Wat nu weer!? - Season 1 (1995)

Mark is miserable, having caught small pocks, and furious to find his savings for a synthesizer missing. He accuses Dede, who finds Paulien got mother to help her advance the 40,000 Belgian francs (pre-Euro) for the second hand car he just bought from Freek, but taking it for a spin, they discover the wreck shines is a useless rust bucket. Kittie declines accompanying col-suffering Freek to a house arty but still gets to use the whole pool alone after hours, but suddenly the lights are killed.

Dede threatens Freek with a baseball bat to undo the car deal by refund or a pool job, to no avail. He's surprised to find Mark in a good mood, composing music, as turns out having his savings refunded- actually by Paulien, who got the cash from Melissa agreeing to accompany Julien to a business dinner. Kiki got a knife to turn on the scary diver, who turns out just Freek repaying her cruel, unhealthy standing-up, and still gets him to consider Dede as new pool lifeguard. Kiki gives the dance lesson a miss, knowing her spot is going to Paulien, who turns on her and ...

Mark is bugged by his school assignment to interview pop singer Betty Joy, but delighted with a new one about first love, as he may enter a song, which he brilliantly writes. Dede is desperate for a job, showing his swimming and first aid certificates to apply as lifeguard, but Freek prefers hiring a foxy girl, offering a cleaner job instead. Kitti warns Paulien against the dinner deal, but Dede is delighted she wants to do it to help him. Melissa gives Freek another pedicure and advise to take Dede on free trial basis.

Mark is getting nervous with impeding assignments, paranoid about interviewing Betty Joy, hence lashes out at patronizing Paulien and Dede, who insists he needs to draw B&W but seek inspiration in bloody horror movies. Freek haughtily denies 'skin shedding Mark' proper pool access and lets Dede start a week on pool staff trial, unimpressed with his fake hero stories and soon single shim out for cleaning duties as a better candidate lifeguard arrives: hunky archaeology student Ben Sterckx, whose Harley Davidson instantly makes Mark an admirer. Melissa finds Paulien ...

Ben starts his lifeguard trial week, and instantly outshines Dede by no-nonsense honest work and natural charm, which gives Kittie the first crush in her life. .Fan Mark was about to choke in a peanut, but Bne's impeccable first aid saves the cute kid's life.

Ben keeps delighting his first fan Mark after the gift of a HD t-shirt by treating him to a ride. Kittie obviously has a less innocent crush on the hunk, who spars mythological warnings with Freek, who even seeks his romantic advice. Mother warns Paulien against unsuitable Deedee but still sends her to the doctor for a checkup and the pill. Melissa tries her own methods to goad Freek and Paulien.

Mark firmly resists Paulien's low bribery or threats to make him fake drowning so Dede can save him and win the lifeguard job, but when he reports so to Kittie, she promises to fix everything if he plays along, then calls her socialite friend jean-Christophe. The siblings make up as Mark agrees if she helps him calm down mother about an excessive chatline phone bill. Freek waves Paulien attempting to bribe him with her (unread) savings but suggests an 'arrangement' after the house party and tells lazy, sleepy Dede he has only one day left to prove himself against ...

On the last lifeguard test day, when Freek will decide, team Dede's rehearsal is a bad joke, while Kitty cues J-C brilliantly. Dede only gets a last chance to lifeguard thanks to too-fair Ben insisting they should do everything jointly this time. Mark plays his drowning part properly, but Dede only has eyes fro flirtatious J-C working to steal a kiss from old schoolmate Paulien. So it's Ben who jumps after Mark, whose friendship doesn't extend to the kiss of life, but Freek instantly proclaims Ben lifeguard, yet allows Dede to stay as mere cleaner, while Kittie is ...

Mark wisely ignores Paulien's absurd ranting and hysterically blaming him for Dede's loss. Ben does a fine job his first day as lifeguard, yet Freek is over-critical, as if jealous of attention from Kitie, and Dede pushes him in the pool. Although father Julien doesn't care, Melissa extorts most of Dede's paycheck as board.

Freek is organizing a Tarzan party in the pool, expecting Ben and Dede to put in extra hours for free, while Kittie inspires him about sponsoring and flirts on with Ben, who talks little about his past and future, even to Mark. As Paulien insanely insults 'spoiled rich' Kittie, she tells Freek about Dede's debts and arranges for Freek to reserve much of his salary for her. Without Kitties' coaching, Paulien faces failing exams and counts on Mark to organize a cuing earpiece, but the stuff he borrowed keeps down at first test-run. Mark also finishes preparations to ...

Ben is gutted to find his beloved Harley vandalized and nearly beats up Dede, whose bad jokes compromise his declaration of innocence which even Paulien finds hard to believe. Freek is not amused by the mess, even less to be implicitly suspected himself. Kiti seeks consolation with Mark and Ben, scared the mystery admirer's letters get ever creepier, and believes to be followed by him in black disguise. Mark finishes his Harley act and the cuing equipment, but as Dede uses it babbling from the changing rooms and Ben catches him, it's ruined by water and Paulien's ear ...

Mark tries to console Ben, who faces costly repairs at his Harley, and shouts at pizza at home. Paulien declines, moping but mother has had enough and insists she must concentrate on exams and making up with Kittie, Dede is a bad influence. Still she grimly declines every attempt from Kittie, who meanwhile feels annoyed by Freek, who keeps going one about the stalker danger, declares his love.'among people of class' and offers to protect her. Melissa is confident to be hired as plastic surgeon's assistant and demands Dede's board, scolding him for allowing Freek to ...

Ben has cooled down enough to make up with Dede, who denies the vandalism, commiserating over the Tarzan party preparations, as Freek even makes them wear little more then gray shorts. Mark has stage fright but proudly shows his Harley Tarzan outfit to Kittie and alleviated her stalker fright by volunteering himself and Ben as bodyguards. Melissa gets Freek to giver her, not Kitie, the cash held back from Dede's pay, while styling unwilling Paulien for Julien's fancy business dinner, which makes her too nervous to frolic with Dede, invoking exams and tummy ache.

The Tarzan party is a blast, especially Mark's act 'Harley and the Davidsonettes'. Freek keeps playing on Kities' fear for the stalker. Ben isn't amused to find Melissa near his Harley and stealing a kiss, but lets her keep a picture of him in Tarzan shorts despite refusing to consider a modeling career. Paulien finds the business dinner is fake, just an excuse to show her the future she may have as trophy escort, even a diamond ring, if only she dumps unsuitable looser Dede, who meanwhile keeps pushing Mark to react on girls showing some interest, less appreciated ...

Mark is crowned Tarzan but gets drunk and bumbles as Dede keeps pushing him to act 'confidently a s a real man' when girls swarm around him, risky business. MC Freek quizzes the Jane candidates, finding most just stupid (one refers for everything to her boyfriend, another to previous miss titles) except arrogant Melissa, who ends second, and Kittie, who wins as he wanted, yet she only has eyes from Ben, who still doesn't tell about his past or love but promises 'later' and 'may grow'. Paulien ran away from Julien's dinner but can't get his ring off, which Dede ...

Mark suffers his first hangover, but also Paulien, who is duly scolded by mother, who even threatens not to take them along to see father in Marseille port, feeling the couple needs time to discuss the stress of living apart, almost single parenting. Freek has no more patience with Dede. Ben earns well repairing the toaster at Melissa's, but still won't have a bar of her schemes to get rich, Dede scolds her a thief for proposing to share the sale of the heirloom ring she had Paulien return. Mark's pizza home dinner wins over mother, but Pauliens' badly started exams ...

Ben drops by at Kittie's place, to make up after her curiosity ended rendering him hard-handed for a minute, and soon wins her over again. Mar wears a weird costume to recognize his chat line mate Jonathan, catching on over time that's an alias adopted by the even younger girl Fran, a cheeky mini-bitch, even towards Freek, who demands Paulien 'buys' the next exam questions after such pulled her through maths, only being penniless in romantic kind. Melissa claims rewards for taking on sick mother's role, yet Dede keeps loyal to the latter and already gave the heirloom ...

Ben treats Kittie to a pizza dinner and a fairy-tale parody of his youth and disappeared first love, Helene, not amused she keeps pressing for more. Dede waves Mark's plea to help Paulien make up with Kittie. Melissa looks down on slapped Freek's crude method to exact kisses for exam questions from Paulien, boasting her patient approach yields gold from her badly married plastic surgeon employer. Mark is pleasantly surprised by Fran's musical talent and invited to visit her 'indescribable' home.

Ben came to Kittie's bedroom to get physical, but is put off again by her relentless pushing about Helena. Mark and Fran's grandpa enjoy getting acquainted at their cool home, a movie theater, Mark even sympathizes with gramps' balloon flying dream. Freek blackmails Paulien into nude swimming after closing time, and arranged for Dede to find her naked, who storms off refusing to see the unfaithful bitch ever again.

Ben and mates don't believe Freek's story why Paulien went missing 'after finally falling for him', Mark and Fran appease mother they must wait for the police. Dede also left his job after too much taunting from Freek, whose necktie he cut under threats. Melissa delights father with hooks in a surgeon to pluck, but implicitly exacts a silence bribe about Paulien, whose exit she planned with Freek. Fran's grandpa prepares a balloon flight as PR stunt for the singer Mark still has to interview as school assignment.

Freek wonders if Kittie bluffs when she threatens to have his director fire him unless Paulien is found soon, Mark also threatens Freek, feeling 'guilty' as his meddling, bossy big sister 'always cares for him'. The vixen actually hides at Fran's grandpa's place and sends a video home to assure she's safe and didn't cheat on Dede. Fran is delighted to find grandpa landed a PR balloon gig for Betty Joy, whom Mark still has to interview.

Freek is forced by his director to offer Dede compensation, but the lout makes absurd demands and refuses his job back. Ben now believes that Dede jealously wrote anonymous threats but didn't vandalize the Harley Davidson. Mark has fun with Fran and especially her coll grandpa, but hasn't properly prepared his impending interview with Betty Joy. Paulien returns and makes up with Kittie, who insists an aristocrat like her can't escape family obligations, for life. Melissa prepares a 'healthy', tasteless dinner for her surgeon George to stimulate his generosity.

Ben spends time with Kittie but tells her a marriage is out of the question, while Paulien surprisingly finds father the baron van Kalken de Colines surprisingly reasonable about dating a commoner. Mark gets to interview Betty Joy after grandpa's cherry soup gets her in a good mood. Freek sneakily helps Melissa convince dinner guest George she's abused by her father so he offers to finance setting up her own beautician firm.

Mark conducts his interview and becomes a fan of Betty Joy. Ben taunts the knave may have to chose between the star and 'other amazing woman' Fran, while firmly refusing to 'help Kittie avoid an arranged marriage' but wedding her or taking her in, confirming he can't get over Helena. Dede and Paulien grudgingly promise to pay Mark and two friends a fancy dinner if he helps them prove Julien's sleaze side. Freek is impressed how black widow Melissa plans to suck white knight surgeon George dry.

Ben does another home appliance repair for Melissa, and ignores her romantic move, while Paulien who made up with Kittie tries to encourage her Ben may just need time, while waving Freek's insinuations, Ben or d-Dede must commit the thefts wave since their employment. Inspired by Betty Joy taking a break as grandpa's guest, Mark gets his mother's permission to stay with him and Fran while she's with his father in Marseille. Melissa tells Dede their mother is hospitalized after she found her just in time to save her life. Grandpa prepares Mark and his 'dinner escorts' ...

Freek's theory that either Ben or Dede must be the pool thief is unbelievable to reconciled Kittie and Paulien, although each lover is in need of cash. Melissa feels confident she'll soon get control of mothers' valuable real estate and earn a fortune from generous admirer George, who showers her with flowers. Grandpa plays a flower salesman to deliver in the restaurant the miniature camera Mark and spy covers girls forgot, to record how Julien gets Paulien drunk and manages to drag her to a hotel, but Fran manages to pull her away.

Ben is gutted, near tears, to find his Harley vandalized all over, forced to consider Freek's suggestion it may be scorned Kittie, who snapped he can only love that machine after he confronted her father, failing to talk him out of marrying her off to an American. Team Mark is delighted how well the camera operation worked, and plans a grand end of exams party, in the cinema, which grandpa allows provided he can play along. Confident Freek helps black widow Melissa plan how to milk George for e fortunate and convince battered father Julien to deny Dede a share of ...

Dede as arrested and jailed after the police finds a box in his bedroom, full of items reported stolen from the pool. Mark plays a trick on absurdly critical Paulien, pretending his grades aren't good, in fact brilliant, so mother celebrates they both passed before taking the train to Marseille and dropping Mark off at grandpa's. There plans are made for a party paid by entrance fees, not booze, with a Betty Joy featuring Mark performance. Kittie threatens Freek to tell the police Dede's arrest was based on a misunderstanding 'or else"'.

Ben grimly works on his Harley and warns Freek, whoever wrecked it will face consequences. Melissa is furious that Freeks withdrew his complaint -which Ben implies had to be false- against Dede, but he promises to set that straight. Grandpa rebukes Fran's rude refusal to even got o the swimming pool with Mark, recalling how her parents drowned.

Ben is shocked when Kittie shows him the latest stalker letters, which suggest it's the Harley vandal, apparently jealous. Dede tries to catch him hidden in her locker, but falls asleep. Melissa cruelly toys with Freek, calling him a romantic looser with bad breath, while exploiting Dede's blackmail on pa as 'Paulien's violator on picture' to extract 'alimony' for herself ('for Dede') as well as mother. Reday to get physical, Dede and Paulien confide both still being virgins. The party budget proves within reach as Fran's storytelling earns well, so she agrees to try ...

Mark gets a call from mother in Marseille, where the reunion with father seems to go badly. His bunch enjoys the party preparations, Fran's story telling yields well, so she plans to do it in the pool, but without Mark, where Freek grants permission, Melissa tells him her plans to bleed George dry for her beauty salon plans, while cheating on Dede and father, and tells Freek he won't score girls with his bad breath, after he made Mark present him to Betty Joy. While Ben and Kittie wonder about the vandal-stalker, he's startled to face his long-lost Helena.

Ben can hardly believe how much Fran resembles his lost Helena, physically and her frank, blunt, spontaneous attitude. Kittie stubbornly tells Paulien she's determined to scare off Robert PJ Smith, a perfect catch from a posh millionaires family in Boston. Dede rudely throws father Julian out, now homeless. He also has caught Freek and milks blackmailing him for cash, his job back promoted second pool lifeguard and still forces him to redact the draft last stalker letter to Kittie, whim it rather worries again. The gang promises to help by receiving him in a decadent ...

Despite all the gang's efforts to disgust Robert PJ Smith, the unshakable perfect gentleman even makes friends with Dede, to Paulien's rage, and later calls on Kittie to explain he also only came as his father blackmails him with cutting his Harvard allowance, yet she keeps claiming it's all about standing up to her father. Ben isn't pleased Dede is now his colleagues, and ignoring Freek's managerial instructions, but amused by Fran's interest in history culminating in asking him about swimming lessons. While Paulien rages about father's letter allegedly meaning he ...

Ben agrees to teach Fran swimming, after grandpa approved her new bathing suit, but his way, patiently and in stages. Freek is completely distracted by an opportunity to treat Betty Joy to ice and applaud her latest song as best-ever. Even Kittie starts realizing handsome Harvard boy Robert really is a nice guy, a lot like her, even inquires how long he stays in the country- even that his father decides, who seems to know about everything, including a fine wine suggestion. Mark cheers mother up by showing passages from father's letter suggesting he still both of them ...

Mark's mood is spoiled by the family troubles, yet attends the fundraiser pajama party, albeit it jealous of Fran being drawn to Ben, who told Kittie to think twice before throwing away her future and luxury life just to spite her domineering father, not volunteering to tie up with her. Ben also gets a warm welcome from grandpa, who abandons the entrance fee check-post to join the dancing. . Melissa ruthlessly pushes George to finance her beauty parlor with the savings account his jealous wife can't access. Paulien can barely prevent Dede from publicly attacking Freek...

As petty revenge for Freek's clever check move, Dede volunteers him for a podium striptease by auctioning his cloths. Before the boxers climax, grandpa cuts the current so Freek can escape in the dark. Ben has mixed feelings about accepting the donations, Freek vents his frustration on him, even suggests seeking another place for the Harley. Mark drops by but leaves angrily, refusing to let Ben explain he's not after the jealous-acting knave's 'non girl friend', swimming pupil Fran. Melissa bitterly scolds George after his check bounces. Robert and Kittie agree to ...

Mark is miserable but still refuses to admit even to mother being in love with Fran. Freek is loosing his patience with lazy, insolent Dede and snaps at Ben for spending time with Fran in the pool, mesmerized how alike Helena she is, but it spooks her out and she wants to stop meeting him. Melissa stuns father by caring only if the alimony is coming through while he moves out without alternative, then has another go at George's generosity. Kittie insist Robert is a past chapter to forget, insisting Paulien must help her win Ben at all cost. Someone is surprised ...

Ben admits loving Fran head over heels, but she can't handle him seeing Helena in her, telling grandpa, who pleads Mark is right for her, she feels adult with Ben, just a playmate with Mark. Freek eagerly posts publicity for Betty Joy and hatches a plan with Melissa to put Dee in his place. More hysterical then ever, Paulien rages should be proposing and over the moon now her pregnancy test was positive, yet declines seeing a gynecologist and ignores his prudence, hoping for a comic artist course scholarship from a reputed publisher. Mark is miserable, feeling dumped ...

Mark is pleasantly surprised when Fran, cued by grandpa, invites him to her 'medium tent', where they reconcile over confidences on aspirations. Ben is angry when even Kittie 'visits his Harley', but they soon get back on loving terms. Mark is delighted with mother's surprise: a mini-disk-player, for demos, like Betty's producer suggested when turning down his first one 'though showing talent', Paulien is imposed a gynecologist appointment and warned not to chase Dede by wedding demand. Although not amused by Betty telling him he must leave Fran to Mark, Ben grumpily ...

Freek nearly looses his patience with lazy blackmailer Dede, but Melissa promises him the trap will snap down now the knave has won the comic artist scholarship competition, telling him to deliver some drawings. Mark and his mother worry about everybody. George asks Paulien, who just dropped out of dancing class to Kittie's horror, what she thinks about Melissa, thanks her for candor and asks discretion. When mother scolds Paulien for missing her gynecology appointment and Dede finally proposes, she declines and admits having faked the pregnancy test. Mark continues ...

Freek takes great pleasure in tuning the blackmail tables on Dede, showing him the original drawings Melissa handed him, signed Vincent: the knave only won having entered copies of the work left by last will of his late mentor and must leave the pool forever, so he can keep his ill-won grant for a US course. Melissa finally expects George to bring a fat check and leave his wife, but he dumps her as toxic liar snake. Freek barks at Betty Joy's Sicilian manager Carlo to leave her to him as new manager, 'or else', but she later finds the pool smashed and him beaten-up. ...