S1.E1 ∙ Toxic Beauty

"Kissing Metal" is the story of Philippe, a down and out European film producer, who lives in a tent in the shadow of his unfinished house in Brentwood. Philippe is struggling to sell a film he made five years ago to foreign distributors. Nearly broke, and on the verge of eviction, he seeks spiritual help from Master Atchoum, a Buddhist Guru. Master Atchoum pushes him into practicing Buddhism and convinces him to buy an expensive metal sculpture of Buddha. Empowered by the support of his new-found "religion," Philippe starts turning things around. Through a series of serendipitous events...and some very unorthodox maneuvering, he becomes a success. But, he soon discovers that all is not what it appears to be...

A motorcycle racer and a violent stunt rider start a war of vengeance against each other in "Five the Hard Way (1969)." Joel and the Bots write a song inspired by the movie and chat with a few characters from the film on the Hexfield.

M'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher. Charles is implicated in a murder of which he is innocent, and the two must fight to save him from a lynching.

If you have your future wife portrayed by her old school friend, you shouldn't be surprised at the consequences

Milah, a satay seller, while Kadir owns an electrical repair shop. They secretly love each other. However, things changed with the appearance of Fikri, a wealthy resort owner. Fikri tries to seduce Milah, but Milah's feelings for Kadir are still strong. On the other hand, Kadir seemed hopeless. Fikri later offered Milah a bid to sell the satay at his resort. Slowly Kadir resigned and left his business. Milah is sad and realizes she loves Kadir. When Kadir returns home, he and Milah decide to get married while Fikri has to leave.