Eigen Kweek
was a 2013-2019 Belgian crime comedy television series on the Belgian channel Eén. It was the most watched TV programme in Flanders in 2013. The show revolves around a family of local Belgian potato farmers, who lost all their money and try to win it back by growing cannabis. For this reason, it has been called "the Breaking Bad of Flanders". Languages The main language in the series is not the standard Dutch spoken in Belgium (Flemish) but West Flemish, a dialect in the province of West Flanders. As a few characters are from the Philippines, Filipino is also spoken. In order to communicate with them, the locals also speak English with a very strong Flemish accent. Dunglish is used extensively throughout the series, especially by Frank. This English interspersed with (West) Flemish pronunciations was appreciated by the viewers of Eigen Kweek. Eén responded to this popularity on its website with a 'soundboard' collecting Frank's most striking statements. Parts of the third season take place in the French Flanders and therefore French is also spoken. Only conversations in Filipino have subtitles. Plot Season 1 Jos and Ria Welvaert are potato farmers in Wijtschate. Their nephew Geoffrey proposes them an investment to earn money quickly. However, eight months later, Geoffrey ends up in prison after he spent all the money received from the Welvaerts, who are now in financial troubles. Meanwhile Jos and Ria's eldest son, Frank, meets Nenita, the wife of Lucien, a neighbour of his parents. She shows him a picture of her younger sister Julita, who still lives in the Philippines and is willing to be a mail-order bride. After Frank picks her up at the airport, their initial conversations are difficult, partly due to Frank's broken English. Moreover, Julita thinks something is wrong with her, as Frank refuses to have sex straight away. They eventually grow closer and Julita realises that Frank really loves her and didn't bring her to Belgium just for sex. On the other hand, she also sees her sister Nenita being exploited by Lucien. Frank's younger brother Steven has a small weed plantation in a hangar, together with his friend Fluppe. Jos learns, via the regular house friend and policewoman Chantal, that a lot of money can be made with growing weed. He makes a proposal to Steven to grow more weed together to get rid of their debts: they buy seeds in the Netherlands and start their cannabis plantation. A little later, the police arrives near the Welvaerts' house. Jos and Steven think they have found their hangar full of weed, but it turns out that they came for his neighbour Lucien's, who is also involved in drug deals and is immediately arrested. The police raid scares Jos, who decides to tell Ria about their weed plantation. In the meantime, Nenita finds Lucien's drug money, about 150,000 euros, and wants to flee back to the Philippines with Julita. However, Julita has fallen in love with Frank and does not want to go