smoke weed, but Chris' client transfers to heroin by the end of the episode.
* AScarToRemember: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" gave his ex-wife one, when he carved his name into her chest with a gutting knife.
* ArtisticStimulation: The episode "Soft / Hard" has this in spades, as the case is about an artist who gets arrested for possession of heroin. He and his friends initially merely smoke weed, but Chris' client transfers to heroin by the end of the episode.
* AScarToRemember: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker" gave his ex-wife one, when he carved his name into her chest with a gutting knife.
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* BurningRubber: In the episode "Quartier chaud", Chris' client gets into to trouble for doing a burn-out[[note]]spinning your tires while remaining stationary to generate smoke[[/note]] on a public road.
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Chris has one during the episode "Quartier chaud", after falling from the second floor of an apartment building, as her pregnancy would (most likely) put her out of the running for too long.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Both the police and the (suspected) culprits abide by this during the episode "Quartier chaud". Near the start of the episode, Chris' client is given citations for at least half a dozen violations, merely for "burning rubber" in the street. He's quite easily acquited by Chris. Later on, one of the friends of Chris' client takes revenge on the elderly lady who called the cops on them, by robbing her and slicing her face with a pocket knife.
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* EtTuBrute: Tommy van Lebbeek, Chris' client from the episode "Quartier chaud", eventually betrays his best friend to the cops, after said friend tried to rob Chris, which ended in the tragic miscarriage of her unborn child.
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* HonorAmongThieves: This led to the main source of drama in the episode "Quartier chaud". Within the Quartier Chaud (a suburban ghetto), one of the main rules everyone abides by, is that you don't snitch on your own. When Chris' client, Tommy, discovers that his best friend Axel is robbing (and injuring) people on the streets, he keeps it quiet to uphold the code. This eventually leads to Chris getting robbed, after which she's pushed of an apartment building for putting up a fight. The fall leads to the death of her unborn child and when Tommy hears this, he finally decides to turn his friend into the police, regardless of the consequences.
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* PrenupBlowup: In the episode "Biechtgeheim", Gabriël handles the prenup of a couple with a very specific wish: they want to formalize their plan to conceive a child together. The trouble starts when both partners need to provide proof of their fertility, which the woman doesn't agree with (and finds offensive). They eventually split up over the matter, when the husband tries to push the issue.
--> '''Iris''': You know what you should do, Donald! You should clone yourself, cause then you'll have your Donald Jr. right away, without a wife or contract!
--> '''Iris''': You know what you should do, Donald! You should clone yourself, cause then you'll have your Donald Jr. right away, without a wife or contract!
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* Cult: The episode "W.I.L." revolved around the wife of Chris' client joining the eponymous cult W.I.L. (Wegen naar Inzicht en Liefde), which lead to Chris and Hugo exposing the cult leader for what he truly was (a manipulative con man) and eventually to his arrest.
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* Cult: {{Cult}}: The episode "W.I.L." revolved around the wife of Chris' client joining the eponymous cult W.I.L. (Wegen naar Inzicht en Liefde), which lead to Chris and Hugo exposing the cult leader for what he truly was (a manipulative con man) and eventually to his arrest.
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* DetectiveMole: [[Spoiler: Johnny, Stanny's partner]] turns out to be this in the episode "Vuil". When his commissioner starts to suspect something, he even tries to deflect suspicion by framing Stanny. He subsequently "helps" Hugo solve the case.
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* DetectiveMole: [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Johnny, Stanny's partner]] turns out to be this in the episode "Vuil". When his commissioner starts to suspect something, he even tries to deflect suspicion by framing Stanny. He subsequently "helps" Hugo solve the case.
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* DirtyCop: [[Spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gambling debts.
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* DirtyCop: [[Spoiler:Stanny's [[spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gambling debts.
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* AskAStupidQuestion: The episode "Verloren weekend" had one the curtesy of Chris.
--> '''Chris''': Sander, you're here as well?
--> '''Sander''': No, I've gone snowbaording...
--> '''Chris''': Sander, you're here as well?
--> '''Sander''': No, I've gone snowbaording...
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* AskAStupidQuestion: AskAStupidQuestion:
** The episode "Verloren weekend" had one the curtesy of Chris.
--> ---> '''Chris''': Sander, you're here as well?
--> ---> '''Sander''': No, I've gone snowbaording...snowbaording...
** The episode "W.I.L." had an entire list of these, at the curtesy of the eponymous cult. A few excerpts:
---> '''Hugo''' ''[Reading the questionaire]'': Jessie, what do you want to achieve in life?
---> '''Jessie''': That I don't have to answer you're stupid questions any longer...
---> '''Hugo''': Okay, Luc, what do you want your peers to do for you?
---> '''Luc''': That they leave me in piece while I'm working.
---> ''[Later in the episode]''
---> '''Hugo''' ''[reading from a personality test he received]'': Jessie, would I stay true to one partner, or flutter around like a butterfly looking for nectar?
---> '''Paul-Emile''': The first would be the most prudent, as fluttering requires a certain degree of finesse...
---> '''Hugo''' ''[laughing]'': Next question: Do I take the feelings of others into account?
---> '''Luc''': No, or you wouldn't have asked the first question to Jessie.
---> '''Hugo''': Thanks for that... Am I trying to get rich or do I merely want to provide for my basic neccessities?
---> '''Jessie''': Basic neccessities! Otherwise you wouldn't be working here...
---> '''Hugo''': And do I avoid confrontation or face it head on?
---> '''Chris''': You make specific detours to find confrontation, if there isn't any.
** The episode "Verloren weekend" had one the curtesy of Chris.
** The episode "W.I.L." had an entire list of these, at the curtesy of the eponymous cult. A few excerpts:
---> '''Hugo''' ''[Reading the questionaire]'': Jessie, what do you want to achieve in life?
---> '''Jessie''': That I don't have to answer you're stupid questions any longer...
---> '''Hugo''': Okay, Luc, what do you want your peers to do for you?
---> '''Luc''': That they leave me in piece while I'm working.
---> ''[Later in the episode]''
---> '''Hugo''' ''[reading from a personality test he received]'': Jessie, would I stay true to one partner, or flutter around like a butterfly looking for nectar?
---> '''Paul-Emile''': The first would be the most prudent, as fluttering requires a certain degree of finesse...
---> '''Hugo''' ''[laughing]'': Next question: Do I take the feelings of others into account?
---> '''Luc''': No, or you wouldn't have asked the first question to Jessie.
---> '''Hugo''': Thanks for that... Am I trying to get rich or do I merely want to provide for my basic neccessities?
---> '''Jessie''': Basic neccessities! Otherwise you wouldn't be working here...
---> '''Hugo''': And do I avoid confrontation or face it head on?
---> '''Chris''': You make specific detours to find confrontation, if there isn't any.
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* BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: When Joseph Marais from the episode "W.I.L." is introduced to his newest members, he seems to be wearing an orange robe, while humming a mantra. He quickly shows, however, that he's not some wooly spritual advisor by revealing that he's wearing a white suit under his robe. The "robe" was, in fact, a table cloth he was using to dress the table with.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: Hugo gets one in the episode "W.I.L." when he infiltrates the eponymous cult. During the introduction, he's called out by W.I.L.s leader for the mistakes he made in his life and how he uses humor to hide his flaws. Then, the conversation takes a different turn, when the leader tells him that they'll support him regardlessly and that he's welcome in his new home.
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* Cult: The episode "W.I.L." revolved around the wife of Chris' client joining the eponymous cult W.I.L. (Wegen naar Inzicht en Liefde), which lead to Chris and Hugo exposing the cult leader for what he truly was (a manipulative con man) and eventually to his arrest.
* CultDefector: In the episode "W.I.L.", Hugo joins the eponymous cult to find evidence that Joseph Marais, the cult's leader, is a fraud and a con man. When he finds the evidence he needs, this is what he says to Chris.
--> '''Hugo''' ''[over the phone]'': Chris, I've found the cult defector you were looking for.
--> '''Chris''' ''[excitedly]'': You did! What's his name?
--> '''Hugo''': Hugo van Eyck.
* CultDefector: In the episode "W.I.L.", Hugo joins the eponymous cult to find evidence that Joseph Marais, the cult's leader, is a fraud and a con man. When he finds the evidence he needs, this is what he says to Chris.
--> '''Hugo''' ''[over the phone]'': Chris, I've found the cult defector you were looking for.
--> '''Chris''' ''[excitedly]'': You did! What's his name?
--> '''Hugo''': Hugo van Eyck.
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* FalseProphet: Joseph Marais from the episode "W.I.L." was this, as he not only scammed people out of their money, but kept them docile by prescribing them Prozac and Valium.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The episode "W.I.L." had the eponymous cult W.I.L., which meant "Wegen naar Inzicht en Liefde" (or "Ways to Insight and Love" in English). Chris' client had an entirely different interpretation of the acronym, as he called them "Workings of Intimidation and Lies".
** Hugo and Stanny also have a funny conversation about the phonetic pronounciation of the acronym
--> '''Hugo''': '''Will''' you run a background check on W.I.L.?
--> '''Stanny''': And what if I '''will''' not...
--> '''Hugo''': Then you're of ill '''will'''!
** Hugo and Stanny also have a funny conversation about the phonetic pronounciation of the acronym
--> '''Hugo''': '''Will''' you run a background check on W.I.L.?
--> '''Stanny''': And what if I '''will''' not...
--> '''Hugo''': Then you're of ill '''will'''!
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* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Chris initially thinks that this is the reason why the wife of her client joined the eponymous cult of the episode "W.I.L.", as she had everything a woman could have in life. It eventually turned out that she left her husband, because he was consumed by his work and never made time for her. She eventually leaves the cult, when her husband agrees to a divorce of his own free will (as he came to the same insight as well).
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* JustHereForTheFreeSnacks: During the episode "W.I.L.", when Hugo is asked why he wanted to join the eponymous cult, he jokes that he was (predominantly) there "for the massages and the sauna".
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* ScamReligion: The eponymous cult from the episode "W.I.L." was this, as they promoted free-spiritedness and inner strength, while scamming all of their members out of their hard-earned cash. Hugo eventually infiltrates them and plays a major role in dismantling the cult (and getting the leader arrested).
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* ColdBloodedTorture: In the episode "Liefde", this turned out to be the speciality of "The Commander" during the Second World War. He tries his hand at it again, to force Chris into aiding Rob Scherpenberg with taking a primary school class hostage.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: In the episode "Liefde", this This turned out to be the speciality of "The Commander" from the two-parter "Haat / Liefde" during the Second World War. He tries his hand at it again, to force Chris into aiding Rob Scherpenberg with taking a primary school class hostage.
* HostageSituation:
** A brief one happens at the start of the episode "Bankwezen", which kicks off the plot.
** During the episode "Liefde", Rob Scherpenberg is ordered by his "Commander" to take an entire primary school class hostage. He ends up letting them go, after he finds out "The Commander" lied to him all along.
** A brief one happens at the start of the episode "Bankwezen", which kicks off the plot.
** During the episode "Liefde", Rob Scherpenberg is ordered by his "Commander" to take an entire primary school class hostage. He ends up letting them go, after he finds out "The Commander" lied to him all along.
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* 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.
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* IfICantHaveYou: 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 attemptedmurder.murder.
** This was the motive of Rob Scherpenberg to commit his terroristic acts during the two-parter "Haat / Liefde". He had developed a crush on a Muslim girl and tried to get revenge on her and her husband after she rejected him and lied to her husband about him allegedly raping her.
** 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
** This was the motive of Rob Scherpenberg to commit his terroristic acts during the two-parter "Haat / Liefde". He had developed a crush on a Muslim girl and tried to get revenge on her and her husband after she rejected him and lied to her husband about him allegedly raping her.
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--> '''Stanny''': No, it seems the two had a falling out. He even took one of vandaele's Vandaele's dancers with him.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: After Rob Scherpenberg executes [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]] at the start of the episode "Liefde", he leaves her corpse at a memorial for the victims of his terroristic shooting to wanr everyone that he means bussiness.
* NatureLover: "The Commander" from the two-parter "Haat / Liefde" was an evil version of this.
--> '''"Commander"''': It's only when you live abroad, that you start to miss all of the oaks and birches and willows...
--> ''[He picks up a lump of soil]''
--> '''"Commander"''': ... and soil! I '''fought''' for this soil!
--> '''"Commander"''': It's only when you live abroad, that you start to miss all of the oaks and birches and willows...
--> ''[He picks up a lump of soil]''
--> '''"Commander"''': ... and soil! I '''fought''' for this soil!
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Both Rob Scherpenberg and "The Commander" turn out to be this. They both try to make it look like they're fighting for a greater cause, but their actual reasons for the terroristic attacks of Wodan are far more self-centered (rejection by a LoveInterest for Scherpenberg and sheer joy and hatred for "The Commander").
* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: When Hugo gets an "invitation" in the episode "Liefde", to buy weapons from a bunch of Neo-Nazis who kidnapped Chris, Jessie's first response is to call it a trap. Hugo accepts the invitation regardlessly.
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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.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: In the episode "Liefde", Rob Scherpenberg is ordered by his "Commander" to blow up a class of primary school children, after taking them hostage. In the end, however, he can't go through with it.
* WouldntHurtAChild: In the episode "Liefde", Rob Scherpenberg is ordered by his "Commander" to blow up a class of primary school children, after taking them hostage. In the end, however, he can't go through with it.
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* BluffTheImpostor: Rob Scherpenberg does this to "The Commander" in the episode "Liefde". Throughout the two-parter, "The Commander" claims that he was best friends with Rob's grandfather. Hugo eventually finds out that this was a lie, as they never could have met during the war. He relays this to Chris, who in turn relays it to Rob. This leads to the following phone conversation between Rob and "The Commander".
--> '''Rob''': One more thing, "Commander". After I detonate my grenade, I want to be buried near my ancestral home in West-Flanders.
--> '''"Commander"''': Consider it done! You're grandfather told me much about his birth region... He was proud of his heritage!
''[Rob hangs up the phone]''
--> '''Rob''' ''[to Chris]'': My grandpa was from Limburg... The bastard lied to me!
--> '''Rob''': One more thing, "Commander". After I detonate my grenade, I want to be buried near my ancestral home in West-Flanders.
--> '''"Commander"''': Consider it done! You're grandfather told me much about his birth region... He was proud of his heritage!
''[Rob hangs up the phone]''
--> '''Rob''' ''[to Chris]'': My grandpa was from Limburg... The bastard lied to me!
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In the episode "Liefde", when Hugo gets a call from the Neo-Nazis who kidnapped Chris about an (unrelated) weapon trade (used by Hugo to find Chris), Hugo wants to leave for the meeting sraight away, while Paul-Emile wants to warn the district attorney first. Louise eventually comes up with the ideal compromise: Hugo already leaves for the rendez-vous, while Paul-Emile warns the district attorney.
--> '''Louise''': Men... They always want to be the only one who's right!
--> '''Louise''': Men... They always want to be the only one who's right!
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* BreakThemByTalking: Chris does this to Rob Scherpenberg in the episode "Liefde". It eventually works and he ends up surrendering to the police.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: In the episode "Liefde", this turned out to be the speciality of "The Commander" during the Second World War. He tries his hand at it again, to force Chris into aiding Rob Scherpenberg with taking a primary school class hostage.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: "The Commander" from the two-parter "Haat / Liefde" is this. He seems like a friendly old ex-soldier, who was cheated out of his life for alligning with the wrong side during the Second World War. He, however, turns out to be a xenophobic ex-Nazi, who had a hand in torturing and deporting Jews during the war (and liked every second of it).
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* ChekhovsGun: Near the start of the episode "De chauffeur", Jessie finally convinces Paul-Emile to buy a mobile phone. This phone comes in handy later in the episode, when Paul-Emile gets locked in a room by one of the culprits of the week.
--> '''Paul-Emile''': Long live the mobile phone.
--> '''Paul-Emile''': Long live the mobile phone.
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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.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Stefan Leurts from the BehindEveryGreatMan: The episode "Vuur" speaks very little "De chauffeur" has a good example of this in the wife of senator Defreyne, Linda. She sacrificed her own career to orchestrate her husband's career and seems quiet and benign, but he's a sadistic arsonist, who has little even went as far as [[spoiler: attempted murder on her husband's misstress]] to no moral compass.saveguard it.
* 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.
** The killer of the episode "De chauffeur" took her own life as an ultimate attempt to save her husband's career, which nearly ended up in tatters after she attempts to murders [[spoiler: his misstress]]
* GoodbyeCruelWorld: Linda Defreyne from the episode "De chauffeur" wrote a DeathbedConfession to the media before committing suicide in her pool. The letter serves as this trope, as well as her legacy, since she (falsely) claims to have had an affair with one of her husband's political rival, all but ensuring her husbands bid for fraction leader.
** In the episode "De chauffeur", after hearing that her attempted murder on her husband's misstress failed, we get this exchange between Linda Defreyne and her husband Geert.
---> '''Geert''': If she wakes up from her coma, we're done!
---> '''Linda''': Then we have to make sure that she doesn't wake up...
---> '''Geert''': If she wakes up from her coma, we're done!
---> '''Linda''': Then we have to make sure that she doesn't wake up...
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Chris' client from the episode "De chauffeur" was nearly killed by a car, because she was pregnant and didn't want to get an abortion. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler: the wife of her lover]] was behind the wheel.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: This was the culprit's motive in the episode "De chauffeur" to attempt murder on her husband's pregnant misstress.
* MySecretPregnancy: Chris kept her pregnancy a secret for quite a while, as she wasn't sure if she was going to keep it. Both her mother and Hugo eventually finds out about it (albeit accidentally for Hugo). [[spoiler: Sadly, she loses the baby in the next episode.]]
* PleaBargain: In the episode "De chauffeur", Geert Defreyne is very eager to arrange one for his driver, after he "accidentally" hits a girl with the company car, even calling it a win-win for everyone. This tips Chris off that something bigger is going on, as Defreyne (who's an attorney as well) wouldn't go for a plea bargain right out of the gate, if it was truly an accident. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler: Geert's wife tried to run over the girl on purpose, as she was her husband's pregnant misstress]].
--> '''Chris''' ''[to Hugo]'': Why would a lawyer go for a plea bargain in the first place?
--> '''Hugo''': Because he's certain he'll never win, when the case gets to court.
--> '''Chris''' ''[to Hugo]'': Why would a lawyer go for a plea bargain in the first place?
--> '''Hugo''': Because he's certain he'll never win, when the case gets to court.
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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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** 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 forhim.him.
** In the episode "De chauffeur", the episode's culprit decides to end her life to protect her husband's career, but delivers one (metaphorical) parting shot to take out his biggest (political) competitor at the same time.
** 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
** In the episode "De chauffeur", the episode's culprit decides to end her life to protect her husband's career, but delivers one (metaphorical) parting shot to take out his biggest (political) competitor at the same time.
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* RuleOfPool: The pool at the Defreyne's house in the episode "De chauffeur" fully fell under this rule, as several people (including Hugo) ended up in the pool fully clothed. It plays a more grim part later on, when [[spoiler: Defreyne's wife]] ends up dead in the pool [[spoiler: after taking her own life]].
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: One of the ways Geert Defreyne from the episode "De chauffeur" tries to pressure Chris into a plea bargain, is by contacting his connection at the insurance company, which could lead to either a swift payday or an excruciatingly slow one (depending on Chris taking the deal or not).
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** The eponymous driver for the episode "De chauffeur" took the heat for [[spoiler: his boss' wife]], after she tried to kill someone with the company car. It doesn't stick.
* TakingYouWithMe: In the episode "De chauffeur, Geert Defreyne threatens Chris that he'll take down Hugo for (accidental) espionage if she doesn't take a PleaBargain, after Hugo steals a bag of paper shreds from Defreyne. She ends up going through with the case against him, even getting support from Hugo, who would gladly go to jail to catch the guy.
* TakingYouWithMe: In the episode "De chauffeur, Geert Defreyne threatens Chris that he'll take down Hugo for (accidental) espionage if she doesn't take a PleaBargain, after Hugo steals a bag of paper shreds from Defreyne. She ends up going through with the case against him, even getting support from Hugo, who would gladly go to jail to catch the guy.
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* {{Determinator}}: Bob Sterckx from the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" was this, as he continued to play despite the various injuries he sustained over the years.
--> '''Peter Freyns''' ''[about Bob's knee injuries]'': The only thing keeping his knees together is at this point is the tape we put on them.
--> '''Peter Freyns''' ''[about Bob's knee injuries]'': The only thing keeping his knees together is at this point is the tape we put on them.
* FoodSlap: In the episode "Dochterlief", one of the ways Inny Kreus abuses her mother is by hitting her with a baguette and smearing her face with custard (the family owns a bakery).
* FriendOrIdolDecision: In the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan", someone tries to frame Bob Sterckx (a famous basketball player and Chris' client) for match fixing. By the end of the episode, the culprit turns out to be the Bob's best friend (and protégé). When Bob has to decide to turn his friend in to salvage his (already fading) career, he decides not to do it, as his friend still has his entire (professional) life in front of him.
--> '''Chris''': So what are you going to do now?
--> '''Bob''' ''[to Chris]'': You'd know I'd do anything to keep on playing, to win for my team...
--> '''Bob''': But running the career of a team mate into the ground...
--> '''Chris''': ...Isn't something Bob does.
--> '''Bob''': Exactly!
--> '''Chris''': So what are you going to do now?
--> '''Bob''' ''[to Chris]'': You'd know I'd do anything to keep on playing, to win for my team...
--> '''Bob''': But running the career of a team mate into the ground...
--> '''Chris''': ...Isn't something Bob does.
--> '''Bob''': Exactly!
* GloryDays: The episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" centers around Bob Sterckx, a famous basketball player, who has reached the end of his career (but is severely in denial about it). Throughout most of the episode, he tries to hold on to his image as the team's star player, even though there are other (younger) players, who are waiting for their time in the limelight. After someone (unsuccesfully) tries to frame him for match fixing out of spite over this, he decides to end his career in style and becomes a coach for the youth team.
* ImposedHandicapTraining: Bob Sterckx from the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" does this by taping weights to his legs (in order to improve his jumps). His psychical therapist (and aching knee joints) don't really agree with this method of training.
* ItsAllAboutMe: In the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan", this is one of the reasons why Bob Sterckx was framed for match fixing. He always stole the limelight and put his own career (and fame) before the well-being of the team, which led to resentment from his best friend, who was tired of spending any more time in his shadow.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: In the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan", it seems that a journalist tried to take revenge on Chris' client, because he had done this to him several years prior. As this was before the events of Chris' case, we only have their statements in court as evidence.
--> '''Bob''' ''[about Beunings, the journalist who tried to slander him]'': You see, Beunings and I had a little disagreement... I wanted to make my fists dance on his face and he didn't!
--> '''Beunings''': You knocked me silly during that fight!
--> '''Bob''': Not silly enough, it seems!
--> '''Bob''' ''[about Beunings, the journalist who tried to slander him]'': You see, Beunings and I had a little disagreement... I wanted to make my fists dance on his face and he didn't!
--> '''Beunings''': You knocked me silly during that fight!
--> '''Bob''': Not silly enough, it seems!
* PutMeInCoach: This was one of the reasons the culprit of the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" framed Chris' client. He was tired of getting benched while Chris' client got to play and framed him to take his spot.
* SelfSurgery: Bob Sterckx from the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" medicated himself and got physiotherapy from a friend merely to keep his physical condition at a point where he could still play without serious injury.
* TeamPrimadonna: Bob Sterckx from the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" is this for his team. He does get better towards the end of the episode.
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* 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.
--> '''Busso''' ''[In response to Gabriël's question]'': Busso is not a murderer.
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** 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.murderer.
** Bob Sterckx from the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" also applies for this trope.
---> '''Chris''': I see that Bob is talking in the third person again, so all must be good.
* ThrowingTheFight: Chris' client is accused of doing this in the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan", after he misses three consecutive free throws, which costs his team the game.
** Giovanni Busso from the episode "Illegaal" often refers to himself in the third person.
** Bob Sterckx from the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan" also applies for this trope.
---> '''Chris''': I see that Bob is talking in the third person again, so all must be good.
* ThrowingTheFight: Chris' client is accused of doing this in the episode "Verliezen is doodgaan", after he misses three consecutive free throws, which costs his team the game.
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* GreatEscape: The episode "Haat" features the liberation of a dangerous Neo-Nazi from the Palace of Justice in Brussels, where he was questioned by the district attorney.
* IWillShowYouX: Near the start of the episode "Haat", Hugo plans a surprise dinner for Chris at her mother's tavern. However, Chris gets kidnapped shortly after and both her and Hugo forget all about the dinner date because of it. Hugo furthermore isn't alowed to tell Louise the truth about the kidnapping, as it could endanger Chris' situation. When Louise tries to call Chris later on, we get this exchange between Hugo and Louise.
--> '''Louise''': Is that a way to treat a woman? keeping her waiting for dinner?!
--> '''Hugo''': Oh Louise! I'm sorry, but we're not going to make it.
--> '''Louise''': I thought you wanted to treat Chris to a proper night out...
--> '''Hugo''' ''[thinking of an excuse]'': No, I said I wanted to give her a good time, which I'm in the middle off.
--> '''Louise''': Good time?! I'll show you a "good time"!
--> '''Louise''': Is that a way to treat a woman? keeping her waiting for dinner?!
--> '''Hugo''': Oh Louise! I'm sorry, but we're not going to make it.
--> '''Louise''': I thought you wanted to treat Chris to a proper night out...
--> '''Hugo''' ''[thinking of an excuse]'': No, I said I wanted to give her a good time, which I'm in the middle off.
--> '''Louise''': Good time?! I'll show you a "good time"!
* LeaveNoWitnesses: During the escape of Rob Scherpenberg in the episode "Haat", his liberators kill one of the officers guarding him for exactly this reason: he saw their faces, which could give them away.
* PretendPrejudice: During the two-parter "Haat / Liefde", Hugo pretends to be a bigot to lure out the Neo-Nazis who kidnapped Chris. He has a moderate degree of succes at it and even pretends that he was kicked of the force because of it.
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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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* PsychoEx: Jan Matthijs from the episode "Stalker "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.court.
* PunkInTheTrunk: Both Chris and district attorney Leopold get stuffed in the trunk of a car as hostages during the episode "Haat". They don't spend a long time in there and quickly upgrade to being locked in a closet.
* PunkInTheTrunk: Both Chris and district attorney Leopold get stuffed in the trunk of a car as hostages during the episode "Haat". They don't spend a long time in there and quickly upgrade to being locked in a closet.
* SadisticChoice: Rob Scherpenberg from the episode "Haat" gets one from "The Commander": he has two hostages, but they need only one for their plan. Hence, "The Commander" orders Rob to choose one of the two hostages and shoot the other. He even gets a BottledHeroicResolve to make the act of killing easier for him.
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* SecretStabWound: This is used as the ultimate evidence of OffspringAbuse in the episode "Dochterlief". Throughout the episode, Chris tries to prove that her clients are abused by their daughter, but doesn't have enough physical evidence support her claim. The daughter, in the meantime, states that her father is the abuser, because he doesn't have any (visible) injuries. Near the end of the episode, the father eventually reveals a large scar of a stab wound he kept hidden from everyone (and even stitched up himself to prevent a trip to the hospital). This is enough to have the daughter placed in a closed institution.
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* SecretStabWound: This is used as the ultimate evidence of OffspringAbuse AbusiveOffspring in the episode "Dochterlief". Throughout the episode, Chris tries to prove that her clients are abused by their daughter, but doesn't have enough physical evidence support her claim. The daughter, in the meantime, states that her father is the abuser, because he doesn't have any (visible) injuries. Near the end of the episode, the father eventually reveals a large scar of a stab wound he kept hidden from everyone (and even stitched up himself to prevent a trip to the hospital). This is enough to have the daughter placed in a closed institution.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The two-parter "Haat / Liefde" revolves around a terrorist attack by members of a right-wing extremist movement called Wodan, who drew most of their inspiration from the Nazis
* AteHisGun: At the start of the episode "Haat", Rob Scherpenberg tries to do this, but fails because his gun is out of bullets. He later feeds his gun to district attorney Leopold to shut her up.
* BigotWithACrush: Rob Scherpenberg from the two-parter "Haat / Liefde" counts as this, as he's in love with a Muslims girl, while being a part of a Neo-Nazistic movement called Wodan. The predominant reason why he became a Neo-Nazi was because she wouldn't reciprocate his love.
* BottledHeroicResolve: In the episode "Haat", Rob Scherpenberg gets an order of "The Commander" to kill one of the hostages (as they only need one for their plan). "The Commander" subsequently give Rob a pill to boost his "bravery", which essentially functions as this trope.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: When Gabriël is initially asked by his sister to take over his father's bussiness, he refuses because he fell out with his father years ago. He eventually makes things right with his father and joins the family bussiness anyways
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* ChangedMyMindKid: When Gabriël is initially asked by his sister to take over his father's bussiness, he refuses because he fell out with his father years ago. He eventually makes things right with his father and joins the family bussiness anywaysanyways.
* ChekhovsGunman: The episode "Haat" has a well-hidden example of this. Near the start of the episode, Chris and district attorney Leopold get kidnapped in the trunk of a car. When Hugo tries to give chase, he's blocked by an old man who fumbles his clutch. The old man eventually turns out to be "The Commander" of Wodan, the enigmatic (and anonimous) leader of the right-wing movement and mastermind behind the escape of Rob Scherpenberg and kidnapping of Chris and Leopold.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Hugo denies himself this in the episode "Haat", despite the great distress he's in, as he feels guilty for leaving Chris alone to buy cigarettes (which ended in her kidnapping). He starts smoking again by the end of the two-parter.
* ChekhovsGunman: The episode "Haat" has a well-hidden example of this. Near the start of the episode, Chris and district attorney Leopold get kidnapped in the trunk of a car. When Hugo tries to give chase, he's blocked by an old man who fumbles his clutch. The old man eventually turns out to be "The Commander" of Wodan, the enigmatic (and anonimous) leader of the right-wing movement and mastermind behind the escape of Rob Scherpenberg and kidnapping of Chris and Leopold.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Hugo denies himself this in the episode "Haat", despite the great distress he's in, as he feels guilty for leaving Chris alone to buy cigarettes (which ended in her kidnapping). He starts smoking again by the end of the two-parter.
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* CrashingDreams: Somewhere throughout the episode "Haat", Chris and district attorney Leopold start shouting for help when they're trapped in a closet during a kidnapping. Judging from the look of their kidnapper, Rob Scherpenberg, when he opens the closet, he just fell victim to this trope.
--> '''Rob''' ''[dazed]'': A good morning to you too...
--> '''Rob''' ''[dazed]'': A good morning to you too...
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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** The episode "De Rietdekkers" was this for Gabriël, who even delegated Chris to a supporting role for once. It seemed fitting, as it was one of his last episode's in the series.
** The episode "Vuil" became this for Stanny, who's personal life was under scrutiny in this episode. It nearly turned into ADeathInTheLimelight for him.
** The episode "De Rietdekkers" was this for Gabriël, who even delegated Chris to a supporting role for once. It seemed fitting, as it was one of his last episode's in the series.
** The episode "Vuil" became this for Stanny, who's personal life was under scrutiny in this episode. It nearly turned into ADeathInTheLimelight for him.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Inny Kreus from the episode "Dochterlief" is portrayed as this, as well as most of her friends. She eventually turns out to be an abusive drug addict.
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* AbusiveOffspring: Inny Kreus from the episode "Dochterlief" was this, predominantly to her mother. Near the end of the episode, it was also shown that she stabbed her father in the gut, when he refused to give her money.
* AddictionPowered: Inny Kreus from the episode "Dochterlief" shows a (rather mundaine) version of this trope, as she much sharper and wilier after she gets her hit. On drugs, she can even pretend that she an ordinary teen, while she's a bit of a mess without them.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: This is refered to in the episode "Dochterlief". When Chris talks to her client about his abusive daughter, he states that he doesn't have the nerve to strike her back, because he was physically abused with a belt by his father. He furthermore swore during the birth of his daughter that he would never lay a finger on her. He also states that his daughter has his father's look in her eyes, whenever she gets abusive.
* EnfantTerrible: Inny Kreus from the episode "Dochterlief" fits this trope perfectly. She's a drug-addicted teenager, who (physically and mentally) abuses her parent and then plays the sweet, yet rebelious teenager in court.
* FilleFatale: Inny Kreus from the episode "Dochterlief" was definitely this, as she tended to seduce men to get money for her addiction (or simply to steal their car for a joyride). She furthermore knew how to use her charms and looks to her advantage to an astonishing degree.
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* ForYourOwnGood: At the start of season three, Luc wants to become an associate in Leduc & Partners, but Paul-Emile refuses. When Paul-Emile later finds him at "De groene boomgaard", he explains Luc that the firms recent move to another building cost them a lot of money and that he didn't want Luc to share in those costs right of the bat, as that wouldn't be fair to him.
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** At the start of season three, Luc wants to become an associate in Leduc & Partners, but Paul-Emile refuses. When Paul-Emile later finds him at "De groene boomgaard", he explains Luc that the firms recent move to another building cost them a lot of money and that he didn't want Luc to share in those costs right of the bat, as that wouldn't be fair tohim.him.
** This is the reason why Chris' clients want to have their daughter detained at an institution in the episode "Dochterlief". She's addicted to a variety of drugs and abuses her parents to steal money from them. Even though they're heartbroken about it, her parents see a forced stay in an institution as their only solution, something Chris agrees with.
** At the start of season three, Luc wants to become an associate in Leduc & Partners, but Paul-Emile refuses. When Paul-Emile later finds him at "De groene boomgaard", he explains Luc that the firms recent move to another building cost them a lot of money and that he didn't want Luc to share in those costs right of the bat, as that wouldn't be fair to
** This is the reason why Chris' clients want to have their daughter detained at an institution in the episode "Dochterlief". She's addicted to a variety of drugs and abuses her parents to steal money from them. Even though they're heartbroken about it, her parents see a forced stay in an institution as their only solution, something Chris agrees with.
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* SecretStabWound: This is used as the ultimate evidence of OffspringAbuse in the episode "Dochterlief". Throughout the episode, Chris tries to prove that her clients are abused by their daughter, but doesn't have enough physical evidence support her claim. The daughter, in the meantime, states that her father is the abuser, because he doesn't have any (visible) injuries. Near the end of the episode, the father eventually reveals a large scar of a stab wound he kept hidden from everyone (and even stitched up himself to prevent a trip to the hospital). This is enough to have the daughter placed in a closed institution.
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* StealingFromTheTill: Done very blatantly by Inny Kreus from the episode "Dochterlief" to pay for her drug addiction. When the till eventually turns out empty, she even trashes the place and begs the customers for money.
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* StupidScientist: Court psychiatrist Govaerts from the episode "Dochterlief" was this, as she believed the actual abuser (instead of her victims), simply because it corresponded with her theory. Even when Chris confronts her with evidence contrary to her theory, she doubles down and sees it as evidence in support of her theory, no matter what Chris says. She's (obviously) proven wrong in the end.
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* Mooning: One of Frank Plaatsnijder's most prominent actions in the episode "Jan zonder kleren" and furthermore the one that gave him his nickname. [[note]]"Jan zonder kleren", which roughly translates to "Clothless John"[[/note]] This also kicks of the episode's plot, as Frank wrote his company's logo on his butt cheeks, which was cause for them to sue him for defamation.
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* Mooning: {{Mooning}}: One of Frank Plaatsnijder's most prominent actions in the episode "Jan zonder kleren" and furthermore the one that gave him his nickname. [[note]]"Jan zonder kleren", which roughly translates to "Clothless John"[[/note]] This also kicks of the episode's plot, as Frank wrote his company's logo on his butt cheeks, which was cause for them to sue him for defamation.
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* BreatherEpisode: Season three had two of these, both somewhere near one of the two-parters from the season.
** The first one is "Jan zonder kleren", which was somewhat light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding. This episode came between the rather harsh (and personal) first three episodes, which featured a MiscarriageOfJustice, a confrontation with the Albanian maffia and the death of a young girl respectively, and the (unoffical) two-parter Haat / Liefde, which features an extremist attack (and kidnapping), as well as the death of [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]].
** The second one is "W.I.L.", an episode about Hugo infiltrating a (hippie) cult to convince the (wealthy) wife of Chris' client to return home. This episode comes before "Quartier chaud", where Chris [[spoiler: loses her baby]] after being pushed down a building and the two-parter "De jacht", about a Hannibal Lecter-esque serial killer, who strikes from the (heavily guarded) institution he's locked away at.
** The first one is "Jan zonder kleren", which was somewhat light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding. This episode came between the rather harsh (and personal) first three episodes, which featured a MiscarriageOfJustice, a confrontation with the Albanian maffia and the death of a young girl respectively, and the (unoffical) two-parter Haat / Liefde, which features an extremist attack (and kidnapping), as well as the death of [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]].
** The second one is "W.I.L.", an episode about Hugo infiltrating a (hippie) cult to convince the (wealthy) wife of Chris' client to return home. This episode comes before "Quartier chaud", where Chris [[spoiler: loses her baby]] after being pushed down a building and the two-parter "De jacht", about a Hannibal Lecter-esque serial killer, who strikes from the (heavily guarded) institution he's locked away at.
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** Season two had the episode "Prima Donna", which was occasionally quite humoristic and light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding (complete with SoundtrackDissonance). It was, however, one of the only episodes of the season that was somewhat light-hearted[[note]]In a season featuring the car bombing of one of Chris' clients, a pedophilic priest, a sociopathic con man, a pyromaniac who uses cats as an ignition source and a deadly stalker with a crush, who kidnaps Chris as well[[/note]] and was set in between "De Rietdekkers", where Gabriël gets suspended as a lawyer, and "Vuil", where Stanny nearly gets murdered by a DetectiveMole (who, in turn, nearly provokes Hugo into murdering him).
** Season three had two of these, both somewhere near one of the two-parters from the season.
** *** The first one is "Jan zonder kleren", which was somewhat light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding. This episode came between the rather harsh (and personal) first three episodes, which featured a MiscarriageOfJustice, a confrontation with the Albanian maffia and the death of a young girl respectively, and the (unoffical) two-parter Haat / Liefde, which features an extremist attack (and kidnapping), as well as the death of [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]].
** *** The second one is "W.I.L.", an episode about Hugo infiltrating a (hippie) cult to convince the (wealthy) wife of Chris' client to return home. This episode comes before "Quartier chaud", where Chris [[spoiler: loses her baby]] after being pushed down a building and the two-parter "De jacht", about a Hannibal Lecter-esque serial killer, who strikes from the (heavily guarded) institution he's locked away at.
** Season two had the episode "Prima Donna", which was occasionally quite humoristic and light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding (complete with SoundtrackDissonance). It was, however, one of the only episodes of the season that was somewhat light-hearted[[note]]In a season featuring the car bombing of one of Chris' clients, a pedophilic priest, a sociopathic con man, a pyromaniac who uses cats as an ignition source and a deadly stalker with a crush, who kidnaps Chris as well[[/note]] and was set in between "De Rietdekkers", where Gabriël gets suspended as a lawyer, and "Vuil", where Stanny nearly gets murdered by a DetectiveMole (who, in turn, nearly provokes Hugo into murdering him).
** Season three had two of these, both somewhere near one of the two-parters from the season.
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* BreatherEpisode: Season three had two of these, both somewhere near one of the two-parters from the season.
** The first one is "Jan zonder kleren", which was somewhat light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding. This episode came between the rather harsh (and personal) first three episodes, which featured a MiscarriageOfJustice, a confrontation with the Albanian maffia and the death of a young girl respectively, and the (unoffical) two-parter Haat / Liefde, which features an extremist attack (and kidnapping), as well as the death of [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]].
** The second one is "W.I.L.", an episode about Hugo infiltrating a (hippie) cult to convince the (wealthy) wife of Chris' client to return home. This episode comes before "Quartier chaud", where Chris [[spoiler: loses her baby]] after being pushed down a building and the two-parter "De jacht", about a Hannibal Lecter-esque serial killer, who strikes from the (heavily guarded) institution he's locked away at.
** The first one is "Jan zonder kleren", which was somewhat light-hearted, despite the BitterSweetEnding. This episode came between the rather harsh (and personal) first three episodes, which featured a MiscarriageOfJustice, a confrontation with the Albanian maffia and the death of a young girl respectively, and the (unoffical) two-parter Haat / Liefde, which features an extremist attack (and kidnapping), as well as the death of [[spoiler: district attorney Leopold]].
** The second one is "W.I.L.", an episode about Hugo infiltrating a (hippie) cult to convince the (wealthy) wife of Chris' client to return home. This episode comes before "Quartier chaud", where Chris [[spoiler: loses her baby]] after being pushed down a building and the two-parter "De jacht", about a Hannibal Lecter-esque serial killer, who strikes from the (heavily guarded) institution he's locked away at.
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* AHeroToHisHometown: Frank Plaatsnijder from the episode "Jan zonder kleren" was this to the factory workers (and most of the other working class people) in Vilvoorde. Not only was he the face of a strike against a mega-corporation, he was furthermore an example of the little man getting harrassed by a big corporation. Even the security guards of the mega-corporation and the police officers arresting him were on his side.
* BrokenWindowWarning: Used by Chris' client of the episode "Jan zonder kleren" to pressure the mega-corporation into keeping a local branch of their bussiness open.
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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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** 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!otherwise!
** Done by Frank Plaatsnijder, Chris' client of the episode "Jan zonder kleren", to make a statement against a textile company closing their local branch to open a new factory in Indonesia
---> '''Frank''': Ik loop liever in mijn blote flikker rond, dan met een Ticker aan mijn kont![[note]]Roughly paraphrased: "I'd rather show them my junk, than wear a Ticker on my trunk!"[[/note]]
** 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.
** Done by Frank Plaatsnijder, Chris' client of the episode "Jan zonder kleren", to make a statement against a textile company closing their local branch to open a new factory in Indonesia
---> '''Frank''': Ik loop liever in mijn blote flikker rond, dan met een Ticker aan mijn kont![[note]]Roughly paraphrased: "I'd rather show them my junk, than wear a Ticker on my trunk!"[[/note]]
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* GasolineDousing: Near the end of the episode "Jan zonder kleren", this is done by Chris' client, in a desperate bid to vent his frustration at the company he labored at for nearly thirty years by burning it down. It didn't help that he lost his wife (in divorce), was betrayed by his best friend and saw the future of his son go up in smoke. While he eventually doesn't pull through with it, a minor blunder causes a conflagration which ends up burning his son.
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* GraffitiOfTheResistance: One of the rebelious actions performed by Chris' client in the episode "Jan zonder kleren" was the defacing of the factory's front wall and several billboards with graffiti. It eventually turns out that Chris' client has quite a knack for graffiti art.
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* HiddenDepths: Frank Plaatsnijder, Chris' client of the episode "Jan zonder kleren", turns out to be incredibly skilled with spray paint, despite the fact that he's a house father and mechanic.
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* MegaCorp: The textile company "Ticker" from the episode "Jan zonder kleren" was this, as they're an international company, who cares little about their employees and does everything in their power to make more money'(even exploitation of third-world worker in favor of jobs in first-world countries).
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* Mooning: One of Frank Plaatsnijder's most prominent actions in the episode "Jan zonder kleren" and furthermore the one that gave him his nickname. [[note]]"Jan zonder kleren", which roughly translates to "Clothless John"[[/note]] This also kicks of the episode's plot, as Frank wrote his company's logo on his butt cheeks, which was cause for them to sue him for defamation.
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* SellOut: Union representative Cnops from the episode "Jan zonder kleren" is a classic example of this, as he botched union negotiation throughout the episode, in exchange for a well-paying job in the company's new factory in Indonesia.
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* StrikeEpisode: The episode "Jan zonder kleren" revolved around a (fictional) strike at textile company Ticker in Vilvoorde, where Chris' client quickly becomes the face (and later on the scapegoat) of the strike.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Frank Plaatsnijder from the episode "Jan zonder kleren" was this, as he tends to go as far as defamation and vandalism to fight for his cause (preventing the closure of a local branch of his company, which would lead to most of the workers losing their job). The fact that his opponent was a MegaCorp, who wanted to shift jobs to third-world countries to save money, made his actions all the more understandable.
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* AccidentalMurder: The murder victim of the episode "Verloren weekend" was killed by her twin brother in a fit of rage. The brother subsequently feels so guilty, that he tries to end his own life.
* AdultFear: The episode "Verloren weekend" has two instances of this. The first is a child (the daughter of Chris' client) who goes missing and eventually ends up dead nearby, to the utter heartbreak of the parents. The second tops this, when it turns out that the child was murdered by her twin brother, who now faces time in an institution (or even jail) because of it. And not just that, but the guilt of the murder also nearly drives the twin brother to suicide, which would mean the death of both children.
* AskAStupidQuestion: The episode "Verloren weekend" had one the curtesy of Chris.
--> '''Chris''': Sander, you're here as well?
--> '''Sander''': No, I've gone snowbaording...
--> '''Chris''': Sander, you're here as well?
--> '''Sander''': No, I've gone snowbaording...
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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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* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Happens in the episode "Verloren weekend", when the police finds the murder weapon because the son of Chris' client draws attention to it by trying to hide it, putting his fingerprints on it in the process. Appears to be subverted near the end of the episode, as the son eventually turns out to be the killer.
* BondageIsBad: Chris' client from the episode "Pirma Donna" (a sixteen-year-old prostitute) is confronted with a case of this, when one of her clients turns out to be a (sexually) sadistic physician.
* BondageIsBad: Chris' client from the episode "Pirma Donna" (a sixteen-year-old prostitute) is confronted with a case of this, when one of her clients turns out to be a (sexually) sadistic physician.
* DisappointedInYou: One of the reasons the murderer of the episode "Verloren weekend" had so much anger in him, was because his father always reminded him of what a dissapointment he was, while praising his sister.
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* 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.
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** 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 careoff.off.
** The killer of the episode "Verloren weekend" felt so guilty about the murder he committed in a fit of rage, that he tried to take his own life by jumping of the battlements of an old castle.
** 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
** The killer of the episode "Verloren weekend" felt so guilty about the murder he committed in a fit of rage, that he tried to take his own life by jumping of the battlements of an old castle.
* InconvenientlyVanishingExoneratingEvidence: Happens to Chris' client from the episode "Dode Rambo". He killed someone in self-defense, but is arrested (and nearly tried) for murder, because the attacker weapon dissappeared out of the blue. It eventually turns out that one of the attacker's allies hid the knife to frame Chris' client (and save his own skin).
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Happens when Luc makes a prediction about Chris' love life in the episode "Verloren weekend".
--> '''Luc''': Chris and Hugo? Nah, Chris is married to the job... All she does is work, work, work!
--> ''[The scene cuts to Chris and Hugo making out in her office right at that moment]''
--> '''Luc''': Chris and Hugo? Nah, Chris is married to the job... All she does is work, work, work!
--> ''[The scene cuts to Chris and Hugo making out in her office right at that moment]''
* ItsAllMyFault: One of the reasons Chris' client from the episode "Verloren weekend" took the heat for a murder he didn't commit, was because he felt that he was to blame for the argument that led to the (accidental) murder.
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* 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".
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** 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 pitbullmethod".method".
** Stanny turns out to favor this method as well and even tries it on a kid througout the episode "Verloren weekend". This is despite the fact that Stanny is somewhat of a by-the-book cop.
** 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
** Stanny turns out to favor this method as well and even tries it on a kid througout the episode "Verloren weekend". This is despite the fact that Stanny is somewhat of a by-the-book cop.
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* StageMom: Jos Peeters from the episode "Verloren weekend" was a stage dad, as well as his rival, Ronny van Acker.
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** Jos Peeters, Chris' client from the episode "Verloren weekend", ends up taking the heat for a murder his (young) son committed. The son ends up confessing to the crime eventually.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Jos Peeters from the episode "Verloren weekend" wanted his children to do better than him in life and, therefore, pushed them to achieve their goals at any cost. This ended with one of his children dead at the hands of the other.
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* BathroomSearchExcuse: Used by one of the Albanian cronies in the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15" to clog the toilet of a store's bathroom with tampons, which later on causes the toilet to back up (with all of the nasty consequences).
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Luc, as shown in the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", where he gets sloshed after two glasses of brandy. In his defense, they were (apparently) large glasses of brandy.
* DividedWeFall: One of the reason the ProtectionRacket in the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15" went on for so long, was because every shopkeeper fended for him- or herself, instead of banding together.
--> '''Chris''': So much for a collective offensive...
--> '''Chris''': So much for a collective offensive...
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* 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.
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: The [=GP=] ends up using this approach to catch the kingpin of the Albanian ProtectionRacket ring in the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15". They place a camera in the store of Chris' friend and ask her to lure him in for the payment (instead of one of his cronies. When the kingpin gets angry at Chris' friend and threatens (and extorts) her out loud, the [=GP=] has enough evidence to arrest him. Sadly, he notices the camera and becomes violent before they can arrest him (although no one died, at least)
* 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 remainuuntil until the end of their days and no divorce will come between that.
* 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
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: The Albanian maffia in the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15" sends a bouquet of chrysantos with a funeral card to their victims as a dead threat. The funeral card was from one of the shopkeepers they murdered to keep the rest in line, which further enhances the threat.
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* LikesOlderWomen: During the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Luc admits during a drunken stupor that he's attracted to his latest client, who's 49 (Luc is somewhere in his twenties).
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: This was the prefered murder method of the Albanian maffia in the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15". They eventually manage to give no less than two shopkeepers an "accident" at work.
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* OhNoNotAgain: Throughout the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Chris and an old school friend of hers fight against a ProtectionRacket ran by the Albanian maffia. When they eventually manage to get the local branch arrested, another man (posing as an insurance agent) shows up soon after, offering private security (both electric surveillanceand physical guards) for the same price as the protection racket.
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** The local police of the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15" was quite apathetic as well, despite the fact that they knew about the protection racket. They only start getting (actively) involved once one of the shopkeepers dies (and this was the second one to die at that).
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* ProtectionRacket: The episode "Beschermingsfactor 15" revolves around one. Throughout the episode, an old friend of Chris gets threaten by the Albanian maffia to buy into one. Her fight against it is what kicks off the plot.
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* ThirdWheel: In the episode "Beschermingsfactor 15", Chris and Hugo are preparing a (romantic) dinner together, when they hear something downstairs. The noise turns out to be Luc, who was repairing the heater. When they mention the dinner, Luc states that he's starving and ends up having dinner with them.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This could be said for Jessie, who once dated a burglar for a year. She still has some feelings for him, when he gets released from prison in the episode "Voorwaardelijk".
* BetrayalInsurance: In the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Chris' client gets released after spending seven years in jail. However, it turns out that he didn't commit the murder and that he was taking the heat for his lover. When she rejects him, he threatens to release the camera footage for the night of the murder, which he kept hidden somewhere. She eventually tries to kill him to keep her secret safe.
* CaughtOnTape: Dennis Moerman, Chris' client from the episode "Voorwaardelijk", has camera footage of a murder in his possession and holds it against his (former) lover, who eventually tries to murder him for the tape.
* ForYourOwnGood: At the start of season three, Luc wants to become an associate in Leduc & Partners, but Paul-Emile refuses. When Paul-Emile later finds him at "De groene boomgaard", he explains Luc that the firms recent move to another building cost them a lot of money and that he didn't want Luc to share in those costs right of the bat, as that wouldn't be fair to him.
** Dennis Moerman from the episode "Voorwaardelijk" was shot by his (former) lover, because he was the only one who could prove that she murdered her husband (instead of him).
* LoveInterestTraitor: Chris' client from the episode "Voorwaardelijk" was betrayed by his love interest, after he took the heat for a murder she committed. She even made sure that he received a longer sentence, by upping the court room dramatics (the murder victim was her husband).
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: At the end of the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Dennis Moerman still loves his (former lover, despite the fact that she framed him for murder and even tried to murder him after he got released from jail.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: At the end of the episode "Voorwaardelijk", Dennis Moerman still loves his (former lover, despite the fact that she framed him for murder and even tried to murder him after he got released from jail.
* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: This is the opinion Chris' client of the episode "Voorwaardelijk" has on love. He even calls love a rotten mess and states that his past relations (including one with Jessie) meant nothing to him.
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* 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.
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** 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 sheneeds.needs.
** Dennis Moerman from the episode "Voorwaardelijk" took the heat for his lover and eventually spends seven years in prison. After he gets released, he tries to re-unite with her, only to find that she doesn't want him in her life, which kicks off the plot.
** 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
** Dennis Moerman from the episode "Voorwaardelijk" took the heat for his lover and eventually spends seven years in prison. After he gets released, he tries to re-unite with her, only to find that she doesn't want him in her life, which kicks off the plot.
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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 is forced to quit after making a (grave) deonthological error and takes over his 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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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 is forced to quit after making a (grave) deonthological error and takes over his father's company, bussiness, 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.
* ChangedMyMindKid: When Gabriël is initially asked by his sister to take over his father's bussiness, he refuses because he fell out with his father years ago. He eventually makes things right with his father and joins the family bussiness anyways
* DeepFriedWhatever: Gabriël's family owns a food stand that sells fries and (deep-fried) pastries.[[note]]This is quite a common combination in Flanders, as deep-fryers are the most important requirement for both[[/note]] This caused a rift between Gabriël, who wanted to be a lawyer, and his father, who wanted him to take over the bussiness.
* DetectiveMole: [[Spoiler: Johnny, Stanny's partner]] turns out to be this in the episode "Vuil". When his commissioner starts to suspect something, he even tries to deflect suspicion by framing Stanny. He subsequently "helps" Hugo solve the case.
* DirtyCop: [[Spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gambling debts.
* DirtyCop: [[Spoiler:Stanny's partner, Johnny,]] turns out to be in cahoots with drug traffickers, in exchange for erasing his gambling debts.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Stanny's new partner, Johnny, is introduced in the episode "Prima Donna", but becomes an important character in the episode "Vuil".
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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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** 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 theheat.heat.
** Stanny is framed by a mole at the GP throughout the episode "Vuil". The mole would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for Hugo (who researched the case) and two gay lovers (who saved Stanny after the mole tried to murder him).
** 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
** Stanny is framed by a mole at the GP throughout the episode "Vuil". The mole would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for Hugo (who researched the case) and two gay lovers (who saved Stanny after the mole tried to murder him).
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** Justine, the prostitute Stanny frequents in the episode "Vuil" is an example of this as well, as she genuinly cares about Stanny (even though he's just a client).
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* IHaveNoSon: In the episode "Vuil", we find out that Gabriël had a row with his father over a decadde ago, which led to this trope. They atch things up by the end of the episode.
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* IllegalGamblingDen: The episode "Vuil" features one in the backroom of the "River cafe". It's there where the identity of the DetectiveMole is first revealed (to the viewer).
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* MeaningfulEcho: In the episode "Vuil", Stanny's partner Johnny at one point states how easy it is for a cop to fall victim to addiction, when he's discussing Stanny's (alleged) gambling addiction with Hugo. He later on repeats his words phrase-by-phrase, when he [[Spoiler: confesses to Hugo that he's the DetectiveMole]].
--> '''Johnny''' ''[about gambling addiction]'': You now how easy it is to roll into these things as a cop...
--> '''Johnny''': And when you lose big, they'll always offer to clean the slate, in return for a favor...
--> '''Johnny''': But if you give in to them even once, they have you by the balls for the rest of you life!
--> '''Johnny''' ''[about gambling addiction]'': You now how easy it is to roll into these things as a cop...
--> '''Johnny''': And when you lose big, they'll always offer to clean the slate, in return for a favor...
--> '''Johnny''': But if you give in to them even once, they have you by the balls for the rest of you life!
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* ProdigalFamily: Gabriël's family counts as this, as he never talks about them and members never show up in the show. The reason for this is revealed in the episode "Vuil", where we find out that a row between Gabriël and his father caused a rift between him and the rest of his family. By the end of the episode, he's made things right and can be seen working in his family's food stand.
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* SlippingAMickey: The DetectiveMole of the episode "Vuil" does this to Stanny, before placing him behind the wheel of his car and dumping him into a canal.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: This turns out to be the reason why [[Spoiler: Johnny]] became a DetectiveMole. He had a gambling problem and sold information to a criminal gang to pay off his gambling debts.
