Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestColonel Alexander Volkov teaches at the Academy of the FSB, he is seventy, he is retired. Captain Igor Kamorin is an active operative, he is twenty-seven. Kamorin is a fan of electronic gadgets, while Volkov does not know how to use WhatsApp. Kamorin believes in progress and believes that Volkov's "tube brains" have become obsolete in the last century, while Volkov is sure that Kamorin's "clip thinking" is not even suitable for solving crossword puzzles. However, in tandem, these two will do the impossible: combine the old school and modern technology.
Acting
Kostolevskiy's volcanic eye-rolls at smartphones deserve awards.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes 'OK Boomer' in Russian espionage.
Production
FSB Academy shot on location—rare authentic Kremlin-adjacent access.
Pavel Kuzmin
Efimov
Igor Kostolevskiy
Aleksandr Volkov
Pavel Popov
Kamorin
Nataliya Vdovina
Margarita
Mariya Andreeva
Yulya
Igor Gordin
Demin
Nikolay Chindyaykin
Ilin
Alyona Ivchenko
Shokhova
Igor Chernevich
Grinko
Anastasiya Mikulchina
Anna
Daniil Spivakovskiy
Valeriy Popov
Ekaterina Olkina
Oleg Kamenshchikov
Klimov
Semen Shteinberg
Konstantin Kryukov
Volkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First Russian series granted filming access to actual FSB Academy grounds since the Soviet era—state TV's unusual soft power flex.
Kuzmin (Efimov) and Kostolevskiy previously played father-son in a 2019 film; their chemistry here is genuine baggage.
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