2022 – The show begins with Sofie Geboers (Inge Paulussen) walking down the road, with a rifle. Luk Van Gael (Kevin Janssens) admits he will never again vote for a leftist politician. Someone points out that Stef Van Gompel (Koen De Bouw) is a leftish politician in the right-wing party. Stef asks why he feels that way. He tells him that his belief is the left-wing party takes the people’s money. Sofie approaches the house. As the men talk politics, she enters the kitchen and orders them to the ground at gunpoint. Didier Verporten (Herwig Ilegems) hits the floor while the others stop amid the action. She bursts out laughing, assuring them she was just messing with them. They stare at her in horror as she apologizes.
Stef assures her nothing about what she did was amusing. She asks if he is feeling guilty. She eventually hands the gun to Luk who hands it to Peter Van Gael (Tom Vermeir). With Sofie and Luk gone, Didier assures them that she knows nothing. Stef asks if her behavior is odd. He says nothing out of the ordinary.
July 1992 – Sofie Geboers (Louis Bergez) is having a smoke when Stef Van Gompel (Vincent Van Sande) approaches. Accepting her offer of a cigarette, he sits down across from her. She informs him that things bother her more at night. She describes her chest as feeling like a sumo wrestler is sitting on it. He tells her that he feels his problems are solvable at night. He says people can spend the remainder of their days trying to find resolutions to their problems. She tells him that he makes her feel safe. She asks if he is in love with Saskia Van dessel (Tine Roggeman). He goes to the restroom without answering her question.
2022 – Sofie joins Romee Tanesy (An Miller), Saskia Van Dessel (Ruth Becquart) and Lia Donkers (Sanne-Samina Hanssen) by the pool. She informs them of the guys’ scared response to the gun. Romee says their fear increases each year. Sofie contributes their increasing fear to declining testosterone levels. Lia questions why they are staring at her. Romee tells them that she is innocent when it comes to sex and oftentimes so jealous. Sofie asks Lia if she always enjoyed sex when she was a professional. Lia says sometimes Saskia asks about her clients. She says males, females, and couples. Sofie tells them about Didier’s kinkiness, which she doesn’t like. Stunned, Romee questions if she is really talking about Didier. She refuses to explain further. Lia asks Saskia if she feels a connection to Stef. Saskia agrees he is attractive.
Didier informs Peter and Stef about his affair with Lia. Peter asks if he is talking about Luk’s Lia. As Luk approaches with beer, Didier pleads with them to say nothing. Luk explains to Stef how to shoot the pigeon. As he leaves to launch the pigeon, Peter asks Didier if Luk is aware of the affair. He says he isn’t for sure, but it was 10 years ago before she hooked up with Luk. When he tells them about paying her nightly, Peter shockingly asks if she was a hooker. He says she went by the name Angel, not Lia. Luk laughs when Stef severely misses the pigeon. As Luk waits for them to launch the pigeon, Didier denies knowing if Luk knows about Lia’s former profession. Peter says it is surely her. Stef assures them that an escort will do anything for money. Didier claims to feel guilt for what he did. Peter reminds them that Luk wasn’t present when Sofie was sexually assaulted. Stef says Luk doesn’t have anything to lose. Peter argues that Peter didn’t do it.
Didier points out Luk over-invested in driving school and his divorce to Saskia who isn’t loaded. Peter tells him to stop but he continues rambling about Luk being a suspect. Stef reminds them of Luk being the owner of the camera. Peter denies Luk ever had access to the tape because they all burnt it. When he assures them Luk would come to him if he needed money, Didier claims he asked him for money. Didier swears Luk is the blackmailer. Peter tells them Luk has no idea what Bitcoin is.
Lia tells Didier that their meeting at the airport was a shocker. He asks if she remembers. She assures him that her memory is the same, just her life has changed. As she walks away, he grabs her arm. He asks why she is really there. She says because Luk asked her to accompany him on the trip. He asks if Luk is paying her. She informs him that they’ve been together for three years. He demands she not play games while they are there. She slaps him across the face before walking away. He tells Peter and Stef about her slapping him.
July 1992 – When Sofie wakes not feeling so well. She goes to the restroom to vomit. As Romee Tanesy (Marieke Anthoni) passes the restroom, she sees her vomiting. She tries to assist her, but Sofie tells her that she just wants to be alone.
Didier Verporten (Bjarne Devolder) is having breakfast when Mark (Felix Meyer) and Peter Van Gael (Lukas Bulteel) enter. Peter admits he feels awful. Didier admits to feeling the same. Mark suggests it is from drinking so much. Peter assures him it has nothing to do with their drinking. Stef says they need to tell Sofie. Peter asks what if she has no memory of what happened. He asks what if she does. Mark reminds them of the tape in Luk’s camera. Luk arrives to eat breakfast. Romee asks why they were in Didier’s parents’ bedroom. Stef claims Sofi passed out after consuming booze and pills. Peter recommends Stef take a shower first. After Stef leaves, Luk tells Peter he shouldn’t be bullying him. Peter assures him that Luk bad body odor.
Stef retrieves the tape from Luk’s camera.
Romee asks Sofi if the guys helped her to bed. Sofie says she believes they did. Romee says they were making so much noise she couldn’t sleep. She asks if things got weird with the guys. She assures her it wasn’t like that but will never take any more pills.
As Stef shows the tape to Peter and Didier, Sofie descends the steps. Didier asks if she is ill. She tells them about falling asleep in the wrong bed. Looking at a sullen Stef, she asks if she is intruding. Peter complains of his head throbbing. When she dives into the water, Mark says she has no memory of what happened.
2022 – Stef searches Luk’s room while Stef searches his room. Luk is startled by Peter’s unannounced arrival. Peter asks if he was having a cigarette. He initially denies smoking but owns up to it. Peter questions if he is aware of Lia’s former profession. Admitting it’s how they met, he points out that she’s been nursing for seven years now. Peter assures him that he isn’t judging her. He asks how he found out about her. Peter admits Didier told him. He admits to feeling bad for Lia because her being an escort will continue to haunt her.
Didier asks Sofie if she is enjoying herself. When he leaves, Romee says the filters disappear after years of marriage. Saskia joins them. They discuss their past decisions.
July 1992 – With gun drawn, Didier walks through the cornfield, calling for Peter. Didier fires several shots at a rooster and misses. When Peter fires his gun, he hits Didier near the eye. Didier calls him a “dumbass.”
Romee suggests he go to the hospital. He informs her that his father is known throughout the hospital. She assures him that it was an accident. When she and Peter are out of earshot, she tells him that she will not be held responsible for what happens. Didier asks to be transported to the emergency room. She kisses Peter before walking away.
2022 – Luk informs Lia of Stef and Peter know about her past. He assures her there is no need to be ashamed. She denies feeling shame. When he describes her being with Didier as crazy, she walks away.
Lia informs everyone that she is a former escort. She assures them it was something she chose to do on her own. She claims the money from escorting paid for her college degree. Luk tells them that Didier was one of her clients. Shocked, Sofi confronts Lia about not telling her.
Sofie asks Didier why she didn’t know anything about it. He assures her that it didn’t mean anything. She refuses to let him touch her. He blames Luk for telling everyone. She tells him that it isn’t Luk’s fault, but his. When he informs her that it happened 10 years ago, she says it doesn’t have an expiration date. She assures him that she will not play a victim. She tells him that everything surfaces eventually before walking away.
When Sofie joins the others, she warns them that she refuses to talk about Didier’s infidelity. She smokes for the first time in 30 years. Luk apologizes for disclosing Didier’s affair. She tells him that she is glad he did tell her.
July 1992 – Irate, Peter orders Mark to leave. Mark drives his moped into the pool. When Luk tries to get him to calm down, he shoves him to the ground. Luk runs into the house after him.
2022 – Didier tells the others that he recently encountered Mark’s parents. He says every July 18, they receive flowers from them. Stef claims to have dreams of Mark. Luk has a flashback of Mark shoving him down. During a flashback of Mark, Luk admits to locking Mark’s door on the night of the fire. In the flashback, he takes the key after locking the door. He tells them that Mark would be alive now if he hadn’t locked the door. Saskia asks why he never talked to her about it. Romee assures him that Mark could’ve easily knocked the door down. Peter reminds him of Mark’s autopsy that showed he suffocated on the bed. He gives him a hug while assuring him that everything is all right.
In a video, Mark is stuffing food into his mouth and swimming nude in another video.
Didier tells Peter that he wasn’t aware of Mark’s autopsy. Peter shakes his head as if there was no autopsy. Before Didier goes to his bedroom, Peter says Luk shouldn’t have said anything about him sleeping with Lia. Didier tells him that he shouldn’t had an affair with her. He looks around to see Sofie talking to Lia.
Peter gets out of bed to find Sofie’s sexual assault video playing on the TV. He frantically searches for the remote. When he can’t find it, he unplugs the electric cable. He turns around to face Romee as the episode comes to an end.
Two Summers Review
The episode provided more insight into what happened in July 1992. We are left with more questions than answers, hallway into the season. Sofie now knows about Didier’s affair with Lia. Luk appears to have some animosity against his friends, it is unclear why. Unless Romee was an illusion to draw in viewers, she knows about the video.
There is so much more we want to know about July 1992. Enquiring minds want to know all of it. With a second season not in the works, it is questionable how much information will be revealed before the finale. There is only one way to find out, continue watching.
The episode deserves a 6.8. Get more Two Summers recaps here. Support Reel Mockery by clicking on the link.
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