Matěj Polák

It is the spring of 1948. The joy of peace has not yet faded, and both East and West are already afraid of World War III. Both worlds are separated from each other by the deep forests of Šumava. Twenty-four-year-old cook Josef Hasil serves in the kitchen of the National Security Corps in Zvonková. Wild boy. He had already experienced the war in a German labor camp and as a link between partisans. Now he longs above all for fun, adventure, freedom. The last thing he cares about is politics.

This series from the regional homicide department in Hradec connects episodic cases with a larger central mystery—the unsolved case of a woman shot dead on the shore of a pond. This plot connects the individual episodes and gradually reveals that the perpetrator may be closer than anyone thinks.

Alex Plan, a school ombudsman, strives for fair solutions for everyone, often going against the grain of the system and established practices. He advocates for people experiencing problems in education and tackles issues such as teacher murder and student sexual harassment.

Ninth-grader Nikola, along with her younger sister Aneta and their father, are moving to a new city. This means changing schools and finding new friends. Nikola is starting ninth grade in an unfamiliar environment where she has to earn her place. However, it is not easy for her, because the girls are led by Majda, who resents the fact that the class idol Šimon has begun to discreetly eye the new student.