tis agapis maheria (love's piercing) (greek: "της αγάπης μαχαιριά") is a dramatic television series by stratos markidis and a screenplay yvonne metaxaki raised by ant1. the series takes place in crete and narrates the vendetta between two families,"stamatakides" and "leventogiannides". it first aired in january 16, 2006, the series had two seasons. the first season of 21 episodes and the second season of 42 episodes.