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Tue, Feb 4, 1997
Granny has a go at the world record (36h) roof sitting. It proves harder than she expected and too dangerous in François' opinion. Lionel's parents plan a four months anthropological expedition to Africa, so the boy insists on spending that time with his godfather's cool family. Meanwhile they are fighting amongst themselves.
Tue, Feb 11, 1997
Granny's roof sitting world record attempt is a success. Lionel has arrived, and finds a fine substitute father in François, who felt useless and now tries to turn domestic. After Lionel analyzes that it's a mid-life crisis, the family resolves to arrange for him to win or rescue one of them.
Tue, Feb 18, 1997
The family and Lionel worry if the boy will be allowed to stay 4 months with them, as his parents Theo and Carla consider granny a bad influence. François decides to decorate a bedroom for the boy. Granny vows to 'look her age', and overdoes even that. As icing on the cake, the family invites TV celebrities to help them clean up their common dialect and pretend their home to be a haven of culture.
Tue, Feb 25, 1997
The men agree feminism is nonsense and concentrate on drinking. Alas the Dutch neighbors plant the evil seed in their girls' brains, which leads to a role-reversal. Trust granny to throw in what the men never had, after inviting Chippendale Marco in her room to compare stamp collections.
Tue, Mar 4, 1997
Rhe Backeljous enjoy reading scandals about other celebrities, however improbable. They also like being local celebrities, until both rumors and fans start upsetting their own partnerships. Sabrina falls victim to her own dumb jealousy, even Lionel realizes she's completely misrepresenting Antonio's 'unfaithful' behavior. But the damage is done already.
Tue, Mar 11, 1997
Now their jealous partners have driven Antonio and Jeanine together, they discover both can speak Italian. Franky and Sabrina are miserable, but still in denial. Everybody fears what will happen when they find out, but happens when granny is overheard. It drives François to drinking far too early and ma to excessive shopping. Final confirmation comes through Lionel.
Tue, Mar 18, 1997
As if the family weren't miserable enough about Antonio and Jeanine leaving the kids to become an Italophone couple, the press gets hold of the story, which is the talk of the quarter. When Jeanine comes for her things, it becomes awfully tangible, and a cruel fight with Franky ensues. Sabrina manages to seduce Antonio just long enough to see him dumped, yet she claims to prefer even sleazy admirer Marcel to taking him back.
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Tue, Mar 25, 1997
Both gullible, love-sick kids and cynic granny have joined a New Age sect's nearby Purple Pyramid temple. Dutch neighbor Aad tells the parents that the guru, Trebor Seam (born Robert Maes), is a crook and 'even' former garage manager. Granny's shenanigans get them expelled, luckily, but Sabrina is already sort of brainwashed. François and Aad ignore their release, mount a hard-handed rescue operation, helped by strong Johnny, who falls for the scam.
Tue, Oct 7, 1997
Now birdbrain Sabrina is deprogrammed, she and her police buddies systematically fine her ex Antonio, faking his 'car offenses'. This continues after his rich uncle goes bust, so he loses his job and can't afford the fines at all. When he sells his car to a gangster, the fines continue. Franky takes a waiter job, mainly for the foxy colleague. The persecuted ex shows true nobility.
Tue, Oct 14, 1997
After heroically saving Sabrina, Antonio still stays with Jeanine. Sabrina takes her mother's advice to find another lover, but nobody passes muster - until the filthy rich Rubens sons turn up. meanwhile her father has his own short at social promotion: his boss suggests he takes part in an exam for sales manager. Alas his study skills are abysmal, but granny decides the family knack for cheating must overcome that.
Tue, Oct 21, 1997
Hearing that Marcel is their neighborhood's candidate for the conservative party, the Backeljau's decide the mother should run against him for the progressives. That party is far less generous with campaign funds, but Sabrina's lover, Sven Rubens, gets his tycoon father to sponsor an extravagant celebrities campaign show. Marcel is ready to resort to sabotage.
Tue, Nov 11, 1997
Against all odds, mother is elected in the Antwerp city council. Dad pretends to be too busy with his new sales manager job, while in fact both attend parties and PR nonsense. So the kids are supposed to do the household against their will. Clever Lionel thinks up accepting just to make a royal mess of everything. A soapy trap is set, but the parents are brought home by dad's boss and his equally drunk wife.
Tue, Nov 18, 1997
Dad and ma are happy in their new jobs, the kids look forward to getting a cleaning lady, granny celebrates having her voice back. The boys enjoy interviewing prospective cleaners, but pervert ma's sensible instructions to 'fill a sexy dress real sexy' and get cheated in more the one way. Neighbour Marcel announces he'll move now his ma needs to retire to a seniors home.
Tue, Nov 25, 1997
Now Marcel is moving out, the family pretends they share some fond memories. Meanwhile granny her Jeans' soccer team have a row with a red-hair couple, which camps on Boerjan's field. Their huge rowdy son Billie picks a fight with little genius Lionel, and is beaten to pulp. Franky prepared a party for his parents' professional promotions, but it goes wrong badly. The worst news is still to come.