Juup discovers his children, which he suddenly has trouble to see, are being beaten at his ex Wendy's home. Just after beating up her present partner, slaughterhouse worker Rocky, he learns the truth. Rotterdam is infested by rats. Emma stubbornly goes ahead with a media circus on the launch of Noordermeer's "aquajet"-innovation. Max and Charlotte desperately try to make it work or slow her down, in vain, even reputedly strict inspector Stoelmuller is already bribed-off. Jacob's correspondence proves what Charlotte's tests would confirm hadn't Niels ruined the prototype while she has car-sex with Ad: it can't work. Disaster is waiting to happen.