Anatoly Lunin is a former clinical psychologist, and now a consultant in the operational investigation group on high-profile crimes. A unique method based on the peculiarities of his psyche helps Lunin solve crimes. He can get used to the role of the criminal, literally get into his head, and restore his motives. Anatoly knows that his abilities are a mental illness that he has to hide. His boss, Colonel Pokrasov and journalist Drapova seek to expose the hero, but Lunin is saved by the intercession of the high authorities — General Mordvinov. Anatoly has a difficult relationship with his colleague, a full—time criminologist psychologist Arina Solodovnikova. However, with each new case, her opinion about him changes — Arina is convinced of Lunin's professionalism and unusual talent.
Schoolgirl Masha and her parents are forced to move from Moscow to Novoorsk. After the elite gymnasium on Rublevka, it is not easy for a girl to put up with the rules of a provincial school. At her new school, she becomes a victim of bullying — sophisticated psychological and physical harassment by classmates. It becomes especially harsh because of Masha's feelings for Chris's boyfriend, the main star and rebel of the school. At the suggestion of Chris, the nickname "Crybaby" was glued to Masha. To cope with problems and tears, the heroine is helped only by music and a band that she has put together with other students.
Moscow, 1952, mid-October, the XIX Congress of the CPSU had just ended. A communal apartment on Bolshaya Pirogovka. In one of the rooms lives the Petkevich family: Ariadna with her husband Boris and her parents, professor of philosophy Peter Kazimirovich and his wife Angelina Fyodorovna. For those few months that remained until Stalin's death, the family experiences a series of dramatic events. But on a background of terrible time, antisemitism, fabricated "case of doctors", denunciations and snitches, there are people who live their lives without losing dignity.
A lecturer at a provincial institute, PhD in Economics, is desperately trying to put his theoretical knowledge into practice. However, "reliable" business schemes constantly fail, and it does not work to change worn-out trousers from the GDR to brand-new jeans from America. And then there's the son, caught stealing at school, forcing him to go to extreme measures and seek help from bandits. As a result, the main character finds himself embroiled in a murky scheme with dangerous creditors and obscene goods that he will have to sell just to stay alive. After all, now he is the owner of the first sex shop in his hometown, and he urgently needs to make sure that such outlandish products for the local population as "Aladdin's Cave" and "Banana Bully" are properly sold so that his son does not end up in a juvenile colony, and his wife is a "model" at the men's club.
A lecturer at a provincial institute, PhD in Economics, is desperately trying to put his theoretical knowledge into practice. However, "reliable" business schemes constantly fail, and it does not work to change worn-out trousers from the GDR to brand-new jeans from America. And then there's the son, caught stealing at school, forcing him to go to extreme measures and seek help from bandits. As a result, the main character finds himself embroiled in a murky scheme with dangerous creditors and obscene goods that he will have to sell just to stay alive. After all, now he is the owner of the first sex shop in his hometown, and he urgently needs to make sure that such outlandish products for the local population as "Aladdin's Cave" and "Banana Bully" are properly sold so that his son does not end up in a juvenile colony, and his wife is a "model" at the men's club.
Sergiy and Katya will have to fight against the ferocious folklore evil spirits - the genetically modified Serpent Gorynych, a gang of brownies who terrorize people, and also repulse Viy himself, who is trying to take power into his own hands. They will continue their personal struggle: Katya will try to rid Sergius of very bad habits, and Sergius will try to melt Katya's heart.