The Original Interceptors (History of Margovya)

The Original Interceptors is the title of the first season of the. The series is an adaptation of the that premiered in 1969, and was developed for television by, who also serves as executive producer. This season reintroduces former extortionist and Interceptor, who has resigned from the Arbatskaya City Police Department following the events of , only to be called back into service, this time by the , which has established a new "deniable operations" unit to fight criminal threats that the Bureau has no legal right to investigate. Antonovich, once again the Interceptor who heads the group, now has to recruit people of different backgrounds to help him solve what the Bureau calls "the unsolvable cases." The season premiered on May 4, 2008 with a single thirty-minute pilot episode, with the rest of the season officially premiering on June 1, 2008. It concluded on July 27, 2008.

The first season was met with generally positive reviews from critics, and the series premiere ("The Rules") gained an estimated 8.67 million viewers. The season finale garnered almost 10 million viewers, and it became the most viewed television series of 2008.