The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes tell exactly the same events, only through the eyes of the criminals inside and their victims.
'Over Water' follows John Beckers who gains one last chance from his wife Marjan and their two children to get his life back on track. After a visit to rehab, John starts his new job at the freight company of his father-in-law. The port of Antwerp is a whole new world for the former TV star. It's a harsh environment, but also one with its own rules and traditions. John fights his old demons as well as new temptations, but quickly enters a dangerous arena but also a very lucrative trade of the docks: cocaine. John Beckers came to work at the port, but finds increasingly extreme ways to make the port work for him.
Inspired by the Ten Commandments, a perpetrator commits a series of gruesome crimes hoping to jolt society's dull conscience and restore its moral standards.
When Belgium's credit rating is lowered from AA+ to B, a crisis affecting mostly young people erupts. While the gap between baby boomers and youngsters grows, Jonas tries to win back his ex-girlfriend.