




Season 1 • Episode 36
LatestAngelos Raptis, perhaps the best general surgeon in Greece, is a recognized scientist in a happy marriage to lawyer Iro Anagnostopoulou, with whom they have a brilliant daughter, Melina. The countdown begins on the night of his birthday, on duty, when he is brought dead, from a car accident, his wife and daughter, who were helpless on the road for many hours. Angelos loses everything in one night: his family and his faith. This leads him to deny reality but also life.
Acting
Stankoglou's unraveling is physically painful to watch.
Direction
Mavrogenis stretches minutes of silence into eternity.
Writing
Medical precision meets poetic Greek fatalism.
Creator
Spiros Mavrogenis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references ancient Greek oaths—Hippocratic and broken—mirroring Angelos's shattered professional identity.
Stankoglou lost 15 kilograms during filming to physically manifest Angelos's spiritual decay; crew reportedly couldn't recognize him by episode 30.