Catholic curate René Delandsheer reports the theft of his parish church's valuable black Madonna. Most mentioned suspect is rascal Dede, of African descent. Shortly after, the boy is found under the bell tower after a fatal fall. But it was a mere fall down the stairs that killed him, so probably covered-up murder. After an old secret is found out, a confession is made, which Tom firmly disbelieves. Meanwhile Mike and Jimmy hunt down a fake uniformed cop.

A possibly fake motorbike pizza deliverer beats Herman De Bruin cripple with an iron bar. Same MO fails to hurt nightclub bouncer Berre Verdonck. Openly promiscuous gay Sylvain Bosteels however is beaten to death. He extorted many small businesses by raising rent on the buildings he owned and accepted 'payment in kind' by hunky debtors, or in ugly pizzeria-owner Willy Peeters's case suggested his sexy son and deliverer Kevin. Tom meanwhile worries about his ma's possibly reviving affair with limping first-ever lover Marcel, and finds an apparent link.