10.025 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestIn the hour of trial, Counselor Korytko faces the greatest dilemma of his shabby life.
It's the story of two slightly crazy guys who are forced to leave their town, where the annual Gooseberry Days celebration is the biggest attraction, and go to London for work. To say, however, that the tour doesn't go according to plan would be a very mild description of what happens next. The protagonists get separated at the very beginning as a result of a gnarled party. The journey that follows is woven with a plethora of marvelous characters. The viewer will find among them: truckers, gypsy camper traders, anarchist squatters, recidivists hiding from the Polish justice system or go-go club employees.
Writing
Brilliant escalation from bad decision to worse
Acting
Włosok and Balicki's chaotic chemistry carries every scene
Production
Gritty London locations vs. nostalgic Polish village contrast
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a Polish novel, the series taps into real post-2004 EU enlargement migration waves — millions of Poles actually did this chaotic London move. The gooseberry obsession specifically mocks how small towns mythologize local trivia.
The show's 'slightly crazy' framing deliberately echoes classic Polish absurdism (Witkacy, Mrożek) but filters it through British social realist tradition — it's literally EastEnders meets existential dread in a Żabka bag.
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