The Out-Laws

2012
The Out-Laws

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EP1 Blood Ties Sep 03, 2012

In sleepy Flemish small town Vredegem (Dutch for 'peaceville'), the brothers Thomas and Matthias Dewitt risk having to close down their inherited insurance agency, which ails since their father's death. Honoring the fat life insurance of Jean-Claude Delcorps would surely sink them, so they're determined to contest it and investigate his death. The widow and especially her four sisters, who all hated their brother in law, are a sanctimonious cesspit of secrets, including jean-Paul's fatally staged car accident. Asian Gang Wang also attends the funeral vindictively.

EP2 Inferno Sep 10, 2012

The brothers Dewit continue their investigation, wondering about the earlier fire claim, while Mathias even dates one of the suspect sisters. Indeed, the Goethals girls remember how Eva first took charge of an attempt to eliminate Jean-Claude, merely on account of inappropriate behavior concerning a company quiz, while they and even his daughter conspired shamelessly against him to ruin his Ardennes charity weekend. The girls however failed to kill him, only the chalet perished in their arson attempt.

EP3 Liver Day Sep 17, 2012

The brothers DeWit continue their insurance fraud thesis investigation with another sister, nurse Veerle, but leave none the wiser. Yet she too had a motive since Jean-Claude discovered her adultery and threatened to inform her unsuspecting husband, paramedic Wout. She sanctimoniously refused to join the failed arsonist sisters' next plan, poisoning, but eagerly advises against mushrooms, coming up with a non-suspicious hospital drug. Yet the attempt on Jean-Claude's life on his monthly liver dinner day fails when the dog eats what no human house-mate ever touches.

EP4 Sparks Sep 24, 2012

The brothers continue their investigation by questioning youngest sister (Re)Bekka, who obviously lies and realizes only now that she hasn't been dating an undertaker but Mathias. She joined the murder sorority after Jean-Claude objected to a flippant promise by his wife to grant Becca a private loan for her business project, which has already been notarized although nobody even consulted him. Their next murder attempt, electrocution in bath, went wrong due to childish Becca and accidentally killed an old neighbor, Alfons. After a prank war got out of hand, ...

EP5 An Eye for an Eye Oct 01, 2012

The bothers move on, questioning even more hostile, one-eyed sister Birgit. She remembered how Jean-Claude's mean hatred for his daughter's kitten, which he ended up killing semi-accidentally, motivated a new attempt on his life; The sisters, who felt little guilt for their failed electrocution ending sickly senior neighbor Fons's life, decide on replacing the usual quiet annual family outing with a paint-ball initiation. Birgit practiced to become deadly accurate with frozen ammunition, but Jean-Claude's helmet number six gets mixed up with an innocent friendly ...

EP6 Noose Spray Oct 08, 2012

Thomas Dewitt finally obtains the autopsy, which strengthens his murder suspicion. Brother Mathias however almost prefers to believe in an accident, for his lover's sake. A few months earlier, Jean-Claude Delcorps succeeded in eliminating Eva as rival for a promotion and made another attempt to inform nurse Wouter Cox of his wife's adultery. The sisters planned another murder attempt, using a rape drug to stage a hanging, but the garage rod he's suspended on bent and triggered the door opening mechanism, so neighbor Valère Bols saved his life.

EP7 Professional Help Oct 15, 2012

Thomas confronts Veerle with a surprising new lead: why did her family hire a private detective during the previous summer? The sisters enlist the services of a hit-man to take care of the dirty work.

EP8 Little Chester Oct 22, 2012

Having hit a dead end, the Dewitt brothers turn their attention to Jean-Claude's parents, only to learn both are missing in action. Having been tricked by Jean-Claude into thinking their boss Gerard is gay, Frederik makes amorous advances towards his superior. Goedele decides to get out more after her daughter Bloeme claims her life is boring and uneventful, but this proves trickier than she first thought.

EP9 Two Bodies and One Last Plan Oct 29, 2012

The sisters call an urgent meeting: the Dewitts are closing in and Bekka's relationship with Mathias has become a liability. Bekka faces a shocking revelation after tailing Jean-Claude to a graveyard.

EP10 Flannel Pyjamas Nov 05, 2012

Their mission is accomplished but the sisters can't rest on their laurels as they feel the Dewitts breathing down their necks. If they can't prove Jean-Claude was murdered, the brothers may face jail.
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Released: 03 September 2012 Ended
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Country: Belgium
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A visually stunning, delicious blend of crime thriller and black comedy from Belgium featuring five sisters, one evil dead husband and two nosy life insurance salesmen. Desperate Housewives on acid.

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Tweekums Jean-Claude Delcorps was possibly the most unpleasant person in Belgium and now he is dead. The authorities have accepted that there was no foul play but the Dewitt brothers, whose company insured Jean-Claude, are determined to find somebody to blame so they won't have to pay up. Their suspicion falls on Jean-Claude's long suffering wife, Goedele, and her four sisters; Veerle, Eva, Bekka and Bibi.Over the course of the series we see that not only did each of the four sisters have several motives they actually try to kill Jean-Claude! Their early plans don't succeed but frequently cause collateral damage. The more one learns about Jean-Claude the more one is likely to think he deserves what we know is ultimately coming… he is a truly vile man who treats his wife appallingly and takes pleasure in ruining the lives of others.Thanks to 'Walter Presents' we in Britain have been spoilt when it comes to foreign language programmes lately and this is one of the most fun. It contains a great mystery; we have so many suspects to choose from each with plenty of reasons to commit murder. We also have great characters; Jean-Claude makes the perfect victim as he is so horrible… Dirk Roofthooft does a great job keeping him believably unpleasant without becoming a pantomime villain. Barbara Sarafian, Kristine Van Pellicom, Ruth Becquart, Maaike Neuville and Inge Paulussen are equally impressive as the five sisters; they had a great chemistry and the scenes where the four 'In-Laws' sit around plotting how to kill Jean-Claude were a lot of fun… one couldn't help hoping that they will get away with it; assuming that it ultimately emerges that they killed him. When we do finally learn what happened the revelation is most satisfactory and gives the series a solid conclusion. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to anybody looking for a mystery with plenty of laughs.These comments are based on watching the series in Belgian Dutch with English subtitles.
KasiaMal Even though I am a foreigner and may not understand some country-specific trifles (not many, though), I was greatly entertained by this series. The story evolves gradually, bringing a lot of fun and laughter into the crime plot. It can shock at some points revealing hidden side stories or plot twisters that may force you to reconsider your point of view on certain topics. It tells you the "do not mess with women" story in a hilarious way leaving a lot of room for intelligent digestion, too. It is also not too long (10 episodes of around 1 hour each) so you don't get tired of it. And - something rare nowadays - it has an actual end so you don't go to bed wandering what the next season may bring. You can sleep tide afterwards - the riddle has been solved. Loved it!