Dirk Van de Vijver is trapped blindfolded in a basement. When his business partner Carl Verswyfelt receives a envelop carrying one of Dirk's fingers and a letter which requests 200,000 euros ransom, Tom and Fien are put on the case. They soon discover that Van de Vijver embezzled money from different clients and think maybe one of them is now using this cruel way to get his or her money back. Meanwhile Lucas asks Jimmy to spy on Tom in order to find out more about his private investigation.

A night watchman of the Antwerp port is shot to death. His boss Herman Arco tells Tom and Fien that his daughter Stephanie and her fiancé live in the neighborhood. However, the couple declares to have heard nothing. When Tom and Fien catch longshoreman Ruud Deckers taking a load of cocaine outside a container, they think they have solved the case. But after taking the man in custody, a second murder takes place.

A young girl is murdered during an orgy in a local sex club. Between the crowd, her father recognizes one familiar face, who could have been involved in the girl's death. At the police station Tom Segers starts suspecting his partner Esther Mathijs of being an infiltrator for the Internal Affairs Department.

A young drug dealer is found strangled next to the local disco. His gay lover states he has nothing to do with the story, but the police soon find out the opposite. However, a second murder places everything in a totally different perspective. In the meantime Veerle keeps stalking Lucas.

The local neighborhood watch tips the police about the robbery on a Turkish electronics seller. Tom Segers and Esther Mathijs soon have their suspects, until a second robbery and even a murder bring up new motives. Didier Franckx meanwhile starts stalking Esther.