Branches in the Mud - Season 1

The female employees resent the bullying of their manager, Ghusun, and her obsessive control all the time. As Ghusun decides to take revenge on each employee, she buys a new mobile phone and texts Badryia.

Ghusun succeeds in getting Ibtisam fired after she falsely claimes that she was absent a lot without prior notice. She manages to distract Badryia from her husband and kids by sending her messages as a man named Shahin.

Ghusun continues to send love messages to Badryia and makes her husband suspect her. She asks Badryia to get a divorce while pretending to be Shahin.

Ghusun succeeds in making Fawaz doubt his wife Badryia until he divorces her. Rowan asks her husband Nasser to return to the country. Fares helps Ibtisam open a print shop and hire Fahd.

Ghusun tries to push Sharifa to neglect her husband Abdullah's care during his illness. Fahd starts his work with Ibtisam and inquires about her relationship with Fares. Badryia tries to get back to her husband but he refuses. Ghusun complains that Rawan brought her son to work.

Nasser makes Rawan choose between staying with him or getting a divorce and he refuses to acknowledge his son. Badryia tells Sharifa that she will sue her husband. Ghusun claims that Sharifa's husband watches inappropriate videos.

Fahd tells Elham that Fares asked him to make Ibtisam fall for him. After a long absence, Khalid resumes his work in the ministry with Ghusun and she starts to improve her relationship with female staff in front of him.

Fawaz asks his mother to take care of the kids after he divorces Badryia. Both Ibtisam and her sister start falling for Fahd. Ghusun asks Khalid to be friends.

Fawaz's mother leaves her son's home after she loses control over his children. Ghusun finds out that Khalid is helping Badryia with her husband Fawaz. Elham asks Fahd to stay away from her sister.

Fahd tells Elham that he loves her. Ghusun meets Khalid's mother and gets to know her. Badryia tells Khalid the truth about her divorce.

Khalid admonishes Ghusun for the way she treats her co-workers. Fawaz's life falls apart after his divorce. Elham asks Fahd to end the task that Fares asked him to do. Sharifa is taken to the hospital after suffering from a medical crisis.

Khalid fights with Fawaz. Ibtisam tells her sister that Fahd is in love with someone else. Fawaz asks Badryia to come back to him. Rawan tells Nasser that their son will have open-heart surgery.

Fahd tells Fares that he loves Elham. Ghusun asks Fawaz to help her with her relationship with Badryia.

Khalid asks Badryia to marry him. Badryia refuses to return to Fawaz. Khalid's second wife leaves the house and takes his son Adam.

Ibtisam confronts Fahd with everything she discovered about his connection with Fares. Badryia is surprised by Fawaz who gives Ghusin flowers and gets close to her.

Sharifa's kids fight over who will take care of her. Khalid tries to make Badryia feel better.

Fawaz marries Ghusun who treats his kids horribly. Rawan blames her husband for not taking care of their son. Elham finds out about her sister's relationship with Fahd. Hayat treats Sharifa badly after she moves in with her son.

Sharifa decides to go back to work. Fahd asks Elham to marry him. Ghusun manages to make Khalid doubt Badryia after she shows him her messages to Shahin.

Fawaz blames Ghusun for neglecting his kids. Ayoub fights with his wife about his mother staying at home. Khalid marries Badryia.

Ayoub asks his sister to take their mother after she grows ill. Rawan and Nasser decide to open up a restaurant.

When Fawaz's youngest son falls from the balcony and dies, Ghusun threatens his older son not to tell anyone about her telling him to open the window. Nasser's treatment of his disabled son improves.

Ghusun and one of Yacoub's enemies plot to take revenge on him and she manages to put him in jail. Elham marries Fahd. Khalid asks Badryia to borrow money from her father for a project but he declines.

Khalid blames Badryia's family for not helping him and divorces her. Ibtisam accuses Ghusun of planting drugs in Yacoub's shop. Sharifa is forced to stay at her eldest son's house in spite of his wife's bad treatment.

Ghusun decides to take revenge on Ibtisam and cuts her hair off after drugging her juice. Ibtisam meets Dr. Basam who tries to help her with her hair problem. Abdullah tells his mother that he will travel and leave her alone.

Nasser opens up his new restaurant. Fawaz tells Badryia that he knows that Ghusun is behind every bad thing that happened to him. Badryia asks to return to him and quits her job.

Badryia tells Ghusun that she returned to Fawaz. Ghusun threatens Fawaz with revenge and blackmail. Sharifa is forced to stay with Rawan.

Elham helps her sister to get close to Dr. Basam. Badryia gets pregnant and Ghusun decides to take revenge on her.

Basam tells Ibtisam that he loves her. Rawan is pregnant. Ghusun thinks that she is pregnant but the doctor confirms that it is a false pregnancy. Badryia gives birth to a boy whom she names Masahry.

Basam helps Ibtisam to take revenge on Ghusun and takes the pictures Ghusun blackmailed Ibtisam with from her. Yacoub is sent to prison for drug trafficking. Khalid's mother passes away.

Ghusun thinks about killing Badryia's son. When Fawaz kicks Ghusun out, she submits her resignation and flees the country with Khalid after she kidnaps Badryia's son, but she gets arrested and sent to a mental institution.