Prisoners of War

The negotiations for the release of the Israeli soldiers has ended successfully. Nimrode Klien, Uri Zach and Amiel Ben Chorin are coming home. The first two are alive, Amiel was killed while being a prisoner of war. The soldiers reunite with their loved ones. Nimrode meets Talia, who waited for him for all those years, and conducted the campaign for his release. He meets Dana, his 19 year old daughter, and Hazav, his 17 year old son whom he had never met. Uri meets Nurit, his fiancé, and finds out that she is now married to his brother. They got married a few years after he became a prisoner of war, and the marriage ripped the family apart.

Nimrode and Uri are taken to an interrogation facility designed for released Israeli prisoners of war in the small town of "Zichron Yahacov", and there they meet Haim, who is a military psychologist who aims to understand what they experienced behind enemy lines. Talia is in an emotional turmoil, and struggles to come to grip with the fact that her husband has returned. Nurit is being torn apart between Yaki and Uri, because his return ignited forgotten feelings in her. Yael Ben Chorin arrives at the "Abu Kabir" detention centre to meet her brother, and only Ilan succeeds to calm her down and convince her to give up this idea.

Haim investigates Nimrode and Uri in the interrogation facility. They don't know that the intelligence officer is in the process of deciphering their secret language. Talia wants to visit Nimrode and arrives at the interrogation facility, but Haim doesn't let her see him and she has to go back home frustrated. Nurit is preparing to meet Uri. She cooks a special meal, and gets a hair cut in spite of Amiel's objection. Yael and Ilan grows closer and travel to the beach together. Yael is still fantasising about her brother Amiel. Talia cooks a magnificent meal and waits for Nimrode with her children. Nimrode and Uri get released from the interrogation facility, but they give those who waits for them some reasons for concern.

Uri is depressed. He refuses to leave his bed. Nurit tries to talk to him, but he refuses to answer the phone. Yoske gives him letters, written by his mother when he was a prisoner of war. Uri reads the letters in a cemetery, and meets a sweet girl called Iris. She invites him for a cup of coffee. Nimrode is left alone in the house after his family has returned to their routine. Haim visits him and tries to make him talk about the time he spent as a prisoner of war, and reveals some details he hasn't told him yet. After the meeting Nimrode plays football with the journalists, and gets an anxiety attack.

The funeral of Amiel Ben Horin. Everybody is there but Yael feels all alone. She see's her brother everywhere. She tries to convince him to leave her alone and let her go on with her life. Every one gathers in Yael's house for the period of mourning called the "Sivaa". Nurit tries to find out who Iris is. Ilan tries to figure out why Yael is ignoring him. Uri and his brother Yaki are having their first serious talk since Uri came back home. Yoske and Hazav find that they can easily talk to each other, while Nurit and Talia are discussing their complicated relationships in the kitchen. Nimrod is visiting a bereaved father who lost his son while in military service. The father of the dead soldier was against the deal that led to the release of the soldiers. Yael urges Ami to prove to her that he is still active in their relationship.

Gadi Sukenik hosts Talia and Nimrode in a special morning broadcast, and Lia finds out that Nimrode started working for an advertising agency. They are fighting. Talia takes Dana to meet Dr.Ostrovstky, a psychologist. Dana is challenging his professional ability. Talia meets her friend Shiri and confesses that Nimrode is irritating her. Uri starts to work in his father's grocery store, and meets Asaf, his nephew for the first time. Asaf invites him to his Bar Mitzvah. Uri refuses. At lunch time Iris visits him, and they go on a picnic. Iris gives him a diary where he can write his thoughts and feelings. Nimrode starts working and finds that professional life is not what he hoped they would be. Talia and Nimrode reconcile, and go out to a romantic dinner. Late at night, Uri opens his new diary and starts putting him memories on paper.