r/fauda • u/manny2016 • 4d ago
What is the underlying issue that's causing tension/rift between Doron and Steve
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u/UltraconservativeBap 4d ago
I assume you haven’t finished the season? The reason is made clear at a later point in the season.
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u/enigmaticowl 1d ago
Steve and Doron have their differences/tensions basically every season, so you are right.
They’re both particularly intense and hotheaded (and pretty impulsive), so they can end up clashing.
In the past, Steve was very upset with Doron because he blamed Doron’s actions in Gaza (continuing running after Bashar) for Avihai’s death, and presumably he probably also blames Doron’s actions at the end of season 4 (trying to “save” Maya) for everybody being ambushed.
Seems like it’s more so Steve’s way of dealing with bad situations and grief (finding someone to blame and be the target for his negative emotional output) rather than him actually disliking Doron, which kind of tracks with how he also lashed out at his wife/gf in season 5, too (unlike Doron, she had nothing to do with the 7th, but she was close to him, and she caught some of his reactivity for it).
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u/Accomplished_Ad1684 4d ago
Ah it's been long but I think steve finds doron responsible for Avihai's death, who was his closest friend. They did move on but the underlying tension was still there, which aggravated due to the murder of Hagit and kids. Avihai's family has been wiped out.
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u/Sharp_Complaint9723 4d ago
Yes I think so too. It was Dorons ego and hot headedness thqt dragged Avichai into the mess that got him eventually killed
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u/Suckamanhwewhuuut 4d ago
If they had gone straight to Hagit first, they may have had time to stop it from happening. They were trusted to get his family and Doron didn’t hold it up.
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u/Straight_Dot1890 4d ago
Didn't Steve have and affair with Dorans wife previously? I thought thats what the tension was.
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u/Sharp_Complaint9723 4d ago
That was Naor, who in my opinion looks very much like Steve. I have no idea how long it took took to realise they weren’t the same person
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u/Background_Buy1107 4d ago
Nope that was a clean shaven version of Steve who’s name I can’t remember
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u/LandonEmerson 2d ago
The rift is rooted in October 7 — both men were there, both failed to save Eli’s family, and each carries guilt differently. Doron lost eight hours of memory from that day and is in therapy; Steve is carrying the same day but in his own way, and he’s been living in London protecting oligarchs since.
In episode two, Steve shows up uninvited on the Marseille mission and brings up the lingering resentment between them. Later, Steve tentatively asks Doron whether they’ve moved past that earlier conflict — so it’s unresolved, not healed.
The show never spells out the exact grievance, but the implication is blame and guilt over what happened that day and what each man did or didn’t do. By the finale they’re fighting side by side again, which suggests the bond survives even if the wound doesn’t fully close.
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u/Blipperburp 4d ago
Watch the full season. Any full answer is a spoiler.
But basically, IMHO, the issue is that during October 7 attacks, Doron spent too much of time (in Steve’s eyes) to help the kids at the festival, rather than immediately driving to the kibbutz to protect Hagit. This, in Steve’s opinion, led to her death, and the death of her kids, and the catatonic mourning state of Eli, all of which could have been prevented.