Your dad as your boss in an elite combat unit? Absolute emotional warfare.
Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestRani is in military police custody, debating whether to reveal what he knows about the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit to the investigators. Sando must decide whether he is more loyal to the unit or to his son Rani.
A comedy-drama based on the experiences of Eran Zarhovich, a combat medic in the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit in the 1990s. A young combat medic finds himself in the heart of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit alongside his father, a sergeant major. There, among tough fighters and slackers, a complex relationship develops.
Acting
Eran Zarhovich playing his own father? Meta and magnificent.
Writing
Autobiographical details hit different when they're real.
Direction
Balances unit hijinks with crushing emotional stakes.
Creators
Eran Zarahovitsh, מויש גולדברג, אילן שפלר
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eran Zarhovich spent years developing this based on his actual service journals from the 90s.
The General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (Sayeret Matkal) is Israel's most elite special forces unit—making the 'slackers' dynamic even darker.
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