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Plot overview
The series, set in 2008, depicts three Israeli soldiers who were captured seventeen years ago while on a secret mission with their unit in Lebanon.

Season 1
The story begins with the soldiers' return home after years of negotiations for their freedom. Nimrod Klein and Uri Zach return alive, while the remains of Amiel Ben-Horin come back in a coffin.

The series explores the reintegration of Nimrod and Uri into a society which has made them national icons, and into an interrupted family life, while working through the trauma of being held captive and tortured. On a personal level they have to deal with partners who waited or moved on, children who have grown up without them, and parents who have died.

They also have to undergo psychiatric evaluations and military debriefings. When a military psychiatrist finds discrepancies in their stories, an investigation is launched to discover what they are hiding.

Big reveal at the end of Season 1 finale
In the closing minutes of the final episode of season 1 it is revealed that Amiel did not die in captivity after all, but is alive and living in Syria as a Muslim.

Season 2
After an extended flashback to events at a school in 1990, the second season rejoins the story a couple of weeks after the end of the first.

Initially disagreeing on what to do with their discovery that Amiel may still be alive, Nimrod and Uri take the information to Haim and Iris, who start to pursue their own (unofficial) investigation into what actually happened all those years ago.

Alongside this, the series continues to follow the soldiers (and their families) as they pick up the pieces of their lives post-release. It also depicts Amiel for the first time as a living character (rather than Yael's visions of him) and follows his life - as Yusuf, a Muslim - in Syria.

Season 1

 * Yoram Toledano as Nimrod Klein, a prisoner of war, and a brave, witty and intelligent man. He has difficulty readjusting to life with his wife and two children.
 * Yael Abecassis as Talia Klein, Nimrod's wife. She campaigned tirelessly for her husband's release. Since his return, she has trouble relating to him, and she finds that her life no longer has a clear purpose.
 * Yael Eitan as Dana, Nimrod's rebellious daughter, who was very young when her father was captured.
 * Guy Selnik as Hatzav, Nimrod's teen son, who was born after his father was taken captive.
 * Ishai Golan as Uri Zach, a shy and timid prisoner of war. He is very close to Nimrod. During their captivity, Uri's former girlfriend married his brother, and they had a son.
 * Mili Avital as Nurit Halevi-Zach, Uri's former girlfriend. After mourning his capture and becoming convinced that Uri was dead, she eventually grew close to and married his brother. She feels intense guilt after Uri's return.
 * Mickey Leon as Yaakov "Yaki" Zach, Uri's brother and Nurit's husband. He is concerned about what effect Uri's return might have on his marriage.
 * Adam Kent as Asaf, son of Yaki and Nurit.
 * Shmuel Shilo as Joseph "Yoske" Zach, Uri and Yaki's elderly father and a widower.
 * Assi Cohen as Amiel Ben-Horin, a prisoner of war believed to have been killed during his captivity under mysterious circumstances.
 * Adi Ezroni as Yael Ben-Horin, Amiel's sister. She finds it impossible to deal with his death, and she begins to see him in visions.
 * Nevo Kimchi as Ilan Feldman, an IDF liaison to the families of killed, captured and injured soldiers.
 * Gal Zaid as Haim Cohen, an IDF psychologist. He leads the investigation of Nimrod and Uri, convinced that they are hiding something.
 * Sandy Bar as Iris, an IDF operative who develops a relationship with Uri.
 * Aki Avni as Ofer Shem-Tov, owner of an advertising agency and a friend of Nimrod who served with him in the IDF.
 * Dalik Volonitz as Dr Shmuel Ostrovsky, Dana's therapist.
 * Doron Amit as Ehud, son of Dr Ostrovsky.
 * Salim Dau as Jamal, in charge of the cell that captured and imprisoned Nimrod, Uri and Amiel.

Season 2 (additional characters)

 * Hadar Ratzon Rotem as Layla, wife of Yusuf.
 * Makram Khoury as Sheikh Qasab, Jamal's commander and father of Layla.
 * Yousef Sweid as Abdullah bin Rashid, a terrorist imprisoned in Israel for an attack on a school.
 * Jonathan Uziel as Yinon ("Noni"), a Mossad agent.
 * Shimon Mimran as Dr Ze'ev Kaplan, an IDF psychologist.
 * Boaz Conforti as Oren, friend of Nimrod and a member of Nimrod and Uri's reserve unit.

Music
The song played during the end credits of the final episode of the first season is "I Have Come Home" by Dana Berger & Itay Pearl. It also appears at the start of episode 2 (during Nimrod's early morning run). The song was not written specifically for the series.

In episode 5 of the first season, the song Yael is listening to while her dogs are being walked is Chava Alberstein's version of "Keep Your Soul (The Guard Song)" by Nathan Alterman and Sasha Argov, from Alberstein's 1973 album Let It Be.

In the final episode of the first season, the song that Uri finds on an old cassette tape (and that Nurit subsequently listens to in her kitchen) is Anat Atzmon's "In A Dream" by Jaroslav Jakubovic & Michal Vered, from Atzmon's 1989 album of the same name.

At the end of the first episode of season 2, singer Nurit Galron performs the song "Goodbye, Sweetie" by Meir Goldberg & Leah Shabat, from Galron's album of the same name released in 2000.