

6.046 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestTalented mathematician Anna Nikolaevna Shvabrina works as a school teacher. By the will of fate, she begins to help Captain Vershinin investigate complex crimes using mathematical methods. The main tools of the investigator are many years of experience and the basics of forensic science, Anna Nikolaevna is an impeccable knowledge of mathematical methods, formulas and models. It would seem that they are completely different, but it is thanks to this union that it will be possible to investigate the most difficult cases.
Acting
Rebenok's precise, melancholic genius — math has never felt this human.
Writing
Crimes built on actual mathematical concepts, not fake technobabble.
Production
Cramped Soviet interiors that feel lived-in, not period-dressed.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aleksandra Rebenok trained with actual mathematics professors to handle equations on camera without faking finger movements.
The series quietly critiques post-Soviet educational devaluation — Anna Nikolaevna's brilliance wasted in a crumbling school mirrors real brain drain.