Некрасивая подружка (Seasons 1–25)

Nekrasivaya Podruzhka (The Plain Friend, 2019) is a Russian detective series you can watch online on iFILM. Investigator Tonya was handed a brilliant mind but not much in the looks department, and by thirty-five she has given up on romance and thrown herself into the job.

The murder of an advertising designer looks open-and-shut: every clue points to his mistress, Rita. But small details that don't fit keep nagging at Tonya, so she starts building other versions. The trail leads to a cosmetic-surgery clinic where her glamorous friend Svetlana works — and where Sveta has just begun an affair with the director, a man with three past romances that all ended in tragedy. Elena Muravyova plays a dogged detective whose instincts won't let her close an easy case. A solid pick for fans of unhurried Russian whodunits. Stream every episode online on iFILM.