Fred hopes to pay blackmailer Jansen with RIC cash, but Karel already emptied the safe, or borrow against private assets. Family accountant Eric Stoops informs Karel, who makes Ollie tell the truth and takes charge. Band mate Bas refuses to tell Freya Simon bunks with him. Simon goes see her, but refuses to move back. Bea enjoys humiliating Stijn by arranging a TV interview with Ollie and her without even telling Stijn. Lisa's former therapist De Vusscher threatens, disgusted, to have unethical Hanne disbarred unless she stops her therapy. Karel's mistress Isabelle rejects his offer to go public. He buys a luxury yacht as surprise present for Bea.

The police investigates Lise's drowning in the river as a suspicious suicide or murder. Son Simon gets prudish lover Freya to lie as his fake alibi, but Claire finally seduces him back into her bed. Hanne has none and must admit her therapy license wasn't renewed. Olivier dates her in Stijn's absence, while Fred and secretary Agnes dig for 'dirty secrets', which a PI can't find either. But subsidiary manager Antoine suggests Stijn procrastinates intolerably, so on Beatrice's advice Fred gives the go-ahead for a Norwegian offshore drilling participation.