Justice minister Pauwels receives an anonymous demand to release major criminal Durinckx, otherwise his favorite niece Chloe will be hurt, but he won't negotiate with terrorists or cause a panic. She's in boarding school, so Rick goes undercover as the nerd's fellow pupil and potential best friend, Xavier as school handyman and Olivia as interim history teacher. The coach is naively in cahoots with an external fiend, who impersonates a guest lecturer.
