Tue, Nov 30, 1999
Now De Graaf has made its Bloemfontein deadline, it's offered the next six ships order. Marco pleads an independent course anyhow, but soon finds alternative orders are very hard to get. Max and Conny ignore Sam saw them kissing in the car before they get a room to make love. Anton hates being denied the company password, but sabotages the network and gets it. Thus he learns Noordermeer never filed for copyrights worth a fortune. When Max proposes to accept subcontracting with Conny again, Emma decides he has fallen for Connie and tricks him. Charlotte stays CEO, the subcontract is refused and Max blackmailed not to warn Connie.
Tue, Apr 20, 1999
Suspecting Pierre of adultery, Charlotte catches him in the act, not with Sascha but Felix! She brags about her own discrete infidelity but ends up spoiling their marriage and starting a fight with Niels for nothing. Marco and Abdullah dread telling the family they have the order but no finance to pay staff. Noordermeer suspects their people are being lured away by Popescu, so Anton buys an ambitious welder as their spy. Just now Anton starts acting as Junior's dad and Keel's husband, she leaves.
Tue, May 18, 1999
Edward takes Sam for a nightly illicit sexy swim. Marco is seduced in his boathouse. Warned by a consultant the stock exchange, where they're launching themselves, favors companies with stable leadership and succession, the Noordermeer board agrees Anton is unfit until further notice. Now Niles is temporarily assigned to Charlotte, Pierre is pressed to work full-time again. Sofie discovers Marleen is stalking them, but has a hard time convincing Max, the police won't do anything anyhow.
Thu, May 20, 1999
To Anton's horror the board excludes him from the stock launch roadshow. Emma suggests Fleur could do business school in New Jersey. After a sneer at Marco for moving in on Ellen, Abdullah accepts their affair. Now Edward must return to his London boarding school, he spends a lavish hotel night with Sam. Jacob is ready to hand over the reigns, but ma only accepts if he formally resigns. Max arranges bodyguard John Bijlsma for Sofie against the stalker, yet she dares wine he 'puts the firm first'. Marleen manages to intrude and stab John. Anton makes an embarrassing scene at the roadshow. Noordermeer looses an independent subcontracting assessment and its hold on De Graaf.
Thu, Oct 7, 1999
Over a year later, Fleur graduates in America and returns to Rotterdam, hoping to get Marco back, but he isn't interested. Anton hopes to return home and exact revenge on his family, but gets a violent rage when Emma refuses him entry. Noordermeer proudly launches the latest build ship, but is desperate for new orders. De Graaf expects a South African order for 7 container ships, but must then expand, dump regular customer Kofferman's smaller order and subcontract some work to Noordermeer. Max manages to finds out the client and plans to offer them a better price. Abdullah is with Charlotte again.
Tue, Apr 13, 1999
Marco's overt business style 'à la Jacob' appeals to Kofferman, but the Noordermeer board is determined to outbid De Graaf, even at a loss, to buy that wharf after all. Charlotte denies her maternal instincts. After Niels finds out, Pierre seeks comfort from Felix. Anton's drug practices become known to Sam. Opinions differ on Marco's rekindled affair with Fleur.
Thu, Apr 8, 1999
Openly disinterested and disgusted, Anton weds Keela on parental instigation. Noordermeer celebrates its impending stock exchange quotation (actually lack of capital) in grand style. Alas, Fleur brings Jamila, the shabby widow of Bakx's illegal toxic accident victim Fatih, and keeps twisting Max's arm in her favor. Pierre gets personally interested in Felix. Jacob coaches Marco on how to call a marker in to make master shipbuilder, Richard Popescu, leave Noordemeer and build his prototype. Pierre proves to Charlotte that Niels lost confidence in her. Anton has a drug-addicted prostitute but abandons her having OD'd. Marco and Fleur make love.
Tue, May 11, 1999
De Graaf entertains Karel Fernhout, the Dutch banker in London who financed their last loan, but learns he intends to use the clause that allows him to turn it into a share worth up to 35% at default. His son Edward Fernhout, in English boarding school, meets and impresses fellow swimmer Sam. Pierre has no more patience with Max as Charlotte refuses co-parenting Niels. Fleur suspects saboteur Freddy and tries to trick him into confessing by posing as a journalist, but Anton prevents that. She apologizes to Marco, who feels that changes nothing, and tells her family, which decides to send Anton to therapy.
Thu, Mar 11, 1999
Max suspects Marco of helping Keela making the video that drove Sophie away and gets very drunk. Secretary Marleen warns him Charlotte plans to deal with the Portuguese behind his back- too late, their bickering makes Iris pull rank. One of the illegals escapes to seek medical help; the other dies and his corps is dumped. Anton has his cahoot Willem Bakx play a fairly respectable entrepreneur to reassure Max, who smells a rat. Maurits presses Fleur to tell her family. Jacob decides to go for Marco's project, which requires selling personal luxuries.
Tue, Mar 16, 1999
Now Keela has presented baby Junior to Anton as his son, he's confused and thinks of damage control. Iris tells max to forget Sophie and take control of his life and the shipyard. Charlotte taunts him till he looses his temper and is sent home by Iris. The prototype costs every luxury, but brings Marco back into the family fold. Charlotte tries to seduce Abdullah into spying on Marco, even if that requires making him jealous with colleague Fatih Kazarjan. Instead he resigns, and steals Noordermeer company secrets. Maurits fights to get Marco away from his wife Fleur.