Westenwind
Season 4
This Dallas-type series is about two competing Dutch families, Noordermeer and De Graaf, running ancestral firms in the Rotterdam shipbuilding business, each with numerous internal tensions, especially between the generations, as some are business-prone, others adverse, some ruthless, some soft or moralistic, but also with their staff, often meeting each-other in both ruthless commercial rivalry and personal relationships, again also with staff and third parties (clients, competitors, suppliers...), producing an intricate web of sub-plots, some sex, some crime etcetera.
Where to Watch Season 4
26 Episodes
- HandenbindersE1
HandenbindersNow their ship has sunk at the launch, the Javans refuse building any more. The bickering Noordermeers are rated as bad credit risks by the bank, just now Anton wanted a mortgage for a dream house as Sam wants him to move out. Charlotte assumes correctly it was sabotage by Marco, but nobody believes her without proof. Nancy, released on account of his girlish Christian name, tries tireless till he wins Tessa back. Pierre wants Charlotte to take Niels while he tries out a promising job offer in Sweden, but the boy causes a terrible accident. Jealous of Fabienne's child, Sofie keeps pushing Max to their baby Mathijs, and seizes her chance to take him in while Fabienne suffers post-natal depression. - Kinderleed en moederliefdeE2
Kinderleed en moederliefdeNow Pierre has died in the car crash his hyperactive son Niels caused, the boy is totally out of control, unable to understand he can't be with his beloved daddy anymore. After sex with Nancy, Tessa keeps giving confusing signals and stands him up at a romantic dinner. She pretends she's being stalked until her cruel fickleness drives him to come after her grinding an ax and is arrested. The city and national authorities have landed a giant order from the United Arab Emirates, but they require Noordermeer and De Graaf to collaborate again, even if the unwilling partners must be 'blackmailed' by threats. Fabienne still fails to bond with baby Mathijs, so dad Max takes him in again. - Ogen in het zandE3
Ogen in het zandAbdullah 'Appie' is in town, as his ship passes by, but Marco can't spend much time with him as the rival wharfs must prepare designs for the huge UAE order. Charlotte misses it, suddenly turning maternally responsible now Niels is obsessed with reviving dear daddy or joining him in the grave, literally. Anton moves into a luxury apartment with Sam. Appie's 'sailor widow' Katja moves in with Marco, in exchange for diving lessons. - De witte adderE4
De witte adderMax's insinuation De Graaf's wharf can't handle huge ships is cleverly enough bluffed to make Marco sign over part of the huge order, then hires a diver to wreck in for real. At their housewarming party, Anton presents Sam to his drug dealer, crock-lover Gideon 'White adder' Splint. Rudi beats Anton, threatening with worse if he keeps exposing Sam to such bad friends. Anton visits his designer drugs lab behind her back, with his own solution. - Vermoorde onschuldE5
Vermoorde onschuldMarco and Appie's mate Katja's attraction grows, a movie leads to kiss. After a nightmare about Abdullah he tries to dump her, but passion wins out. Anton stages danger which he can rescue young Chemokid, whom he discovers to be a shy virgin, from as 'protector', hoping to make him run a drug lab of their own, in stead of Gideon, who lurks around. Courting lessons do the trick. Max has Matthijs back home while Emma's lawyer prepares to get him custody over the 'Noordermeer heir'. He and Anton plan to make Fabienne's post-natal depression last by substituting her pills. She goes so g-crazy she jumps from a window with the baby. Niels can't stand the wining and all attention and gifts being showered on his tiny 'rival'. - Hoog spel, diepe valE6
Hoog spel, diepe valMarco finds a design flaw which allows De Graaf a better share. He celebrates by making love with Katja, still behind Appie's back. Matthijs is found asphyxiated in his crib. Charlotte realizes Niels must have 'silenced' the baby. Fabienne charges Max and Sofie with child murder but feels guilty as lousy mother. Emma convinces Charlotte saying so can only make things worse, but the boy betrays his having been in Matthijs's room to Sofie. Anton now deals in drugs designed by Chemokid, even pays a captain to export them to the US. Gideon has his revenge. - MyrnaE7
MyrnaMatthijs's death makes the Noordermeers relive Myrna's, actually by fire set by Charlotte. Max isn't informed about El Houssa's whereabouts and Marco neglects him to make love with Katja. But Rudi entertains the fellow horse-lover. Gideon's revenge forces Anton to borrow from Max. He nearly OD's, but Chemokid pulls him trough, only to be abused by both enemy drug bosses. Emma convinced Charlotte to put Niels in Berkhobe, her former boarding school, but at the last moment she decides instead to tell Sofie the truth. - Gebroken liefdeE8
Gebroken liefdeMax scolds Emma for shielding Niels, and unlike Sofie wants revenge on his baby Matthijs's murderer. Charlotte is forced to accept residential drug therapy. El Houssa tells Max about 'impossible design adjustments' which make him suspect military contraband. Max wants a merger with wharf Driessen, promising the UAE contract. Anton uses his vote to demand a department manager position. Emma is against, but depends on Charlotte's vote too. Anton is threatened by his drug client it's time to deliver. He sets up Chemokid in a new, secret lab. Abdullah tells Katja he'll probably be home in a week. Marco decides to come clean, but now both turn on him. - Ware vriendenE9
Ware vriendenMax proposes to El-Houssa to build him a contraband warship provided he dumps De Graaf, but is told that never was the order. Max now convinces Charlotte the only other way to convince Wim Driessen to merge is a love affair with the wheelchair-ridden billionaire. Now Abdullah is back, Katja claims she never wanted a relationship with Marco and leaves with Appie. Chemokid has prepared new drugs for the US market, Anton smuggles them in double walls on ships Noordermeer repairs. Gideon finds the lab, destroys it, shoots Chemokid and blows up Anton's car. When El Houssa discovers Marco's ma is his superior, the order is revoked. - Een ijskoude verrassingE10
Een ijskoude verrassingDriessen goes trough with the merger, so the Noordermeers court him to be appointed directors. He decides on Max and Emma. De Graaf's future looks bleak. The authorities fail to come to the wharf's aid and the Janssen brothers take charge of staff protests. Rudy tempts Conny to give up and start stud-farming with him in America. - Nevada bluesE11
Nevada bluesEmma laughs away Charlotte's claim she wasn't kept as director because Driessen destines her for 'even better'. At first that's just 'ambassador of the Dutch shipbuilding industry', but ultimately the wheelchair-ridden billionaire proposes to her. De Graaf desperately tries to out-place its staff, without much luck. Conny accepted to join Rudi in his Nevada stud-farm adventure. After Rudy proudly presents a deal for Driessen to take over their staff, Conny decides to stay and fight without him, accepting Bas Jannsen's suggestion their laborers will work a few months without pay in exchange for a share if the wharf is saved. - Over de schreefE12
Over de schreefAfter a near-accident Juup and Tessa become lovers. He successfully stands against Bas for staff representative on the wharf board. She's appalled to find Juup has both child and pregnant wife. Now the police and press know about Anton's drug contraband, Driessen wants his head. Unlike Sofie, Max refuses to spare their son: the fiend is fired and delivered to the police, but refuses to collaborate, fearing for kidnapped Sam. Sofie gets word to Marco, who solves Gideon's Biblical clues to find his stupid sister, ODed. - Door het vuurE13
Door het vuurJuup had seduces Tessa again, assuring he only stays in his loveless marriage for his offspring. Whne wife Sendy finds out, he's thrown out by her and his own dad Bas. Gideon has trapped Marco on a yacht, later Anton also, who is literally crucified. Marco gets loose, but faces a booby-trapped bomb. Driesses marries Charlotte, despite her confession the flesh may well weaken, but afterward confesses he has terminal MS. - ZeemansgrafE15
ZeemansgrafCharlotte found and bought a yacht, modified to make Wim's dream cruise. He announces however his youth friend doctor Victor Vos has agreed to apply euthanasia in 4 days, given his worsening MS condition, which she calls selfish. Max and Emma are desperate to avoid her inheritance amounting to total control, enough to invest 6,000,000 in a new stock issue, if they can trick Wim to allow that. To Tessa's horror, Juup accepts Conny and dad Bas's insistence to try moving back to his wife and children. He secretly triumphs when Wendy wants a divorce and custody. Driessen's testament contains a crucial surprise. - Verbrijzelde benenE16
Verbrijzelde benenAfter Bas saves son Juup from an accident caused by a crane he scolds outdated, Marco and Conny insist to promote him technical wharf manager. Jealous Juup stirs the staff behind their back against dad, whom he publicly supports, and sabotages the new crane he has bought on ill-affordable credit. Max expects El-Houssa will demand his return to the Noordermeer board to get the next warships build, but Charlotte gets the contract ignoring what 'the same design' really means. Juup warns Tessa she can't make Sam's xtc and cocaine addiction on her own. Conny makes that her top priority, even if that means stepping back as CEO. - De vuile oorlogE17
De vuile oorlogAbdullah 'Appie' is blinded by a torpedo hitting the UAE ship he was sailing on. He bitterly refuses unfaithful Katja and Marco's help, but the crew insurance doesn't cover war risks. Marco works out Noordermeer-Driessen illegally converted El Houssa's 'cargo' ship from which the torpedo was accidentally fired, tells Charlotte and breaks in at Noordermeer with Katja to gather proof they release to the press. Max pretends he was fired because he refused the illegal conversion, backed up by Emma. Charlotte must resign, but probably still hasn't saved the wharf. She pays Appie 2,000,000. Sofie leaves Max. - Sophie's keuzeE18
Sophie's keuzeA judicial inquiry seals the wharf for months. After Sofie uses the family lawyer to launder Anton's drug cash and buy a mansion, Max gets wind and courts her. Emma also finds out, tries to threaten her and ruins everything. Emma also met Louis Donnier, but pushed him away once aware the charming old man is a priest. Sam leaves therapy just when hypnosis was reaching the problem, lies at home and lands with another hardcore junk. - HoerenloperE19
HoerenloperMax is terrified when El-Houssa threatens with huge completion delay fines. Juup solves his problem by offering a commission on top of goop prices to subcontract to De Graaf, where orders are desperately needed. To make Marco and Conny accept, Max's mate Mebius Schalke pretends to be the client. Emma is obsessed with old priest Louis Donnier, whom she wants as lover. Sam has hit rock-bottom, stealing with fellow junkie Herman Scholte. - Leven na de doodE20
Leven na de doodSam is noticed among the other drug addicted prostitutes. Marco tries in vain to lock her up to detox at home. Sofie contacts Anton, who arranges for them to visit his tropical American hiding place. There shaman Johnson cures her, but she refuses to stay. Having spotted Emma in a restaurant with priest Louis, Charlotte tells him in confessional about her hatred for her mother from hell's crimes, including the illegal warships. Narcotics traces Sofie to Anton, who stages a fake death. - Hoog spel en vuile handenE21
Hoog spel en vuile handenMarco discovers Schalke is a cover for subcontracting El-Houssa's two remaining warships set up by Noordermeer. Bas and Tessa accept Juup's denial of his part. Marco and Appie finds out the minister and her husband, the UAE consul, arranged it all without even Max knowing the links. Marco and Max take down the corrupt politician but loose the order. Juup is fired and breaks up with Tessa. Bas is rehired as foreman. Sofie breaks down at a memorial service Emma had held for Anton by her lover, priest Louis. - Salomons oordeelE22
Salomons oordeelJuup is now Max's HQ deputy. After Tessa tells she's expecting his baby but decided to abort it, Marco beats Juup beastly. Visiting Sofie after her collapse in Fleur's memorial service, Emma bumps into her therapist Raymond de Haas, whom she reminds of her warning to keep far from her family. But Sofie keeps mistaking his daughter Iris on sight with Fleur. Ray tells her, as Emma tells Louis, Iris is Fleur's twin, split up at birth under a deal by them. Emma's patience and open flaws ironically finally seduce Louis in bed, ending his Catholic priestly vocation. - Bloed en korte mettenE23
Bloed en korte mettenJuup works out the labor inspector is a court intimus, who will advise the royal court about ordering a yacht. He proposes to Emma to pass unsuspecting De Graaf another order so they'll be unable to accept. But Charlotte has chosen to return now Max is in hospital, and turns against Juup. Meanwhile he spies on his dad's treasured yacht model, a son-father project. Marco is inspired by it to a royal design, which Juup gets copied and destroyed. Iris seems to fall for Emma's lies against her dad, but tells him that's a ploy to get lucrative revenge, which starts when Emma hires her as firm medical officer in charge of staff review. Iris and Max's recovery bring him and Sofie together again. Sofie first offers Iris Anton's empty apartment, then suggests to cohabit there. - CasablancaE24
CasablancaAfter the police finds the stuff robbed from Bas's shed dumped nearby, he realizes his own son hired them. Juup responds he only meant to have the model smashed up, which he helped make, but is expelled. Emma wants to make De Graaf lose the race for the royal yacht order by asking Iris to distract Marco. The Fleur lookalike certainly stirs his memories and arouses enough mixed feelings to keep him sleepless. Max and Charlotte are displeased Emma planned this without consulting them. - Van de Prins geen kwaadE25
Van de Prins geen kwaadThe crown prince has decided to ate-tend a sailing race between finalists De Graaf and Noordermeer. Marco has a headache preventing him to captain, so Bas takes his place. Juup manages to sabotage their yacht. Crook Ed Doeselaar returns to blackmail Emma for 500,000 Euro or he'll use his court contacts against Noordermeer. - Water en vuurE26
Water en vuurLouis can't keep living in sin with Emma, who only accepts his second proposal. Told that Niels is ready for a foster-family, Charlotte refuses and takes him home. Max forgives his baby's killer, but she can't control the disturbed boy and looses him in the Driessen mansion. After Marco clearly wasn't troubled by seeing his mother kiss Bas, they announce their wedding. Emma eagerly expected Juup would romantically bind Iris, but she soon returns to Marco. Seeing Juup with other girls, Emma fires him. Marco abuses him, so he sets fire to the wharf while Marco and Iris are inside.
