[CHALK SCRAWLING] IF YOU LIKE GRUMPY, OLD BASTARDS, IF DR. HOUSE AND WALLANDER ARE YOUR HEROES, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE PROFESSOR T. THE BELGIAN PROFESSOR IS OCD.

WE'RE TALKING PLASTIC GLOVES, ANTIBACTERIAL HAND WASH, SPRAYS, THE LOT.

HE ALSO HAS A HANDFUL OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.

HE'S RUDE, DIRECT, AND FRANKLY INSULTING.

[SPEAKS FLEMISH] BUT HE'S ALSO A COMPLETE GENIUS.

A PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY, HE UNDERSTANDS THE HUMAN MIND LIKE NO ONE ELSE, AND BECAUSE HE'S OCD, NOTHING ESCAPES PROFESSOR T.'s SCRUTINY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEED HIM BADLY, BUT HE'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH, SO THEY ASSIGN TWO YOUNG SIDEKICKS TO KEEP HIM IN CHECK-- ANNELIES, A TOUGH, INTENSE, VOLCANIC FORMER STUDENT, WHO'S NOT AFRAID OF HIM...

PROFESSOR!

AND DAAN, THE SWEET, KIND, LOVEABLE GUY WHO'S ALWAYS REALLY FANCIED ANNELIES.

TOGETHER, THESE 3 FORM A DYSFUNCTIONAL BUT FORMIDABLE TEAM, DEALING WITH THE CRIMINAL UNDERBELLY OF ANTWERP... [GUNSHOT] BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SERIES TRULY MEMORABLE IS THE WONDERFUL CHARACTER OF PROFESSOR T. FIRST, YOU WILL HATE HIM.

THEN YOU'LL WANT TO KILL HIM.

MOMENTS LATER, YOU WILL LOVE HIM LIKE YOUR BEST FRIEND, AND WHEN HE SITS ALONE ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE UNIVERSITY BUILDING, LOST IN CONTEMPLATION OF THE ANTWERP SKYLINE TO CALM HIS OVERACTIVE MIND, WELL, YOU'LL JUST WANT TO SIT THERE WITH HIM IN SILENCE WITH A CUP OF CHOCOLATE.

I KNOW I DO.

AAH!

[LOWERS VOLUME] THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CONTAINS CONTENT WHICH MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES.

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WOMAN: ♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT ♪ ♪ THE WORLD TO BE?

♪ ♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE?

♪ ♪ REACH FOR THE SKY ♪ ♪ OPEN UP YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ FEELS LIKE A DREAM TO ME ♪ ♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT ♪ ♪ THE WORLD TO BE?

♪ [TOILET FLUSHES] ♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT ♪ ♪ THE WORLD TO BE?

♪ ♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE?

♪ [MUFFLED SCREAM] ♪ REACH FOR THE SKY ♪ ♪ OPEN UP YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ IT FEELS ♪ [STUDENTS GASPING] ♪ ♪ [CHAIRS SQUEAKING, INDISTINCT CHATTER] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] [BELL RINGING] ♪ HO HO HO!

MM-HMM.

DAAN: MM-HMM.

[SIRENS] ♪ [WOMAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] ♪ [TURNS UP VOLUME] ♪ [SIRENS] [BUZZ] ♪ [BLOWS NOSE] ♪ [MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] ♪ [MUSIC STOPS] ♪ ♪ [MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] ♪ [ANNELIES GASPS] AH.

♪ [WOMAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] ♪ [BEEP, BUZZ] ♪ WOMAN: ♪ COLD AND FROSTY MORNINGS ♪ ♪ LAUGHTER IN THE SNOW ♪ ♪ ICY FINGERS AS WE PLAY ♪ [MUFFLED SCREAMS] ♪ WARM AND BALMY EVENINGS ♪ ♪ BLUE SKIES UP ABOVE ♪ [LOUD RADIO TRANSMISSION] ♪ SUMMER SUNS THAT SHINE ALL DAY ♪ [MUFFLED SCREAMS] ♪ JANUARY TO DECEMBER ♪ ♪ HOW WE STILL REMEMBER ♪ ♪ THINGS WE LOVED FROM YESTERDAY ♪ ♪ CHRISTMASES AND BIRTHDAYS ♪ AAH!

♪ LOTS OF GIFTS AND TOYS ♪ ♪ EVERY DAY A SPECIAL DAY ♪ ♪ ICE CREAM MIXED WITH JELLY ♪ ♪ CHOCOLATE CAKE AND BISCUITS ♪ ♪ ALL THE GAMES WE USED TO PLAY ♪ AAH!

♪ JANUARY TO DECEMBER ♪ [MUSIC STOPS] ♪ ♪ ♪ SHH, SHH, SHH, SHH, SHH.

[DOOR SLAMS] ♪ [DOOR OPENS] ♪ ♪ [LIP-SYNCHING] [MUSIC STOPS] [HEART MONITOR BEEPING] ♪ ♪ ♪ [BIRDS CHIRPING] ♪ ♪ [BEEP, BUZZ] ♪ [INDISTINCT CHATTER] [TOILET FLUSHING] PROFESSOR: MM-HMM.

[DIANA SCREAMING] ♪ [GRUNTS] [SOBBING] OK. [WATER DRIPPING] ♪ [WOMAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] ♪ ♪ [WOMAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] [BELL RINGS] MM-HMM.

♪ ♪ HMM?

[KNOCK ON DOOR] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MM-HMM.

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