Undercover (2019 TV series)

*Undercover*
Undercover
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.

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	Episodes	Originally released
1	10	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
2	10	November 9, 2020 (2020-11-09)
3	8	November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)

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 (2019-05-03)
2	2	"Hoogsensitief" "Highly Sensitive"	Frank Devos	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
3	3	"Italian Designer Drugs"	Frank Devos	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
4	4	"Legio Patria Nostra"	Frank Devos	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
5	5	"Over de grens" "Over the Border"	Eshref Reybrouck	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
6	6	"Sirenes" "Sirens"	Eshref Reybrouck	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
7	7	"De kop van die wout" "That Cop's Face"	Eshref Reybrouck	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
8	8	"Nouveau Monde" "New World"	Eshref Reybrouck	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
9	9	"Bodem" "Rock Bottom"	Eshref Reybrouck	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
10	10	"Showtime"	Eshref Reybrouck	Lars Damoiseaux & Eveline Hagenbeek	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)

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 (2020-09-06)
12	2	"Pentagon"	Unknown	Unknown	September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13)
13	3	"Soldiers of Love"	Unknown	Unknown	September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)
14	4	"Trojan Horse Power"	Unknown	Unknown	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)
15	5	"Revolution"	Unknown	Unknown	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)
16	6	"Victor"	Unknown	Unknown	October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)
17	7	"Enrichochet"	Unknown	Unknown	October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18)
18	8	"Roadblock"	Unknown	Unknown	October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)
19	9	"Reconstruction"	Unknown	Unknown	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)
20	10	"War"	Unknown	Unknown	November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)

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 (2021-11-21)
22	2	"Festival Shop Super Sales"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)
23	3	"Trust issues"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05)
24	4	"All-in Resort"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)
25	5	"Rat in the kitchen"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)
26	6	"Pater Familias"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)
27	7	"Total Loss"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	January 2, 2022 (2022-01-02)
28	8	"Showdown"	Joël Vanhoebrouck	Unknown	January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09)

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

^ "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Undercover' on Netflix, a Cops-Infiltrating-Crooks Series That's Not Quite as Generic as its Title". 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

[1] "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Undercover' on Netflix, a Cops-Infiltrating-Crooks Series That's Not Quite as Generic as its Title". Decider. July 13, 2019.

[2] "Undercover – Netflix Season 1 Review". The Review Geek. July 13, 2019.

[3] "'Undercover' Season 1 - Netflix Original Series Review". Ready Steady Cut. July 13, 2019.

[TFC-4] "Undercover – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[5] "Undercover". Netflix.

[6] "Ferry". Netflix.

[7] "Ferry". Netflix.

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