Episode list

At a quarter to midnight on New Years Eve 1899, Adriaan Lietaard is fatally bitten by his prized green panther snake. He only has 15 minutes to figure out which one of his relatives put the snake in his safe, before succumbing to the deadly poison. Could it be his brother Lodewijk, or his two deadbeat sons Paul or Martijn? All of their wives seem to have a motive, too. Steijn the butler is certain there's a hefty inheritance coming this way.

At Photo studio P. van Straaten, two models, Jacky and Penny, are dressed in Lederhosen to film a muesli ad. A missing prop, William Tell's arrow, is found lodged in the chest of Mabel de Ruijter, the studio's owner. Inspector Jeanine Kaart and her assistant De Bruin round up the suspects. Mabel's widower Ralf is already busy flirting with Penny. Nephew Paul, the photographer, is planning to marry Jacky, while his assistant Suzanne also has a reason to despise Mabel.

During a cruise in 1988, young Mrs. Vrijland appears to have taken her own life by jumping out a port side window. The ship's purser suspects foul play and begins an investigation. The last to have seen the missing woman was her neighbor, elderly Mrs. De Vos. The purser soon finds out the victim's husband Jan is having an affair with another woman on board, while the victim herself was seen in the company of notorious playboy Arnold Pauw. Even the purser's assistant turns out to have done time for forgery.

When the wondrous Zeppalini's famous sword cabinet trick goes awry and his lovely assistant Princes Tora ends up dead, Inspector Maarschalk soon finds that nothing is what it seems. Lily Zeppalini has long suspected her husband of having an affair with the 'Princes'. Ton the stage manager has a criminal record. His assistant Diana is Ton's partner in crime as well as in bed. And the audience member picked out to check out the swords before the trick turns out to be Tara's lawful husband.

When so-called 'Prince of the Polderpop' Ricky Veenendaal is electrocuted on stage within the first minutes of a concert at the Hippolytushoef, all the members of his band 'Shock' become suspects. Inspector Lucassen learns the victim's widow is having an affair with Skinny the drummer. Road manager Toni would do anything for guitarist Adje, who was being blackmailed by Ricky. A screwdriver with white paint on it becomes the most important piece of evidence.

Casino owner Jules Charrier is murdered in Rio, 1930. Since the police is too busy with the Carnaval and only regular customers are present, head of security Paulo Fernandez takes it upon himself to investigate. Amongst the suspects are Ruby Mayer, wife of a Wall Street broker and her gigolo Carlos. The local Conde, who spends his time getting call girls for other men. Down on his luck gambler Jaime who has had to hock his expensive watch, and the victim's estranged daughter, Lili.