Season 1

1983-01-14 · 45m

Antonis Zagouras (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) secretly leaves Syros, arrives in Piraeus, and searches for his cousin Mitsos Rousalis (Yannis Zavradinos), who is a member of a rebetiko band. He quickly becomes a member of the group, which consists of Thanasis Bekos (Timos Perlegas), Vangelis Aivaliotis (Dimitris Kataleifos), and Giorgos Dozis (Ilias Logothetis). However, he unwittingly witnesses the kidnapping of Stella (Rika Vagianni), with whom Mitsos is madly in love.

1983-01-21 · 45m

Two months have passed, Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos) and Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) have opened a small ouzo bar, while Stella (Rika Vagianni) has begun to realize that life with Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) is not what she had dreamed it would be. Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) continues his efforts and contacts in order to get the band to play at a large folk festival. However, a fight at the ouzo bar leads to Mitsos being arrested and sent to prison.

1983-01-28 · 45m

Giorgis (Ilias Logothetis) suggests to Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) that he ask Belousis (Iraklis Papadakis) for help in getting Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) out of prison. Stella (Rika Vagianni) returns to her parents' home. Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) and Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos) enjoy their carefree life. Dina (Dina Konsta) visits Mitsos in prison and reveals that he is going to be a father. A few days later, however, Stella goes to see him and tells him that she has had an abortion. Domna Samiou appears and sings in this episode.

1983-02-04 · 45m

Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) is released from prison, but Stella (Rika Vagianni) makes it clear that she does not want to continue with him. At the same time, the band begins performing at a club in old Kokkinia. Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) arranges for them to be seen by the head of a record company. Antonis goes to Chara (Chara Angelousi) and suggests that she form her own band and perform at her club. She refuses, and so they go their separate ways. The band is preparing for its first album when Antonis announces that he is leaving the band.

1983-02-11 · 45m

Aristos (Filippos Sofianos) takes Antonis' (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) place in the band. The album is released and does very well, while Aristos meets Sylvia (Themis Bazaka), a woman of the aristocracy, and begins a relationship with her. Mitsos is now making a lot of money from the albums, unlike Giorgis (Ilias Logothetis), who is fired from the police force and gets a job at Thanasis's (Timos Perlegas) shop, who has problems with the police.

1983-02-18 · 45m

Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) is tried for possession and trafficking of contraband and acquitted due to reasonable doubt. Aristos (Filippos Sofianos) proposes marriage to Sylvia (Themis Bazaka). She refuses, and soon reveals the life she leads, which Aristos was unaware of. So he gives her an ultimatum: either they get married or they break up. A few days later, she goes to the shop, but again their conversation leads nowhere. When Aristos leaves, Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) goes to her table to keep her company...

1983-02-25 · 45m

Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) has fallen into drugs and has started causing problems in the group. Aristos (Filippos Sofianos), on the other hand, goes to Sylvia's (Themis Bazaka) house and is surprised to discover that she is in a relationship with Mitsos. He returns home and, in a rage, threatens to kill them both. Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) and Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos) convince him to take a break for a while to get over it. This story is the reason for the orchestra's breakup.

1983-03-04 · 45m

Sylvia (Themis Bazaka) learns that Aristos (Filippos Sofianos) has emigrated and decides to move to Paris without telling Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos). Meanwhile, he tries to find a way to avoid being drafted on the eve of war. Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos), on the other hand, returns and reunites with Chara (Chara Angelousi), who this time suggests they become business partners. So he sets up a rebetiko band in her shop, with Antonis on lead bouzouki, while she accompanies him on vocals.

1983-03-11 · 45m

Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) meets with the big boss of the record company, who complains to him about drugs. At the same time, Belousis (Irakis Papadakis) informs him that he is going on tour to Istanbul, and that on his return he will be transporting a large consignment of drugs. Meanwhile, Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) and Chara (Chara Angelousi) decide to get married. She invites all their friends to her house to spend Christmas Eve together. However, the men get into a fight and Antonis is exiled to Aspronisi.

1983-03-18 · 45m

Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) meets Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) in Aspronisi. The two put the past behind them and support each other. Antonis realizes that his old friend is in a bad way because of drugs and decides to help him kick the habit. Meanwhile, the Greco-Italian War of 1940 breaks out and Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos), shortly before enlisting in the navy, confesses his love to Chrysoula (Eleni Kourkoula).

1983-03-25 · 45m

Giorgis (Ilias Logothetis) tries to return to Piraeus from the Albanian front. On the way, he meets Takis, who is killed by a German bombing raid. So he takes his belongings with him, intending to return them to his beloved. Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) and Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) have already returned to Piraeus, while Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) is renovating his shop. Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos) now works in a shop in Athens and helps his beloved Chrysoula (Eleni Kourkoula) financially, while Giorgis plays in small clubs to make a living.

1983-04-01 · 45m

Chara (Chara Angelousi) gets engaged to Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos) and Chrysoula (Eleni Kourkoula). Giorgis (Ilias Logothetis) meets Dimitra (Dimitra Zeza) when he takes her Takis's belongings, and the two begin to grow closer. Meanwhile, Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) breaks up with Belika (Belika Koubareli), with whom he had a brief relationship, prompting him to get back together with Chara, knowing that he never stopped loving her. At the same time, Thanasis learns that Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) has relapsed into drug use.

1983-04-08 · 45m

Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos) and Chrysoula (Eleni Kourkoula) get married. Late at night, Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) knocks on their door and begs them to hide an Englishman in their house. Mitsos (Yannis Zavradinos) dies. Giorgis (Ilias Logothetis) announces to Dimitra (Dimitra Zeza) that they are getting married the next day. Antonis (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) goes to Chara (Chara Angelousi), but she refuses to take him back.

1983-04-15 · 45m

All the heroes of the story have gathered at Chara's old shop (Chara Angelousi) to celebrate the end of the first cycle of the series. Together, they remember the most important moments of the rebetiko group and the songs associated with them.