After the death of his father Johnny returns to Israel to look after his seventeen year old sister Cheli and take over his late father's honey business. Not long after his return he gets a call from a client and it soon becomes apparent that she is expecting more than honey! It turns out the business hadn't being doing well so manager Kayes had been supplementing his income by working as a gigolo. At first Johnny is unimpressed but soon decides it could be a good way to make money. Soon he, Kayes and Johnny's friends Itamar and Shimi are the 'Knights of Galilee' and their services are in demand from the local ladies. There are problems though; Shimi's wife isn't too pleased when she finds out and Kayes gets a little too close to Cheli, who is working as the boys manager despite her age among other things.
This Israeli comedy, retitled 'Milk and Honey' here in the UK, is a lot of fun although the subject matter means it won't be for everybody. While there is a fair amount of nudity, just breasts and backsides, during the inevitable sex scenes this series is really about the characters and how the business affects each of them differently. The cast does an impressive job making us believe in these characters and sympathise with them when things go wrong for them. Throughout the series there are plenty of laughs, some surprises and a degree of drama; overall I'd recommend this to anybody looking for a little different so long as they don't object to the subject matter.
These comments are based on watching the series in Hebrew with English subtitles. Some of the spellings of names differ in the subtitles but I stuck with the 'IMDb spellings' to avoid confusion.
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