Season 5

Undercover Romance

The Abducted

Acropolis

The Moneylender

Be My Son

Dark Bonds

Running the Universe from Home

Diagnosis

The Move

Mind Blown

Death of an Amazon

Inhalation

Relatives

Kind Heart

Triangle

Simple Family

Cold Dish

Good Intentions

Imitation

Wedding

The Fencer

Alien Guest

Back Door

The Enchanted Dagger

Silver Pond

Kitezh City

Quiet Village

The Mystery of the Disc

The App

The Highest Point

Lampshade

The Flood

Tell Me, Snegurochka

The Christmas Tree with a Surprise

Fireworks

New Year's Promotion

Big Catch

Student

Golden Autumn

Lightning Death

Not a Tsar's Business

Proof by Contradiction

Friendly Fire

Little Needle

Uniform Dress

Stab in the Back

Family Ties

Fatal Game

Language of Flowers

Season Opening

Raspberry Beret

The Price of Victory

The Razor

The Flash Drive

Low Pressure

First Violin

Two Comrades

Another Tribe

The Frame-Up

Fight Fire with Fire

Ski Trip

The Limping Lady

When in Rome

Death Blow

The Art of Loving Until Death

The Five-String Guitar

Girls' Best Friends

I Planted a Tree. Part 1

Shaposhnikov arrives in Vologda for his uncle's funeral and tries to find his killer. Major Sokolova asks Pavel not to interfere in the work of the local police. As soon as he begins investigating, he is beaten by unknown assailants. The entire "Magnificent Five" arrives in Vologda, led by Golovanov. This time they face a criminal of federal scale.

I Planted a Tree. Part 2

Continuation of the plot of "I Planted a Tree".

The Secret of the Treasure. Part 1

After a guided tour, popular Vologda guide Valeria Zhukova dies of cyanide poisoning. The head of the local police department, a friend of Golovanov, invites the "Magnificent Five" to join the investigation of the mysterious murder. The detectives must not only identify the criminal but also find the lost treasure from Peter the Great's era. Meanwhile, Golovanov finds himself drawn into the family affairs of his former classmate.

The Secret of the Treasure. Part 2

Continuation of the plot of "The Secret of the Treasure".

The Escape. Part 1

In Krasnoyarsk, Vasily Krasin is shot dead by an unknown person. It soon turns out that he is Konstantin Antonov, a criminal wanted in connection with a bank robbery in Saint Petersburg. The leadership decides to send the "Magnificent Five," led by Lieutenant Colonel Golovanov, to Krasnoyarsk to find the killers and recover the stolen valuables.

The Escape. Part 2

Continuation of the plot of "The Escape".

Death on the Pillars. Part 1

After successfully solving the case in Krasnoyarsk, the "Magnificent Five" goes on an excursion to the Stolby Nature Reserve at the invitation of the local forester's daughter. The detectives do not suspect that at the foot of the "Pillars" they will find not only the harsh beauty of Siberian nature but also the corpse of an amateur rock climber from Saint Petersburg. And no one suspects that the forester's daughter is also in mortal danger.

Death on the Pillars. Part 2

The continuation of the plot of "Death on the Pillars."

The Cat in the Dark Room

A waiter is murdered at the "Blue Forest" guesthouse. Everyone present at the establishment falls under suspicion. In the staff room where the waiter sometimes spent the night, investigators discover a large sum of money. The director of the guesthouse cannot explain why her modest employee kept so much cash of unknown origin. It turns out that one of the guests has quietly disappeared...

Hockey Passions

In broad daylight, Nikolai Malykhin, a rising star of the "Piter-Balt" club, is murdered at a hockey rink. Someone shot Nikolai from the direction of the empty stands with an unknown type of weapon. Loktev, the head coach of a rival hockey club, is detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder. But the man insists that it would have been more profitable for him to buy Nikolai out than to kill him...

The Golden Sonata

Right during a rehearsal, violinist Vesta Koretskaya dies. Her boyfriend, Oleg, is detained on suspicion of poisoning, but he refuses to testify. However, Vesta's former teacher, Vikenty Lvovich, readily shares his feelings for his student with the investigators. But the case still lacks clarity regarding either the motive or the method of the murder...

The Beat Cop

Upon returning from leave, police lieutenant Yevgeny Lisitsyn, who had distinguished himself the day before during the arrest of the dangerous criminal Nazarenkov, is killed by an unknown person. Nazarenkov is behind bars, but members of his gang who remain at large could have taken revenge on Lisitsyn for the arrest of their leader. Yevgeny's neighbor confirms that shortly before his death he had been receiving threats by phone. The investigators quickly identify the subscriber who threatened Lisitsyn...

Hostage Syndrome

Early in the morning, IT company employee Irina Nikulina is murdered in her own car. On the back seat they find the murder weapon — a pistol registered in the name of her husband, Alexei. The man is detained, but he denies involvement in the murder. The expert conclusion on the examination of the traces left in the car shocks the investigators — at the moment of Irina's murder, Kuzmin was in the adjacent seat...

Blackout

In a hotel room, judge Valery Kulish is strangled with women's tights. It turns out that at the time of the murder there was a blackout at the hotel. Suspicion falls on the prostitute Anzhela Ponomaryova, who had been servicing Kulish, and on visiting businessman Roman Rozhkov, who had caused a brawl in the bar. But Kulish's wife points to electrician Lukyanov, who had previously threatened her husband with murder...

Resonance

Under strange circumstances, bank security guard Alexei Rakitin dies. An implant of unclear purpose exploded in his ear. There is no information about the device in his medical record, and the man's hearing had been perfectly fine. Rakitin's girlfriend claims that Alexei did not know he had an implant. But how can that be?...

The Spicy Dish Recipe

At the request of an old friend of his father-in-law, Bubnov takes part in a prestigious culinary competition. During the cooking, Alexander Sherov, the chef of the Samum restaurant, is killed. Suren Avetyan, Bubnov's former classmate, is suspected of the murder. It turns out that the culprit replaced Alexander's seasoning with a volatile narcotic substance. But during the competition there were no outsiders in the restaurant...

The Last Report

The detectives investigate the murder of Mikhail Pakhomov, a reporter for a cable TV channel. He was going to record a report about defrauded homebuyers from an unfinished building. The owner of the development company, Vladislav Volkov, is in hiding, and all the money disappears from the organization's accounts. The detectives do not rule out a crime of passion either — Mikhail, like all the men at the TV channel, was in love with the producer Angelina...

Fight Club Tangle

The corpse of Olesya Nikolaeva, a student at a mobile communications technical school, is found in an abandoned building. But what worries the detectives more is that in this place and at this very time, Tanya, Golovanov's younger daughter, disappeared without a trace. Tanya's friend from the economics college, Valeria Melnikova, disappeared along with her. Who could have kidnapped them and why?

Stress Relief

Yevgenia Anikina suddenly dies during a moxotherapy session. The examination establishes that the wormwood cigars used for warming contained a drug that caused cardiac arrest. Yelizaveta Lapina, Yevgenia's friend who conducted the session, is detained; she categorically denies any violation of the procedure's technology. The administrator Nikolai Terekhov, suspected of involvement in the murder and responsible for the medical center's supplies, disappears without a trace...

The Astral

Nurse Yekaterina Kratova is killed in a hospital during the night shift. Immediately after the murder, one of the patients saw a man walking away down the corridor. But the security guard Yevgeny Volodin and the nurse's aide Galina Chizhova claim that they saw no outsiders in the ward. The detectives try to find out which of them is lying and for what purpose...

Domestic Trouble

At night, Darina, the young wife of the elderly businessman Barsukov, calls the department and reports that she found her husband's corpse with a knife in his back in the bedroom. Arriving at Barsukov's house, the detectives found only a drunk Darina, but no corpse. Suddenly Barsukov appears alive and unharmed and is terribly surprised by the visit of the homicide police...

The Tall Blond

Oleg Annenkov is killed on a suburban highway. His wife Yekaterina is robbed and beaten. Annenkov was connected to a criminal group selling counterfeit alcohol and may have fallen out with his former partners over something. Yekaterina gives the killer's description — a tall blond. The car used by the killer is found, and its owner is identified — a tall blond, Semyon Kochevnikov...

A Pleasant Evening

Rodion Timokhin and his wife Vladislava are celebrating their wedding day with friends at the hotel restaurant. In the morning Rodion wakes up in the hotel room and finds his wife's dead body next to him. The detectives find a mysterious note in the room written by an unknown person and notice that a stranger is following Rodion. And the examination shows that Vladislava was poisoned...

The Sinister Spring

An old friend, Alexander Lesnikov, comes to Vetrov to visit his younger brother Nikolai, who is being treated for alcoholism at the Rodnik clinic. Lesnikov goes into the clinic and disappears. On the same day, citizen Zabotkina reports the disappearance of her son Ivan, who had set off for the same clinic. In the forest park near Rodnik, the body of an unknown man is found…

The Doublet

Yelena Astrakhanskaya, the head of a private auditing company, is brutally murdered near her own home. Suspicion falls on her lover Georgy Svaniya and on Volodin, the owner of a small firm whom Astrakhanskaya had caught engaging in financial fraud. Svaniya presents a dubious alibi, while Volodin is detained as he tries to flee. But it turns out that Astrakhanskaya had threatened ruin to business players on a far more serious scale…

The Tower with Flowers

The bodies of Ulyana Krylova and Maxim Yeremeyev are found in an apartment. The wine they had been drinking turned out to be poisoned. At the same time, Ulyana's former lover Sergei Malov entered the apartment using a telescopic aerial work platform. Sergei insists that he did not bring the wine. The investigators try to find out how the bottle with the poisoned contents ended up in Ulyana's apartment…

Elevator to Heaven

In a stuck elevator in an office building, Regina Selivanova dies of heart failure. Suspicion arises that the elevator stopped between floors because of a hacker attack on the control system. The deceased's friend, Emma Lipatova, claims that Regina suffered from a severe form of claustrophobia and never used elevators. What extraordinary circumstances forced Selivanova to enter the car?

The Runaway Bride

Anastasia Zubkova is found murdered in a park. The day before, she ran away before registering her marriage to Kuzmin after receiving an SMS of unknown content. Territorially, the park belongs to the Zanevsky District Police Department, whose officers detain Kuzmin on charges of murdering Anastasia. Vladimir does not deny that he met the girl in the park shortly before her death…

Surveillance

Bubnov and Vetrov go to check a suspicious SUV from which surveillance is being conducted on Bubnov's house, and find the body of private security company employee Konstantin Rebrov. During a search of the murdered man's apartment, an unregistered weapon is found. It turns out that Rebrov had been surveilling Bubnov's father-in-law, Anatoly Sergeyevich. But why he became the object of surveillance, no one can understand…

The Tutor's Death

The teacher of Vetrov's son Misha recommends finding him a physics tutor because of the boy's exceptional abilities. Vetrov arranges a meeting with Zinaida Streshneva, a graduate student at the Institute of Quantum Physics. At the appointed time, Vetrov and Misha arrive at the dormitory for graduate students. Behind the door, a crackle of discharge and a cry are heard. Vetrov breaks down the door and sees Zinaida's body…

Over the Abyss

Student Artyom Zubarev decides to record a risky video with his friends. During the filming, Artyom dies — the plank he was walking on at the height of a five-story building had been sawed through. Suspicion falls on Zubarev's possible rival in matters of the heart — Vyacheslav. But then it turns out that shortly before his death, Artyom had raped a fellow student…

White Rabbit

Mark Platonov is killed. His body is found in the courtyard of the house where the Goryushin family lives: Mark's stepmother Alevtina, his half-sister Varvara, and Alevtina's husband Leonid. Alevtina is bedridden due to spinal problems. Mark lived separately and, according to his stepmother, was not planning to come today. What made him end up near her house at night?..

A Trap for the Heart

Investigators are looking into the death of architect Rada Kasatkina, who died of "broken heart syndrome." The person who drove her to such a critical state did not help her and fled. Rada's daughter Diana, who was in an acute conflict with her mother, falls under suspicion. All the more so because the alibi Diana presented turns out to be false upon careful verification…

The Three Graces

Matvey Mylnikov's body is found in the river. Matvey had come from Tambov to visit his uncle Konstantin Talyanov, went out to buy things for his relatives, and never returned. The forensic examination and camera footage show that Matvey jumped off the bridge into the water himself. The money he had on him disappeared. The investigators set out to find out who drove Matvey to suicide…

A Pedagogical Tragedy

Physical education college teacher Pyotr Kaplunov is found dead in his ransacked apartment. The nature of the injuries indicates that Kaplunov was beaten before his death. A repeat-offender thief nicknamed Zhuchok and college student Valentin Gutin are suspected of the murder. A witness claims that it was Valentin who smashed up Kaplunov's apartment with a hammer the day before, and Kaplunov had promised to have him imprisoned for it…

Everything Instead of Nothing

The head of a pharmaceutical holding, Nikita Korolyov, dies from a poison injection at his country house. The heavily drunk Fyodor Korolyov, the murdered man's brother, is found in the house. The evidence suggests that he may be involved in the crime. Moreover, at the moment of Nikita's murder, his bodyguard was distracted by a pizza delivery man bringing the pizza Fyodor had ordered by phone…

The Amulet

Rosa Filippova, a housekeeper in the Golyshev family, is killed. Her body is found at the entrance to the boathouse built by Yuri Golyshev's company. The investigators find out that the owner had been showing Rosa signs of attention. A female visitor comes to Golovanov and declares that Yuri Golyshev is the killer. Isn't the "active citizen" trying to divert suspicion from herself in this way?

Fake

Housewife Natalya Zheleznova is killed in her own apartment. Everything indicates that a thief broke into the premises and killed the hostess when she appeared unexpectedly. The murdered woman's son, Kolya, had previously been treated for drug addiction. His father suspects that drug addicts, his son's former acquaintances, may have gotten into their apartment. That same evening, Kolya is severely beaten by unknown persons…

Isis Salon

The body of Maria Boretskaya, an employee of the Isis massage salon, is found on the embankment with a fatal head injury. The investigators try to determine whether the woman fell temple-first onto the curb herself or was pushed by an attacker. The previous evening, Shaposhnikov had turned in Sergei Kashlayev to the police for attacking Maria. At the time, she refused to file a report against Kashlayev, and he was released. It seems that was a mistake…

The Judgment of Paris

Yelena Sizova, a finalist in a departmental beauty contest, dies of cardiac arrest. All the apples from the rehearsal props turn out to be poisoned. Zina, the buffet worker responsible for supplying the contestants with fruit, dies before the investigators' eyes. The buffet worker's boyfriend, suspected of the poisoning, denies his guilt. And it is unlikely he would have planned to poison three other contestants besides Zina…

Sharp Eye

Naina Filippova, a notary's assistant, is murdered in her newly acquired apartment. Suspicion falls on the renovation workers — Almaz Kovalenko and Vasily Tupikin. The work was supervised by Naina's colleague, Arseny Proshkin, who discovered the body. Arseny's wife, Bella, calls an ambulance for herself. The investigators are inclined to suspect that the woman is trying to avoid the questions that have arisen about her…