Verschoten en Zoon
Season 8
Not Rated
This Flemish sitcom is about the intertwined private and professional life of René Verschoten, a dodgy independent garage-manager who stops at nothing to gain or save money. He considers his wife Magda, who dreams of socialite standing but is never at the height of her service-club friend Hélène, and son (hence the title) Sven -who leaves the series rather soon- essentially as financial drains, but also involves them in his dubious, usually back-firing schemes, as well as his staff: Kristof, a very zealous but dumb mechanic, his secretary, cleaning lady and general household help Conny and after Sven's departure in-living cousin and lazy mechanic Kevin.
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13 Episodes
- De afrekening
E1De afrekeningSteph has no problem being embarrassingly demonstrative with Kevin in front of Connie, but when her fiend and love-rival Vicky turns up she pretends Kristof is her lover, and later even blind-dates a hideous jerk. Magda gets romantic phone calls and presents from someone but tells René nothing- just now he gives her expensive earrings; then she looses one, which turns up in the car where her best friend Hélène believes her husband André did his mysterious girlfriend. Both Steph and René have a hard time in their final confrontation. - Blind Date
E2Blind DateNow his wife Magda has left him, René is even more impossible to live with. Kevin, who hates being landed with domestic chores, tries to find him another- a foxy blind date is only attracted to the youngster, but he manages to get his uncle in as 'hunter' at the TV dating show Blind Date- he hesitates, but the chance to get free publicity for a million viewers is irresistible. Meanwhile his cleaning lady Connie, who always desired him, made some scorned avances, so she also postulates for that show, and gets selected as one of the three 'preys', but hides this for René... - Opgestaan is plaats vergaan
E3Opgestaan is plaats vergaanKevin is alternatively shocked and amused to see how René is courted by cleaner Connie, who still throws herself at his feet far to obviously to be romantically noticed, and Hélène, who urgently needs a provider after the divorce cleaned her out. Magda's haughty attitude doesn't pay off either. - Scheiden doet lijden
E5Scheiden doet lijdenRené was finally resigned with divorcing Magda and getting serious with Hélène when the local Catholic businessmen's union tells him they can win a 1500 Euro prize, as a couple- so he tries to reconcile, to blackmail her lover Dr. André with telling his employer, a Catholic hospital, he lives in sin, even passing Hélène or Corry for her... Kevin wants Renés double bed to make love with Stef, but is overheard by René schmoozing with Magda and nearly looses his job and his room... - Twee gezichten
E6Twee gezichtenWhen Conny, who always was jealous of Hélène for her boss René, finds she's about to move in with him, she convinces his garage staff to go on strike against the move. Yet when they do, she realizes Hélène may get her way and her and the others fired, as she demands from René, so Conny changes side. Renés attempt to hide for both Hélène and the strikers he's still on speaking terms with the others fails; they won't give in easily, so Conny promises them a 10%raise, but René won't even consider it. When Hélène finally moves in, she declares not to have the means to invest, her ex André has the doe, so there's no new money for anyone... - Zie mij graag
E7Zie mij graagSteph wants a lusty weekend with Kevin by the sea, but he can't afford the 250 Euros for the hotel, and has no luck scamming. So he jumps at the chance when René tells him Hélènes godchild Claudine, apparently well-rounded and 18, just broke up, hoping to profit from that family fortune, but Hélène insists to accompany them to the restaurant, and Claudine proves an ugly bitch. Renés ex Magda is sick of Hélènes ex André's jealousy, and tries to get back with René, but even her famous chocolate mousse doesn't seem to convince him, even if Hélène fears she's loosing him, and therefore takes Conny's clue to inform André... . - De verloren zoon
E8De verloren zoonRené doesn't like it when everybody says fatherhood suits him while Hélène minds her niece's baby. Suddenly his own son Sven turns up, who just graduated in Massachusettes. Kevin and the other staff worry a new executive will be trouble for them, and he certainly has lots of plans, including bigger premises. Kevin did a great job working on Hélènes maternal feelings, but when she overhears him with Steph that backfires, she now gives his room to Sven. Maid Connie overhears Sven on the phone telling his mother Madga he still can't get René to split up with Hélène. ... - Het verlovingsfeest
E9Het verlovingsfeestWhen René notices Hélène is depressive, he decides to cheer her up by asking her hand in marriage, without actually planning any party; when Connie blabs that, he's forced to throw an engagement party, for which she invites 50 people, he doesn't have any friends except his staff... When Bo, Steph's predecessor as René's secretary and as Kevin's girl friend, turns up again, he tries hard to convince each girl he isn't involved with the other in the hope to date her behind the other's back, but is quickly found out by both; in order to win Steph back, who was clearly unimpressed when he called marriage just for old folks, he's desperate enough to ask her hand at Renés engagement party but is refused, she even dances with Renés son Sven. - De nieuwe job
E10De nieuwe jobKevin is surprised that Kristof gets a visit from Karen, the lady manager of posh restaurant 'De Gouden Pollepel' (Dutch for The Golden Ladle), who looks down on them once she sees they're grease-monkeys; told he shouldn't get his hands dirty any more, Kristof tries to work in surgeons dress, but she really wants him to go into the hospitality industry too, so Kevin tries to teach him table manners. Hélène is still sweet to René, but even more eager to spend money they don't have (on his credit card!) then his first wife Magda; he suggests her to get a job for financial independence, but is worried when he hears she can actually become assistant manager of a high executive in a major firm, which includes traveling, so he offers her daily management in charge of the staff, which she considers too good to turn down. The staff considers it a nightmare, and even René himself is practically reduced to housekeeping. After another cooking disaster he takes her to diner in De Gouden Pollepel, where she accepts to step down so he can return; just then Kristof must take his waiter-test, and they are his clients; trying to hide his face, he messes up, and is fired on both spots... - Het lijstje
E11Het lijstjeJealousy all-round. Kevin and Stef try to make each-other jealous; she doctors a web photograph of sexy celebrity journalist and development sponsor Luc Alloo with her image over that of a native, but he soon sees trough it. A dumb remark by Kristof makes her decide to enter Alloo's benefit beauty pageant, even if he 'tests her skills' (in underwear instead of beach bikini) in the garage; she ends up bailing out, but Kevin digs the idea and gets former Miss Belgium Tanja Dexters to sponsor his candidacy for Mister Belgium. When Magda feels Hélène's ex André's love for her has limits, as he won't replace the car he bought brand new for Hélène and still is in mint condition, she attempts to cross Hélène's wedding preparations, insisting to help her work out the invitations and seating arrangements and traitorously planting the idea of marriage with communal property, expecting that will make René pull out all-together. - De getuige
E12De getuigeHélène regrets René refused to have a honeymoon, but he already secretly booked for the Dominican Republic. Conny was down her new, married flame dumped her as soon as he found out her lowly job, till she learns to be nominated for cleaning lady of the year- but Stef notices her employer must first endorse the candidature. Dr. André tells Magda has left him; now René pretends to Hélène that Magda wants him back, but gets so worried when she tells him André really wants her back and invites her to dinner, that he even cancels the wedding reservations. Conny is insulted Hélène won't even consider her after the first choice for wedding witness declined on Magda's account, so she pretends to have an aristocratic title; when the contest judge arrives, that leads to complications... - De trouwdag
E13De trouwdagNow the wedding is approaching, the colleagues decide to throw a stag - and a hen party. René finds it all a nightmare: the party hall went broke and won't refund his advance, his new shoes don't fit, and his bride Hélène decides at the last moment to get married in church. At least he can scam curate Peremans into doing the mass for free in the garage in exchange for a free car checkup and repairs 'for religious week'; alas the priest finds out René is ecclesiastically still married to Magda. Kevin found the party budget can only pay for one stripper, so he cancels the male one, but the girls insist to get their money's worth. As training Kristof fails, Kevin lies again, but on Friday evening ever-bitching Stef finds out, sends the pre-paid female stripper away, makes Kevin start stripping for the -mainly old- girls and then has a real male stripper take over to complete his humiliation. On the the way out, the stripper -back in police uniform- bumps into René, who thinks he's a regular actor (supposedly send by the curate, who threatened with the cops as his car was badly repaired) and hires him as fake priest to celebrate his marriage...
