Maandag 15:48
Perfect parallel: Marie mistaking Robbe for ‘Robin’ in S1 and Sander playfully using the same nickname in S3 and wtFOCKDOWN.
Maandag 16:52
C is for culture: The scene looks like nighttime, even though when it’s barely 5 o’clock? Totally accurate! Due to winter time and Belgium’s position on the map (latitude 51° north), the sun only comes up between 8/9 in the morning and goes down at 5/6 in the afternoon. Making it, very dark, very soon!
Perfect parallel: Jens being there for Robbe when his dad left and his mom broke down in S1, Jens offering him a place to crash because his mom is institutionalized and Robbe doesn’t want to go to his dad in S3.
Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The doorbell says ‘family Ijzermans’.
Dinsdag 12:46
That’s character: The fact that Luca doesn’t really take effort in her studies, is hinted all around the seasons. Homework done last minute, only learning the bold text for her exams, tossing papers in the air, showing her mediocre grades, being distracted from studying (singing, instantly giving up), ...
Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Luca’s laptop - covered with stickers - has one at the top ironically stating ‘I don’t like stickers’. Others include Rick Ashley, the A-team, a dabbing dog and Grumpy Cat with the text ‘Found Dory, she was delicious’. Also, at the end of the scene, Yasmina put a little paper boat on the corner.
Woensdag 10:21
Perfect parallel: Robbe and Jens revising physics in the stairwell, when the couple was still together and Jana making a physics joke to Jens, after their drama happened.
Nod to the OG:
Donderdag 08:32
C is for culture: "And Saint Nicolas still didn’t forget you” - On the 6th of December, Belgian children celebrate Saint Nicolas’s Day (the predecessor of Santa Claus). Before going to bed, they’ll put out their shoe with carrots and sugar cubes for the horse of the Sint. During the night, he visits everyone by riding on the roofs, dropping the presents through the chimney with the help of his Black Petes. The next day, they’ll wake up to a display of gifts and sweets. More information about the tradition here.
Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: One of the sweets she gets are 'Prince' cookies. These are her favorite ones: her mom served them - together with hot milk and honey - to her, when she was heartbroken.
Donderdag 12:56
C is for culture: "I have to study for my exams.” - In secondary school, all students have two to three yearly exam periods. The first one is in December (before Christmas break), the second in April (before Easter break) - the second-to-last and last years don’t have this one anymore - and the third in June (before summer break). Each day comprises of one or two exams, with the afternoon off to study. This entire period takes around two weeks and at the end they’ll have a couple of free days.
Vrijdag 20:43
C is for culture: Luca and Robbe are drinking ‘Jupiler’ beer, the most popular beer in the country, easily recognizable by their trademark red-with-a-black-bull stickers. It’s also one of the biggest sponsors in Belgian soccer. The national team wear their logo on their jerseys, there is plenty of advertising on the field and the first division competition is called the ‘Jupiler Pro League’.
Where is Wally? Keisha wins with beer pong!
Vrijdag 21:42
That’s character / Perfect parallel: Robbe never claimed he liked Jana, as the reason why he told Marie about the kiss in S1. He simply states that he couldn’t deal with the fact that he was becoming the third wheel. Saying his role was reduced to “A shoulder to cry on”. But that he never intended to lose her. And this is consistent with his character.
Later on in S3, he feels neglected by his friends, who seemed to be more interested in vlogs, pranks and girls rather than his struggles. He feels like he can’t talk to them and lashes out. Yet, he keeps fighting for his relationships, too scared to lose them (as seen with Jens, Noor, Sander).
These insecurities might stem from a fear of being abandoned, like his father did to him. He lets people walk all over him and saying ‘sorry’ - even stuff he wasn’t responsible for - so that they don’t pack up and go. Until he has enough of being like this and lets it all out in anger.
Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Zoë is using the tv remote as makeshift microphone, while Britt uses the ‘Sinterklaas’ themed candy dispenser.
