Zaterdag 20:43

C is for culture:

  • “I think I saw him walking at the Gaypride in Brussels” - Belgium has been organizing versions of Pride since 1978, with a brief period of absence in the 80s. The original name was ‘Roze Zaterdag’ (= ‘Pink Saturday’). Nowadays, there are two versions: the ‘Belgian Pride’ in Brussels and the (smaller) ‘Antwerp Pride’ in Antwerp, both attracting at least 90,000 participants. Various parties and festivals surround the parade, which is filled with floats from different LGBT+ organizations.

  • “Because now it’s time for Eurovision” - Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition and the longest running tv program since 1956. Only a country that’s part of the European Broadcasting Union can participate (with the exception of Australia). The contest includes various pre-selections, a specific voting system, broadcasting on other continents, a huge legacy of singers/bands - like ABBA, Céline Dion, Lordi - and massive popularity overall.

    Around a million Belgians watch the show live. It’s generally seen as something to make fun of (but people also secretly root for their country's act). Though, the only time Belgium won, was in 1986 with Sandra Kim’s ‘J’aime la vie’.

Lost in translation:

  • Milan saying: “Dan heb ik toch iets versierd vandaag” (= at least I decorated something today), this sentence has double meaning with ‘versieren’ (= ‘hitting on someone’ and ‘decorating’), so he’s alluding on the fact that he did the decorations, just not the ‘hitting on Robbe’-part.

  • “Waar is de zepper?” “Zapper!” - Milan is pronouncing the word for ‘remote’ in a Dutch way, instead of Flemish.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: This entire scene is just over-the-top. The girls gasping at the reveal of Robbe’s supposed kiss, assuming that it’s true, wondering if that’s why he doesn’t flirt back, even asking Milan if his gaydar is going off and giggling at him for wanting Robbe’s number.

Perfect parallel: Jana makes fun of Luca’s moves by licking her straw in S2, as Luca tried to flirt with Robbe by licking her spoon in S1.

Funny coincidence: Milan saying “I think the Netherlands are going to win”, lo and behold: the Netherlands won that night with Duncan Laurence’s ‘Arcade’.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Milan hung up a glitter chandelier in the living room. Luca’s phone has a unicorn case.

Maandag 08:14

Perfect parallel:

  • Jana saying “Amber would die” about her dating Senne in a previous episode, Zoë claiming the same thing in this episode.

  • Senne's “If that were the case, I would’ve already done that" about Zoë thinking he wants her as a fling in previous episode, Zoë responding the same as Senne jokes about being her ‘toy boy’ in this one.


Dinsdag 08:12

Perfect parallel: Senne's “Fock, you’re sexy” when Zoë wasn’t into him in S1 and his “Stop being so hot” during their make-out in S2.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Senne having a real - ahem - in his lower regions.


Dinsdag 08:26

Oopsie: In the previous clip, Zoë wasn’t wearing her red lipstick, yet it’s all smudged in this one.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Jana's keychain changed to a blue stringy-thing and it’s dangling on her locker door this whole conversation.


Woensdag 12:23

C is for culture: “He’s underage and you’re of age, so that wouldn’t be allowed anyways” - According to Belgian law, the age of consent is 16. So even if, for example, both partners are younger than 16, it’s still technically punishable by law. Some political parties and sex-positive organizations are trying to lower the age of consent to 14, but it hasn’t been changed (yet).

Perfect parallel: Zoë stating “You’re not his type” to Milan about Robbe in S2, her assuming the boys are together after the coming out in S3.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: Milan trying to find out if Robbe has a 'Grindr' account. Zoë still thinks he’s gay, because “Maybe he wasn’t online”.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: According to the cookbook, Milan is making ‘Pappere with rose-harissa, black olives and capers’. The 'Grindr' profiles are clearly made up of stock photos.

Woensdag 16:57

Perfect parallel:

  • Zoë laughing with the fireplace and guitar, claiming they’re Senne’s flirting tools, in a previous episode and him joking that he’s looking for “A fireplace. And a guitar” in her room in this episode.

  • Senne saying “I’m the one” to Zoë in S2 and Sander's “He’s the one” about Robbe in S3.

  • Zoë barging into Milan’s room, catching him in a sexual act, in the first episode and Milan opening her door without knocking, interrupting the make out, in this episode.

  • Senne flipping Zoë onto her bed to make out in S2, Sander doing the same to Robbe in S3.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The cookbook is called ‘SIMPEL’ by Yotam Ottolenghi. Zoë has a tiny, silver ring around her middle finger.


Woensdag 20:21

Perfect parallel: Milan barging in Zoë room, because “It was an emergency” in S2, him doing the same with Robbe, because “He urgently needs help” in S3.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The cards on the refrigerator include a pig and Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album cover.

Donderdag 14:46

Perfect parallel: Jana reminding Zoë “Who thought that Robbe was in love with me?” in S2, because she said “That guy has a big crush on you” in S1.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: The entire conversation about Robbe with the girlsquad, including: “His gaydar didn’t go off”, “I knew he was straight”, “And if he says no, you know what’s up”, “That Robbe is straight? We’ll find out tomorrow!” and “I’ll get into his pants in no time”. Plus, the plan about seducing him to check if he’s gay or not.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Zoë isn’t wearing her signature lipstick here.


Vrijdag 22:18

Perfect parallel: Max asking if Zoë “watches Temptation Island” and that she “must be a Game of Thrones fan”, which denies in this episode, while we know she watched both with her roommate in an earlier episode.

Where is Wally? Britt is dancing with Jana in the background.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: Jana trying to kiss an intoxicated Robbe to test if he’s gay and saying “This is clear. He’s so gay.” Resulting in this sad looking boy:

Oopsie:

  • When Senne smashes the bottle on the boy’s head, we can clearly see that it was fake glass: the tiny splinters are scattered all around, instead of bigger, jagged pieces falling to the ground.

  • Zoë leaves the party only with her handbag and suddenly, she's wearing a coat around her in the next shot.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The golden balloons behind Luka spell ‘party’.