Episode #1.4 - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

The day after boasting drunk at a family gathering after pub closing, farmer Eugène Mertens disappears, his corpse is found allegedly killed by a ship engine, which a forensic expert disproves. As mayor de Bellicourt has his constable ...See moreThe day after boasting drunk at a family gathering after pub closing, farmer Eugène Mertens disappears, his corpse is found allegedly killed by a ship engine, which a forensic expert disproves. As mayor de Bellicourt has his constable Cesar Priem, who was seen arguing and again about around the time of death, sabotage any investigation, ruling it was an accident, Constant Reynaert campaigns in his newspaper, which rapidly becomes popular, gathering funds for the widow mother Maria and hiring a champion tracker dog. Political connections allow the mayor to get the Ghent court to dismiss the case, but Reynaert's 'St. Anthony fund' raises enough money from all the province to appeal to the Bruges court of appeal, where the mayor's Catholic party isn't in power, so a serious investigation finally occurs. Written by KGF Vissers See less