Koekebakker is a successful journalist. His old mates, however, turned out failures: Bekker has lost all hope of changing the world, Hoyer works for the socialist party, Bavink suffers from mental problems and Kees is a simple laborer.

Political drama follows the alleged events leading up to the wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima, in which Max van der Stoel must force father Zorreguieta not to attend the wedding.

Uitgesloten is set in 1983. Jonathan is 18 and, just like his best friend Coen, he has grown up in the Jehovah's Witnesses. In this world with its strict rules, Jonathan and Coen however have their own ideas. Both have girlfriends, Marjan and Annemiek, who live in a very different world: the girls study at art school and mix with squatters. The boys do not tell their girlfriends about their background and they anxiously keep Marjan and Annemiek hidden from their own community. The friends lead a double life: they ring doorbells to distribute the Ontwaakt! and play in a band for the Jehovah's Witnesses, while they also visit ska concerts and squatters' bars and become increasingly caught up in the worldly life of Marjan and Annemiek.

Over the past year, the atmosphere at Mariska's home has changed dramatically. Her parents are no longer able to communicate, so Mariska (13) escapes from this stifling environment. On the beach, she meets Christiaan, a kite surfer, who gives Mariska a sense of freedom that she increasingly succumbs to. Mariska's parents' relationship is under great strain because of her behavior, but even when her father leaves them, she continues to fight to bring about change within the family.