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On the set of the film "Superment," Kit and Nika investigate an incident in which actor Mudrov is nearly killed by a real pistol shot. They find out that Mudrov and Yakov Emmanuilich staged the whole thing themselves in order to disrupt the filming and avoid participating in the project. Nika refuses to quit her job at the media cops for Grisha's sake, and after the breakup, she kisses Anton in front of the photographers.

After the kiss at the ball, Nika and Anton become the main media couple, but Nika begins to doubt her feelings, and Kit decides to leave the media cops for the sake of his family. Khokhlov is replaced by the tougher Vyrubaev, and Kit signs a new contract after being blackmailed by Zhanna, despite the dissatisfaction of his loved ones. Anton proposes to Nika, she accepts, but in the finale, Zhanna's phone with the compromising material ends up in her hands.

The flashback reveals Kit's past: two years ago, he witnessed the beating of student Ilya Shchedrin, but, following the rules of the show, he intervened too late, and Ilya died. Zhanna and Kovrov concealed the truth, turning Kit into a hero, after which he broke down, started drinking, and gradually realized that he had become part of a corrupt system. As a result, Kit loses control over himself, his career, and his faith in his work, and his future in the media world is called into question.

Nika receives Jeanne's phone with a video proving Kit's guilt and demands that he confess on air himself, otherwise she will release the compromising material. Jeanne arrests Anton, forcing Nika to hand over the video, and then it turns out that their relationship was part of a PR game, after which Nika breaks off the engagement. Kit still confesses on air, he is fired, and Nika is left without a career or a relationship — but she becomes the new star of "Mediacops".