Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal way. Sergei is the best in his field, so he entrusted with the investigation. Sergei has a complex character; the hero has obviously been through a lot, and his most terrible secrets are buried here, in Crystal city, where Sergei was born and raised.
Alexander Maximov is a brilliant psychologist and the best negotiator in Russia. But even an ideal, it would seem, employee makes mistakes. In the past, while negotiating with the terrorists who had taken over the school, Maximov suffers a defeat when his daughter is killed. Unable to look his wife and son in the eyes, Alexander leaves the family. Years later the hero again faces the perpetrator of that tragedy - it turns out that during an explosion at that school the intruder did not die and now throws Maksimov a new challenge.
San Sanych Kuleshov is a major of the FSB. He works in the wiretapping department. San Sanych has huge opportunities. He can connect to any smartphone, check any laptop, get into any desktop computer and find out everything about his "object". For many years, Sanych was part of a soulless state machine. He didn't ask unnecessary questions and did his job. So he lived to be 50 years old and suddenly realized that people are kind, weak and defenseless. They don't need surveillance, they need help. San Sanych becomes a hero, but a secret one. He appears where he is not expected, and causes good, despite the fact that no one asks him about it.
This is a story about commitment and dedication to one's talent which resonates with the difficult topic of the mother's love deficit that is relevant for many.
Five friends (Yura, Jules, Lika, Krest and Kostya) notice that their classmates, seemingly unrelated to each other, are steadily disappearing. Teachers attribute this to their parents ' sudden decision to move to another city. Parents do not pay attention to this, assuming that the child is just seriously ill and is in a local hospital. But these explanations do not seem plausible to the guys, and they decide to initiate their own investigation.
Alyona Lipnitskaya, at the head of a team of doctors, helps patients to establish a personal life using the author's technique and demonstrates by her example the effectiveness of the chosen lifestyle — Alyona turns 50, but others do not give her more than 35. Her clinic is visited by people whose health problems and relationships with loved ones are rooted in sexual disharmony. However, problems appear in the life of a happy and successful doctor of sciences — the puzzle of a happy life collapses in an instant. Alyona will have to fight for the clinic, sort out her personal life and find a new formula for happiness.
After 30 years, Roma and Luba's marriage is bursting at the seams. Their pregnant daughter Nastya gives her parents a ticket to a five—star Turkish hotel for the anniversary - to establish relations and really relax. However, the vacation is not set literally from the first minutes: Roma and Lyuba swear on the plane and decide to divorce upon arrival. They will have to play the role of loving spouses for the whole vacation, so as not to upset their pregnant daughter, who worries and calls every hour.
Lyuba and Roma are tired of their long marriage, but their pregnant daughter Nastya and son-in-law Stepan decide to help their relatives keep the family together and give a tour to a five-star hotel in Turkey. Parents agree only in order not to upset their daughter, but they do not think about any restoration of relations. On the contrary, Lyuba quarrels with Roma on the plane, demands a divorce, and at the very first dinner starts flirting with the handsome Turk Emin, drinks too much, and in the morning finds a corpse in her bed ... This is how this unusual story begins, in which there is a place for dangerous and fun adventures, blackmail, exploits for the sake of loved ones and a new breath in relationships.
Sasha, 30, is a serial loser trying his best to become a successful business coach. Fate leads him to billionaire Oleg Kalugin, who decides to hire a cheerful dreamer as a coach. However, Kalugin does not need business advice, in which the guy knows nothing, but the secret of his ability to sincerely enjoy life despite poverty and other problems. From this moment on, drastic changes begin in Sasha's life, which show the real price of success. Step by step, he is moving further away from happiness, plunging into a world of deception, betrayal, hatred and really big, but dirty money.
Moscow. Denis Viktorovich, his six-year-old grandson Denis, is brought to the old resident of the house on Karetny. Grandfather Denis tells stories to his grandson every day about his age, who lived in a completely different era. Denis's grandfather's stories become a portal to his carefree Soviet childhood in one of the Moscow courtyards. Stories come to life, and grandson Denis embarks on a journey into the past. It turns out that at any time, children have a lot in common — curiosity, spontaneity, immense love and interest in how this world works.
Mid-2000s, the village of Livni. The brisk and purposeful Zinaida sells cosmetics and learns from one of her clients that if she gives birth to a child in America, he will automatically receive US citizenship. And when he reaches adulthood, he will be able to leave and move his parents to their new homeland. At a meeting with her friends, Zina suggests that they all get pregnant together and save up money to make a baby tour. It remains for a small matter — to get money and a father for the future American.
In the center of the story are former lovers who have to go a long and dangerous path in order to save their son and find a common language with each other again. A young veterinarian from Moscow, Vasily Bulatov, is kidnapped by a group of terrorists from a Greek hotel and transported to one of the regions of Syria.
She is an aspiring actress but works as a criminal investigator. This doesn’t sit well with her — she wants to be a star. So meanwhile she moonlights as a stunt person, and discreetly provides production designers with items from the evidence locker for ’real ambiance’. The heroine is so charming, that everyone, including the audience, forgives her minor misdemeanor. She has a great sense of humor and always finds unorthodox ways to handle dangerous situations and to solve crimes. With a partner who is her complete opposite, they work all kinds of cases. In the end, she realizes that her place is with the police, not with the glamorous world of film, but it takes courage to admit that…
Anton Ebergard, a journalist famous for his cutting exposes on dirty public officials, is falling on hard times. His new book’s selling poorly; he was thrown out of his job in a prestigious newspaper. Anton’s daughter takes part in street protests and ends up behind bars. Money’s scarce: the bank is pressuring Anton who’s behind on his mortgage payments. To get a job as a publicity officer at a city council Anton has to go against his convictions. He warns the corrupt Mayor that the law enforcement’s planning to catch him red-handed when taking a bribe.
Nora is a successful businesswoman with a steely grip not only on her work, but also on her family relationships. Her perfectly constructed system of life collapses when her beloved husband Vanya suddenly dies. The news of his death is accompanied by no less shocking information: Vanya had a "second life". Not only was he cheating on his wife, but he was also secretly practicing the tango, a passionate dance that is the exact opposite of a clear and structured life with Nora. Trying to make sense of what happened, Nora herself goes to the tango school, which at first seems to her to be a meeting place for people with low social responsibility. But in the end it is this colorful world that changes Nora beyond recognition: she will go from a woman with an iron grip to a free and soft dancer.