The Deal
Season 1
Created by: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Alice Winocour
Network: RTS Un
Season aired: 2025-08-28
Overview
Geneva, April 2015. In the hushed corridors of a luxury hotel, high-tension international negotiations get underway between the United States and Iran, suspected of secretly developing the atomic weapon. Alexandra Weiss, head of the Swiss diplomatic mission, is trying to maintain a fragile balance between the parties operating behind the scenes. The unexpected arrival of her former love, Payam Sanjabi, an Iranian engineer whose life is under threat, will complicate her task dangerously...
Episodes · 6
Secret Meeting
April 2015. In Geneva, Alexandra Weiss, Swiss chief of protocol, orchestrates explosive nuclear negotiations behind the scenes. But spies are prepared to do anything to derail the agreement.
Ghosts from the Past
An Iranian engineer shattered by prison shocks Alexandra. Under constant surveillance, he asks for her help to escape, while a shady businessman infiltrates the diplomatic corridors.
Compromise
A missile strike threatens the talks. Pressure, espionage, and manipulation intensify, while Alexandra finds a way to meet Sanjabi out of sight.
Calculations and Strategies
After a murder, Alexandra tries to bring together two rival engineers to save Sanjabi. But a revelation about her private life shatters her hopes of escape.
Twilight
As Sanjabi faces deportation, Alexandra manipulates the negotiations. But the arrest of a journalist friend in Tehran puts the agreement and her mission in jeopardy.
End Game
Betrayals, pressure, and ultimatums. Taking advantage of a football match, Alexandra plays her last card to rescue Sanjabi from the clutches of the Iranian regime.
