Rupel (2004)★ 5.3/10

BE · 43 min · September 3, 2004 · 2 seasons

• Crime

Directed by: Renaat Coppens

Written by: Hugo Van Laere

In this Flemish police series, called after the river which runs trough the district where it plays, crimes are investigated and solved, usually in one episode, by a police team. The main protagonists, Lucas Bataillie, a brilliant but socially rather inept inspector, and his more career-oriented colleague Veerle De Tender, who becomes his superior, but only in rank, also have an on-off personal relationship. In the first season, they're also assisted by promising young trainee Simon Knops. The old commissioner is incompetent and often ignored, other recurrent characters are quite minor.