Vanessa and Jenny face an uncertain future after their parents escape. Even though Simone tries to take away Jenny's feelings of guilt and advises against giving in to Axel's marriage ultimatum, Jenny sees no other way out to free the family from Axel's clutches. Then an unexpected visitor appears ... Marian desperately searches for a way out to prevent the imminent loss of his pub. Marian is under pressure, especially since his mysterious acquaintance wants to win him over for a dubious deal. Unfortunately, Etienne, of all people, gives Marian the opportunity to solve all his problems in one fell swoop ... Tim falls out with Nina after her singing career is giving up for reasons that are incomprehensible to him, thus bringing Tim's producer activity to an abrupt end. A harmless round of poker ignites a new passion in Tim.