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SummaryPiet van der Valk (Marc Warren) with his team that includes Lucienne Hassell (Maimie McCoy) and Job Cloovers (Elliot Barnes-Worrell) investigate crimes in Amsterdam in this reboot of the long-running (ran on ITV between 1972-92) British crime drama based on the novels by Nicolas Freeling. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 26 Apr 2020; ... Read More

❮ Van der Valk

Season 1

Season Premiere:

2020

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Episode 1 • Jan 1, 2020 • 90 m

Love in Amsterdam

Two apparently unrelated men are found murdered in two different places in Amsterdam on the same day, raising questions as to whether they are linked, and if they have anything to do with the disappearance of an activist student.

Episode 2 • 2020 • 90 m

Only in Amsterdam

Van der Valk is contacted following the death of a young woman. The investigation brings him into contact with a nun interested in erotica, a Christian sect and a drug facility with a controversial approach to addiction.

Episode 3 • 2020 • 90 m

Death in Amsterdam

In this final episode, when the brutal killing of a fashion vlogger is broadcast live, Piet van der Valk and his team find themselves drawn into investigating the contemporary fashion world.

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Metascore

Generally Favorable

Based on 5 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
3 Reviews

40% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Sep 12, 2020

Reason.com

Van der Valk is a pure, hard-boiled throwback to the days of Mickey Spillane and Jim Thompson.

Sep 10, 2020

Wall Street Journal

Each of the three parts of “Van der Valk” is a stand-alone story and will make longtime “Masterpiece” and “Mystery!” fans nostalgic. Van der Valk feels about Old Master paintings the way Inspector Morse felt about opera, and Jane Tennison (“Prime Suspect”) felt about alcohol. Sex is ultimately behind everything. Love is elusive. The plotlines are serpentine. Following them is a fine way of spending part of one’s Sunday night.

Aug 7, 2020

The Times

The writing was mostly sound and Warren has enough heft to lure me back. Whether it will succeed in this slot for ITV in the same way that Endeavour did is another question.

Sep 11, 2020

TV Guide Magazine

Edgier and grislier than the norm for the franchise. [14 - 27 Sep 2020, p.11]

Aug 7, 2020

The Independent

Marc Warren is a fine actor, and there’s nothing wrong with his VdV except that he just doesn’t fit. ... More unpromising still is the scripting. ... Amsterdam retains its photogenic character and its tawdry charms, and the direction is stylish.