Mossad 101


Mossad 101 is an Israeli television action drama series that premiered on Channel 2 on October 31, 2015. The series follows a fictional training course for the Israeli intelligence agency the Mossad and focuses on the humane side of its agents and their personal experiences.
It reveals different methods to track down, sort and recruit successful agents and shows the moral difficulties of this occupation.
The series became available on Netflix on 10 October 2016.
The second season premiered on 26 October 2017, initially on Israel's Channel 2, and from November 2017 on Reshet's new standalone channel, Reshet 13.

Plot

The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is surrounded by surveillance cameras and is equipped with technological devices. The compound operates a training course in which 13 trainees are sent to complicated missions in order to test their suitability for the occupation, and their improvisation, seduction and impersonation abilities.
Yona, the commander of the course, criticizes the mediocrity of Mossad's agents and demands from the new trainees a higher level of execution. He decides to create a new training program to test his trainees via unusual and radical situations, in which, apart from excellence, Yona demands a creative "out of the box" thinking.
As individual trainees fail in different ways, they are unceremoniously dropped from the training program.

Cast and characters

  • Yehuda Levi as Yona Harari : Commander of the course, a grounded Mossad agent
  • Liron Weismann as Avigail: Supervisor and former wife of Yona, a psychologist
  • Yehoram Gaon as Simon: Retired Mossad agent, was called to serve as the guide of the course
  • Shai Avivi as Micha: Deputy Mossad director
  • Aki Avni as Giora Hafner: Trainee of the course, a wealthy businessman
  • Itay Tiran as Avishay: Trainee of the course, body language expert
  • Hana Laszlo as Doris Levi: Trainee of the course
  • Omer Barnea as Uri Spector: Trainee of the course, born in the United States
  • Rom Barnea as Ziv Spector: Trainee of the course, born in the United States
  • Soraya Torrens as Katarina Anolyo: Trainee of the course, born in Brazil
  • Alex Cheqon as Max Elbaz: Trainee of the course, born in France
  • Dan Shapira as Hanoch Gat: Trainee of the course, a former F-16 pilot
  • Yaniv Biton as Kobi Frechdal : Trainee of the course, born in Iran
  • Gal Toran as Avital Vexler: Trainee of the course, an actor
  • Genya Snop as Sveta Sheransky: Trainee of the course, born in Russia
  • Daniel Litman as Tubi Miller
  • Tzachi Halevy as Liron Hariri

    Episodes


Season 2
Episode 1. Mr. & Mrs. X 14
Episode 2. Sarcophagus operation 15
Episode 3. Recruitment attempt 16
Episode 4. Sign from God 17
Episode 5. Fireworks 18
Episode 6. I shall come to your door 19
Episode 7. Hariri’s monkey 20
Episode 8. Trust-building measures 21
Episode 9. The messenger 22
Episode 10. Kaddish 23
Episode 11. A bent lid for a broken pot 24
Episode 12. Forgiveness is divine 25