Series synopsis
In the Nick of Time, also known as Στο Παρά Πέντε is a comedy mystery television series that premiered on Mega TV on September 26, 2005. It ended on June 18, 2007. It was created by Giorgos Kapoutzidis. It stars Smaragda Karydi, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis and Argyris Angelou.
Five people, strangers to each other, are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They witness a murder and from then on an endless tangle of adventures begins for them. Dalia, Zoumboulia, Spyros, Fotis, Angela... unite in a group, draw strength from each other and aim to deliver justice in an old and dark case... Through dangers and upheavals they will manage to reach in the truth of the case but also their own, personal truth.
Premise
Five people, strangers to each other, are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They witness a murder and from then on an endless tangle of adventures begins for them. Dalia, Zoumboulia, Spyros, Fotis, Angela... unite in a group, draw strength from each other and aim to deliver justice in an old and dark case... Through dangers and upheavals they will manage to reach in the truth of the case but also their own, personal truth.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Smaragda Karydi as Ntalia Chatzialexandrou
- Elisavet Konstantinidou as Zoumpoulia Ampatzidou
- Giorgos Kapoutzidis as Spyros Deloglou
- Argyris Angelou as Fotis Voulinos
- Angeliki Lampri as Angela Ioakeimidou
- Eirini Koumarianou as Sofia Baxevani
- Pavlos Orkopoulos as Thomas Voulinos
- Eleni Krita as Marilena Dorkofiki
Supporting cast
- Efi Papatheodorou as Theopoula Tzini
- Michalis Marinos as Alexis Stergiou
- Gerasimos Michelis as Andreas Kalogirou
- Dimitris Petropoulos as Aris Pavrinos
- Melina Kyriakopoulou as Frinta Papaparaskefa
Guest cast
- Mimi Denissi
- Alkis Panagiotidis as Efangelos Stavrianidis
- Grigoris Arnaoutoglou as Grigoris Arnaoutoglou
- Iosif Iosifidis as Avraam Lentzos
- Patrikios Kostis as Nikos Kalathas
- Petroula Christou as Anna Ampatzidou
- Valia Giannarou as Elena
- Theodoros Anthopoulos as Timos
- Nikos Pantelidis as Leontaridis
- Dimitris Tselios as Theater Assistant Director
- Teri Kladi as Passerby
- Konstantinos Kalavrytinos as Alexandros Dorkofikis
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 54 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | December 23, 2025 | |
| Season 1 | 26 | September 26, 2005 | June 5, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 23 | October 2, 2006 | June 18, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoumpoulia - Ntalia Best of | |
| 2 | Souper Giagiades | |
| 3 | Skines Drasis 1 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Five people, unknown to each other, find themselves stuck in the same elevator of a luxurious hotel, alongside with a former minister who, being gradually poisoned, dies in front of their eyes. In his final words, he asks them to prevent his murderers from getting away and gives them the first clue of the mystery: in his office they have to look for a "paa...". Just before that, the narrator presents us the five heroes of our story (Dalia, Zouboulia, Spiros, Fotis and Aggela) as well as the mysterious "bad guys" (who planned the minister 's murder) and she leaves us wondering about her own identity with the words "and as for who I am, lets just say its too soon for you to find out" |
September 26, 2005 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Dalia, Spyros, Zoumboulia, Aggela and Fotis have their own reasons they want to solve the mystery, even though they don't admit it. The team is finally created. However, the bad guys find out there were witnesses and decide to hunt them down. Finally, the team pays a visit to the dead minister's secretary. |
October 3, 2005 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The team gets away literally in the nick of time from the hands of the murderers. Dalia and Zoumboulia are too scared and decide to stop their search. As everything shows that the team is falling apart, an unexpected event brings them back together. Meanwhile, the bad guys are getting very close to the five. They 've already spotted Aggela. |
October 10, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 After a strangely quiet summer, our 5 friends are finally back. Spyros graduates from University, in an unconventional ceremony. Meanwhile, Dalia tries to avoid a famous but very annoying "friend"; Fotis does everything in his power to raise the channel's ratings from 0.0% to 0.1%, Zoumboulia goes back to her village (intending to stay there forever), but finds out everybody think of her as a stranger and Aggela finds a job wandering the streets promoting a lousy Greek play. A new clue for the case shows up and sends the team to one of the Greek islands. |
October 2, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Our gang is finally on a ship to Mykonos. While on board, the five have a good time, chatting, drinking and trying to distract Zoumboulia every time the ship reaches an intermediate station (they have informed her they are headed to Tinos instead of Mykonos). But soon, the five realize they are not safe even there. The reason is simple. Onboard along with them is one of the bad guys with his girlfriend, going at the same island on a romantic trip. Zoumboulia soon finds out she's not at Tinos and a rich woman mistakes her for Dalia, an old friend of hers from school. ... |
October 9, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Halloween is long gone, but some people actually find it amusing to dress up. Dalia takes the opportunity to dress up as a hairstylist, Fotis dresses up as Sakis Rouvas and Thomas gets in touch with his inner nature, that of Superman. At the Van Reuben reception, Zoumboulia and Marilena realize that one of the bad guys is actually there and to make matters worse, a power outage and a bomb threat takes everyone to the garden (leading to some unfortunate reunions) but the presence of the police prevents any further agony. The five will once again get away, but upon ... |
October 16, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Mega TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 26, 2005 |
| Last aired | June 18, 2007 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday |