'Van der Valk' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: "Plague on Amsterdam"
Van der Valk's new season begins with windmills; who doesn't love those, even if a dead woman hangs nearby, scarecrow style, as a bloody cheese slicer is washed. The series cuts to another woman, Juliana Holt (Saskia Neville), on a date with Rita Wyngarden (Liliana de Vries). She returns home to be drowned in her own fish tank. Meanwhile, our titular detective abandoned dating, only to have two women throw themselves at him. He's rescued by a stranger, Lena Linderman (Loes Haverkort), who he then goes home with.
VdV: Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.
As for our real hero, Cloovers has a hearing regarding Season 1's ending with the team's boss, Dahlman, where he's exonerated. (Dahlman is still grieving the loss of her dog, though.) Hassell and VdV meet De Vries and Davie at the windmill body, which has an X sliced on it and a note. "It's about Ethics; where's XX? Follow the Philosopher's Eye," written lefthanded. The body is solicitor Susie de Windt. Her husband Roland (Joseph Millson) didn't report her missing and says he doesn't know about her cases. Davie notes she died via rat poison.
