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- Mali meets a new boy in the neighborhood, and nicknames him "Gjubredjiya" (garbage guy). A new girl, Marina, moves into one of the flats with her father, Petar. Gjubredjiya is smitten and thinks she is a princess. In the playground Gjubredjiya, Mali and Beni try to introduce themselves, but Petar abruptly takes Marina indoors. Karmen threshes Mali to a scene between Marina and her father. There he learns that he's too quick to judge Petar's behavior. When Petar is away, Marina hesitantly goes out with Gjubredjiya. Banging her nose, she bleeds profusely because she has a rare bleeding disorder and she has left the drugs for it at home. When Petar realizes that Marina is out without her medicine, he turns to the kids for help. They find Marina and Gjubredjiya at the hospital. Petar recognizes his attempts to protect Marina have actually made her life more difficult. He has to trust her and her ability to cope, so he gives Marina permission to go out with Gjubredjiya.
- With its uniquely African identity, flavor, and feel, the series takes viewers behind the headlines into the heart of conflict. Whether it is a village kgotla (council of elders) mediating a land dispute in the former Zaire, or the Truth and Reconiciliation Commision in South Africa, each episode demonstrates that good storytelling does not have to glorify conflict for its own sake-that an agreement can be as dramatic as any soap opera. At the same time, the series challenges the view that Africa is incapable of solving its own problems.
- Beni is a talented basketball player, and is invited to try out for the best basketball team in town, the Mahers. But to do so, he has to choose between basketball practice and keeping his promise to Jeylan - to rehearse for a show she's preparing. Making excuses to Jeylan, he chooses basketball. Beni soon discovers that getting into the Mahers involves additional choices. Succumbing to pressure from the others team members, Beni goes along with them as they bully a younger boy and slash his basketball. Karmen then threshes Beni to a room where the bullied boy is talking with his teacher about what makes a real friend. Beni decides that his friendship with Jeylan is more important than being a Maher, and joins her in preparing and performing in the show.
- At school, Darko shares a story he wrote about "Captain Darko". Although his classmates laugh at him, his teacher is impressed and she says that imagination is important. Darko is nevertheless dismayed. He is shocked when Karmen suddenly appears on his computer and introduces herself. He rushes out to tell everyone, but the children mock Darko yet again, he decides to abandon his space stories. Seeing that Darko is upset an old neighborhood women sympathizes with him by inviting him to tea, but Darko is too depressed for tea. In the common room, Mali finds Darko's notebook and starts to read aloud one of Darko's stories. The kids realize that his writing is rather good. Karmen "threshes" Darko, Mali, Beni and Itse to an alien planet created in Darko's imagination. They are deeply impressed. Encouraged, Darko writes more stories and visits the old neighbor woman. He reads her some of his stories and they discuss what Darko would like to do in the future - go back in time perhaps to see the dinosaurs, or travel beyond the galaxy....
- Dime invites Beni to his party, but Beni's father, Ahmet, won't let him go. Ahmet is convinced that Dime invited Beni only to provide music, and not because they're friends. He is also concerned that Beni will be the only Albanian at a party full of Macedonians. Ahmet tries to convince Beni by discussing his past negative experiences with Macedonians. Beni is conflicted because he knows his father means well, but he also knows that Dime's invitation is sincere. Karmen advises Beni to be true to his emotions and do to what he thinks is right. Beni sneaks out and goes to the party, but when his parents notice his absence they go looking for him and find him at Dime's. Embarrassed, they try to leave, but Dime's parents invite them to stay. The next day, Beni and his parents admit that, although Beni was wrong to have snuck out, parents can also make mistakes.
- Filis sees Elvis, a young Roma boy, fall and twist his ankle. After she takes him back to Shutka (the Roma quarter of Skopje) the two start talking and become friends. When she arrives home late, her aunt and uncle are mortified that she's been spending time with the Roma and forbid her from going to Shutka again. In the car with Ismail and Leyla, Filis encounters Elvis who's cleaning car windows, but she ignores him. Karmen "threshes" Filis into a Roma street girl trying to clean the window of a car Elvis is in. Filis sees Elvis in the car and she waves at him, but he ignores her. Filis now realizes how hurt Elvis must have been when she had ignored him. Later, Filis asks Remziye, her Roma girlfriend, to convey her regrets to Elvis. Despite his hurt pride Elvis accepts the apology from his new friend. The following day, Elvis's horse falls lame, so Filis helps him take the horse for help. When Filis doesn't come home, her worried uncle drives to Elvis's home and finds that Elvis's parents are as worried about him as he is about Filis. When Filis and Elvis eventually arrive everyone is relieved to see them. Seeing that Elvis and his parents are a family like any other, Filis' uncle promises personally to bring Filis back to visit.
- The kids are entering the "Cleanest Neighbourhood Competition." As they finish cleaning, they find an ugly puddle of oil on the ground. Ismail (Jeylan's father) accuses Risto and Ahmed of spilling the oil, and Risto and Ahmed call Ismail a litterlout. In their anger, the adults start throwing bags of garbage into the yard the kids have been trying to clean. Now they have no chance of winning the competition. The kids try to hide the garbage, but the judges find it. The kids go looking for Karmen, but disgusted by the rubbish, she's gone away to Mt. Vodno. When they keep bickering, she threshes them to the future where they see how polluted the world will be if people don't take any action. Returning from Mt. Vodno, the kids decide to clean up the mess together. Shamed by their children all the adults join in.
- Mysterious things start to happen in the building after Risto (Mali's father) and Leyla (Jeylan's mother) have an argument over who has the right to store their food in the common room. Although they both agree that the original caretaker of the building had said they could all use the room, each tries to lock the other out. Karmen begins to tell Filis, who witnessed the argument, the story of the original caretaker who lived in the common room; how his wife and son died in the 1963 earthquake; how he was made homeless; and how he made the common room his new home. Each year he would host a zadushnitsa banquet on All Souls Day to remember those who had died. That tradition had continued to the present. During the banquet preparations lights go on and off, strange messages and signs appear on the wall, things disappear then suddenly re-appear. Everyone is very nervous. Mali is convinced that the ghost of the caretaker has returned, angry that Risto and Leyla are arguing over his old room. They decide that it is time that Risto and Leyla were taught a lesson. The kids invite Risto and Leyla, who are frightened, to zadushnitsa. There they are met by a mysterious ghostly figure. Suddenly the ghost reveals itself as Filis. As dawn breaks we see the ghost of the caretaker. He raises his glass to the souls of the dead, "za dusha!" and then disappears into the sleeping building.
- In an old abandoned theater in London, six kids uncover some old magic and discover the power of teamwork. But first they must learn to trust each other and find out who's trying to stop them. It's a story of international intrigue, personal pride, and community spirit.
- Dime and Jeylan decide to partner together to represent their local tennis club in a doubles tennis tournament. Beni and Itse mock Dime for teaming up with a girl, so Dime drops Jeylan in favor of his friend Andrei. Jeylan is hurt and quits the tournament. Leyla, Jeylan's mother, discovers Jeylan's decision and tells her about all the prejudice she faced as a woman starting their family business. Leyla convinces her daughter to be strong - and to play on. Karmen, in the meantime, threshes Dime, Itse and Beni into girls to let them feel what girls experience when they're treated as inferior to boys. Tournament day arrives. Jeylan and her new partner Maria play Dime and Andrei. The girls win! Dime and his buddies admit that ability counts, not gender.
- An older woman is moving into Mali's neighborhood. One day she joins Mali in reading fairy tales and Mali is convinced that he's found the perfect granny. He sends his friends to her whenever they need anything. Unfortunately, 'granny' gives Filis salt instead of sugar for her baklava, and ruins rather than washes Darko's shirt. Mali's friends complain that she's the worst granny ever, and when Mali happens to see 'granny' chanting spells, he's convinced that she's actually a witch! Karmen threshes Mali to a theater rehearsal where Mali discovers that his imagined 'granny' is an actress playing the part of a witch. Embarrassed, Mali and his friends put on a performance of Romeo and Juliet for her - and 'granny' the actress joins in.
- Elvis and an orphan named David have an argument in front of a supermarket that results in a broken window. While earning money to pay for the repairs, the two boys gradually start to become friends. David enjoys the time that he spends at Elvis' home and seeing this, Elvis becomes determined to help his new friend. Without really asking, Elvis tries to get his parents to adopt David, but Elvis' parents are much more aware about the consequences of the adoption than he is and refuse. Elvis doesn't want to listen to their reasons and decides to find David a home on his own. Elvis finds David a room to live in but when he brings David to the room he can't understand why David is unhappy. David runs away from the room and when Elvis returns home he finds David sitting and talking with his parents. Elvis finally is forced to listen to David's explanation for the first time and comes to understand that David doesn't lack a home - but family atmosphere and friends.
- Itse mounts an exhibit of a traditional Turkish shadow puppet theater in Skopje's old bazaar. Although his effort is supported by an old Turkish friend of his grandfather's, Itse encounters fairly stiff and at times hostile resistance from younger Turkish kids. They are mostly upset by the fact their Turkish culture is being represented by someone who's not Turkish. Almost ready to give up, Itse accepts Jeylan's advice and holds the exhibit anyway. Although only a few Turkish kids come, Itse manages to show that different ethnicities in Macedonia share many common cultural values that bear similar importance for all of them.
- Ivan is just one of the gang, until the day his father, Tome, is laid off from his work. Depressed, Tome is unmotivated to look for new work, and his mood quickly infects the entire household. Ivan's friends are aware that something's wrong, but only belatedly discover the cause. When they offer Ivan a loan, he refuses it outright. However, he does accept the offer to start earning money by working at the neighborhood car wash and by joining Itse in a clown act. When Tome finds money in Ivan's pocket, he feels dishonored and humiliated, because he's convinced that somehow the neighbors are giving Ivan money out of pity. Only when Ivan angrily shows his father that he's trying to help the family by working does Tome realize that to better your life you have to actively and deliberately seek out ways to improve it.
- On his birthday, Ivan accidentally finds out he's been adopted. He has a terrible internal conflict between his feelings for the only parents he's ever known and his desire to find out as much as possible about his past. In his emotional confusion, he decides he was abandoned and that he needs to leave "home" to discover his true identity. Itse tries to explain to Ivan that parents sometimes don't know the best way to share difficult information with their children. He needs to understand that his mother and father are the two people who raised him. Ivan eventually traces the story of his birth parents to a village but feels bittersweet satisfaction about this discovery. He does, however, realize that parents are those people who love and take care of you.
- Karmen wants to make sure that her protégées have learned how to deal with everyday problems. She probes their ability to apply their knowledge to issues raised by some younger kids in the neighborhood. As each of the older Nashe Maalo kids is confronted by a problem, s/he recounts to the younger child an earlier occasion when something similar happened. Karmen's past advice and the lessons learned from previous adventures are recalled through flashbacks. In this way, Karmen's kids demonstrate that they are now able to mentor and help the younger Nashe Maalo generation.
- Beni wants to become a DJ at a local radio station, but the owner thinks he's too immature for the job. At the same time, Beni has to take care of his niece Arta, and tries to get Mali to help out. Mali finds Arta too little to play with, and is much more interested in Beni's radio job than in "babysitting". All three try to get what they want by pretending to be, and trying to act, older than they really are - but all their tactics backfire. When Arta gets into trouble at school, Beni finally gets a chance to demonstrate his true level of responsibility, which then opens an opportunity for him to try for the DJ job. Beni, Arta, and Mali see that it's not always age, but maturity that matters.
- In the premier episode, serendipity leads our five main characters to a small neighborhood in London. But all is not as it seems. A thief follows Deniz and her precious violin, but Tanaka follows the thief. Joe runs away from summer revision school and Stavros discovers that his chief opponent in the international football tournament is Mia, a girl.
- Itse has fallen for Remziye, a young Roma girl new to the neighborhood. In an attempt to impress Remziye, Itse tries to learn a Roma dance. However, his plans backfire when Mali and Darko bring Remziye to watch him practicing in his dance tights. Remziye thinks that Itse is making a fool of her and Itse is embarrassed. Meanwhile, Mali has suggested to Beni that he enter an amateur film competition. At first Beni is reluctant, but when he secretly films the embarrassed Itse in his dance tights chasing Mali and Darko, Beni decides that Itse's passion for Remziye is a good subject for his film. Itse tries several things to impress Remziye, but she always feels that he is mocking her and only becomes angrier when she discovers Beni and Mali secretly filming their encounters. Remziye's best friend Elvira tells her that all Macedonians are the same, and that all Itse wants to do is to make fun of her. Itse is confused, so Karmen "threshes" (magically transports) him to a situation where he sees that his best choice is simply to be himself - not to try to be someone he imagines Remziye would like him to be. To help Itse, Beni gives Remziye the film he has made; and after seeing the tape, Remziye realizes that Itse wasn't teasing her, rather trying to impress her. The next time they meet Itse is back to his old self and he finds that Remziye is interested in the real him.
- The Muslim feast of Kurban Bayram and Orthodox Easter are approaching. Beni's and Dime and Mali's families each make their preparations. Beni and his father have brought a lamb to keep, and Mali dyes eggs for Easter. A confrontation between Dime's and Beni's fathers about keeping a lamb in the building quickly escalates. When Beni is not allowed to keep the lamb, he breaks Mali's Easter eggs. Mali tells Dime what happened, and Dime and a friend look for the lamb to steal in revenge. When Karmen sees how delighted Mali is by this, she "threshes" him to a Muslim household where he sees why and how Muslims celebrate Kurban Bayram. Mali realizes that the lamb is as important to Beni, as the eggs are to him, and he informs Beni about Dime's plan. After a comical lamb chase, Mali catches it and Beni trades him the lamb for two Easter eggs.
- "Mazah fi Jad" (Seriously Joking) features three families - two Muslim and one Christian in the Bethlehem area. Focusing on the problems of everyday life for ordinary Palestinians, particularly the young, the story follows the Abu Ali family, the Um Sami family, the Abu Saleh family, and their friends; as the characters deal with social issues related to love, marriage, high unemployment, nepotism, corruption, and traditions versus modernity in family affairs. The storyline comments on the lives of Palestinian youth with a focus on their needs and ambitions as they experience university and the challenges of living in Palestine.
- Beni must choose which high school he is going it to enroll in. He is passionate about music, but his father, Ahmet, is determined for Beni to pursue finance. Beni discovers a web site called Music Magic. The site promises musical as well as financial success. Beni intends to use Music Magic to succeed and hopes his father will understand his choice. But Music Magic suddenly goes bankrupt and Beni's plans fall apart. Beni realizes he can't satisfy both his own and his father's expectations. Karmen "threshes" Beni to a music café where he meets Vlatko Stefanovski (a famous guitar player). Vlatko advises Beni not to give up on something if he desires it from the bottom of his heart. With great love and intensive work, Beni manages to pass the exam and is admitted to the music high school. Although his father still doesn't agree with his choice, he learns to respect his son's desire.
- Itse's dog has puppies and he gives one to Mali. But Mali has no place to keep it and when his attempts to find a place fail, he schemes up a plan. Without asking, he gives Jeylan the puppy, thinking that she'll look after it. Although Jeylan doesn't want the puppy, Remziye convinces her to take the dog for a walk in the city park. In the park the puppy runs away! Jeylan begins to look for it but decides this is a good way of ridding herself of the unwanted animal and goes home instead. Mali keeps asking to see the puppy and Jeylan keeps making up excuses for the puppy's absence. Karmen "threshes" Jeylan to the park as a puppy. Falling into a hole, "puppy Jeylan" waits in fear till she's rescued. Jeylan realizes that she's been cruel to the dog and goes looking for him. On his own, the missing puppy returns to Itse's house. Itse and Jeylan tell Mali that he was wrong to accept the dog without his parent's permission and then to give it to Jeylan without checking with her first. Jeylan admits that she also mishandled the puppy. Mali gives the dog to a little girl whose parents promise that they will look after it, and she promises Mali that he can come and visit anytime he likes.
- Beni's band is invited to compete to appear live on radio. All they need is one good song, so Beni asks for help from his Internet song-writing partner, who calls himself Cobain. Beni doesn't know that Cobain is actually Mehmet, a shy Turkish boy. Mehmet's father is very proud that he is learning to play classical Turkish music and is unaware that Mehmet secretly longs to play rock-and-roll guitar. When Mehmet shows up at Beni's rehearsal, Beni and the band take him for some "nerd" and knock him around. After a second meeting, Beni realizes that the "nerd" is Cobain and apologizes. Mehmet tells Beni the band can use his song if he can play with them. Zana, the singer, refuses and walks out, so Karmen threshes Zana to a TV quiz show where the audience has to guess who she is by her looks; they can't. Zana goes to Mehmet's house to invite him to play but accidentally reveals Mehmet's secret to his father. Finally, Mehmet joins the band, which adopts the name Beni and the Nerds. Mehmet's father attends their performance.
- Darko, the lonely space voyager, finds himself in a new situation. He has a new stepfather, Marko, and stepsister, Matea, who he doesn't like. Darko sees Matea as competition and senses that almost instantly she's won over his mother, his best friend Mali, and even Karmen. But what Darko doesn't know is that Matea feels at a loss in her new environment, without her old friends and without her mother. She has little patience for Darko, who seems unwilling to give up anything; especially not space in his room and the regular visits with his mother to the planetarium. When Darko's mother suggests skipping their planetarium visit, Darko runs away from home. He's convinced his mother no longer loves him and is unaware how his disappearance will make her feel. The parents mobilize Matea and Mali (who's fallen head over heels for Matea) to search for Darko. After finding Darko, Matea completely losses patience for his feelings and Karmen "threshes" (magical transports) the two of them to an isolated spot. Once alone they have to choose between finding a way to acknowledge each other or living in hostile isolation. Darko and Matea realize that although it may be odd at first, they now belong to the same family, which loves them both.
- Dime, Beni, Jeylan and Atije are going to spend the day in the countryside under the watchful eye of Beni's older sister and her boyfriend. Unfortunately, Mali has to stay behind because he's got a cold. At the picnic site, the kids decide to go catch butterflies and soon get lost. Beni accidentally hurts his ankle and needs to be carried, but kids are stuck on the mountain with no food and no way to get back. As they get hungrier they start to blame each other for their predicament. When Mali, back at the apartment, overhears his parent's phone call about his lost friends, he wants to help and Karmen threshes him to the mountainside. Once there he convinces the other kids that they can only solve their problem by working together. They improvise a splint and figure out a way to make their way down the mountain, where they're greeted by very relieved family members.
- Jeylan loves kayaking and she wants to become a member of the kayak club Zayak. There's one condition: she has to look after the club's mascot, a rabbit, for a week. When Jeylan shows the rabbit to her friends, Biba, wants one for herself. Biba means a lot to Dime, so when Dime can't find a rabbit to give her, he steals Jeylan's rabbit. But Biba's happiness means Jeylan's sadness. Dime decides to get the rabbit back from Biba, but when Itse teases Dime that he'll lose face, he hesitates. Karmen then threshes Dime into a situation where he experiences the negative consequences of peer pressure. Dime stands up to his friends' teasing and returns the rabbit to Jeylan just before members of the kayak club gang up on him for stealing their mascot.
- The kids, with Soner's help, decide to throw a party to save the theatre and Mustafa's job. Meanwhile, Joe, Tanaka and Stavros are deciphering clues and getting closer and closer to finding Joe's brother. But Joe's parents, and the police, are even closer to finding him!
- Remziye, as the top math student in her class, is invited to represent her school at the city math competition. She hesitates to accept on the pretext that she's too busy with her dance group, but actually Remziye is worried she may not do well at the competition. If she fails to do well, Remziye believes that everyone will laugh at her and say a Roma girl should not have been chosen in the first place. Despite her friends' and family's encouragement, Remziye refuses to enter the competition. For this reason, Jeylan and Itse decide that it's time for Remziye to meet Karmen. From Karmen, Remziye learns that avoiding a challenge is admitting failure from the very beginning. Although she doesn't know how well she will do, Remziye is determined to participate in the competition.
- Dibek is a neighborhood bully. Every day he threatens and takes money from Elvis' friend David. David is too frightened to stand up to Dibek or even to tell anybody about what is happening. When Elvis finds out, he tries to protect David and responds to Dibek with the kind of violence that Dibek uses against his "victims". David realizes that Elvis beating up Dibek is not going to solve the problem, and he musters the courage to tell the head of his orphanage what's going on. The kids realize not only that violence begets more violence, but that you have to speak up in the face of injustice.
- Trouble abounds. Mustafa is accused of stealing, and Spike and Fox's secret plan to take over the theatre inches ever closer to completion. The kids devise a way to expose Fox and Spike, but too late-the theatre has already been sold. Mia and Deniz unearth an old poem written by a WWII Sparklers actor, the meaning of which may save the theatre, Mustafa and their own integrity.
- Beni, Atije, Dime, Jeylan and Mali decide to hold a surprise birthday party for Filis. When they keep disappearing to organize things, Filis thinks they are avoiding her intentionally and she angrily breaks Mali's model airplane and deflates Atije's bike tires. Meanwhile, Jeylan and Violeta choose the same song to sing at the party. Jeylan claims it's a Turkish song so she has the right to perform it, and Violeta insists it's Macedonian and that she should sing it. Karmen threshes Jeylan to a party where everything she wants is off limits because it's not culturally "hers". Jeylan understands that no one "owns" a song, and that she and Violeta can each sing the song their own way. In the meantime, Filis realizes that her spiteful acts have only further alienated her friends, and she apologizes. She is therefore even more surprised when she discovers that her friends were "avoiding" her to prepare a birthday party.
- Somebody is trying to sabotage Stavros on the football field. Stavros must choose between revenge and confrontation to settle the matter and keep his team in contention. But trouble looms at the Sparkler's Theatre as two developers, Spike and Fox, divulge their secret plans to destroy the place.
- The Pilots are a cool gang - and Itse wants to join them. The Pilots demand that he bring a drum (tarabuka) to a party, and he takes one from the Dance Academy where his Roma friend Atije studies ballet. The Academy principal suspects Itse and asks Atije to get the drum back. Itse denies taking it, and the principal suspends Atije until she can produce the drum. Itse has second thoughts and tries to get the drum back, but the Pilots mock him for being concerned about a Roma girl. 'Why does he care what happens to her? Plus everyone knows that Roma's steal, so it will be her who is accused of the left not Itse.' Atije can't understand why her friend Itse is doing something to hurt her and decides that Itse is a thief at heart. Karmen threshes Atije to observe that Itse has the same need for acceptance as she does. Atije confronts Itse with a question: Does he prefer to stay in the gang or to remain her friend? Itse says he just "borrowed" the drum, but the gang won't return it. When Itse finally demands that the Pilots return the tarabuka, they smash the drumhead. Itse takes responsibility by returning the drum to the Academy and agreeing to sweep it out to pay for the repair.
- After witnessing a wedding and being taken by the image of the bride, Zana comes to learn of the difficulties and discrimination that women around her have to face day to day. At home, Zana's mother is expected to prepare a large family dinner, despite chronic pain, because she has to maintain her position as the "bride of the house". As Zana's comprehension of injustice towards women grows, so does her anger and her desire to "fix" things. Zana's opportunity arises when her schoolteacher agrees to let Zana publish an article in the school magazine. Zana, however, is too consumed by her anger and does not understand that anger alone will not solve the problem. To truly help, she needs to find a positive approach to changing things. From her neighbor and her mother she gradually learns that only by understanding and addressing each situation's cause is it possible to offer a meaningful solution. At home Zana's mother suggests a solution to the dinner problem: Zana's father needs to realize that women's work is difficult and that it is not beneath a man's dignity to help.
- We see people living in what appears to be an unassuming apartment building. Gradually we see that one family is Macedonian, another Albanian, another Roma, etc. When a student moves out of the building, she asks some kids: Beni (Albanian), Dime and Mali (Macedonian), Atije (Roma) and Jeylan (Turkish) to help her carry her things to the car. These kids don't know each other, even though most of them live in the same building. The student has no more room in the car, so she leaves her TV set for the kids to share. After some debate, the kids decide that the appropriate place for the TV is a room in the basement. There they continue to argue over the TV, and before they can even plug it into the wall the TV turns on. On the screen is Karmen, who it turns out is the apartment in which the kids live. She introduces the kids to each other, addressing each in his/her own language. All the children are totally amazed, but remain convinced that there's some logical technical explanation. They agree to return later to look for the real meaning of what's happened. Only one of the kids, Atije, returns at the appointed time. Because the kids haven't kept their word, Karmen doesn't appear when they all finally assemble in the basement. Dime blames Beni and makes pejorative remarks about how Beni, as an Albanian, has no place in the building. At home Dime is irritable and pouty. Karmen suddenly "threshes" (to send someone through Karmen's magic tunnel) Dime to Beni's apartment, where Dime invisibly witnesses that Beni is just a regular kid who is now as unhappy as he is. After he's "threshed" back, Dime realizes he needs to apologize to Beni for insulting him earlier. Despite this reconciliation, the kids still have a problem: The adults have decided to make the basement room their common laundry. Dime offers a plan to outsmart the parents. And together the kids succeed in keeping the basement as their shared room where they can visit Karmen. They also realize that they now form a group with a shared secret.
- Dime is eager to see the blockbuster Fireworld. When his father drives Dime, Mali and Filis to the theater, Filis unfortunately falls sick and they have to go back home. Nerjuz, the Roma woman who cleans the building where Dime lives, gives Filis traditional herbal medicine and reassures Dime that Filis will soon feel better, but Dime insults Nerjus by calling her and her medicine "backwards" and "behind the times." He insists that modern medicine would be better. Karmen threshes Dime to a local hospital in the 1940s, when most medicines were still traditional. By helping a doctor Dime learns that traditional medicines are neither "backwards" nor ineffective. When he's threshed back, Dime find that Filis is feeling much better - and ready for Fireworld.
- Erol, a 13-year-old Turkish boy, moves to "our neighborhood". His misses his old friends and is worried that the kids in his new neighborhood won't accept him because he's Turkish. So he lies, saying he's Macedonian and that his name is Igor. Mali and other kids invite him to join them and Erol/Igor thinks he's managed to fool them. When Filis comes to Erol's apartment to welcome the new Turkish family, things get more complicated. "Erol" goes missing, and the kids (including "Igor") are sent out to find him. Erol finally reveals to everyone that he's not Igor and explains why he lied to them. He discovers that the kids are willing to accept him for who he really is.
- Jeylan's invited to a birthday party. She wants to look good, so she borrows her mother's necklace without permission. That day Atije's and her mother Nerjus are scheduled to clean at Jeylan's. After Jeylan's mother (Leyla), returns and pays Nerjus for her work, she notices the necklace is missing. Leyla rushes after Nerjuz, and in front of all the tenants, angrily accuses her of stealing the necklace. Nerjus, hurt and humiliated, finds herself in a no-win situation. Since no one trusts Roma people she is unable to prove that she is not a thief and, even though she is innocent, Nerjus decides to replace the necklace by selling the family earrings. Meanwhile, Beni calls Jeylan, who leaves the party and goes home to tell her mother what actually happened, but she is dissuaded by her mother's anger. Karmen "threshes" Jeylan to Atije's courtyard where she arrives in time to stop Jeylan from selling her earrings. Jeylan tells Atije and Nerjuz the truth, and accompanies them back to her mother, but Leyla feels humiliated that she was wrong and a Roma cleaning woman was right. Atije and Jeylan reconcile as friends, but the future is unknown for the two mothers.
- Beni, Atije, Dime, Jeylan, and Mali are concerned when Karmen suddenly introduces herself to Itse. They demand that Itse keep Karmen's existence a secret, which he agrees to half-heartedly. The kids get even more worried when Itse and Karmen stage a money-making magic show. They padlock the basement room where they keep the TV to prevent Itse from getting in. Frustrated and angry, Itse breaks in and spray paints the TV screen. When Dime and the others discover him there, Dime starts a fistfight. Karmen "threshes" (magically transports) them both to a boxing ring, where their fight escalates comically but unstoppably till they're both exhausted and "threshed" back. Having experienced that settling their disagreement by fighting doesn't get them anywhere, Dime and Itse start to ask each other why they'd done what they did. The gang finds out that Itse was only trying to earn enough money to buy his sister a new prom dress and they decide to help him organize a puppet show. The puppet show is a success, Itse's sister gets her new dress and Itse is accepted the newest knight of the Karmen roundtable.
- Although Beni's grandmother lives in Gazi Baba, Beni's parents feel uncomfortable there, and convey this attitude to Beni. While visiting his grandmother Beni's sees a boy in the street acting 'strangely'. Beni's band needs a new drummer, and when Zana, an Albanian girl in the band, brings Jait, Beni realizes that he is the strange boy he saw in Gazi Baba. During a rehearsal the band's amplifier stops working, and Jait offers to take it home to repair it. Beni believes that Jait intends to steal it, and sneaks into Jait's yard to take it back. When Jait catches him in the act, Beni accuses him of theft and takes the amp home to fix it himself. But Beni can't fix it, so Karmen threshes him back to Gazi Baba. There Beni discovers that Jait earns money by fixing electronic equipment. Beni goes back to Jait's house to apologize and convinces Jait to be the band's new drummer. People in Gazi Baba aren't so different from people in Beni's neighborhood after all.
- In order to earn enough money to buy a motor scooter Beni and Itse work at the new "Nashe Maalo Car Wash," owned by Beni's and Mali's families. Beni explains to Itse that for him working at the car wash isn't just about buying the scooter; all Albanian boys are expected to get some kind of work at his age as a sign of growing up. One day, a red convertible drives into the car wash. Beni and Itse are so impressed; they fail to serve the customer. Ahmed scolds Beni for not taking his responsibilities seriously and letting the family down. Beni apologizes and asks for a chance to prove himself, so Ahmed puts Beni in charge one afternoon. The same convertible comes in and Beni takes Itse and Sanya for a ride in it. He crashes the car and injures Sanya's leg. Beni and Itse give their "scooter money" to the red car owner to pay for the repair, but Beni's father remains disappointed in his son's behavior. Beni vows to never make such a mistake again.
- When Mali's, Filis' and Darko's wishes are hindered by their parents, the kids wish that for one weekend they could be the boss at home and have their way. Karmen overhears them and says they should be careful what they wish for, because they might get it. When the kids persist, Karmen "threshes" (magically transports) them into their parent's shoes. At first, the new kids-as-adults enjoy themselves and boss around their parents-as-kids. But just when everything seems to be going perfectly, the kids-as-adults start to face various adult problems they'd never had to consider before. The kids realize no one is free to do just anything s/he wants, including parents. Karmen threshes the kids back. The kids are no longer in a rush to grow up; they have time to mature before they have to face adult responsibilities.
- It's down to the wire as the bulldozers arrive for demolition, a protest is organized and a mad search for the poem's meaning sends Tanaka and Soner all over London. Amidst this chaos, Stavros and Mia play against each other in the football championships, and Deniz misses her final piano recital at her music school.
- Tanaka, Mia, Deniz and Stavros discover that Peter has moved into the Sparkler's Theatre and vow to help him find his older brother. Comic shenanigans ensue as they devise plans to sneak him food and keep him clean! But in the end we learn that 'Peter' isn't 'Peter' at all.