Baantjer: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Baantjer Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
De Cock en de moord in de peepshow
Nov 1, 1996
An employee at a Red Light District peepshow is found dead. De Cock and his team discover that the woman's death was beneficial for a lot of her co-workers.
De Cock en de moord op de Rode Roos
Nov 15, 1996
Acting on a hunch, De Cock decides to re-investigate the death of a young man after several mysterious occurrences at his funeral.
De Cock en de moord op de marktmeester
Nov 22, 1996
De Cock and his team investigate the death of a market inspector and discover that the man was corrupted and not very popular amongst the traders.
De Cock en de moord op de vader
Nov 29, 1996
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a man who was trying to get his daughter out of a cult. The man's wife accuses the cult leader, and De Cock soon finds out why.
De Cock en de moord op de onderkoning
Dec 6, 1996
Just after his prison-release, Amsterdam pimp Regilio Graanoogst is murdered. Shortly after, his popular jailer Nico van der Kolk suffers a similar fate.
De Cock en de moord met 300 getuigen
Dec 13, 1996
Actress Heleen Sterneberg pretends to be shot every night. When she is shot for real, De Cock and his team investigate.
De Cock en de moord op de heilsoldate
Dec 20, 1996
At Christmastide, Amsterdam shelter junior salvo Betty de Wijn is murdered. Obvious first suspect is regular homeless junkie Ferdy van Nieuwkerk, who found her with major Dreef.
De Cock en de wilde moord
Feb 7, 1997
Amsterdam Zoo Artis animal handlers supervisor Willem Kraan is found locked in the lion cage and practically devoured. His wife Marjan accuses his ex and alleged lover Ina de Vrede
De Cock en de moord op het VOC-schip
Feb 14, 1997
A successful businessman is found murdered aboard a replica of a Dutch East India Company vessel.
De Cock en de moord met de schaar
Feb 21, 1997
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a fashion designer who was stabbed in the back with a pair of scissors, and discover a world of gossip and design theft.
De Cock en de moord op het menu
Feb 28, 1997
Leading Amsterdam restaurant critic Johannes de Boer is found in a street dumpster, poisoned in a triple mustard sauce dinner.