8.0Season 2 • Episode 6
LatestPati has just found out that in the apartment she lives with her two younger siblings and her mother, the electricity has been cut off again and they are in arrears with the rent. Unfortunately, Julita, Pati's mother, runs away from responsibility in alcohol and drugs, spending time in bars and on the dance floor. Unlike her, Pati has ambitions. She applied to the culinary school in Sopot and is nervously waiting for a decision on whether she will be accepted. Sony, the local drug dealer, starts harassing Pati. He wants her to pay off her mother's debts. Pati discovers that Julita was trying to earn money by dealing drugs. She repays her mother's debt to the dealer with the help of Krystian, who has a crush on Pati. Julita goes to Sony again for drugs.
Acting
Adamska's silent reactions hit harder than any screaming match.
Writing
Deals in moral quicksand — no clean hands, no easy villains.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Polish series confronting working-class collapse post-2008 crisis, where EU opportunities exist but feel galaxies away.
The culinary school motif isn't random aspiration — Polish gastronomy has become a rare meritocratic ladder, making Pati's hope almost painfully specific to her generation.
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