Drunkie Howser is pretty sure that Ed has only been dead for an hour or so, and the stab wound is bad enough that it was the cause of death. Now. Back at the office, an oblivious Euro Cash leads the team through a discussion of the subjects. They do, and just in the nick of time, breaking down the door to find her passed out. I was right, I hate it. Whom Woodsman Cop hit on aggressively when he realized she was making money through sex work? Euro Cash, never one to appreciate useful information, grumps out of there, dragging the basically nocturnal and therefore displeased by the daylight Drunkie Howser in his wake to go look at graffiti. Gustav opens the show with an overblown speech about how their new pants foster connectivity and are recyclable. Dani is either aggressively naive or much sneakier than he looks, seeming to be completely unaware of any financial issues. Clooves, who’s been checking out Ed’s social media feeds, has a lead: he regularly fought with a rival vlogger Lotta Nagel, who we saw parking her bike earlier. She shuts the door, has a flashback to the same car wreck Euro Cash was thinking about earlier, and rummages through her desk until she can locate her morphine. And that’s ME saying that.Gustav: Creative geniuses get to be jerks; haven’t you seen Mad Men?Hassell, on the phone to the boys: Go back to Pink Shirt Girl’s place. Cloovers, surprisingly a fashion fan, has already covered all the obvious bases when VDV arrives, so he sends the lad to catch the non-obvious one, a model hanging nearby. Did Ed know?Heidi: Not sure how he would, Dani doesn’t even know. If you need a punching bag, I’m right here. He’s not developing any mushroom fiber, but thinks it’s a cool idea. Heidi, as soon as Hassell’s gone: I’m still mad at you, Dani. Daughter From Another Mother. Big Cheese: Cute. If you were looking for a moody, gritty mini-series that’ll make you want to abscond to Amsterdam, Van der Valk is for you. Daniel Hautzinger September 27, 2020. In no surprise to anyone, it’s Resourceful Law Student. Well, looks like you’re right about the drain pipe: somebody climbed that thing and left a little scrap of their clothing behind! It all comes out: Dani knew that if Ed made the announcement about Heidi, it’d become real, so he killed Ed and tried to warn Claudia off at the same time. Alright, Pink Shirt Girl, what’s your deal?Pink Shirt Girl: I work at an eco fashion house. When a world-famous Dutch violinist returns to Amsterdam for a rare performance, he receives a series of death threats. Outside, Euro Cash and Hassell pull up, planning to interrogate Chacko/Dutch Banksy. What’s with the name?Dutch Banksy: It’s commentary on western faith. Spoilers for 'Van der Valk' Episode 1 'Love in Amsterdam' The introduction to a team of detectives is never slow-paced and always starts with an investigation, 'Van der Valk' was no different as we see Inspector Piet Van der Valk (Marc Warren) as the star of the team as he arrests an anti-muslim extremist at the start of the episode. (Aw, they killed Arlette!) Specifically, did Dani see where Lotta was when they video phoned on the day of Ed’s death? We couldn't do it without you. Except as VDV told Hassell, he looked into the kid, and his mother died nine years ago. He and Hassell head to the fashion house to follow it up, leaving Drunkie Howser with his new friends. In Episode 3, "Death in Amstedam," an eco-fashion vlogger turns up dead during his video feed. It's such a big deal even Hassell hears about it immediately, though she's the last person to get excited about fashion. Instead of calling for backup for herself, she asks about Euro Cash’s tail, who, of course, he’s ditched in order to sneak into Dani and Heidi’s fashion house with Hassell and, for some reason, Dutch Banksy. Byeeeee! The gossip is that Dani is about to leave the collaboration to join one of the bigger fashion houses in the city. That nice fella who drove Big Cheese home just got walloped over the head in an underground car park by mysterious SUV baddies. Drama Club; WGBH Drama Club. This company is a mainstay of mainstream fashion, and the woman who runs it, Claudia, brought on a less traditional collaborator, Gustav, a few years ago. Big Cheese: Mysterious Earring Guy: Oh hi!! As usual, Euro Cash refuses to talk about it in favor of some weird existential small talk which presumably leads to sex. Euro Cash: Huh, guess we’re double-checking his alibi. Piet van der Valk: Thank you. Woodsman Cop: Look, they both clearly had specific roles they were playing within the vlogging ecosystem. He claims everyone’s at their rival’s launch, and that their rivalry wasn’t that intense. Hassell: Let me guess... something to do with Dani abandoning you to go work with Claudia and Gustav?Hiedi, facade slipping: No.Hassell: Ok, well, guess I’ll be checking your phone records! Dani knew about it, and lied about that too. Euro Cash: If you’re innocent, why run?Dutch Banksy: Duh, everyone thinks I’m guilty!Hassell: I mean fair enough. Directed by Marc Miller. Toughen up, fashion plate!Euro Cash: Hello, I’m back, and I don’t want to talk about where I was!Hassell: Glad to see you’ve taken brooding to a new level. Thankfully no one here has an ounce of shame, so Hassell absents herself to get everyone coffee while Euro Cash sorts out his overnight guest. Their luck doesn’t hold, however, because immediately upon entering the office they’re besieged by Big Cheese, who’s mad because Claudia’s death has gone public. The fashion maven makes a run for it and dies in the crossfire. Woodsman Cops’ attempts to take home a model are shut down when Euro Cash hands him Chacko/Dutch Banksy to take back to the station. 1:12. Woodsman Cop’s wandered in, and while I have to assume he’s the best customer on the team, Cliff Bar is eager to find out if he needs to prepare to close his bar so that Euro Cash can hold a meeting. This whole thing isn’t looking great for him, but let’s be real, we’re too early into the episode for him to be the murderer. Despite the people I assumed were his friends earlier, Ed kept himself to himself much of the time, apparently liking publicity more than people. I don’t know about anyone else, but I could do without feature-length ITV dramas, especially since most of them aren’t very good. Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders) stars in a six-part mystery. She was heading into town, but can’t really verify it, except that she was on a video call with Dani. Dahlman was in the vehicle; the crash damaged her knee (that's why she's on morphine). They sure weren’t making experimental mushroom fabric, because their line only did sustainable stuff because it was a PR win. Just as Hassel and VDV extract Dani's confession, Dahlman and Davie pull up to the restaurant, with Vissel's men right behind. Inside, they confront Dani and Heidi. Inside, Lotta is tearfully recording a video on her cellphone about Ed, and is quite annoyed to have to stop her fake crying to answer the door. She is, on the other hand, here for murders. Episode 3. Starring Darrell D'Silva, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Emma Fielding Genres Suspense Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English. But he’s also a doofus so… idk. Euro Cash pulls up to the crime scene, where some anti-fashion graffiti is scrawled on the wall. She makes a point of telling him to say hi to his family, which is basically the cop show equivalent of putting a hit out on the guy — not cool, Big Cheese. VDV is more interested in the angry anti-fashion graffiti outside the apartment signed "Omega-616." 6/20/2020 6 Jane Austen Adaptations You Can Stream Right Now ; Telly Visions: The Podcast. Heidi: Uh, yes? Euro Cash doesn’t care about that right now: he wants Woodsman Cop to find Omega 616, who’s apparently some kind of Dutch Banksy. Inside, Hassell explains the scene further — struggle in the kitchen, and Ed was probably stabbed in there based on the blood. Before he started vlogging, he posted about their couple stuff all the time on his blog, in fact. Reserved. Apparently, Dani had a real glow up: he began as Heidi’s protege, and is now the hottest designer in the city. Description. Is cynical Amsterdam detective Piet Van der Valk’s favorite Vermeer painting the key to two senseless murders and a suspected kidnapping? He asks her to stop, and when she doesn’t, he confiscates her phone, even though he clearly feels awful about it. 'Van Der Valk' Season 1 Episode 3 Recap: "Death In Amsterdam" Van Der Valk's final episode of the first season features fashionable deaths in the green clothing community. The next morning, he picks up Hassell, who also got lucky last night. Euro Cash’s phone rings, but it’s not Hassell; it’s Big Cheese herself, calling to check on our favorite canine character. The cameras outside Ed’s building didn’t catch anyone coming in or out in the last few hours, and there wasn’t a sign of forced entry. How did you know?Dani: I’m storming off!Euro Cash: Here’s the thing — either YOU stitched Ed’s eyes, or it was someone you worked with on the mushroom fabric. As I expected, the eyelid sewing was copycat nonsense, and very painful copycat nonsense at that. She takes it outside to approach the car lurking in front of her house and finds a napping Drunkie Howser, who’s been sent to watch her, with only a scalpel to defend himself. Heidi: Claudia was freaking out. Best of luck, Woodsman Cop! Drunkie Howser doesn’t really care, because he found some youths willing to share their jazz cigarettes with him. Commmissaris Piet Van der Valk leads a dynamic team as they tackle high-profile cases in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and fashion in contemporary Amsterdam. Hassell digs in Cabrera's phone and realizes she was who Heidi met the day Loman died. Recap the previous episode. He’s stayed behind to work. Woodsman Cop, sticking his foot in it: Ooooooh, who’s your hot date, you dirty bird?Big Cheese: Your boss, dumbass. Drama Club; WGBH Drama Club. Euro Cash, not into emotional vulnerability: There has to be another way in or out of this apartment. Euro Cash doesn’t seem to care about that, but it’s such a weird detail to mention that I feel like it’ll probably (definitely) be relevant later. No, he has a meeting with Big Cheese at the Palace of Justice, where they both get a chance to glare at a mysterious stranger with an earring who arrives on a vespa. With some light grumbling, Drunkie Howser approaches the banner, inspects the paint, and then, classic him, licks it. Outside, they catch up with Woodsman Cop, Clooves, and the lady they caught, whom I'm going to call Pink Shirt Girl for reasons I think you can surmise. Over at the lab, Drunkie Howser also has a reason to celebrate: a mystery! The video goes live on Ed slumped in a chair with tape over his mouth, his eyes … You know it wasn’t your fault, right? And when we meet him, I honestly can’t imagine why. Euro Cash: I know what you did. Go interview the blogger.Woodsman Cop: BOOOOOOOO, I want to talk to the pretty lady and not look for an anonymous artist!Euro Cash: Don’t care. The place is run by Dani, the guy making all the facetime calls earlier, and Heidi, the one who claimed to be going to the bank. Sorry I didn’t tell you, Claudia, didn’t think it was a big deal. She’s MORE annoyed that he set up surveillance on her, even though for once I think Euro Cash made the right call there. Six surprising facts about Van der Valk novelist Nicolas Freeling. She knew the stitching would come back to us. Episode 1 Love in Amsterdam, Part 1. Episode 2: Only in Amsterdam. He used to be a priest (which probably explains why he wasn’t around last episode; that would have made everyone’s job TOO easy) and he’s pointed out that in some texts, 616 (which you may recall is how Dutch Banksy signs their work) is the number of the beast, and Omega has some religious significance too. Meanwhile, Dahlman's driver Casper is brutalized, his mouth taped shut, and his eyelids stitched. Let's run down the list of titles arriving this month, from PBS Passport to BritBox. Oh yeah, and since it’s relevant: she was gonna fire Gustav and give me his job. Quiz was the best thing they’ve done in ages, in part because it had the good sense to do one after an hour. Euro Cash, apparently over his petty nonsense re: Clooves, takes him to interview the designer behind said fashion house. Euro Cash asks Dutch Banksy if Dani left the office any time the day before. Miss Scarlet & The Duke. Visser was VDV's mentor but turned out to be corrupt. Surprisingly, VDV is not, as he's busy babysitting Trojan. Spoilers for 'Van der Valk' Episode 3 'Death in Amsterdam' Having reviewed the first two episodes of the PBS remake of 1972 original, Van der Valks' last installation continued to follow the pattern of failing subtly. Big Cheese, who’s stuck waiting for her carpool. In the first episode, you see the detective looking into the seemingly unrelated killings of two men found in separate parts of the city on the same day. Episode 1 cast. 'Van der Valk' Recap: Episode 3. They’re both super jazzed to watch “Ed’s vlog,” which has been all over social media and will thus be “explosive.” Now, given that Ed was the name on those internet influencer awards we saw earlier, I have some concerns that it’s gonna be explosive in a different way than these nice young folks are expecting. He’s rattled, seeing as this is the first person he’s shot, but seems to do better after he FINALLY gets a kind word from Euro Cash. But when asked about poaching Dani, she clams up and ends the interview. Most Popular. She explains that while she and Ed used to have a contentious relationship, they’ve mended fences. Here’s the thing: they were going to try and get rid of me, but it wouldn’t have worked. Mysterious Earring Guy moves in on Euro Cash, but Clooves gets there in time to take him out. Episode 1 Recap: The Sound And The Furries Episode 2 Recap: It Takes Two. Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 3; Episode 3. Copyright © 2021 WETA. With Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Susan Travers, Geoffrey Bayldon. Ever on alert, she pulls off her headphones and jogs over to find out what's wrong. Clooves heads out to talk to Lotta, joined by Woodsman Cop, who, impervious to shame and censure, claims he’s only going to rule her out as Dutch Banksy when we all know he’s just hoping to score. He’ll love that, almost as much as he loves Hassell’s (and let’s face it, my) continued questions about why he’s such a jerk to Clooves. She claims to be a friend of Ed’s, so they’ve got her in a car talking to Clooves. … Join the Drama Club Newsletter. Sure enough, he pulls away, and is immediately pursued by a dark SUV. He's not there, Dani has sent the whole team to the Youniversality Launch. Dani didn’t get a great look at Lotta’s location, just that she was parking her bike. English . Drama Club; Recaps; Victory In 'Van Der Valk': 10 Facts About Maime McCoy. He’s distracted by being a genius, and figuring out that much like the various characters in Dan Brown novels, Lotta Nagel is a fan of anagrams. Van der Valk is available to stream. Also, there’s only one entrance to the flat, which, Clooves points out, is illegal! Despite de Vries' useless interrupting, she and Cloovers gossip about fashion house Youniversality poaching Dani in its jump to the eco-conscious bandwagon. S3, Ep2 12 Sep. 1977 Clooves is intrigued by this, but Woodsman Cop is more interested in playing with Lotta’s phone. Back at the station, Euro Cash and Hassell sweat Dutch Banksy in interrogation. VDV goes off to brood and Cloovers heads home to his mother. 'Van der Valk' Season 1 Episode 1 Recap: The Sound And The Furries. Gustav has refreshed the brand, and, according to gossip, Claudia’s love life. everyone) could have done it. Just tell me where you actually were yesterday. At the fashion house, Dani is alone. But VDV is distracted by Agatha, the sex worker from the premiere, who he winds up taking home to his boat. Get more information about Season 1 on TMDb. Meanwhile, Hassell found Heidi's alibi about being at the bank is a lie; the company is on the brink of bankruptcy. Set against the backdrop of impending elections, Piet Van der Valk investigates the mysterious deaths of two innocents with no connection to each other. Leave a Reply … Woodsman Cop heads out to try and help, leaving Clooves to watch the door. Hassell: What about Pink Shirt Girl?Gustav: Please, she knows nothing. Browse more videos. Back stage, Claudia pesters Gustav about whether he slept with Ed and tried to recruit Dani. Over at the Palace of Justice, Big Cheese and Euro Cash seem relatively ok with whatever just went down. Blown Away. I’ve been giving Ed insider info about how ethical the company really is. Everything is going well with Big Cheese, but something ominous is definitely afoot, as evidenced by this exchange: Big Cheese: You still coming to this hearing?Euro Cash: Oh yeah, 100%Big Cheese: Well, I’ll see you there. When Van der Valk and his wife Arlette receive death threats, the detective finds himself looking for a mysterious hidden enemy who could strike at any second. Have a nice day, god bless! 3:40. And most importantly of all, SO MUCH MORE of my all-time favorite, and the real MVP of this series, Clooves. Euro Cash ties to get the baddies to leave, since they only want him, but no dice. This week’s episode starts off with a bang, as a man (presumably the owner of said influencer awards) is tied to a chair in front of a camera setup that screams, “I’m primarily used for unboxing videos; why am I being subjected to such violence?” He’s slumped over, his glasses lens is broken (a sure sign of trouble, as any glasses wearer can tell you), and as I mentioned earlier, there’s a honkin’ big knife covered in blood nearby, so I think we can surmise this is our weekly blood sacrifice.