Episode list

Episode 1 Seventeen year old asthmatic Shay Alkobi is the son of Beersheba Magistrate Court Judge and District Court candidate Micah Alkobi. Despite not having his license, Shay goes out for a drive and hits a motorcycle, severely injuring the rider. Panicked, he flees the scene. When Micah learns of the situation, he immediately heads down to the police station with the intention of turning in his son. Moments before handing Shay over to the authorities, he discovers that the victim of the accident is none other than Asaf Ben Atar, who belongs to one of the most dangerous crime families around - and has a change of heart. In a spur of the moment decision, Micah lies to the police and tells Superintendent Hanit Rufus that his car was stolen. He then turns to his good friend Lieutenant Colonel Khaled Abu Nazir, a Bedouin and an old friend from their days in the army, and asks him for his help in getting rid of the vehicle. Khaled calls a family member, a young car thief by the name of Juma Massri, and hands over Micah's car for demolition. While driving the supposedly stolen vehicle, Juma is obtained and arrested by the police.

Episode 2 As part of the Massri family - a crime family with a long-standing and bloody rivalry with the Ben Atars' - Juma is not only suspected of car theft and his involvement in the hit-and-run, but of the notion that the accident was not one at all, but rather a deliberate attempt on Asaf Ben Atar's life. Micah enlists attorney Yael Ben Moshe, a former intern of his and a lawyer at the cusp of her career, to represent Juma. Fearful of Khaled and loyal to the Massri code of silence, Juma refuses to cooperate with the police and Yael. At school, Shay meets Gabi Werter, a physical education teacher who notices his distress. The two become initially acquainted. Supreme Court Judge Sarah Bloom is the mother of Micah's deceased wife and Shay's grandmother. Sarah can sense that something is being kept from her, but isn't successful in getting information out of neither Shay nor Micah, with whom she has a shaky relationship. Superintendent Rufus realizes that the vehicle that hit Asaf Ben Atar is the same car that was reported stolen by Micah, and calls him down to the police station in order to identify Juma. Afraid that Juma will finally start talking, Micah lies to the police and says he saw Juma wandering around his car shortly before it was stolen. Micah strengthens his ties with Yael in the hope that she will report back to him when Juma looks like he's about to talk. Superintendent Rufus figures out that the car that hit Asaf Ben Atar belongs to Micah, and discovers a suspicious find in the vehicle.

Episode 3 Superintendent Rufus secretly meets with Udi Ben Atar, Asaf Ben Atar's brother, who gives her a Ventolin inhaler found at the scene of the accident. Khaled tells Micah he's decided to fire Yael Ben Moshe from Juma's case. Rufus and fellow investigator Avi Nachmias interrogate Juma and tell him that he isn't suspected of stealing a car, but rather of a much more serious offence - a hit-and-run accident. Juma continues to uphold his family's code of silence and says nothing. Shay goes on a field trip with his class and gets drunk in the presence of PE teacher Gabi, who tries to put him off drinking. Khaled fires Yael from Juma's case. Furious, she arrives at Micah's and tells him that there is no way she can be fired legally without Juma's consent. Feeling the rope tighten around his neck, Micah calls Udi Ben Atar with the intention of telling him that Juma was the one that hit his brother, but ends up changing his mind at the last minute.

Episode 4 Micah considers withdrawing his candidacy for the position of District Court Judge, but fears such a move would arouse suspicion. Omar Massri, head of the Bedouin crime family, meets with Khaled's wife Nora, who learns that her husband is in trouble. Juma Massri tries to get out of the mess he's in without throwing Khaled under the bus, and tells Yael he has an alibi for the time of the crime: he was busy stealing a different vehicle some 50 km from the scene of the accident. Yael demands Rufus look into this, but the latter isn't really impressed with this alibi, and is convinced it was fabricated. Shay realizes that his behavior got Gabi in trouble as her firing seems imminent. Yael visits Juma's village in order to confirm his alibi and is attacked by the locals. Even still, she manages to see and photograph the car Juma claims to have stolen at the time of the accident. Khaled meets with Micah and confronts him - he's just starting to realize the mess Micah got him in when he asked him to get rid of his car. Micah transfers a large amount of money to Juma's mother Ida, who in turn must convince her son to take the blame for the accident. Hussnei Massri, a relative of Juma's, is brutally attacked by Ben Atar's men behind bars, right in front of Juma's eyes.

Episode 5 Shay forces Micah to defend Gabi at a disciplinary hearing and save her job at the school. Micah warns Gabi against seeing his son outside of school. Rufus visits Yael at home and shows her photographs of Hussnei, who was badly burned by Ben Atar's cronies while in police custody, and advises that Juma remain in protective custody. Khaled tells Micah that Juma is frightened and likely to start talking and turn them both in. Micah is horrified when Khaled tells him Yael has quit the case. He heads out to her place in order to convince her to go back on her decision. Rufus meets with Asaf and Udi's father, Arye Ben Atar, in prison, and asks him to do what he can to prevent the renewal of war between the Ben Atar and Massri gangs. Sarah invites Rufus to her home, hoping to get some information out of her regarding the secret Micah and Shay insist on keeping from her. Sarah tells Rufus about the Alkobi family's tragedy: Amalia, her daughter and Shay's mother, was mentally ill, fell into drugs and passed away two years ago. Shay, Sarah tells Rufus, is all she has left of her. Micah tries to convince Yael not to deepen her inspection of Juma's alibi. Yael refuses and demands that Rufus head out to the village and locate the car that Juma claims to have stolen at the time of the accident. Shay is gradually falling in love with Gabi. Micah and Khaled head out to Juma's village and burn the car that would have served as his alibi for the night of the accident and cleared him of all suspicion.

Shlomo the Ginger, a member of the Ben Atar gang, is brutally murdered by the Massri family's men - officially reviving the gang war that Rufus tried to prevent. Yael tells Juma that his alibi went up in flames, literally. Desperate, Juma decides to turn on Khaled and Micah. He tells Yael that he wants to be a "State's Witness", and in return he will hand over the name of the guilty party. Yael is sure that Juma is about to extradite Omar Massri and, under Micah's guidance, begins to negotiate his terms with Rufus and State Prosecutor Hana Abu Fadi. In light of DNA evidence, Rufus and Hana already know that Juma is innocent, but hope that he will hand over Omar Massri before his release. Under Micah's guidance, Yael appeals for Juma to be released to house arrest at his uncle Khaled's home. Rufus and Hana acquiesce, under the condition that tomorrow morning Juma will provide them with the name of the person they're after. Gabi learns of Shay's difficult background from Ruth, his homeroom teacher and Vice Principal. Omar tells Khaled he knows about the large amount of money he transferred to Ida, and threatens him with even more trouble if he doesn't follow through with the ensuing demand, that he steal weapons from his army base and get them to him. Shay's courtship of Gabi becomes unbearable to her. Khaled tries to deter Juma from giving him and Micah up to the police. When Micah finds out Khaled failed to change Juma's mind, he tries to flee abroad with Shay, only Shay escapes at the last minute and heads to his grandmother Sarah's instead. Feeling like he has no other choice, Micah calls Udi Ben Atar, tells him that Juma Massri is responsible for hitting his brother with the car and very clearly states Juma's current location - Khaled's house. Udi leaves for Khaled's and kills Juma right in front of his family's eyes, as well as Yael who had just arrived at the scene.

Episode 7 Micah picks Shay up from Sarah's house. Sarah grills him for answers and he feeds her with lies that she has no choice but to believe. After seeing Juma murdered at their own home, Nora informs Khaled that she and the kids are leaving. Shay attempts to get intimate with Gabi - she rejects him aggressively and demands he leave her alone. Yael asks Rufus for details about the investigation of Juma's case. Rufus refuses her and Yael ends up stealing the files from her office. Shay learns of Juma's murder on television, realizes it has something to do with him and his father and harshly confronts Micah about it, who denies any involvement. Shay arrives at the bedside of Asaf Ben Atar and is almost caught by Udi, but manages to escape just in time. Asaf Ben Atar opens his eyes for the first time.

Episode 8 Rufus investigates Omar Massri and Udi Ben Atar for Juma's murder. Naturally, both are denying any involvement in the case. Udi tells Rufus about the peculiar young man he saw at Asaf's bedside. When Rufus looks at the footage from the security camera in Asaf's room, she recognizes the youth to be Shay. Omar kidnaps Khaled's son for several hours as a sign of what's to come if Khaled doesn't come through with the stolen weapons from his army base. Shay gives Gabi an expensive golden necklace. She refuses to accept it and heads down to the principal's office to give notice of her immediate resignation from the school. Rufus asks Micah what his son was doing at Asaf Ben Atar's bedside. Micah doesn't have an answer for her but realizes that she is about to discover the truth. He buys an expensive toy and sends it to Rufus' son as if it were a gift from Udi Ben Atar. Sarah meets with Gabi and confirms her longstanding suspicions that Micah has been feeding her with lies the entire time. Shay arrives at Gabi's class, only to discover that it has been cancelled until further notice. Micah tells Yael he suspects Rufus of cooperating with the Ben Atar family and that she must have been the one who leaked Juma's location to them. Khaled steals some weapons from the bunker in his base and wires his car so that as soon as the trunk door is opened, all of the weaponry will explode. His plan goes awry when he is shot during the robbery. Bleeding and badly wounded, he arrives at Micah's house.

Episode 9 While Khaled lays injured in Micah's garden shed, Micah is left with the task of transporting the weapons to Omar himself. Shortly after the delivery the car detonates and one of Omar's men is killed. Rufus is being investigated by the Police Investigations Department for suspected collaboration with the Ben Atar family. Shay looks for Gabi at school and realizes she's left. Sarah insists Shay stay over at her place for a couple of days. Micah and Shay object and Sarah leaves in anger. Mica calls Nora and asks her to pick up the wounded Khaled. Rufus is arrested.

Episode 10 Ben Atar's soldiers take out two of the Massri's drug dealers and steal their drugs. Massri's sponsors are kicked out of a construction site by Ben Atar's men. The Ben Atar family decides to officially eradicate the Massri's criminal organization. An old case of Micah's is leaked to the press and eliminates any chance he had of being elected District Court Judge. A female jailer and collaborator of the Ben Atars' contacts Rufus in police custody, and informs her that from now on she will be the liaison between Udi and herself. Omar looks for Khaled, who is being treated in an improvised clinic by Nora and a Bedouin paramedic. Sarah meets with Shay and asks him how he came across the golden necklace that he had gifted Gabi with. It turns out the necklace had once belonged to Amalia, his late mother. The Bedouin paramedic informs Omar of Khaled's whereabouts. Omar abducts Khaled and tortures him for the truth about who really hit Asaf Ben Atar on that fateful night.

Episode 11 A late night meeting between Omar Massri, Udi Ben Atar and Khaled brings out the truth: the culprit who hit Asaf Ben Atar with his car is none other than Shay Alkobi, son of Judge Micah Alkobi. Rufus steals the trash from Micah's home and in it finds a used inhaler. She meets with a private eye and comes to realize that the inhaler found at the scene of the hit-and-run belongs to Shay. Nora finds out that Khaled was taken. Rufus tells Yael she suspects Shay Alkobi. Yael in turn relays this to Micah, who can practically feel the rope tighten around his neck. As if that were not enough, Udi tells Micah he knows it was his son that hit his brother. Micah realizes he and Shay must flee the country, but Rufus has already issued a Stay of Exit Order against Shay. Shay decides to turn himself in, calls Sarah and tells her about the accident, leaving out only one detail: the identity of the victim.

Episode 12 Shay is interrogated by the police in Sarah's presence. When Sarah hears exactly who it was that Shay hit with his car, she realizes that she's just led her beloved grandson right into the lion's den. Micah meets with Udi who reassures him: there is no danger to your son, so long as you play the game by my rules. It's very important to him that he have a District Court Judge on his side. Shay is sentenced to three months in prison. When Micah visits him in jail, Shay tells him the whole truth.