Shemesh

Seasons

1997

Israel

6.1

Israel's second successful sitcom, Shemesh centers around the title character and his restaurant "The Empire of the Sun", as well as his friends and workers.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Shemesh Ba'al Ha-Nes

Shemesh tries to find a way to escape his reserve duty by dressing up as an Orthodox Jew, while Etti becomes addicted to the shopping channel.

S1 • E2

Sovlanut

Shemesh, Sassi and Bar try to make a short video on tolerance for a game show in the hopes that it will win the main prize, a flight to Paris.

S1 • E3

Ha-Nachlieli

Etti is dating a Mizrahi singer named "The Nachlieli", much to the jealousy and mockery of Shemesh. Shemesh tries to find a way not to pay property tax for his restaurant's backroom.

S1 • E4

Diet

Shemesh, Bar and Sassi go on a diet and do exercise while Tenzer tries to sell them weight loss treatment.

S1 • E5

Hu Met, Hu Met, Hu Met...

A man dies in the restaurant in a quite mysterious fashion.

S1 • E6

Tipat Mazal

Shemesh tries to attract customers to fill out lotteries by inviting "The Shark", a man with a fantastic track record in the lotto. Meanwhile Etti tries to match him with her cousin.

S1 • E7

Ha-Mafteach

S1 • E8

Golem Ba-Ma'agal

The gang are stuck in the Empire for the night after a robber handcuffs them and steals their possessions. Etti dates a plumber named Mark Levi.

S1 • E9

Meunan Helkit

Shemesh develops a crush on a weatherwoman, and tries to contact her for a date, while Sassi tries to contact his crush, a famous model.

S1 • E10

Ha-Azaka

A traffic cop goes searching for who is responsible for triggering Tenzer's car alarm. Sassi is wanted by the police for petty theft.

S1 • E11

Zoltan- Satan Ha-Zman

Shemesh buys Bar a video game named "Zultan: The Time Demon" for his birthday, but soon begins experiencing strange Deja Vu every few minutes.

S1 • E12

Ha-B'hirot

Shemesh runs against Tenzer in the building council elections.

S1 • E13

Mercury Be-Reverse

A unique oddity in nature causes men and women to fall in love with the first person they see.

S1 • E14

Zichronot Mi-Beit Aba

Shemesh goes out on a quest to find who his real father really is, after being hired by his boyhood club Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

S1 • E15

Bar Mehoav

S1 • E16

Ech Ha-Kol Hitchil?

The pilot of Shemesh, Bar explains to Ogen how everything began, or more correctly how Etti became a waitress at the Empire.

S1 • E17

Hine Ba'a Ha-Rakevet

Strangely, the new underground train in Tel Aviv is scheduled to be constructed right in Shemesh's street. Incidentally, Sassi gets new glasses while Ogen joins Pnina Rosenblum's party.