The series was inspired by actual events.
The story, characters, and incidents portrayed are completely fictitious.
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As you know, this is an unusual event.
Two normative teens, murdered at the same place, in the same way,
ten years apart.
Given the similarities between the murder scenes of Natalie Levi and Yarden Pali,
the court postponed giving its verdict as to Daloya's appeal.
You shouldn't be here.
Outside, who are you?
Tamir, I'm a trainer.
Ehud Porges. I know him from Central Unit.
You head Special Investigations? -Yes.
It's obviously Daloya.
We'll check every lead.
You won't be acquitted.
We'll see.
Daloya's innocent! Release him now!
There's an envelope inside. Give it to your dad.
There's something you should know.
I think Arlene is seeing another man.
There's a fairly fresh burn.
Do you know her?
A cop was here a few months ago.
He said that if I touch her, he'll kill me.
How's it going, Ratzabi.
"How's it going?"
You brought them to ruin my open house.
He wants to scare away real buyers.
Racheli? Hello?
Has that happened before,
that creepy sleepwalking?
You don't know everything about me.
You got secrets, Zabatani?
Did she lie to her mom a lot?
More to her brother, Yarin. He's the boss of her.
You're a murderer!
-Yarin!
Murderer! -Yarin! -A murderer!
You're so soft...
What's wrong?
Is it that crazy kid?
Don't worry.
I told you I had a feeling...
Esther, don't talk about it.
And all this talk won't bring the girl back.
The Truth
Why did you attack the Rabbanit? (Rabbi's wife)
"Rabbanit..."
You're lucky she didn't file a complaint.
So can I go now? -No.
Why didn't she complain?
Pity, love for Natalie.
Maybe she doesn't want to talk to the cops.
Why would that be?
She has something to hide.
What is she hiding?
That she's a guru.
Was Natalie getting closer to God?
So they were just friends?
I sent her there.
You sent her there?
I sent her there.
I'm an idiot.
I'm such an idiot.
You really think the Rabbanit is related to Natalie's murder?
It's all my fault, I'm so stupid.
So stupid. -Why, Yarin?
I'm so stupid. -Why is it your fault?
So stupid.
When Natalie started having issues at school
we grounded her.
She was upset, she defied us...
Mom didn't know what to do.
And I heard that the Rabbanit
talks to teens at her home.
She guides them.
Had I known what really goes on...
the crap she put in her head,
all this shit that she should be "her own person"
and "fulfill" herself.
"Female empowerment."
You're against female empowerment?
Telling a 16 year old she can do what she wants?
It's irresponsible.
she made things worse
with all kinds of surreal rituals and circles...
After I saw the picture I asked her--
What picture?
I got a picture on WhatsApp...
where Natalie is naked and has tons of piercings.
Can I see it?
It was one of those one-time photos. Then it's gone.
Who sent it to you?
Unidentified.
I freaked out.
I tugged up her shirt to see.
I was shocked.
So you went to Firas?
You took Avikam's old uniform?
Assault and impersonating an officer
is a five year sentence.
I barely touched him.
You didn't see his nipple...
I would've gouged out his eye,
touching girls like that.
So you think the Rabbanit encouraged Natalie to get the piercing?
"Encouraged?" I bet she took her there.
I went to see her
and asked what she knows about the photo,
Who Natalie is hanging with
all she said: "I respect her privacy."
You see?
That woman hides things from the girls' family.
When Yarin first brought Natalie to me
she was withdrawn, prickly, like a wounded porcupine.
She gradually opened up with me.
She talked about things she never dared to before.
Yarin saw it otherwise.
That instead of being a solution
you became a problem.
Natalie wasn't a "problem."
Her family couldn't accept her.
Her brother made her life a living hell, the uncle too.
They didn't let her out.
Only to you.
Since her father died, the brother and uncle control
her and Reuma.
Reuma's scared of them, but Natalie's different.
She needed a place where she could be herself, without fear.
And my circle gave her that.
But it threatened them.
What's he accusing you of?
He thought I'm hiding things. -Like what?
We talk about everything. Maybe that threatened him.
The day Natalie was murdered she lied
as to where she was spending the night.
Do you know who she was going to meet?
No, I don't.
Maybe she was hiding a relationship?
She hinted that there's someone.
Someone?
That's all she said, "someone?"
I didn't pressure her.
We build our trust gradually and hone it.
We were close to what I call "complete truth" but then...
she was killed. Like our Yarden.
Okay.
Is there anything you can tell me about him?
Anything she told you.
I believe she would have told me, but...
her life was cut short.
Maybe it's the other way around.
It's not that she didn't share because she died.
Rather?
She died so she wouldn't share.
Maybe the killer knew that she's going to talk.
There's something fishy about her,
rituals, circles,
"complete truth"...
I don't know...
Their real lives happen in this group, "Bitches".
They're five friends -
Natalie, Coral from their grade, Shaked, Roni and Maayan from Natalie's class.
Okay, move.
You look exhausted. Rest up.
No, I'm good.
Are those texts from the day of the murder?
Yes. This is Monday night, they were looking for Natalie, she didn't reply,
she didn't see the message.
And this is from before,
from Monday morning.
That's Natalie's last text in the group?
Later there's only the texts with Reuma.
"Be my bunny baby"
"Feel my soft, long ears."
"Pink ears!"
"Only I'm pink, bitches."
"Love you girl."
What bullshit...
"I'm hungry."
I read this chat a year back...
it's a miracle I still have a brain.
It's all crap, emojis, bunnies...
Bunnies?
Get this.
How do you know carrots are good for the eyes?
Ever seen a bunny with glasses? Ha ha ha
Hilarious.
Did she have a boyfriend?
Natalie? She was a butterfly, didn't want to commit.
It's rare anyone turned her on.
Queen bitch.
Did she tell you about relationships with boys?
What boys?
Maybe Natalie liked girls?
Natalie eats fish? Never.
Did she have beef with anyone?
Besides Yarin?
Did she smoke?
No way. She had to stay fit.
What's that whole bunny thing?
Bunnies are funny.
Bunnies are to die for.
Natalie's dead.
Bunny means boy.
What boy?
All boys are carrots.
Carrot equals dick...
Who was she closest to?
Me.
The Rabbanit.
Leave it on my desk.
Hey, Ehud. You into my kubaneh bread?
Eliyahu.
Either I don't see you for years or I see you every day.
Yeah, huh?
I brought this kubaneh for Racheli, she loves it.
You made it? -Indeed.
Look at you, the Yemenite...
I'm half and half, don't you know?
But the Bulgarian side took over. -Right.
Go ahead,
smell it, just like Grandma Rachel's.
Oh man, gimme... -No way! At our age?
It's a heart attack for sure. -Okay.
I hear you're holding Yarin Levi.
You know everything, huh?
Yes.
Porges, his sister was killed three days ago...
We'll verify his alibi and let him go.
His alibi? He's your suspect?
I'm sure we'll rule him out quickly,
but a good shaking up will do the thug good.
You haven't seen Daloya yet?
No, but you have.
I know everything too, what do you think?
So Yarin Levi spent the night here because he's hot tempered
and Daloya's a non-issue. -Daloya's in prison
and he was there when someone strangled Natalie Levi,
so odds are he didn't do it, right?
Not with his own hands.
So I'm focusing on finding who did it "with his own hands".
Eliyahu, come on,
I know this case is important to you,
but as a civilian-- -I'm telling you,
I know the guy... -As a civilian,
and I'm sorry, Eliyahu,
but you're out of line and I'm putting it mildly.
Thank you for your help, but it's not helpful.
So please...
You were with Natalie at the Rabbanit's group.
We were in the same circle.
What's a circle?
We meet in her living room.
The Rabbanit reads a verse from Scripture
and interprets it.
Then whoever wants to shares.
Did Natalie share anything about a relationship?
I don't know, the sharing is private.
You go into the Rabbanit's room and share.
One on one? -Yes.
If it's difficult to share, then she turns off the lights.
Sometimes she blindfolds herself with a scarf.
Or you, so it's as easy as possible to share the "complete truth".
Did you share "the complete truth"?
The sharing is private.
And in this intimacy,
was there... a physical closeness?
You're asking if she sexually harassed us?
The Rabbanit? No way.
While one of you is in the room,
the rest are in the living room?
Dancing.
That's the circle? You dance in a circle?
The circle is a whole philosophy.
See this...
The Rabbanit says the circle is the woman.
You know the difference between a circle and a hoop?
The hoop is the lining of the circle.
The Rabbanit says it has double meaning.
Women are "in line" with their femininity,
but it's also the border of femininity, what confines us.
What has to be confined? -The fire.
The female flame.
What do you do when there's a fire?
You extinguish it.
Exactly.
Many Jewish rituals, like immersing, extinguish women.
The Rabbanit says we mustn't extinguish our inner fire.
Look what I brought you. Smell it.
No thanks.
Kubaneh! I made it myself.
Take a whiff. -I don't want any.
You came for this?
No, this is by the way.
I had a meeting with Porges.
With Porges? Why?
He wanted my advice.
Porges wanted your advice?
Yes. Don't be so surprised, I still have a lot to give.
Great. Then give him the Kubaneh bread.
Racheli?
Boo!
You idiot, you scared me! I thought it's happening again.
I ordered pizza.
I ate tons. I drank tons.
Thank you.
Pepperoni? -The best.
Ew, I hate pepperoni. No dilemma.
It's like pizza. You know?
The circle is the family,
the pizza with the sauce...
and the woman is the crust on the sides.
The crust is the edge of the circle.
It's been her thing for years.
Hoops, women's circles.
Half the women in town have that hoop around their necks.
She orders them from Gerda.
Coral even has a hoop tattooed on the back of her neck.
Yeah, I saw.
Why get a tattoo
and hide it with your hair?
Maybe...
it's like a secret sign.
A symbol of belonging to something.
Or someone...
Move.
Look.
A tattoo?
And she must have burned it to erase it.
It's something Natalie didn't relate to anymore.
A boyfriend she broke up with or a group she left...
If it's a tattoo, maybe Firas did it?
Call him.
Hello?
Firas, Sapir Skolnik, Rosh HaAyin Police.
Okay.
Did you give Natalie Levi a tattoo?
I don't remember.
Inner thigh?
I don't remember.
Remember.
I remember she asked me to remove it.
Did you?
No way. I didn't touch her after that shit cop came by.
Do you have a photo of the tattoo?
I'll look, maybe I took a picture...
Okay.
Thanks, dude, it's urgent. -Okay. Bye.
He's sweet, Firas.
What do you mean sweet?
He's sweet! Don't you know what sweet means?
Fine, sweet.
They're all sweet to you, you...
have a sweet tooth.
Sweet tooth?
In a good way.
But who do you find sweet?
No way.
Maybe we're different.
"Different..." Like you're better?
I didn't say that. -Maybe you didn't say it...
Sapir? -Racheli?
What's with you? -Nothing.
You're judging me? "Sweet tooth..."
Okay,
I don't know what's up your ass, I'm going to bed.
Will you sleep in bed or walk around again?
Good night. -Good night.
I'm praying with all my heart for good news, and that we will be together soon.
I think Arlene is seeing another man. Don't be mad at me.
I know you're a man of truth. Love from the bottom of my heart, Mom.
Open up.
Once we start the anesthesia, you'll feel groggy.
What I'll do
is open the upper gums,
remove the piece of tooth inside,
disinfect the area and close up.
In a day or two I'll examine the stitches.
Don't smoke in the next 24 hours
and no pressure to the area,
don't blow your nose, don't blow up balloons,
don't play the tuba, don't dive and don't get on a plane.
Okay, start the drip.
What a surprise.
We have one question, may we?
Go ahead.
May we come in?
Not now, the Rabbi's napping.
Okay.
Do you know if Natalie had tattoos?
No, I don't.
Our sessions didn't include exposure.
Just spiritual...
And you?
A tattoo?
"Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh nor imprint any marks upon you."
Like all the prohibitions,
the penalty is 39 lashes. No, thank you.
One of the girls has a tattoo like your pendant.
That your mother crafts for us. Yes.
The woman's circle of fire.
We discuss it often,
the circle of life, continuity, that life is eternal...
Until it ends.
Do you know if Yarden Pali had a tattoo?
Not that I recall.
But you should know.
Why does she think you know?
We were friends. I told you.
You said you were in the same year...
So did she?
No.
So you were close.
No, I read the case file.
The Rabbi and Simon Ratzabi
interesting... He sold him an apartment?
For a place in heaven?
Hey. -Hey.
"The Rabbi's napping..."
He's sleepwalking, like you.
Let's go.
"Michael and Tamir run every morning by Qasem Junction"
Policewomen were here?
Esther, stop, I'm talking to you.
What did you tell them?
Nothing. I didn't even offer them water.
Remember what we said.
It's hard.
No unnecessary noise.
I need a place with no CCTV. -The restroom.
That won't work.
There's CCTV everywhere.
Wait, we didn't wire the main yard
because it's exposed as it is.
Less prone to fights, trouble
and whatever those kids-- -What about the second floor
in the range between these ones?
There's a niche under the stairs. -Right.
That's our place. -Okay.
Are you coming? I'm locking up. -Yes.
Sorry.
Need some help?
Ouch..
Put ice on before it swells
or you won't be able to wear a shoe. -He's right.
Come to the teachers lounge.
No, I'm fine, let's finish this. -I'm done.
I bet that
all you'll find are snot balls.
A generation of morons.
I'll walk you there.
I'm not going to the teachers lounge.
You're not a student anymore, you're allowed in.
Thanks for the update.
It's good to see you.
It's been years.
Aren't you in Jerusalem?
I've been here for six months.
I got my PhD and moved in with my mom, to help her.
She's getting older.
You grew up too.
What are you doing?
Should I stick it on?
You think they know something?
Yes. But do they know that they know?
Let them know there's no cameras here.
If I tell them that
this will become a smoking area.
So...
no one can see us now?
There's nothing to see.
If you're not in a hurry to class
I'd like a bag of ice.
Sure.
Wait here.
Thank you.
"Anonymous information regarding Natalie Levi".
Update from the prison,
Daloya smashed his face, he's in the infirmary.
He smashed it himself?
We're checking that out.
What about the tattoo?
Firas confirmed he tattooed her.
In September she asked him to remove it
but he was scared to touch her after Yarin's visit.
When he refused, she must have burnt it off herself.
He doesn't recall the image
but he photographs his tattoos
so he's looking for it.
What about the nude picture that was sent to Yarin?
Sent from a prepaid SIM.
and deleted itself after one viewing
So I don't know the sender yet, but I'm on it.
As for Yarin, he's hot tempered
but he's no murderer. His alibi was verified,
he was installing a pool at the time.
The client and CCTV confirm it, he's free to go.
As for Rabbanit Giovanni,
she was serving soup
at a women's shelter, at the time of the murder.
I think she's hiding something.
She said that Natalie must have had a boyfriend
but she was vague...
Did her friends mention a boy?
Her friends say she wasn't involved with anyone.
Maybe they're hiding something
or she only confided in the Rabbanit.
Especially if it was a forbidden affair.
Maybe a married man or a woman.
Hey, Mom.
Hey, sweetheart, I'm in the studio.
Okay, I'll be right there.
Can you look at the leak? It's back. -Sure.
"Eroticism in the Poetry of Shabazi"
"My Hadassah, the delight of your wine merged with mine. A."
Mom, you have to replace the band, it's all rotten.
God damn, he came all the way here?
I told him I don't want his kubaneh bread.
It's not for you.
Okay, so what was he doing here?
He brought me kubaneh.
Why did he do that?
Why not?
Do you get enough sleep?
So you can be bought with a kubaneh?
At least there are buyers.
He left me, not you.
Try to think why you're so mad at him.
Racheli?
Can I come in?
Leave me alone. I'm not going.
I won't force you.
What'll I tell her parents?
She was supposed to come over after school.
She was supposed to be with me.
Why didn't she come?
We had a fight.
She was murdered because of me. -No.
Friends fight.
It's not your fault.
If we hadn't have fought...
maybe-- -It's not your fault. Stop.
I fight with Avikam, with Mom...
It's important for you
to say goodbye to her,
to accompany her.
I can't meet everyone.
Who?
No one.
I can't go there.
Stop.
What a surprise.
How's your foot?
I'm here on duty.
Okay.
Do you give your book to all your female students?
You want to come in?
If they had the book it's because they bought it.
In all my years as a teacher I only gave it once.
Do you still have it?
You do.
I don't know.
I still think about us.
Yeah?
I can't get you out of my head.
And I reached a conclusion.
I'm in suspense.
We got off on the wrong foot.
"Off on the wrong foot."
Really?
A teacher sleeping with his high school student?
Is that how you see us?
That's what it was.
No.
It was much more than that.
You think?
Yes. -I think that I...
was a stupid little girl.
What's your excuse?
I was in love.
I missed you.
"Hadassah"
My Hadassah.
"Firas found Natalie's tattoo."
"Hadassah"