Season guide

Van der Valk: Season 2

7 episodes Premiered Aug 29, 1973

Previously on Van der Valk

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 Van der Valk 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.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (4): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

A Death by the Sea

Aug 29, 1973

Van Teeseling, a wealthy and influential banker, is found unconscious in his car on the beach. He tells police that the night before he and his wife went for a drunken midnight s

S2·E2 Core

A Man of No Importance

Sep 5, 1973

A dead man appears on a canal barge.

S2·E3 Core

A Rose for Mr. Reinhart

Sep 12, 1973

S2·E4 Core

A Dangerous Point of View

Sep 19, 1973

A private detective is stabbed to death.

S2·E5 Core

Season for Love

Sep 26, 1973

A visiting American fears for the safety of her lover who has gone missing.

S2·E6 Mytharc

Rich Man, Poor Man

Oct 3, 1973

S2·E7 Mytharc

The Rainbow Ends Here

Oct 10, 1973

A search for a missing teenager finds her tycoon brother unwilling to help.