The Big Holiday
In 1999, the show originally featured only one segment titled Pastila Timpului ("The Time Pill"). It was a sitcom about a scientist named Professor Hărăbor, who invented a pill that allowed him to travel through time and embark on all kinds of adventures with his family, often portraying well-known characters throughout history. After the first season, the show expanded to include two segments: one featuring either Policeman Garcea or other comedy skits, and another with Leana and Costel Parțag — a rural couple from Sadova dealing with all sorts of shenanigans involving the other townsfolk.
Seasons
1. The Laboratory
Air Date: 1999-10-03
Original title "Laboratorul" The Professor gets caught up in some family chaos and invents the Time Pill—a device that transports him and his family to different historical eras, where they experience a strange kind of semi-conscious amnesia.
2. The Inquisition
Air Date: 1999-10-10
Original title "Inchizitia" The Professor is Galileo Galilei and is captured during the Inquisition to be tortured and executed.
3. Rome
Air Date: 1999-10-17
Original title "Roma" The Professor is the poet Lucretius in Rome during Julius Caesar times.
4. West
Air Date: 1999-10-24
The Professor is a cowboy in the Wild West.
5. The Musketeers
Air Date: 1999-10-31
Original title "Muschetarii" The Professor is Louis XIII of France dealing with the Three Musketeers.
6. The Germans
Air Date: 1999-11-07
Original title "Nemtii" The Professor is one of Hitler's scientist during WWII.
7. Star Trek
Air Date: 1999-11-14
The Professor is Captain Picard, captain of the Enterprise.
8. 1848 Revolution
Air Date: 1999-11-21
Original title "Revolutia de la 1848" The Professor is Balcescu during the Romanian Revolution in 1948.
9. Mafia
Air Date: 1999-11-28
The Professor is one of a henchman for the Mafia.
10. The Sultan
Air Date: 1999-12-05
Original title "Sultanul" The Professor is a Sultan dealing with Vlad the Impaler.
11. X Files
Air Date: 1999-12-12
Original title "Dosarele X" The Professor is part of the X Files duo, Scully and Moulder dealing with an Alien trying to swap bodies.
12. Shogun
Air Date: 1999-12-19
The Professor appears at a Shogun pallace in Japan.
13. Santa Claus
Air Date: 1999-12-26
Original title "Mos Craciun" The Family is back home to celebreate Christmas.
14. With the Oltenians, as a Family
Air Date: 2000-01-02
Original title "Cu Oltenii, in Familie" Famly shennanigans in the peasents family from Olt.
15. 1907
Air Date: 2000-01-09
The Professor is in the The Peasants Revolt of 1907 in Romania.
16. Xena
Air Date: 2000-01-16
The Professor is Gabrielle, Xena's sidekick.
17. Vietnam
Air Date: 2000-01-23
The Professor is in the Vitnam war.
18. The Bedouins
Air Date: 2000-01-30
Original title "Beduinii" The Professor is a guest at the Bedouins
19. Robin Hood
Air Date: 2000-02-06
The Professor is Robin Hood.
20. Nikita
Air Date: 2000-02-13
The professor is in the TV Show Nikita.
21. Romeo and Juliet
Air Date: 2000-02-20
Original title "Romeo si Julieta" The Professor is Romeo dealing with Jultiet's family.
22. Snow White
Air Date: 2000-02-27
Original title "Alba ca Zapada" The Professor is Snow White.
23. Gypsy Camp
Air Date: 2000-03-05
Original title "Satra" The Professor is part of a family of travelling Gypsies
24. Emergency Hospital
Air Date: 2000-03-12
Original title "Spitalul de Urgenta" The Professor is dealing with the horrors of Romanian Healthcare System at the Emergency Room.
25. Titanic
Air Date: 2000-03-19
The peasant family from Olt is on the Titanic.
26. Dracula
Air Date: 2000-03-26
The Professor is Count Dracula dealing with his weird guests.
27. Horia, Closca and Crisan
Air Date: 2000-04-02
Original title "Horia, Closca si Crisan" The Professor is part of the Romanian Revolutionary trio Horia, Closca and Crisan.
28. Sherlock Holmes
Air Date: 2000-04-09
The Professor is John H. Watson, friend of Sherlock Holmes
29. Mihai the Brave
Air Date: 2000-04-16
Original title "Mihai Viteazul" The Professor is one of the boyars at the court of Mihai the Brave, Romanian ruler.
30. Nursing Home
Air Date: 2000-04-23
Original title "Azilul" The Professor is an old man at the Senior Retirement Home.
31. The Trial
Air Date: 2000-04-30
Original title "Procesul" The Professor is at Court, getting persecuted for his crimes during his Time Travels.
1. Garcea and the Father/Leana and Costel Genesis
Air Date: 2000-10-29
Original titles "Garcea si Taticu'/Leana si Costel Geneza" Policeman Garcea tries to arrest an innocent father and his child. Leana dreams about how God created her and her husband, Costel. Upon waking, Costel reminds her that they have two children—Lila and Axinte. This marks the first introduction of the characters Leana and Costel.
2. Garcea-Interrogation/Leana and Costel The Neighbour
Air Date: 2000-10-22
Original titles "Garcea-Ancheta/Leana si Costel Vecinul" Policeman Garcea tries to interrogate a suspected criminal. Leana and Costel are dealing with the consequences of their children killing the neighbor’s chickens.
3. Garcea at the Bingo/Leana and Costel The TV
Air Date: 2000-10-15
Original titles "Garcea la Bingo / Leana si Costel Televizorul" Garcea fails to learn how Bingo is played. Chaos ensues as the Partag family gets a new TV.
4. Garcea-Flagrant/Leana and Costel Telephone
Air Date: 2000-10-22
Original titles "Garcea-Flagrant/Leana si Costel Telefonul" Garcea catches an innocent man with his future wife in a hotel room. Garcea arrests the woman, thinking she is an escort. Leana is scared of the new mobile phone technology, and Costel calls someone to fix the TV. She ends up eating an envelope full of nasty stuff, set up by Costel. The envelope was intended for her soap opera sweetheart, Jose Armando.
5. Garcea-Baby Sitter/Leana and Costel At the Hospital
Air Date: 2000-10-29
Original titles "Garcea-Baby Sitter/Leana si Costel La Spital" Garcea is babysitting his boss’s son. Leana is sick after eating the envelope from the last episode. Costel calls an ambulance, and they go to the hospital. Axinte and Lila end up burning the house down while they are gone.
6. Garcea at the Trial/Leana and Costel Voyage I
Air Date: 2000-11-12
Original titles "Garcea la Proces/Leana si Costel Voiaj I" Garcea is called to testify in court and turns out to be the worst witness to an accident. Leana and Costel lie to their children, pretending they died so they can go on a holiday voyage. Lila and Axinte catch on to their plan and follow them.
7. Garcea Shopping/Leana and Costel Voyage II
Air Date: 2000-11-12
Original titles "Garcea la Cumparaturi/Leana si Costel Voiaj II" Garcea stumbles upon a robbery in a shop, and the owner tries to reward him, but Garcea doesn't know what the appliances do. Leana and Costel try to enjoy their holiday but get scammed even more by Lila and Axinte. Leana goes to get a massage, and Costel sneaks in, replacing the blind masseur. While hiding, he overhears a plan to kill him when they return home.
8. Garcea The Pig/Leana and Costel Agritourism
Air Date: 2000-11-19
Original titles "Garcea Porcul/Leana si Costel Agroturism" Garcea arrests a pig herder. Leana and Costel scam tourists, and Costel ends up in jail.
9. Garcea The Poacher/Leana and Costel The Wife
Air Date: 2000-11-26
Original titles "Garcea Braconierul/Leana si Costel Nevasta" Garcea believes that the poacher is the forest ranger. Axinte finds a new hot wife, and they plan a wedding. Leana is jealous of the new wife because Costel is looking at her too much.
10. Leana and Costel at Bucharest
Air Date: 2000-12-03
Original title "Leana si Costel La Bucuresti" Leana and Costel go to Bucharest to visit their godfather and godmother. They plan to scam them out of their apartment by pretending to contact their dead son using spiritism. They end up getting scammed by Lila and Axinte.
11. Garcea at the Toilet/Leana and Costel Armed-Alms"
Air Date: 2000-12-10
Original titles "Garcea la W.C./Leana si Costel Pomana-Armata" Garcea doesn't know how a public toilet works. Leana and Costel plan to attend a funeral to eat for free while Axinte is drafted into the military.
12. Garcea and the Firefighter/Leana and Costel Old-Dream
Air Date: 2000-12-17
Original titles "Garcea si Pompierul/Leana si Costel Batrani-Visul" Garcea wrongly arrests the firefighter who is there to stop the fire. Leana buys some tea that makes them sleep and dream of the future 30 years ahead. They get scared and try to change it.
13. Garcea-Caroling/Leana and Costel Christmas
Air Date: 2000-12-24
Original titles "Garcea-Plugusor/Leana si Costel Craciunul" Garcea has to prepare a carol for Christmas. Leana is setting up the tree, and Axinte "accidentally" butchers the neighbor’s pig. The neighbor kills their dog, Laica, in revenge. Costel ends up giving the dead dog to their neighbor Mitica.
14. Garcea and the Suicidal Man/Leana and Costel The Pub
Air Date: 2001-02-18
Original titles "Garcea si Sinucigasul/Leana si Costel Carciuma" Garcea tries to save a suicidal man but ends up injuring him. Costel doesn’t recognize his house because it’s ravaged after a party the night before. He goes to the local pub, where he meets the barkeeper Mitica, the priest, and the local lunatic Frankfurt.
15. The Show of the Show Who Wants to be Filthy Rich/Leana and Costel Bad Winter
Air Date: 2001-02-25
Original titles "Emisiunea Emisiunii Vrei Sa Fii Bogatan/Leana si Costel Iarna Grea A parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with rural folks. Axinte kills the neighbor’s pig, and the neighbor kills Costel’s dog in revenge.
16. Garcea at Poker/Leana and Costel The Confession
Air Date: 2001-03-04
Original titles "Garcea la Pocker/Leana si Costel Spovedania" Garcea busts a poker cheater who kills his opponents. Costel pretends to be God while hiding at the church during confessions. He uses blackmail to gain favors from Leana but ends up backfiring.
17. The Show of the Show 5 AM Good Morning/Leana and Costel The Divorce
Air Date: 2001-02-11
Original titles "Emisiunea Emisiunii Ora 5 Buna Dimineata/Leana si Costel Divort" The presenters of the 5 AM morning show are very sleepy because they were moved to that hour. Leana wants to divorce Costel, and they both invent stories about each other to make the other look bad.
18. Garcea and the Arab/Leana and Costel The Senator
Air Date: 2001-03-18
Original titles "Garcea si Arabul/Leana si Costell Senatorul" Garcea assists an Arab man who got into an accident with a gypsy. The townsfolk find out that the senator is coming to the village, but the priest discovers that he’s actually not. Costel then pretends to be the senator and fools them.
19. Life of the Village/Leana and Costel The Cemetery
Air Date: 2001-03-25
Original titles "Viata Satului/Leana si Costel Cimitirul Work in progress
20. From Love/Leana and Costel The Match
Air Date: 2001-04-01
Original titles "Din Amor/Leana si Costel Meciul" Work in progress
21. The Shof of the Show Abracamadabra/Leana and Costel At the Theater
Air Date: 2001-04-08
Original titles "Abracamadabra/Leana si Costel La Teatru Work in progress
22. Garcea and the ID/Leana and Costel Easter
Air Date: 2001-04-15
Original titles "Garcea si Buletinul/Leana si Costel de Pasti" Work in progress
23. Leana and Costel Boxing
Air Date: 2001-04-22
Work in progress
24. Garcea Offender/Leana and Costel The Wedding
Air Date: 2001-04-29
Original titles "Garcea Infractor/Leana si Costel Nunta" Work in progress
25. Garcea and the Bomb/Leana and Costel The Kidnapping
Air Date: 2001-05-06
Original titles "Garcea Bomba/Leana si Costel Rapirea" Work in progress
26. Garcea Tickets/Leana and Costel Cosmetics
Air Date: 2001-05-13
Original titles "Garcea la Bilete/Leana si Costel Cosmetics" Work in progress
27. Garcea at the Book Store/Leana and Costel The Inheritance
Air Date: 2001-05-20
Original titles "Garcea la Librarie/Leana si Costel Mostenirea" Work in progress
28. Garcea at the market/Leana and Costel Appliances
Air Date: 2001-05-27
Original titles "Garcea la Piata/Leana si Costel Electrocasnice Work in progress
29. The Show of the Show Early Morning with Horia Badea/Leana and Costel The Mayor
Air Date: 2001-06-03
Original titles "Dimineata Tarziu cu Horia Badea/Leana si Costel Primarul" Work in progress
30. The Show of the Show We Care/Leana and Costel The Cow
Air Date: 2001-06-10
Original titles "9 Ne Pasa/Leana si Costel Vaca" Work in progress
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Rating
8.0/10
Release Date
1999-10-03
Episodes
53 (2 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
MediaPro Entertainment