De Kotmadam
Season 12
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The folksy Jeanne tries to take good care of the students who rent a room above her little candy store.
Where to Watch Season 12
13 Episodes
- Blind date
E1Blind dateJeff has taken a day off on his birthday. Jeanne pretends she forget it, as he frequently did with hers and their anniversary, while a new fishing rod is to be delivered in the evening- just what he wants, and desperately tries to drop hints about with Odilon's clumsy help, which seems to get him stuck with a second-hand one. Stef offers sneaky, mischievous help which goes wrong... Hugo may figure as candidate on the TV show "Blind date", but Filip and Jeanne fear he'll make a laughing stock of himself and indirectly embarrass them, so he gets coaching from Stef and Lies, but doesn't take that seriously, so all the students play their mock version, which 'gnome Plop' Filip sarcastically sabotages, so... - Babyboom
E2BabyboomBrigitte is confused and sends even more contradictory signals to her lover Evert about the part of sex in their relationship, which Hugo's and Lies's advice to the lovebirds makes even worse. Jef wants to attend a billiards tournament in Liège instead of qualified club-mate Robert. That leads to weirdly convoluted babysitting intrigues which get completely out of control for him, Jeanne and several babies' parents. - Juf Jeanne
E3Juf JeanneStef hopes to earn spending money by sending in real life blooper videos starring the other students in embarrassing situations for the TV program Videodinges, simple to stage with simpleton Hugo... Jef encourages Odilon to join a jailers strike, so he'll be available to help him with domestic chores, notably painting, but Jeanne convinces him strikers may do no work, just demonstrate. Filip's rich dad has cut his generous allowance, so he hopes to be paid for Dutch classes for kids of European Union officials. In order not to be out-staged by Mimi's public spirit volunteer work, Jeanne decides to teach Filip's brand new class, although she knows neither teaching nor elementary grammar; once she's desperate, Jef has a sneaky suggestion, but gets found out, so three graffiti rascals... After Lies makes Hugo realize he's being set up by Stef, revenge is radical... - Jacuzzi
E4JacuzziWhen law student Sabine refuses to date dumb diet student Hugo, he is quite relieved to hear she prefers a silver spoon civil engineering student, and hopes to get her anyway by buying and getting Stef to help install -even if they have to take down the stairs banister- a Jacuzzi. The common bathroom is a mess because the old plumbing has broken down, but Jef won't work on it on his day off for the annual medical, so he pretends to Jeanne the doctor found him a near-terminal heart patient, so she'll spare and spoil him, at least until Odilon gives the game away as usual. Filip is furious, so he decides to give Hugo a lesson, pretending Sabine is most interested. Jeanne reconsiders when rascal customer Vic explains one can get women to do anything by working on their emotions, and pretends their regular physician prescribes for Jeff's survival lots of labor, rabbit food, no alcohol or games. - Kromme haak
E5Kromme haakHis supplier had no faith in him, but Jef has decided behind Jeanne's back to convert the sweats shop, which recently had a turnover crash, into a fishermen apparel shop he would call 'De Kromme Haak' (hence the title, Dutch for 'the Curbed Hook'), but Jeanne explains the slump was short-term and even mentions fishing rods as a terrible product choice; Jef first lies there's a mini-mart about to be opened nearby which would sell very cheap sweats, so Jeanne will at least be open to other products; Filip however suggests another strategy: collaborating with her rival "De Lekkerbek"; another lie Jef inspires Odilon makes that deal fall trough, but the note he had to make about what to tell either lady and what not falls in Jeanne's hands... Stef uses Hugo in various disguises to record various fictitious 'professional' clients of his new dating service database. Meanwhile Hugo hastily fakes a probably contagious disease to keep his prudish aunt Madeleine away. After a friend of Brigitte's is disgusted by Hugo's bad disguise, both girls set him up for an even more disastrous date ... - Papegaai
E6PapegaaiJef is furious when he thinks to overhear Jeanne's ma is visiting, delighted when his firm refusal is accepted instantly, furious again when he finds out it's mother-in-law's parrot Cri-cri, who has a whole repertoire of insults for him just like the old bag, which he takes to be a ploy to prepare her moving in at their place. Stef tries to record fights between Filip, Hugo, Brigitte and Lies, even if he has to instigate them himself. When Jef thinks Jeanne's ma is coming too, he sends Hugo to get a nasty pet supposedly to mind for a friend of his, alas he brings chickens, and instead of throwing Cri-cri out too, Jeanne decides to keep all birds, which drives Jef so desperate... - Buitenshuis
E7BuitenshuisHugo is elated his girl-friend Sylvie accepts to coach him with a course at her home, Saturday morning, but Filip refuses to lend him a 'foulard' (tie); Lies advises him to learn about plumbing, Sylvie's dad's job, but his lack of talent is as great as his IQ is low. Jeanne hears a sweets firm is looking for an executive, and she would fit the profile according to a salesman. Jef pretended to be exhausted after a fishing 'accident', but when he hears Jeanne could earn thrice his pay, promises to take care of both household and students if she takes the job, believing that would still leave him most of the day off as he would give up his city job. For the shop, they need a salesperson- Odilon brings an ex-con, but Jeanne fears the girls would find him too sexy, so Jos pretends to be gay; furthermore, he takes charges of stopping Jef and Odilon from deserting domestic duties to go fishing... - Den hacker
E8Den hackerHugo is desperate enough about his Dumbo-grades to resort to asking his mate Gerry, a gifted hacker, to doctor them- in exchange for a date with Lies, who is livid to be 'horse-traded'. Jeanne is jealous when she hears Mrs. Renard is admitted to a service club, asks Stef what they look for, and hence decides to pretend she's a member of a prestigious golf club- the solution is Gerry again. Just for fun, Gerry and Hugo change a newspaper article to say Jeanne sponsors the local soccer club for a fortune. Mimi is impressed, but the students are livid she's that rich and so stingy on them, so everyone decides to milk her while she and Jef must mind their supposed status, which can't end well... - Skipret
E9SkipretYoung Bas tricked Jeanne for a free candy bar, but Jef confiscates his fake flipping coins. To Jef's fury, the billiards club has asked Odilon to referee an exhibition match with former world champion Ceulemans. Mimi convinces Jeanne skiing is a must; grudgingly Jef concedes, but to his horror she already booked the next week, coinciding with of the billiards event; Jeanne eagerly starts practicing inside. Hugo is afraid of a Hells angels type after making a move on his girl-fiend he believed the "Johnny"'s daughter, so he colors his hair black; with Stef's jacket he looks like him, so the Dumbo accepts to moon 'as him' in the auditorium where Lies also attends classes, but accidentally does it at former French president Giscard d'Estaign's honorary doctorate attended by the press- now Stef is afraid and colors his hair blond. Jef pretends to have an injured foot and makes Odilon accept to go skiing in his place, but Jeanne sees trough his game and pretends Ceulemans canceled. - Nieuwe man
E10Nieuwe manWhen schoolboy Bas tells Jeanne how easy he handles his 11-year old girlfriend by playing the 'new man', she decides Jef must become one too; he won't have a bar of it, but Odilon is determined to save their marriage, so cooks a feast etcetera... After Filip spoke out in favor of the social division in working and ruling class, even stating his family pays their house staff, without respecting them, the other students decide to mess up his room to put him to menial work; he gets an adult to play hid dad, telling the others 'in confidence' he is so happy Filip is no longer bullied as happened in primary - and high school... - In het leger
E11In het legerWhen Jef is out of inspiration how to trick Jeanne into letting him go fishing a whole week at sea for a bargain price as his mate Fernand can't go because of an arm injury, Stef thinks up a daring scam: he pretends to be an Army Colonel who wants veteran Jef for the Belgian contingent to an Africa Peace-keeping Corps. When Brigitte's lover Evert stays the night, blatantly against house rule, witness Filip is not believed; Lies thinks he's only so unsociable because of an unhappy youth. Jeanne brags to Mimi, whose husband Jos never served, her Jef is a 'real' man; Odilon is worried about African dangers. Filips installs a clumsily hidden video camera to prove to Jeanne Evert's presence, but even Hugo spots it, so they get a girl to pretend to be Filip's non-existent floozy. Meanwhile Ferndand gets Odilon -who wasn't told- to bid 100 Euro more for the trip Jef supposedly didn't buy so he would safely stay at home; Jeanne learns Jef's game and tells Odilon to give him old-fashioned boot-camp training... - De film
E12De filmStef enthusiastically tells Jeanne his professor chose her 'old-fashioned' sweets shop as location for a movie, but that adjective causes a firm no. For once, Hugo is smarter about handling Jeanne, telling her it could be great publicity and promising her a small part; as Stef can't get anyone in this late, they hand her a fake script-version to scare her off, making her character a transsexual; that fails to daunt her, until young customer Jonas tells her it's probably a nude part. Filip wants Lies to join his family on their new yacht; alas she says an invitation must be extended to the other students as well, so he tries to scare them off individually, but when she insists he must get them back on board- Hugo simply is paid twice. When Stef's professor turns up to muster the store Jeanne objects to any damages, till she learns a soap star is in the movie; new Stef tells Jeanne to get a costume in Brussels 'while Stef tends the shop' so she would be out the entire shooting day, but she decides to make sure she's back early. Meanwhile Jef and Odilon test new, disgusting fisherman's lure feed. - De rotte appel
E13De rotte appelTen-year old rascal Bas tricks Lies into guarding his beetles, but Brigitte is afraid of all bugs. When Filip smirks at Jef about his poor fishing catch, he's cheated into a bet about Odilon 'bringing in' a salmon- from the fish shop; as revenge Filip sets up Odilon to cause a laundry accident he denies, leading to a firm refusal to help Jef and Jeanne with anything else. Jef tries to reconcile them to get his side-kick back, even make him help his mother-in-law in his place 'to make up', but Filip makes Jeanne believe Odilon belittled all she does for him. Stef needs an obsessive movie subject, so ho stirs up Hugo preying on the girls' bug-fear, buying more beetles and pretending they are extremely poisonous...
