Prisoners Of War

The negotiations for the release of the Israeli soldiers, has ended successfully. Nimrod Klien, Uri Zach and Amiel ben chorin are coming home. The first two are alive, Amiel was killed while being a prisoner of war. The soldiers reunite with their loved ones. Nimrod meets Talia, who waited for him for all those years, and conducted the campaign for his release. He meets Dana, his 19 years old daughter, and Hazav, his 17 years old son whom he had never met. Uri meets Nurit, his fiance, and finds out that she is now married to his brother. They got married a few years after he became a prisoner of war, and the marriage ripped the family apart.

Nimrod and Uri are taken to an interrogation facility designed for released Israeli prisoners of war in the small town of "Zichron Yahacov", and there they meet Haim, who is a military psychologist who aims to understand what they experienced behind enemy lines. Talia is in an emotional turmoil, and struggles to come to grip with the fact that her husband has returned. Nurit is being torn apart between Yaki and Uri, because his return ignited forgotten feelings in her. Yael Ben Chorin arrives at the "Abu Kabir" detention center to meet her brother, and only Ilan succeeds to calm her down and convince her to give up this idea.

Haim investigates Nimrod and Uri in the interrogation facility. They don't know that the intelligence officer is in the process of deciphering their secret language. Talia wants to visit Nimrod and arrives at the interrogation facility, but Haim doesn't let her see him and she has to go back home frustrated. Nurit is preparing to meet Uri. She cooks a special meal, and gets a hair cut in spite of Amiel's objection. Yael and Ilan grows closer and travel to the beach together. Yael is still fantasizing about her brother Amiel. Talia cooks a magnificent meal and wait for Nimrod with her children. Nimrod and Uri get released from the interrogation facility, but they give those who wait for them some reasons for concern.

Uri is depressed. He refuses to leave his bed. Nurit tries to talk to him, but he refuses to answer the phone. Yoske gives him letters, written by his mother when he was a prisoner of war. Uri reads the letters in a cemetery, and meets a sweet girl called Iris. She invites him for a cup of coffee. Nimrod is left alone in the house after his family has returned to their routine. Haim visits him and tries to make him talk about the time he spent as a prisoner of war, and reveals some details he hasn't told him yet. After the meeting Nimrod plays football with the journalists, and gets an anxiety attack.

The funeral of Amiel Ben Horin. Everybody is there but Yael feels all alone. She see's her brother everywhere. She tries to convince him to leave her alone and let her go on with her life. Every one gathers in Yael's house for the period of mourning called the "sivaa". Nurit tries to find out who is Iris. Ilan tries to figure out why Yael is ignoring him. Uri and his brother Yaki are having their first serious talk since Uri came back home. Yoske and Hazav find that they can easily talk to each other, while Nurit and Talia are discussing their complicated relationships in the kitchen. Nimrod is visiting a bereaved father who lost his son while in military service. The father of the dead soldier was against the deal that led to the release of the soldiers. Yael urges Ami to prove to her that he is still active in their relationship.

Gadi Sukenik hosts Talia and Nimrod in a special morning broadcast, and Lia finds out that Nimrod started working for an advertising agency. They are fighting. Talia takes Dana to meet Dr.Ostrovstky, a psychologist. Dana is challenging his professional ability. Talia meets her friend Shiri and confesses that Nimrod is irritating her. Uri starts to work in his father's grocery store, and meets Asaf, his nephew for the first time. Asaf invites him to his Bar Mitzvah. Uri refuses. At lunch time Iris visits him, and they go on a picnic. Iris gives him a diary where he can write his thoughts and feelings. Nimrod starts working and finds that professional life is not what he hoped they would be. Talia and Nimrod reconcile, and go out to a romantic dinner. Late at night, Uri opens his new diary and starts putting him memories on paper.

Talia and Nimrod are enjoying intimate time in their bedroom after the kids left the house. Dana's "relationship" with Dr.Ostrovsky becomes more intense. Hazav is getting ready for his pre army tests, and tells his friends he doesn‰Aot understand why he wasn't drafted in to the army yet. Iris and Uri are visiting Jerusalem. Iris shows him all the main attractions. Uri can't stop talking about Nurit although he knows Iris finds it very annoying. Nimrod realizes that he doesn't like his job. He feels he is capable of much more than what is required of him. He complains to Ofer, and Ofer reply by saying that he should wait a while and things will improve. Nimrod gets a panic attack, and later tries to find out the hidden meaning in the numbers given to him on a note while in prison. A real estate agent called Barak Dagon tries to convince Yael ben Horim to sell her apartment, and move to a smaller one. He claims that she should act now and not wait. Mali and Viki are fighting because he feels that she is shunning him away. Talia calls Nimrod for dinner and finds out that he left the house secretly at night, and neglected to tell her about it.

Uri and Nimrod disappear, and their families are starting to get worried. The Klien family is finding a few joyous moments, precisely when Nimrod is not there. Talia shows Nimrod the injuries she got while he had nightmares.

Nimrod still suffers from nightmares, and dreams of the night he killed Amiel. He wakes up in terror and Talia tries to convince him to talk to her. Yael tries to find Ilan's home address, and decides to go there without his knowledge. Talia and Nimrod visit a support group of couples who share the same problems because one spouse was a prisoner of war.

In the last episode of the season all major characters in the drama reach a critical juncture in their lives. Talia makes Nimrod choose between a future with her, or a life of misery. Nurit has to choose between Yaki and Uri. Yael has to confront the death of her brother. Uri and Nimrod venture on a quest, driven by a clue Zieneb brought them, and Haim and Iris tries to find them.