The young physiotherapists Kim (Friederike Becht) and Maja (Nina Gummich) work as hostesses at the "Gentlemen's Evening", an exclusive annual event for the business elite. Kim enthusiastically meets her old school friend Max (Jan Krauter). But the evening takes a tragic turn. Max takes Kim home while Maja stays at the bar for a nightcap. The next day, nothing is the same as before: Maja wakes up in a hotel room, disoriented and naked. The report of rape is empty. While Maja would like to forget and have her old life back, Kim doesn't want to put up with it. She begins investigating on her own.
Fans and players, like the majority of the world public, are asking themselves: Why is the World Cup taking place in Qatar this year? Thomas Hitzlsperger, a former passionate national player and Bundesliga manager, criticizes the World Cup award - but he doesn't give up, he wants to understand. Hitzlsperger travels to Qatar and is looking for workers who have helped build the stadiums and can tell him first-hand about the conditions there.
Back home, Oliver and Michaela are already making plans for the future, Peter wants to surprise his Jacqueline, and Markus and Jana get into their first discussion while assembling the furniture. While everything turns out differently for Dennis and Natascha than expected, Nadine tries to come to terms with what happened in Amsterdam. Heart palpitations at the end of the experiment: marriage or divorce? The couples are faced with the decision of their lives. Did science become love?
Forensic pathologist Prof. Karl-Friedrich Boerne (Jan Josef Liefers) found an open skull fracture after he discovered a man's corpse near Lake Aasee. For Commissioner Frank Thiel (Axel Prahl), the first indication of a murder are tire tracks in the mud. But instead of finding the perpetrator, this clue leads the investigator duo Thiel and Boerne to the identity of the victim. The murdered Wolfram Baermann (Otto Mellies) was an engineer and successfully entered the windmill business with his longtime friend Klaus Weisberg (Harald Schrott).
The farm weeks are coming to an end - even earlier than expected for one of the farmers! Max, Ulf and Jörg, on the other hand, are taken and visit their ladies-in-waiting at home. Arne has unexpected news: he and his chosen one already have big plans!
