Description
Meet Fokke Augustinus: a sharp forensic psychiatrist, working with the criminally insane. Not afraid to use unorthodox methods or experiments, he books fast results. But in this process he’s often showing too much of himself. Suffering from severe father-issues himself he’s allowing some patients to come too close.
Lately things haven’t been the same. His inability to communicate with the ones dearest to him, is almost costing him his family. His beautiful, passionate wife Machteld feels trapped in suburbia. She’s looking for a spiritual, more meaningful existence beyond just being a mom and has found love and meaning outside her marriage. Fokke’s teenage son Pepijn is drifting towards apathy, due to lack of clear set boundaries.
Fokke has arrived at an important crossroad in his life. On the same day he learns about the death of his father whom he parted with many years ago, his wife decided she wants to divorce him. Now that he’s about to lose it all it finally concurs to him what’s most important to him. His family.
In a bold move to give his marriage one last chance he plans to move to the quiet countryside and escape suburbia with all its destructive lures. He accepts the inheritance of Holland’s Hope; the remote farm he grew up in and fled from, so long ago. A reboot for the Augustinus family at the historic farm, at the end of the world: Groningen.
His family seems to thrive at the far edge of The Netherlands but with the farm he also accepts something else. Holland’s Hope appears to be a front for a huge criminal enterprise and Fokke is about to find out he’s actually inheriting the largest marijuana farm the country has ever known.
Once again Fokke is dealing – literally, this time – with hardened crooks. But his knowledge of the criminal mind not only gives him an edge over his late father; it also brings him more success than he can handle. Fokke inherits his late father's position and is about to follow his exact footsteps… Perhaps even into death.
• Holland's Hope premiered as broadcaster NPO2’s highest-rated show of the day
• The debut season more than trebled NPO2's primetime average for Adults 20-49 (+258%)