Second chance
The main character is Monika Borecka, TV producer and manager. She is a modern woman of success - strong, attractive, hard-working and self-confident. Seemingly, she's leading a perfect life: she's on the peak of her career, makes money, and has a handsome partner. She loves living in a big city, she is always updated with news. Monika is ambitious and creative. In the world of show-business, she feels like a duck in water. She's going to celebrate her 40th birthday with beloved ones. Suddenly...she loses everything. Without job, friends, rejected by the world of show-biz which was her entire world. Arrested and convicted to social services in hospital. Monika, for the first time in her life is left on the own. Betrayed, humiliated, disillusioned and without hope. Monika faces many problems to find the answer for a question: what is the most important thing in life? Is she able to struggle with hardships of life? How to use a second chance, which is given us by lock to find our true destiny? The series also shows scenes of show business and reveals to the audience the mechanisms governing the world.
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Ep 1180 stopni
Monika Borecka is a movie producer and manager. She is summoned to a movie set, where a filming schedule is crashed by an actor Igor Szot who is Monika's protege. Igor has a nervous breakdown, but Monika can handle this and Igor goes back to the work. Straight from the set, she's meeting with president of the television, who decides whether ZEIT-studio (which is run by Monika and her partner Jakub) will be ordered to make TV series. The elevator breaks down, so Monika gets stuck in it with an intriguing man.
Ep 2Falowanie i spadanie
In the media, at best lasts campaign against Monika Borecka, a popular manager, who was arrested for drug dealing. Now, Monika is labeled as drug dealer, loses her reputation, a fiance and job. Her own world is ruined. She's hiding from the paparazzi in her sister's flat. She doesn't know what to do with herself. A visit of her parents cheers her up. She is starting again, doing the social services in the hospital where she meets a man who got stuck with her in elevator. He's name is Marcin and he works in hospital as surgeon.
Ep 3Wyjście awaryjne
Monika doesn't want to work in the hospital any longer and decides to leave. She wants to work somewhere else, but not in the hospital. The hospital is visited by curator judicial to check if Monika works there. Marcin finds out that Monika isn't at hospital, so he orders Jadzia to bring back Monika to the hospital. Meanwhile, Monika tries to find out who is the culprit of her troubles and accuses her biggest rival - Anna Starczynska. Anna denies it and tells Monika that Monika has more enemies that she thinks she has.
Ep 4007
Grzegorz, the Lidka's husband is starting an argument because of Monika. He just can't stand Monika's staying in his house. Lidka defends her sister. Marcin is worried about his teenage son, Ksawery who is going back to Poland after spending a few years in the USA. Marcin wants Kinga, his wife (they are separated) to help him with Ksawery. Justyna wants Monika to help in arranging her mother's concert which can help Nina to make a comeback.
Ep 5Lepiej już było
Monika helps Jakub to convince Igor to come back to the set. Marcin has an argument with son. Monika moves out from Lidka's house. Then, she becomes a co-founder of talent agency. Another co-founder is Ola. The hardships of living don't bother Monika.
Ep 6Za kulisami
The man in critical condition is brought to the hospital. Monika takes care of his daughter. Marcin, breaking the rules, let the girl see her father. Ksawery is going to the party with Justyna. All party-goers are smoking pot. The couple has an argument about this. Lidka, having troubles in marriage, goes with Monika to the club where she gets drunk quickly.
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