About this season
It depicts the life of the Macedonian poet and communist, Kočo Racin.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 9 January 2024 • 30 min
A boy named Kosta is born. At 9, his father compels him to quit school and work for the family pottery. Undiscouraged, Kosta studies nightly, nurturing a love for literature, especially poetry and communism.
2. Episode 2
Aired 10 January 2024 • 30 min
Kosta and friends escape trouble with drunk police. Later, he attends a Communist Party Congress in Dresden but is arrested at the Austrian border on his return. After 3 months, Kosta returns home to find an army service invitation.
3. Episode 3
Aired 11 January 2024 • 30 min
After facing harassment by the army corporal, Kosta visits Skopje often to organize a poetry reading, facing opposition from authorities. He befriends Antun Kolendic. The police are informed that Kosta leads the local Communist movement.
4. Episode 4
Aired 12 January 2024 • 30 min
During a picnic, police spoil the fun for Kosta and friends. Heading home, Kosta's friend Stevan Galogaza arrives, but as agents and police approach, both Stevan and Kosta are arrested.
5. Episode 5
Aired 15 January 2024 • 30 min
Kosta endures torture in prison. After 6 months, he's transported for a tense trial in Zagreb, where he and Stevan Galogaza are sentenced to 4 years in jail.
6. Episode 6
Aired 16 January 2024 • 30 min
Imprisoned Kosta discusses language, literature, and politics. Upon release, he reunites with Nevena, discovering Gancho's death. During a Party writers' clash, Kosta defies orders by refusing to attack Miroslav Krlezha.
7. Episode 7
Aired 17 January 2024 • 30 min
Tito orders to ban Kosta from the party. Despite the separation, Kosta asks Nevena to join him in Skopje, but she stays in Veles. They meet regularly, attend the first Macedonian play, motivating Kosta to finish his Macedonian poems.
8. Episode 8
Aired 18 January 2024 • 30 min
Kosta works in Belgrade, but is forced to go back home in Veles. Then, he goes to Samobor near Zagreb, where 4000 copies of his poems are printed and distributed illegally. Unfortunately, the authorities seize all of them.
9. Episode 9
Aired 19 January 2024 • 30 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 22 January 2024 • 30 min