Undercover | |
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Genre | Drama, Crime |
Created by | Nico Moolenaar |
Starring | Tom Waes Anna Drijver Frank Lammers Nazmiye Oral |
Country of origin | Belgium, Netherlands |
Original languages | Dutch, Flemish, Belgian French |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 28 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers | Nico Moolenaar Jan Theys Ivy Vanhaecke |
Production locations | Belgium France Netherlands Germany |
Original release | |
Network | Eén Netflix |
Release | February 24, 2019 – present |
Undercover is a Belgian-Dutch Dutch-language crime drama television series starring Tom Waes, Anna Drijver and Frank Lammers. The plot revolves around a story inspired by real-life events, where undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation in Limburg, a Flemish province bordering the Netherlands. The infiltration is executed by two agents, Bob Lemmens (Tom Waes) and Kim de Rooij (Anna Drijver), who are posing as a couple at the campground where the drug kingpin spends his weekends. [1] [2] [3]
It is a co-production between Netflix and public Belgium TV station Eén, and was ordered direct-to-series. The first season premiered on Eén on February 24, 2019, in Belgium; its second season was scheduled for a September 6, 2020 release on Eén. The series began streaming on Netflix on May 3, 2019. It was renewed for a second season which premiered on November 8, 2020. Season 3 premiered in November 2021, starring Nazmiye Oral.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | 1 | "Camping Zonnedauw" | Frank Devos & Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
2 | 2 | "Hoogsensitief" "Highly Sensitive" | Frank Devos | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
3 | 3 | "Italian Designer Drugs" | Frank Devos | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
4 | 4 | "Legio Patria Nostra" | Frank Devos | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
5 | 5 | "Over de grens" "Over the Border" | Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
6 | 6 | "Sirenes" "Sirens" | Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
7 | 7 | "De kop van die wout" "That Cop's Face" | Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
8 | 8 | "Nouveau Monde" "New World" | Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
9 | 9 | "Bodem" "Rock Bottom" | Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
10 | 10 | "Showtime" | Eshref Reybrouck | Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek | May 3, 2019 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [4] |
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11 | 1 | "El Dorado" | Pieter Van Hees | Unknown | September 6, 2020 |
12 | 2 | "Pentagon" | Unknown | Unknown | September 13, 2020 |
13 | 3 | "Soldiers of Love" | Unknown | Unknown | September 20, 2020 |
14 | 4 | "Trojan Horse Power" | Unknown | Unknown | September 27, 2020 |
15 | 5 | "Revolution" | Unknown | Unknown | October 4, 2020 |
16 | 6 | "Victor" | Unknown | Unknown | October 11, 2020 |
17 | 7 | "Enrichochet" | Unknown | Unknown | October 18, 2020 |
18 | 8 | "Roadblock" | Unknown | Unknown | October 25, 2020 |
19 | 9 | "Reconstruction" | Unknown | Unknown | November 1, 2020 |
20 | 10 | "War" | Unknown | Unknown | November 8, 2020 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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21 | 1 | "Boze oog" "Evil Eye" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | November 21, 2021 |
22 | 2 | "Festival Shop Super Sales" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | November 28, 2021 |
23 | 3 | "Trust issues" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | December 5, 2021 |
24 | 4 | "All-in Resort" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | December 12, 2021 |
25 | 5 | "Rat in the kitchen" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | December 19, 2021 |
26 | 6 | "Pater Familias" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | December 26, 2021 |
27 | 7 | "Total Loss" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | January 2, 2022 |
28 | 8 | "Showdown" | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Unknown | January 9, 2022 |
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