

25 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestOnce upon a time, Andrey went against the family tradition and, abandoning his career as a teacher, went to Moscow. The business failed, and the only way to fix things was to sell the family house, which, according to rumors, Pushkin once lived in. But there is a problem: in order to make a deal, it is necessary to obtain the permission of the father, who is serving time in the colony and blames his son for this. In order to improve relations, Andrey goes to the trick and gets a job as a teacher at an evening school at the colony. But this seems to be not enough, and to prove the sincerity of his intentions to return to teaching, Andrei simultaneously gets a job at an ordinary school as a literature teacher. During the day, he instills a love for beautiful teenagers, and in the evening — prisoners. And it's not always clear which school is safer to work at.
Acting
Efremov's desperate charm keeps you rooting for a disaster.
Writing
Prisoners vs. teens: who's actually more dangerous? The show won't say.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The evening school for prisoners reflects real Russian educational programs in penal colonies, which gained prominence after 2010s reforms.
The Pushkin house rumor is classic post-Soviet property anxiety—everyone's grandma claims a famous poet slept there.