Original title
Divorce
Released
12/16/2012
Origin country
NL
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Production companies
Talpa Media, Talpa Fictie
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
49
Three guys, all in their late 30s and early 40s, are going through a divorce. They decide to live together for a while to get through the tough times. As they go through the ups and downs of their shared experience, they start to become really good friends. The show explores the ups and downs of divorce, showing the intense emotions, heated arguments, the weight of loss, the lingering doubts, the responsibilities of parenthood, the financial implications, and the journey of self-discovery while rebuilding their lives.
We meet Bouwdewijn, David and Joris. Three different men from three different worlds. But there is one thing that binds them, they all have marriage problems.
Boudewijn, David en Joris decide to live together in a luxury villa. Joyce can't handle the separation with Joris and take a dramatic decision.
Boudewijn is turning into forty, but rather he let his birthday pass. David comes under such high tension, that he literally collapses.
When the children come to stay over, the three men should clean the entire house. They get some help of Trudy, the mother of Joris. Joris become desperate when Kevin disappears.
The three men decide to start dating again, but Joris and David both have no experience in it. David's heart beats faster in the presence of his cardiologist.
Boudewijn is hopeful when Sophie are request a service. David goes into therapy with Tamar. Joris wants to hide his secret for Boudewijn and David.
Boudewijn has trouble with the new friend of Sophie. David has an intimate encounter with Tamar. Joyce comes back from rehab and appears to be pregnant.
Sophie asks Boudewijn to help her for finding the perpetrator who hit Emiel. Joris is dating with a girl and is falling in love. David and Tamar end up in a messy divorce.
Boudewijn is confronting by his son with his separation. David joins forces with a tough lawyer. Joris goes back to school. Aart found potential buyers for the villa.
David has bought the villa, so the trio can stay. Boudewijn, eager to impress a mother at his boys' school, volunteers to chaperon a them park visit. Even after commandeering his house-mate's help, it proves a tall order, especially due to that woman's gluten-intolerant son. Meanwhile Joyce practically invites herself after a robbery and tries to take over the household. David's daughter Naomi also invites herself after a row with Tamar.
Joris is now confident enough about his reading lessons to accept, caught, some tutoring from Daid's obviously smitten daughter Naomi, who finds an enemy in parasite Joyce. Boudewijn's sex date with the allergic boy's mother frustratingly is canceled last-minute due to the queasy knave missing football practice. David gets jealous of 'romantic rival' Boudewijn, even wants to throw him out of the house, only to find his mate unwittingly 'dates' his cardiologist merely for her family estate sale.
Joris has exam anxiety. David fights with Tamar on her planned six weeks holiday with the kids. Sophie finds out about Boudewijn's relations with Leona and demands he breaks up with her.
Joris cheerfully accepts Joyce's graduation gift and a celebratory dinner, only to be 'treated' to the news that she secretly expects his twins. The inevitable death of the worn-out family dog brings Boudewijn close enough to Sophie, so he dumps Leonore. David allows his boys to go on Candian holiday with their mother and aunt, so he can concentrate on wining nd dining his cardiologist, but his ridiculously expensive steak gets lost.
Boudewijn, David and Joris try to find out if their exes have ever cheated on them. Joris needs to figure out if he wants the unplanned twins Joyce is carrying.
David does everything in his power to be liked by his cardiologist Desiree, meanwhile Tamar is in big financial trouble. Simone, a lawyer, falls head over heels for Joris. Boudewijn has trouble coping with Sophie's friendship with his own brother.
David wants Desiree, even if she is only available for love and not sex. Joris tries to fit into Simone's high-class lifestyle. Boudewijn looks up an old friend from high-school, but as it turns out, she is only looking for revenge.
Boudewijn's business is slow and his financial problems are huge, he can't pay alimony for Sophie and his kids. David and Tamar find that now that they are separated they have a longing for each other.
David discovers that mixing business with pleasure doesn't work when Tamar is in the mix. Boudewijn is desperate to sell a house, even if it means taking extreme measures concerning an old, but randy, woman.
Boudewijn, Joris and David are going back-to-basics in the Ardennes. David has arranged for Boudewijn's brother to come too, to see if the two brothers can resolve their differences. A confrontation between the two is unavoidable.
The pregnant Joyce is getting more and more desperate to get Joris back into a relationship with her, meanwhile he struggles with his relationship with Simone. Boudewijn and David both have trouble raising their children.
Boudewijn needs urgently money and can come to work in construction with Joris. But it isn't wholeheartedly. David is slung back and forth between the concerns for his family and his infatuation with Desiree.
David does not tolerate the relationship between Tamar and the gym teacher of their daughter. Desiree leaves David. Boudewijn may sell the house of Desiree and does so in a very special way. The guys must do everything possible to preserve the mother of Joris as the house cleaner.
The three men decided to make a new start. Joris is preparing the birth of the twins. Boudewijn hopes to get better in touch with Sophie by help from a mediator David makes short work of the lover of Tamar.
David and Tamar are camping in their own garden for some rest for their family. Joris constantly tries to calm due to the upcoming birth. Boudewijn fall under the spell of an interior caretaker.
Joris is consumed by Joyce’s anxiety about the upcoming birth. David and Tamar organize a party to celebrate their daughter’s sixteenth birthday, strengthening their bond. Sophie decides to officially divorce Boudewijn, who tries everything to prevent it.
Boudewijn reveals the truth about Sophie’s relationship with his brother Pieter to her. Joyce’s insatiable desires raise questions about Joris’s feelings. The three friends reunite, channeling their frustrations onto a common enemy.
When David confesses his true feelings for Tamar, she seeks relationship therapy at the renowned Cor Cornelis. Meanwhile, Boudewijn decides to seek revenge on Sophie by taking a selfie with a woman and posting it on Facebook.
David’s secretary, Els, who has been with the company for 25 years, is expecting a special gift. David, who has forgotten the gift, makes up for it. Joris is deeply concerned about Joyce as a mother.
David discovers to his dismay that his son Sam possesses an exceptionally high IQ, while his own score is quite average. Boudewijn has made up his mind to cut off all contact with Sophie, literally.
Joris dislikes it when his mother, Hetty, begins a business venture with an enigmatic real estate man. David embarks on an investigation to determine if Sam is his biological son. Boudewijn finds himself in an unexpected situation involving a threesome after enduring a prolonged period of abstinence.
Boudewijn is incredibly successful on Tinder, unlike David. Joris’s frightened suspicions about Joyce are confirmed. To regain their masculinity, the three friends enroll in a men’s course.
David and Tamar face the prospect of divorce when their daughter Naomi is hospitalized. In response, the three friends decide to take matters into their own hands and send someone to confront Pieter, putting an end to their feud once and for all.
Boudewijn finally achieves success with Sophie when he, and his two sons, surprise her. David, however, remains steadfast in his belief that Els will never change her mind, especially during their forest walk.
Els is partly responsible for Tamar’s advantageous divorce when she performs a certain trick at the right moment. David's wild stories about Els evokes emotions in Boudewijn for Gill.
Boudewijn has to babysit for Sophie, who’s off to Paris. Meanwhile, everything goes downhill for the three friends. And just when they thought things couldn’t get any worse, Joris ends up getting into trouble with the police because of his new side hustle.
Els and Tamar team up to outsmart David. Joris devises a plan to eliminate Theo de Ridder, but it's not without risk. Boudewijn receives the most distressing news ever.
Els has reached her breaking point, leading to severe repercussions for David. Sophie delivers the most delightful news to Boudewijn in ages. Joris is left stunned when Joyce confesses to leaving for Greece with her children and her new lover.
Boudewijn painfully finds out what "flowers at the finish line" means and Tamar what a job actually means. Joris picks up boxing again to react to the grief he has.
To make up for his son's broken arm, Boudewijn arranges a very special signature on the plaster. David gets 'stuck in an elavator', but he's not alone in that elevator. Would Joris be able to keep his word if Bibi seems to define the concept of comfort rather broadly?
David has decided to skip his birthday celebration and instead spend it romantically with Selly. Boudewijn has constructed a bed hut for Bart, or perhaps it’s a bed hut? Joris receives a mysterious proposal that promises him a substantial sum of money, allowing him to embark on a trip to Greece.
Tamar tries to drive a wedge between David and Selly when she gives David and his two best friends a cooking class in Hattem. Revenge is a dish that you serve cold, but of course it goes quite differently than was intended, especially for Boudewijn. Joris, on the other hand, gets lucky.
D-day for Joris: his fight against the dangerous and strong "The Butcher" is on the agenda. In a desperate attempt to gain ground with Sophie, Boudewijn conjures up something very surprising.
Boudewijn and promises: not a very happy marriage. Joris has managed to collect the money for a flight to Greece, but an old fear rears its head.
In Greece, Joris reunites with his Jan and Marie, but is Joyce truly doing as well as she claims? David, following the well-meant advice of his friends, decides to introduce his friends to Selly, who has three sons. In the process, David discovers the meaning of ‘base four’, which unfortunately has little to do with the American team sport.
Bibi takes care of the gloomy David in her own unique way. After Naomi’s disastrous date with Jesse, David has reached an impasse with Selly. In contrast, Joris offers comfort to the renowned actress Rebecca Morisson, whose Dutch aunt has just passed away. Boudewijn achieves another triumph with Sophie in an extraordinary manner.
Bibi’s behavior drives the men to letting her go. Boudwijn’s efforts to win Sophie’s heart are thwarted, while she seems to have made a significant decision. Selly and David’s relationship blossoms anew as they open their hearts, but will David find the courage to confess everything?
It's all good again between David and Selly. Meanwhile, the contradictory messages from Greece that reach Joris about Jan and Marie's health, are gnawing at him. Boudewijn can achieve enormous success in business, but will have to go very deep for that. 'Fourth base' doesn't exactly lead to a home run for Naomi when Jesse dumps her and saddles her up with something.
Joris has reunited with Joyce and their children, but not everyone in the house is thrilled about this. Naomi’s ‘fourth base’ faces a rather unpleasant consequence for David. In contrast, better times finally seem to be dawning for Joris and Boudewijn.
Wonders never cease: David and Selly reunite, Joris and Joyce get back together, even Boudwijn and his Sophie find love. But no one had anticipated the arrival of this woman…
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