Leaving Beautifully(2023)

Leaving Beautifully is a Russian drama series following Boris Fadeev, a burned-out operative in Moscow's Internal Affairs Department. Trapped in alcoholism, depression, and a collapsing marriage, Boris has spent years dodging responsibility and paperwork. A sudden transformation grips him: he abandons his passive survival tactics and throws himself into the department's most dangerous cases, recklessly risking his life. What drives this radical shift remains the series' central mystery. As Boris pursues high-stakes investigations with newfound intensity, his colleagues struggle to understand whether he's found redemption or racing toward self-destruction. The show explores how a man at rock bottom can either rebuild or unravel completely.