Undercover is a Belgian-Dutch Dutch-language crime drama television series starring Tom Waes, Anna Drijver and Frank Lammers. The plot revolves around a story inspired by real-life events, where undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation in Limburg, a Flemish province bordering the Netherlands. The infiltration is executed by two agents, Bob Lemmens (Tom Waes) and Kim de Rooij (Anna Drijver), who are posing as a couple at the campground where the drug kingpin spends his weekends.
It is a co-production between Netflix and public Belgium TV station Eén, and was ordered direct-to-series. The first season premiered on Eén on February 24, 2019, in Belgium; its second season was scheduled for a September 6, 2020 release on Eén. The series began streaming on Netflix on May 3, 2019. It was renewed for a second season which premiered on November 8, 2020. Season 3 premiered in November 2021.
Contents
Cast
Season 1
Tom Waes as Bob Lemmens
Anna Drijver as Kim De Rooij
Frank Lammers as Ferry Bouwman
Elise Schaap as Danielle Bouwman
Raymond Thiry as John Zwart
Robbie Cleiren as Marc Gevers
Manou Kersting as Nick Janssens
Katrien De Ruysscher as Liesbeth Mertens
Huub Smit as Dennis de Vries
Lieke van den Broek as Sonja van Kamp
Sara De Bosschere as Lena Vandekerckhove
Kevin Janssens as Jurgen van Kamp
Kris Cuppens as Walter Devos
Nina Mensch as Jezebel van Kamp
Emma Verlinden as Polly Lemmens
Warre Verlinden as David Lemmens
Season 2
Wim Willaert as Laurent Berger
Sebastien Dewaele as Jean-Pierre Berger
Ruth Becquart as Nathalie Geudens
Celest Henri Cornelis as Jackson Geudens
Chris Lomme as Yvet Berger
Sarah Vandeursen as Betty
Robrecht Vanden Thoren as T-Bone
Mourade Zeguendi as Vincent Messaoudi
Sanne Samina Hanssen as Lisa
Season 3
Nazmiye Oral as Leyla Bulut
Murat Seven as Serkan Bulut
Gökhan Girginol as Timur Celik
Gökhan Kizilbuga as Mehmet
Yannick van de Velde as Lars van Marken
Wouter Hendrickx as Tanguy Dupont
Jeroen van der Ven as Patrick Diericks
Episodes
Release
The full first season consisting of 10 episodes premiered on Netflix streaming on May 3, 2019.
Reception
Writing for Decider, John Serba gave season 1 a moderately positive review, stating: "It has a generic title and premise, but Undercover has a smidgen of a Euro-backwoods Justified vibe, some subtle comedy and just enough eccentricity in its tone and characters to make it interesting." Ready Steady Cut's Daniel Hart reviewed the second and third seasons, giving both 4 out of 5 stars. He writes about season 2: "Round two of Undercover works. It has the right balance of chemistry between the characters that make an addictive crime thriller." And about season 3: "This Netflix series has made a tense viewing again, standing firm as a formidable dark horse."
Prequels
In May 2021, Netflix released Ferry, a film prequel to the series and, in 2023, Ferry: The Series, an eight-part further prequel. In December 2024, movie Ferry 2 was published.