The WORST episodes of Penoza

Every episode of Penoza ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Penoza!

When her husband, a notorious drug lord, is wound up in the eyes of their youngest son, Carmen makes a drastic decision. Penoza sketches a penetrating picture of the Dutch underworld in which choices regarding family loyalty and money are on the cutting edge to be made. Penoza is told as a family saga with Carmen, a working mother with an exceptional profession at the head.

Last Updated: 12/9/2025Network: KRO-NCRVStatus: Ended
Episode 7
star
7.38
29 votes

#1 - Episode 7

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/8/2017

Search for Truth
star
7.39
199 votes

#2 - Search for Truth

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2012

Luther and Carmen send a message to the people wanting her dead. Natalie leaves home for Amsterdam and Irwan spots an apportunity to offer Carmen an olive branch but he soon finds himself in grave danger once more.

Episode 6
star
7.41
37 votes

#3 - Episode 6

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/1/2017

Comeback (1/2)
star
7.44
222 votes

#4 - Comeback (1/2)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/25/2012

While Irwan is preparing to wed his pregnant wife Hanneke in jail, his sister, Carmen, is settling into her new, anonymous life in a distant town in the Netherlands. But when a detective shows up pleading with her to testify against her brother, it seems that it won't be so easy for Carmen to leave her past behind her.

Episode 2
star
7.46
39 votes

#5 - Episode 2

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2017

Carmen wants to know how were the kidnappers and decides to work together with xtc trader Marcus en his son Davy. After the kidnapping, Storm starts to see his work for Carmen in a different way.

Where is my son?
star
7.49
98 votes

#6 - Where is my son?

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2015

Writer: Willem Bosch
Episode 5
star
7.52
27 votes

#7 - Episode 5

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/2017

Episode 8
star
7.55
31 votes

#8 - Episode 8

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/15/2017

Traitors and informers
star
7.60
137 votes

#9 - Traitors and informers

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2013

Carmen is increasingly convinced there's a mole in her organisation. She suspects a number of people, including Storm. John is arrested by the police on suspicion of failing to stop after an accident.

Hard Times
star
7.61
189 votes

#10 - Hard Times

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2012

Carmen goes on a dangerous pursuit to find Irwan while Hanneke goes into labor. Upon meeting her new nephew, Carmen is confronted with the state of her own family and her relationship with John de Weerdt.

Shut Law
star
7.63
189 votes

#11 - Shut Law

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/30/2012

Carmen is arrested and put into isolation. She begins to worry when evidence emerges of her potential involvement in a brutal murder and the District Attorney uses news of Natalie's erratic behavior in Amsterdam as leverage against her.

Episode 4
star
7.65
34 votes

#12 - Episode 4

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/17/2017

Now Carmen knows who's crossing her, nothing seems to be standing in the way of solving the problem. The lawyer is forced to call on help from the cartel to keep the minds calm.

Episode 1
star
7.65
37 votes

#13 - Episode 1

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/27/2017

Business is going well and Carmen starts preparing her retirement. During Boris's birthday party there are problems in the harbour. Carmen has to decide what has more priority.

The Beginning
star
7.65
390 votes

#14 - The Beginning

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2010

Carmen realizes the business concerns of her husband Frans are not strictly legal when her son, Boris, finds a gun in his father's car. Frans admits he's lived in fear since a drug exchange went wrong.

Double murder
star
7.66
125 votes

#15 - Double murder

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2015

Comeback (2/2)
star
7.67
216 votes

#16 - Comeback (2/2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/2012

Carmen is visited by her father Andre's right hand man, Luther, who asks her to forgive her brother Irwan. Having narrowly escaped an attempt on her life, Carmen is now being forced to choose between justice and the wishes of her dying father.

Dark Secrets
star
7.67
165 votes

#17 - Dark Secrets

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2013

Now her latest shipment of drugs has been intercepted by the Justice Department, Carmen's plans to get out of crime are in tatters, and Rosales holds her responsible for the entire missing consignment

Escaped the death
star
7.67
132 votes

#18 - Escaped the death

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2013

The Mexican cartel send a delegation to the Netherlands to interrogate Carmen and Rosales. A police operation is set up, headed by Jim Leeflang, aiming to arrest them as soon as they make contact.

Episode 3
star
7.69
36 votes

#19 - Episode 3

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/2017

Carmen is furious when a new container arrives without coke. She plays a dangerous game with the Mexicans, but it is the question whether they are responsible. Who wants to take over Carmen's role?

Driven to madness
star
7.74
61 votes

#20 - Driven to madness

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/2015

Directors: Shariff Korver
Writer: Willem Bosch
On the Deathlist
star
7.74
221 votes

#21 - On the Deathlist

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/2/2012

Carmen continues to feel under threat and calls on Luther for help, but they soon become accomplices when yet another attempt is made on her life. Irwan meanwhile is preparing for his release from jail and is blackmailed by an old rival.

Deep Trouble
star
7.75
124 votes

#22 - Deep Trouble

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/2013

With blood on her hands, and Simon Zwart cutting a suspicious figure, it seems less likely than ever that Carmen will be able to escape the clutches of this dangerous underworld. But then she makes a discovery that changes her belief in everything she held to be true.

Confrontations
star
7.76
348 votes

#23 - Confrontations

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/2010

Carmen pays a visit to Christian Schiller who denies all knowledge of blackmail and instead asks for a favor: if she can re-open the transport route for a consignment of drugs, he will leave her family alone.

The Guardian
star
7.78
209 votes

#24 - The Guardian

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/6/2013

At a family funeral, Carmen is confronted with the shady figures who dragged her back into this dangerous criminal underworld. She realizes that she must prepare a strong offence of her own in order to protect what's left of her family.

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Wanhopige zoektocht
star
7.78
92 votes

#25 - Wanhopige zoektocht

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2015

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