Josef Steinberg has been shot dead. At the crime scene, Criminal Inspector Jörg Pudschedl interrogates the newly widowed Waltraud and immediately arrests her after finding intimate photos of Josef and Nicoletta in her car. She is soon released, and the next suspect is taken into custody. A positive environmental impact assessment was found on the victim. Nervousness spreads not only among the land speculators but also into high politics. At the reading of Josef’s will, Maria learns the true identity of the father of Waltraud’s child.