Fred hasn't had a holiday in three years. When he is finally forced to take some leave, his worse nightmare comes true: he is replaced by a much more competent News reader.
Rudy has taken on a second job as a cab driver to earn enough money for his tenth'wedding anniversary. But his wife Ans thinks he's having an affair with Sylvia.
Syl is ashamed about having to go into hospital for a cyst on her bottom. To make matters worse, she has to share a room with a woman who is constantly grumpy.
After Sylvia's car is hit from behind, she quickly hits it off with the female driver, so much so that she becomes her new best friend, to the dismay of Roos.
When station owner Boudewijn Smit decrees that the news needs to be funnier, Sylvia agrees, just to spite Leo and ends up on TV herself, next to the new comedic duo of Fred and Jerry.