The Twelve

Seasons

2019

Belgium

7.4

Twelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a murder case as traumatizing as it is controversial in which a woman stands trial for killing her own blood.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Frie

Ghent, 2018. Twelve citizens with different backgrounds are plucked from their daily lives. They come together to make up the jury for the "Millennium Trial", a controversial assize case.

S1 • E2

Donald

In court, the retired cop Donald Vantomme is questioned. He conducted the Brechtje Vindevogel murder investigation between 2000 and 2016, but was taken off the case because he was getting nowhere.

S1 • E3

Eliane

FJP Commissioner Eliane Pascual methodically explains to the court how the police has been able to catch Fri Palmers for both crimes after eighteen years.

S1 • E4

Marc

Marc Vindevogel, father of the victim, is now the first to testify for the public prosecutor. He confesses that he never believed Fri to be guilty.

S1 • E5

Stefaan

Stefaan is becoming a main witness in the trial. His ex-girlfriend Brechtje disappeared in 2000 and was found dead. His daughter Roos died fourteen years later.

S1 • E6

Guy

In court, Guy Vanneste, the cattle farmer who was the main suspect in the Brechtje murder for sixteen years, is called to testify.

S1 • E7

Lutgard en Margot

The last witnesses for the prosecution are Margot and Lutgard Tindemans, Stefaan De Munck's new girlfriend and mother-in-law.

S1 • E8

Cleo en Jutta

It is now the turn of the expert witnesses. The coroner and the legal psychiatrist are testifying today. Commissioner Eliane Pascual presents the reconstruction of the two murders.

S1 • E9

Ulrich en Elisabeth

Marc Vindevogel and his lawyer have important news for the defence lawyer. They have proof that Stefaan has committed perjury during his testimony and believe that he is behind the murders.

S1 • E10

Brechtje en Roos

Today, the jury must debate the guilt of Frie Palmers. But first Noël confesses he leaked information to the press, which means he must be replaced in the jury by Delphine when they start deliberating.