'Undercover' Season 2: Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about Netflix's Dutch crime drama

Season 2 picks up just after the events on Season 1 focusing on a young undercover cop who infiltrates a powerful criminal organization and finds himself caught in a web of violence
PUBLISHED AUG 18, 2020
(Netflix)
(Netflix)

Belgian-Dutch series 'Undercover' is returning with Season 2 after a successful first instalment. Tom Waes and Frank Lämmer received praise for their performances on the show. Season 2 picks up just after the events on Season 1 focusing on a young undercover cop who infiltrates a powerful criminal organization and finds himself caught in a web of violence, treachery and temptation. As most of the cast reprise their roles, Season 2 sets on to new avenues. 

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming Belgian-Dutch crime drama. 

Release date

'Undercover' Season 2 arrives on Netflix on September 6, 2020. 

Plot

'Undercover' is a fictional crime series inspired by a series of real-life events, where undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation in Limburg, the Belgian province bordering the Netherlands. The infiltration is executed by two agents, Bob Lemmens (Tom Waes) and Kim de Rooij (Anna Drijver). 

Season 2 picks up less than a year after the events of Season 1. The official synopsis for Season 2 states, "Less than a year after the events of season one, Kim (Anna Drijver) works at Human Rights. With the help from her ex-colleague Bob (Tom Waes), her research into an illegal arms trade in Syria leads her to El Dorado Ranch, a country and western ranch in the Belgium flatlands. Bob goes undercover and tries to get in the good graces of the arms-dealing Berger brothers. From behind bars, Ferry (Frank Lammers) continues his search for the true identity of the undercover agents that arrested him. Polly is trying to figure out who her father really is."

Cast

The series stars Anna Drijver, Frank Lammers, Tom Waes ('Nieuw Texas', 'Tegen de sterren op'), Elise Schaap ('Valentino' , 'Ja, ik wil! Familie Kruys'), Raymond Thiry ('Penoza', 'Wolf & The Paradise Suite'), Tim Haars ('New Kids Turbo', 'Fake'), Kevin Janssens ('The Ardennes', 'Vermist') and Huub Smit ('New Kids', 'Riphagen & Bro's Before Ho's'). 

Creators 

'Undercover' is created by Nico Moolenaar and is produced by Jan Theys ('Salamander') and directed by Eshref Reybrouck ('Cordon') and Frank Devos ('Chaussée D'amour') while writer and showrunner is Nico Moolenaar ('Vermist'). 

Trailers

You can watch the trailer here.



 

Where to watch

All episodes of 'Undercover' Season 2 will arrive on Netflix on September 6, 2020. Season 1 of 10 episodes is currently streaming on Netflix. 

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