Created by Helena Akrita and Yiorgos Kiritsis, Vera sto Dexi combines elements of drama, mystery, adventure and occasionally comedy.
The series stars Katia Dandoulaki, Kostas Kazakos, Marianna Toumassatou, Elissavet Moutafi, Alexandros Stavrou, Iro Loupi and Danis Katranidis, among others, and aired daily on Mega Channel.
Vera sto Dexi refers to the consequences of a murder in which three young women had been involved, twenty years before the time setting of the series' storyline.
The ongoing war between two ruthless businessmen, the very wealthy and powerful Diamantis Amiras (Kostas Kazakos), who owns the largest group of companies in the Balkans, and Aggelos Antipas (Danis Katranidis), and its influence on the lives of the characters of the series is also a recurring theme.
The women are Kleri Mela (Katia Dandoulaki), a widely respected book publisher, her niece Reggina Kamba (Marianna Toumassatou), renowned lawyer, and Reggina's best friends, Elsa Saranti (Elissavet Moutafi), a young former singer engaged to the son of businessman Diamantis Amiras, Stefanos (Konstantinos Kazakos), and Dora Aggelidi-Sarri (Iro Loupi), a repressed housewife whose quotidian life is falling apart.
As a child, Stratos witnessed the three younger women murder his older brother and legal guardian in self-defence (as he had attacked Reggina, who had been his lover, in jealous rage over their separation) and was sent to an orphanage.
Stratos pursued Reggina romantically under an alias, and went on to ruin her life on many levels, culminating on the public and personal humiliation of abandoning her at the altar on their wedding.
He also made sure Elsa was sent to jail on her wedding day for a murder she did not commit, and engaged in a heated affair with Dora, after introducing a young prostitute named Aliki Karra (Mandy Lambou) to her husband Antonis Sarris (Konstantinos Konstantopoulos), thus ruining her seemingly perfect family life.
Enchanted by Dora's strict ethics and healthy lifestyle as well as fond of her children who reminded him of his own traumatic childhood in the orphanage, Stratos chose to give up on his war against the four women.
Feeling lost and betrayed, Stratos confronted Amiras, his biological father and was forced to confess his developing attraction to Reggina.
Other new characters include Andreas Kairis (Panayiotis Bouyiouris), a successful journalist and old friend of Stratos's, and his newspaper editor, Iakovos Sideris (Kostas Arzoglou).
Stratos eventually discovered the truth about Reggina's pregnancy and decided to take the baby from her and raise the child on his own.
For a long time, Aggelos had researched the cause of her actions, only to discover Kleri had informed his wife of his affair with the then-teenage Reggina.
After returning to Greece, Aggelos seduced Kleri, exposed her infidelity to her politician husband Aris Moschonas (Stathis Kakavas) and the media, destroying her personally and professionally.
Kleri and Elsa tried to help Reggina overcome her grief, while Amiras stepped up and took full responsibility for the shooting of Aggelos, thus saving his son.
Dora left Athens with her family, in an optimistic attempt to start over, having finally managed to mend her relationship with her ex-husband Antonis and her friends.
Those days, Amiras was released from prison and Stratos after a stranger had visited him and left him a piece of a map was afraid that something bad would happen.
Contrary to the usual negative buzz surrounding daytime soap operas, Vera sto Dexi has been critically lauded[citation needed].
One of the series' creators, Helena Akrita, has been quoted as saying that she is usually in charge of the more emotional storylines and the development of the female characters, whereas her co-writer and fellow creator of the show Yiorgos Kiritsis chooses the more mysterious, adventurous storylines and is responsible for the development of the male characters.
The show is full of references to poetry, music, film and worldwide literature, and is known for its expression of frequent and different political opinions.
It is also known for the many social issues it has tackled, such as the position of women in modern societies and cultures, childhood abuse, the state of the penitentiary system and justice and more.