Krakh favorita (Padayushchaya zvezda) (A Falling Star) (The Fall of a Favorite) (8 seriy)

Lyubimets publiki, krasavets i zvezda dolgoigrayushchikh serialov Andrey Basmanov ponimaet, chto postepenno vykhodit v tirazh. Uzhe ne tak chasto predlagayut bolshie roli, vse rezhe — geroya-lyubovnika, a vokrug vsyo te zhe litsa — zhena, s kotoroy uzhe isporcheny otnosheniya, artisty iz truppy. Da eshche i ot kolleg Andrey uslyshal, chto oni schitayut ego posredstvennym akterom. Andrey edet s antreprizoy na gastroli i sluchayno otstaet ot poezda.

Popadaet v tikhiy provintsialnyy gorod, gde est teatr, pytaetsya tam nachat vse s nachala... Na pervykh porakh gorod s radostyu prinimaet "zvezdu": v mestnom teatre reshayut, chto teper spektaklyam obespecheny anshlagi, zhenshchiny, uznav, chto u Andreya ne slozhilas lichnaya zhizn, nachinayut rvat ego na chasti. No vskore... Okazavshis na stsene, Basmanov oshchushchaet sebya metrom, ne pomnit tekst, naigryvaet, v obshchem, vsem stanovitsya yasno, chto on uzhasnyy akter.

I tut nachinaetsya — nedavniy favorit prevrashchaetsya v uchenika, kotoromu vse dayut sovety i ukazyvayut na akterskuyu falsh. Smozhet li Andrey dokazat, chto on nastoyashchiy akter? Smozhet li on dostich uspekha, kotoryy budet tsennee vsekh ego mylnykh pobed?