The original ending of "Love story" (season 4, episode 13) was effectively intended as a final send-off for leading actor Carry Goossens, who's character Oscar Crucke was the "pater familias" of the football team (F.C. De Kampioenen). The head writer of the show, Frank Van Laecke, confessed that he came up with the idea as he was disappointed with Goossens's departure. In fact, he felt bitter and wrote a surreal ending to his stay in the series. Oscar was highly respected by the other characters and he was very popular among viewers. Goossens's send-off was controversial due to its surrealism. Oscar disappears due to an act of magic by the character Xavier Waterslaeghers (Johny Voners). He's then not heard from for as long as the series ran. Goossens reprised the role of Oscar in the second feature film, released in 2015. The episode features two endings. The original version aired on television Christmas Day 1993, arose controversy and got a second take. Oscar leaves for Tenerife in the alternative version, which appears on DVD and was included as part of re-runs of the series.
The final scene reveals that Oscar's father Amedee and Dimitri's mother Georgette are travelling to Tenerife but only after Xavier's magic act, no matter what. Oscar did know they were a couple, since only the ending was re-recorded. However, his father never told him that he planned on going. Before the last scene, viewers learned that Oscar isn't amused with his father falling in love with Georgette. Oscar does not know about his father's holiday in the original ending. He has disappeared by the time Marc and Bieke enter and tell the others they dropped off Amedee and Dimitri's mother at the airport. Dimitri, who didn't know about their holiday either, is shocked. When Pascale asks him to do something, Oscar doesn't respond. Pascale removes Boma's overcoat from Oscar's chair. She discovers Oscar is gone and that Xavier's trick worked.
Summarized, the original ending has Oscar uninformed about his father's holiday because he disappeares before the news is brought to him. In the alternative ending, he does know and searches for his father. In both versions, Xavier convinces him to be a guinea pig for his magic act. This, however, is what the plot is about. The official story behind its creation is that Frank Van Laecke, the main writer of the show at that time, felt deeply disappointed over Carry Goossens's departure. In 2021, Frank Van Laecke admitted that he wanted to get rid of Carry Goossens as fast as possible, that he wanted him to "disappear like a devil in the night" but fierce criticism has made Van Laecke change his mind.
The final scene reveals that Oscar's father Amedee and Dimitri's mother Georgette are travelling to Tenerife but only after Xavier's magic act, no matter what. Oscar did know they were a couple, since only the ending was re-recorded. However, his father never told him that he planned on going. Before the last scene, viewers learned that Oscar isn't amused with his father falling in love with Georgette. Oscar does not know about his father's holiday in the original ending. He has disappeared by the time Marc and Bieke enter and tell the others they dropped off Amedee and Dimitri's mother at the airport. Dimitri, who didn't know about their holiday either, is shocked. When Pascale asks him to do something, Oscar doesn't respond. Pascale removes Boma's overcoat from Oscar's chair. She discovers Oscar is gone and that Xavier's trick worked.
Summarized, the original ending has Oscar uninformed about his father's holiday because he disappeares before the news is brought to him. In the alternative ending, he does know and searches for his father. In both versions, Xavier convinces him to be a guinea pig for his magic act. This, however, is what the plot is about. The official story behind its creation is that Frank Van Laecke, the main writer of the show at that time, felt deeply disappointed over Carry Goossens's departure. In 2021, Frank Van Laecke admitted that he wanted to get rid of Carry Goossens as fast as possible, that he wanted him to "disappear like a devil in the night" but fierce criticism has made Van Laecke change his mind.
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