Undercover (2019 TV series)
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| Release | February 24, 2019 – present |
Undercover is a Belgian-Dutch Dutch-language
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 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
.
Cast
Season 1
- Tom Waes as Bob Lemmens
- Anna Drijver as Kim De Rooij
- Frank Lammers as Ferry Bouwman
- Elise Schaap as Danielle Bouwman
- Raymond Thiry as John Zwart
- Robbie Cleiren as Marc Gevers
- Manou Kersting as Nick Janssens
- Katrien De Ruysscher as Liesbeth Mertens
- Huub Smit as Dennis de Vries
- Lieke van den Broek as Sonja van Kamp
- Sara De Bosschere as Lena Vandekerckhove
- Kevin Janssens as Jurgen van Kamp
- Kris Cuppens as Walter Devos
- Nina Mensch as Jezebel van Kamp
- Emma Verlinden as Polly Lemmens
- Warre Verlinden as David Lemmens
Season 2
- Wim Willaert as Laurent Berger
- Sebastien Dewaele as Jean-Pierre Berger
- Ruth Becquart as Nathalie Geudens
- Celest Henri Cornelis as Jackson Geudens
- Chris Lomme as Yvet Berger
- Sarah Vandeursen as Betty
- Robrecht Vanden Thoren as T-Bone
- Mourade Zeguendi as Vincent Messaoudi
- Sanne Samina Hanssen as Lisa
Season 3
- Nazmiye Oral as Leyla Bulut
- Murat Seven as Serkan Bulut
- Gökhan Girginol as Timur Celik
- Gökhan Kizilbuga as Mehmet
- Yannick van de Velde as Lars van Marken
- Wouter Hendrickx as Tanguy Dupont
- Jeroen van der Ven as Patrick Diericks
Episodes
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 2 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 3 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Release
The full first season consisting of 10 episodes premiered on Netflix streaming on May 3, 2019.[5]
Prequels
In May 2021, Netflix released Ferry, a film prequel to the series [6] and, in 2023, Ferry: The Series, an eight-part further prequel.[7]
References
- Decider. July 13, 2019.
- ^ "Undercover – Netflix Season 1 Review". The Review Geek. July 13, 2019.
- ^ "'Undercover' Season 1 - Netflix Original Series Review". Ready Steady Cut. July 13, 2019.
- ^ "Undercover – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ "Undercover". Netflix.
- ^ "Ferry". Netflix.
- ^ "Ferry". Netflix.
External links
- Undercover at IMDb
- Undercover on Netflix
- Undercover at Rotten Tomatoes
