It is evening and a number of students from the Maastricht theater school are rehearsing for a play. Tempers and emotions run so high that a few actors run outside crying and arguing. One of them is found dead in the Maas river in the morning. Wolfs and Eva investigate and encounter a stubborn director. The man is a well-known, up-and-coming talent who does not hesitate to push his actors to the limit, using drugs if necessary. It is clear to Wolfs and Eva that this experiment proved fatal for the young man. However, this proves difficult to prove. Fleur is having a hard time in prison. She is threatened by women who have been sent to prison by Wolfs and Eva. There is even an attempt to murder her. Wolfs does what he can, but the prison management does not seem to take it very seriously.

Despite everyone being on high alert due to the threats against Jens Bols, they are unable to prevent another attack on him. When Bols leaves his house in the morning, his car is blown up. Miraculously, he survives the attack. Eva and Wolfs are assigned to protect him. However, Wolfs is completely distracted by his daughter's situation. When Wolfs is assigned to investigate a counterfeiter, he sees his chance. Meanwhile, Mechels orders Eva to take Bols to a safe house in Amsterdam. Neither of them wants to go, but given the danger, they accept their fate. At the safe house, Eva sees a special police report on TV and tries to reach Wolfs, who turns out to be busy with other matters.