

Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestSix friends are just starting their adult life. They fall in love, dream, and make plans for the future. When a tragedy strikes troubling issues and secrets are revealed, and their parents wonder if they know their children at all.
Acting
Vernik's simmering restraint before everything cracks.
Writing
Stychkin's cruel gift for making privilege feel claustrophobic.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stychkin cast mostly theater actors with zero TV experience to capture raw, unpolished chemistry.
The title references the insect's 17-year cycle — Russian critics read it as a bitter joke about a generation that won't survive to reproduce.