Rough Justice (2016)
Synopsis
Straight-talking Superintendent Liese Meerhout leads the homicide department in the Antwerp police force. She and her team go to great lengths to ensure justice is served, even if it means they too cross the line between right and wrong.
Network
VTM
Episodes
ATO
A shady journalist is found dead in the Antwerp harbor, and it seems like an open-and-shut case. But then another body emerges, and the investigation takes a new direction...
Dim sum
The homicide team are called to a stud farm, where the body of a Chinese restaurateur is found in a stable. It looks like a tragic accident, but has it been carefully staged?
Grey Mouse
A dutiful civil servant is found dead in his girlfriend's apartment. The residue of drugs at the crime scene point to the 'squeaky-clean' victim's unusual hobby, and the homicide team must confront the Antwerp police's narcotics division.
Iris
The body of a mechanic is uncovered in the forest, clutching a yellow iris. While the team considers what the flower symbolizes, a second victim is found in the same spot as the first and the case turns political. But Liese suspects that the killer has a personal motive.
Clown
A trainee nurse is found in dead the mortuary. Fabian is upset by the case, having known the victim. In the post-mortem he finds no cause of death. But is he telling the whole truth?
Nightdive
The body of a diamond trader floats in the pool of a luxury hotel. Was it a tragic accident or did the lies, jealousy and passion in the victim's life catch up with her? Also, a video of Liese shows up online and her personal and professional relationships begin to unravel.
Nemesis
A respected but arrogant professor is found dead in the bathroom of a student bar. No one is surprised that he had been with a female student again, and when Liese digs into the victim's history it seems as though his notoriety reaches a long way back...
Joelia
A senator is found hanged in a notorious hotel and the homicide squad are convinced the scene is staged. Their investigations lead them to a web of corruption and bitter rivalry between Antwerp's biggest developers. Meanwhile, Liese continues her own enquiries as her job and relationships come under threat.
Antique
An elderly antique dealer is found stabbed on his shop floor. The most expensive items are missing, along with the contents to the safe only the victim could open. But when the team uncover how popular the old man and his collection were, they realize it must be more than a mere robbery gone wrong. Elsewhere, Liese must confront Fabian when avoiding him becomes too obvious to the team...
Wood
Arno Deferme, an activist and NGO worker in Cameroon, is found dead in the Scheldt River. It looks as though the victim was involved in illegal smuggling of woods through the harbor, but when it seems others at the docks have more at stake, the team question whether he was the victim of something greater.
Litter
When the body of heroin addict Kathy Debaere is found, it seems as though her addiction has got the better of her. But with her young child missing from the apartment, the team are up against the clock to find the child, and track down Antwerp's own 'Dirty Harry' who is attempting to clean up the city. Meanwhile, Liese faces some tough decisions in her home life.
Silence
A girl is found hanging in the woods outside Antwerp. It is revealed she had a heated exchange with a young guy, and the team quickly follow up the close relationships in the girl's life, before finding out she was murdered whilst carrying an important secret. Meanwhile, Liese and Sura grow closer as they confront Liese's blackmailer.
End Game
A well-known politician is stabbed to death. At first, his death appears to be related to his out-of-hours activities but when a second body is found, the team must take a closer look at the political lives of the two victims. Meanwhile, Liese comes closer to getting Baina back when she provokes her blackmailer...
Cast
Details
Original Title
Coppers
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
13
Production
Menuet