Het Pleintje, can be translated as The Little Square, was a Flemish television series produced by the former public broadcasting channel BRT, nowadays VRT.
The series is set around a (fictional) square somewhere in Belgium, most probably around Brussels, and is about the adventures and struggling of its inhabitants.
A part of the tenants are catholic such as priest Pol Sickx, sexton Felix Piepermans, pub-owner Poliet Peck and the Stoffels family.
Another part is more progressive such as art painter Karel Peers, Barbara Vink and the Briers family.
The series starts when a camera team is making a documentary about the charming square which is to be broadcast on national television.
The host of the show - Jan Matterne - introduces the inhabitants and shows its cultural attractions such as the church and the painting "De Rechtvaardige Vrederechters" (translated as The Righteous Justices of the Peace) in the law court where Aristide de Lesseweg runs a Justice of the peace.
The first dispute in the series to be handled before court is the case where the goats of police officer Gerard Briers ate the flowers of his neighbor Harry Stoffels.
Felix, a gossip, spreads the word Nicole is pregnant of Luc Briers, son of Gerard.
When this turns out to be the truth priest Sickx and Aristide are forced to interfere and to convince both families "a mixed marriage" is necessary.
Luckily for her, local tailor and doom predictor Fons offers his services for free and adjusts the dress so it is more comfortable.
Luc is forced to rent a black tie but as he feigns a twisted ankle, hoping he misses the wedding ceremony, his father Gerard splits the trouser.
Aristide, not fond of Catholicism, convinces both to accuse the priest as he is the one who left and thus responsible for the cancelled wedding ceremony.
Art painter Karel Peers is in love with Barbara so is Gentil Bers, a politician, who takes care of his handicapped, demanding mother Eveline.
Aristide is sexually attracted to Aurelia Bank, daughter of Bertha who runs "De Oude Griffie" (translated as: The Old Court Registry), a chic bistro.
She also abominates the fact Aristide continuously humiliates his brother Boniface and describes him as a plaster garden gnome.
Initially Aurelia pretends to fancy Aristide as he is a good customer who frequently pays the bills of others.
Solely based upon the property document the Catholics can never win the case as the handover was more than 30 years ago thus time-barred.
The Catholics are to be thought to have stolen the painting and more presumable Felix Piepermans, priest Sickx and Mrs Sap.
Fons and Marie have financial issues: they evaded taxes for years and now have to pay a huge fine.
They are the main suspect of a bunch of thievery, such as in the house of Sickx and de Lesseweg, where expensive bottles of wine are stolen.