The Writer

- Season 1

(2019)

Kateb, the Writer of "Arab Labor", is getting ready for the Israeli Television Academy Awards ceremony. The series he wrote enjoys unprecedented success, except Kateb can't stand it anymore.

After Tamara's body was discovered, the police start interrogating, especially Younes whose house keys were found in her pockets, so he is a suspect. Her sister discovers Tamara's relationship with Younes after a journalist told her.

The lawyer Magdolin will defend Younes. The police ask journalist Raed to stop any publishing on this case and then interrogate him. Raed contacts Younes's ex-wife to inquire about him. Shadi remembers what happened between him and Tamara.

Younes is also released, and he decides to end his career as a writer. Tamara rejects Magdolin's suggestion that a fellow lawyer works on the case. Magdolin goes to a party with Hassan, who clearly is infatuated with her.

A new lawyer takes on Tamara's case. Azzam and his wife testified that Younes was at their house. Younes goes back to writing. Journalist Tariq finds out that Younes's ex-wife is seeing another man.

Tamara's sister tells her other sister, Amira, not to tell Ra'ed about the price of the ring. Younes realizes that someone has been watching him while he was on his way to Magdolin's house.

Magdolin's father gets infuriated when she takes Younes to the orphanage. Younes asks Gihan to leave their son Yazan with him for a while. Meanwhile, the police resume their investigation of Tamara's murder.

Younes is cleared when a gang admits to killing Tamara. Younes, however, hires journalist Ra'ed as his private eye to learn who has been spying on him. Simultaneously, Younes asks Gihan to get out of his life for good.

Tamara's sister, Sofia, meets Younes to find out about their relationship. The convicted gang denies killing Tamara, and the investigation is re-opened. Raed is assigned to watch The General.

Younes learns that it is Magdolin who has been watching him. Magdolin's father storms out when Younes asks for her hand in marriage. Madama Azzam tells Gihan she will fix things between her and Younes.

Younes is puzzled with the diamond ring again, especially when he sees it in Madama Azzam's hand. Azzam warns him that mentioning the ring will only bring him trouble.

Sofia learns from her mom that there has been a woman threatening Tamara, and she was supposed to meet her prior to her death. Magdolin tells Younes someone's watching her and she calls the police. Gihan warns Magdolin's father of Younes.

When The General finds out Ra'ed has been watching him, he urges him to mislead Abu Saied and he won't blow his cover. Magdolin is attacked. It turns out that Tamara had been working for Azzam and she asked for this to be kept a secret.

Magdolin's friend tells her the car that's been following her is Younes's. Some people break into Amira's house. Dina asks Hisham for a divorce, and when Younes knows of their marriage, he decides to take their son away from her.

Younes tells Tamara's sisters about her working for Azzam, and that he's the one behind their house break-in. Younes asks Ra'ed to steal a file from Abu Saied. Dina's mom, Dalal, asks Younes to return Yazan to Dina.

Younes tells Magdolin it was solely her in his life when he proposed to her. Shady kills himself before his play's premiere, and Magdolin's father suspects murder.

Younes takes Magdolin and her father for a police line-up, while his private eye gets him the list of attendants of Shady's play. The police search Azzam's company and investigate his relation to Tamara.

Magdolin tells her father and Younes that someone is following her. Her father approves of their marriage. Abu Azzam tells Abu Saied that Tamara blackmailed him with documents she copied from his computer in exchange for a diamond ring.

Younes and Magdolin get engaged. The police state that Gihan died suffocated with gas, but they suspect a serial killer and start an investigation. Abu Azzam claims Gihan was indebted to banks. Abu Saied refuses to divorce Dina.

When Azzam's secretary is confronted with her threats to Tamara, she admits she has only done so at the request of Madama Azzam who wanted the ring back. Younes meets his old friend, Al-Sayed Helmy, who turns out to be his ghostwriter.

As Azzam's wife mentions he has a relationship with Gihan, Younes is interrogated for her death. Magdolin's mother quits being able to give due care and attention to her troubled daughter.

Magdoling meets Tamara's sisters at the book signing of Raed's debut book. Al-Sayed Helmy asks Magdolin to defend him against Younes. Abu Saied tells Magdolin that Younes almost killed him in a fight, so she quarrels with him.

Al-Sayed Helmy asks Raed to collaborate with him on writing a book. Al-Sayed Helmy takes Younes's son from school, and the mother accuses Abu Saied of kidnapping the boy.

Magdolin gets mugged and reports the incident and her stolen purse to the police. Tamara's sister threatens Azzam's secretary and manages to get the flash disk that contains information about Azzam.

Raed works as a double-agent for Younes and Al-Sayed Helmy. Helmy approaches Dina, Younes's ex-wife. Magdolin urges Younes to sue Al-Sayed Helmy. The police manage to find out the culprits who mugged Magdolin and stole her purse.

It is revealed that Helmy has been falsely locked up for taking his manager's name. Helmy tries to find out why Fadia gave Tamara's sister the flash disk.

Magdolin starts to hallucinate, thinking someone is watching her; her father tells Younes about her illness and asks him to help her. Abu Saied refuses to divorce Dia, so she leaves the country with her mother and son.

Younes also learns that Magdolin has admitted herself to a mental facility when things got worse. Younes tells her he has decided to reveal the killer's name in his novel.

Younes tells Magdolin about his dream of Al-Sayed Helmy, and they try to figure out who might have murdered Tamara and the others; she asks him about his relationship with Tamara and tells him how she found out about it.

Magdolin confesses to Younes that she's behind all these murders and that she did this to eliminate anyone who would pose a threat to their relationship. She threatens to kill him. Magdolin enters a mental hospital.