A streetwise police captain earns a transfer to St. Petersburg's central district, only to suspect the move was engineered for hidden purposes.
30 episodes · 25 h
E01
Police Captain Pavel Semyonov is used to acting first and asking questions later, because he wants to stay alive—after all, his wife Yulya and son Sasha are waiting for him at home. Risking his life, he saves the daughter of a high-ranking official. In gratitude, the girl's father helps transfer Pavel to the department on Nevsky Prospect, where serving is prestigious and profitable.
E02
Upon learning of his transfer, Semyonov goes to meet his new superiors. His friend and former partner Nazarov, having drunk after divorcing his wife, opened fire in a cafe and ended up under investigation. Major Kravtsov, an officer from the Internal Security Service, was assigned to the case. All witnesses to the shootout refused to testify except one person. Kravtsov went to see him, but the last witness was already dead. Now Semyonov, in order to save his friend, must find the real killer.
E03
Pasha's daily routine on Nevsky began, and this routine turned out to be far from cheerful. Semyonov will have to not only catch criminals but also fend off the 'attacks' of influential people who use their right of the strong to bypass the law. And on top of that, his superiors add fuel to the fire, pursuing their own goals and restraining the captain's righteous indignation.
E04
In the center of St. Petersburg, the corpse of a foreign citizen, Leonid Rubinshtein, a native of Leningrad and now a citizen of Israel, was discovered. Semyonov and Mikhailov must find the criminal. The case is under FSB control—after all, a foreigner has died. However, it is Pasha who catches the criminals who robbed Rubinshtein and then killed him.
E05
After a shootout in the city center, a certain Novikov, a witness in an important case, was detained. Semyonov is waiting for the investigator who is supposed to interrogate the detainee. But the investigator, left alone in the office with Novikov, kills him. Semyonov fails to detain the killer. It turns out that the investigator was not real...
E06
A high-profile contract killing takes place in Piter — businessman Somov is killed and his wife is wounded. Semyonov and Mikhaylov find out that it was she who ordered her husband's murder — her wound is light, just for show. Semyonov picks up the trail of a hitman nicknamed the Architect, hired by Somova, whom the city police have been unable to catch for a long time...
E07
Semyonov goes to the region to take a witness's testimony and ends up a prisoner of the local crime boss Chingiz. Instead of rushing to help a colleague in trouble, his co-workers are busy sorting out their relationships with each other. Pasha is saved by his wife, who makes one important phone call in time. Lyubimov is sure that after this Semyonov will file a report for dismissal — his own people left him in the lurch! However, Pasha is not the type, which Lyubimov was able to appreciate.
E08
Businessman Dvorkin, having trusted Colonel Kopteyev, not only ends up "taken for a ride," but also loses his life. The dead man's wife tells Semyonov that Dvorkin was in contact with entrepreneur Latyshev — the next victim marked by Kopteyev. Semyonov saves Latyshev, and Arsenyev latches onto his success.
E09
Pickpockets have become more active on Nevsky Prospect, and Arsenyev sends Semyonov out on a "free search." Every evening Pasha is obliged to report to him on the work done. But by cruel irony of fate, Arsenyev himself becomes a thief's victim — in a matter of seconds he is left without his service ID and his service weapon. In the morning patrol officers find two corpses — both men were killed with Arsenyev's pistol...
E10
Pasha is furious at Foma's behavior over his help to Yulya, who quarreled with the new owner of the store, Zaur, who brazenly sells bootleg vodka. Having voiced her complaints to him, Yulya was left without a job. However, Foma resolved this matter — quickly and harshly. Now Yulya is the store director. At the boxing club, in the ring, Pasha decided to explain to Foma that he should not interfere in his life. But Foma objected that he interfered because Pavel himself had not solved his wife's problem, since he is not in the best form!
E11
Not far from Nevsky Prospect, the owner of a chain of beauty salons is stabbed to death, and her diamond earrings and necklace are torn off her. The investigators suspect that a drug addict may have committed the attack. They lean on the district's main drug dealer and in the morning see a junkie who has come to confess in the department. But it turns out that he came to confess because he is terminally ill, and the boss promised to help his children. Pasha begins searching for the real killer...
E12
Deputy Lyubimov's Arsenyev continues to dig under his boss, hoping to push him into retirement. One of the stages of this plan was supposed to be the arrest of the hitman Architect. But the operation developed by Arsenyev turned out to be a failure. Moreover, Mikhailov was wounded by Pasha's bullet, saved by a bulletproof vest. Arsenyev, distorting the truth, tries to present this story to Lyubimov in a way that benefits himself.
E13
After Pasha accidentally wounded Mikhailov, he was left without his service weapon. Not everything is smooth in his family either: Pasha is jealous of Yulya over Foma, and Yulya is jealous of Pasha over Vera. Mikhailov's wife, after his injury, is looking for a new job for him. Mikhailov tries to explain to her that they live well only thanks to his service in the police...
E14
Pasha's morning began with a clash with a group of activists who stuck a sticker on his jeep reading "Boor behind the wheel." A few hours later, Pasha had to meet them again, but for a completely different reason: two of them were shot dead by a man in a black jeep without license plates...
E15
Mikhailov shares with Pasha information that someone among the competitors has "ordered" Alexey Fomin. Pasha, although jealous of his wife over Foma, without a moment's hesitation tells Alexey himself about it. Through Yulya, Foma passed Pasha a substantial sum as a token of gratitude, but Pasha still does not take bribes...
E16
The wife of former city administration employee Istomin has disappeared. Intuition tells Pasha that the kidnapping did not happen without Istomin himself. The thing is, the married couple has a successful business — a chain of mini-hotels.
E17
The investigation into the case of the hitman nicknamed Architect has not gathered enough evidence, and the killer may soon be free. This means stars will fly off police officers' shoulder straps. Arsenyev forces Pasha to "identify" the Architect as the one who shot at him.
E18
Lyubimov gives Arsenyev a severe reprimand with a note in his personal file due to the failure of the operation to catch the killer Architect. And Semenova was nominated for the next rank — major.
E19
Pasha has been promoted to major — time to celebrate! Yavorsky's restaurant was chosen for the party, but while the owner is away, his assistant is in charge. Before setting the table for the police officers, he suggests that Pasha protect him from gang extortion. However, he forgets to mention that they are 'extorting' him for drug debts...
E20
Pasha's close acquaintance Vera is killed. Before her death, she called him and asked to meet, but he couldn't get away. The investigation leads to Vera's former partner at the nightclub. She told Pavel that a businessman was killed in the club, but the police still have no report about it.
E21
Lyubimov is approached by his acquaintance, businessman Latyshev, with a request to 'sort out' a situation: his daughter Olga met a certain Kirill at a nightclub, and after several meetings, succumbing to his persuasion, she lent him one hundred thousand euros. The guy disappeared with the money. Semyonov finds out that a certain young man is seducing wealthy girls and extorting money from them under various pretexts...
E22
The corpse of citizen Golyshev is found in the city park. After establishing his identity, it turns out that he came from Novosibirsk, where he was a cashier for a criminal group and disappeared with the money. After examining the nature of the wounds, Semyonov concludes that the killer is the Architect. But Arsenyev forbids Pasha to spread this topic, as he had long ago reported to the top about the capture of the killer...
E23
Semenov continues to search for the killer nicknamed the Architect, who leaves his signature mark at crime scenes — the letter 'A'. Major Kravtsov of the Internal Security Service is troubled by the expensive foreign car acquired by Pavel clearly using his official position. Lyubimov decides to temporarily suspend Semyonov from duty...
E24
Businessman Musa, displeased with the increase in tribute, "orders" Foma through his man to the Architect. But Foma gets ahead of the enemy and strikes preemptively, killing Musa and his men. Before dying, one of the bandits confesses that he set a new meeting place for the killer. Upon learning of this, Kravtsov and Semyonov head there.
E25
Semyonov learns from his informant that the prisoner Popov once used the Architect's services. However, Popov refuses to give up the killer—in exchange for the tip, he demands to be arranged an escape from prison. Semyonov refuses, but Kravtsov convinces him to agree—after all, this is their only chance to catch the elusive murderer.
E26
Kravtsov continues his search for the Architect. Suspicion falls on Foma, Semyonov's school friend, and Arsenyev. Semyonov makes inquiries about Arsenyev's past and realizes that his boss fits the role of the Architect perfectly. Suddenly, Semyonov's wife Yulia is detained for the involuntary manslaughter of a drug addict who had been attacking girls...
E27
The investigator in Yulia's case pressures Semyonov, threatening to accuse him of involvement in the drug addict's murder. A good, and therefore very expensive, lawyer is needed. Foma comes to the rescue—he offers Semyonov money, and Pasha is forced to agree.
E28
Semyonov visits Kravtsov in the hospital and confesses that he let slip to Mikhailov about the surveillance on Arsenyev. Kravtsov is now absolutely certain that Arsenyev is the Architect. Arsenyev makes his move—he complains to General Khokhlov, hinting that he too could suffer.
E29
Kravtsov is declared wanted — he shot a traffic police officer. Meanwhile, Semyonov and Nazarov wait for the Architect in ambush. At the meeting place arrives... Foma.
E30
An accident occurs on Nevsky Prospect, and in the ensuing altercation, one of the drivers pulls out a gun and seriously wounds the other. The victim turns out to be the son of an influential official, and Arsenyev throws all his forces into searching for the shooter. Semyonov submits a resignation report, but Mikhailov is in no hurry to let him go.
Nevskiy
2016
Nevskiy
2016
Nevskiy
2016
