Season 2 • Episode 9
LatestSeva and Oksana are over forty. They have three children, a large apartment in the center of Moscow, and both have established careers. An enviable life, they are an exemplary couple. Caught in the midst of minor conflicts, accumulated claims and low self-esteem, Oksana cheats on Seva for the first time in 20 years of marriage and ... confesses this to her husband. Instead of the inevitable drama, Oksana suggests that Seva try... an open marriage. Seva reluctantly agrees, because he himself has been living by double standards for a long time, he has a mistress, his youngest son's teacher. After all, it's a win-win for him. Spouses step into the uncharted territory of an open marriage — hello, freedom!
Acting
Marina Aleksandrova's controlled unraveling is masterclass territory.
Production
Moscow's wealthy interiors as character—money can't buy happiness, apparently.
Writing
Scenes that start as comedy and end as tragedy, repeatedly.
Creators
Anna Kurbatova, Ivan Kitaev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russian prestige TV has exploded post-2015, with series exploring taboo subjects that would've been impossible in earlier eras. This sits alongside 'Better Than Us' and 'To the Lake' as state-backed but socially transgressive.
The 8.5 rating with only 8 votes suggests either passionate niche fandom or coordinated early promotion—classic pattern for Russian series with limited international distribution but strong domestic word-of-mouth.
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