During her vacation she looks at the inside of the Rosenhaus and becomes enthusiastic. Johanna meets Sönke Mertens who wants to follow up reverend Claasen. Naomi is grateful for Torben’s help but the collecting agency wants the money now.

As a reporter Jule stays away for a long time. Lars doesn’t want a relation on distance. Vera decides to live in the Rosenhaus. The collecting agency finds Naomi. Gunter gives Mick the temporarily lead when he attends an horse show.

Vera promises Jan a date but loses his visiting-card. By chance they meet each other again. Johanna, Erika and Ariane try to enlarge the chance for Sönke to follow up reverend Claasen. Erika discovers a relation with politics.

Merle discourages it but Vera arranges a date with Jan. Jan gets a phone call. Torben is back from France. He lets overwrite Naomi’s bank credit and house on his name. Alfred cannot be angry with Rita for long.

Vera looks out to see Jan but is disappointed when Jan says off and leaves Lüneburg. Sönke wins the reverend elections. Pete and Erika are in the seventh heaven. Suddenly Pete’s youth friend Stanley is there. Thomas’ suspect is confirmed.

Vera moves to the Rosenhaus. When Jan’s excuse letter appears, Vera offers him her excuses. Pete’s earlier friend Stanley comes to Erika. Pete sends him away.

Vera doubts to remove with the company to Mannheim. Thomas stays at Kay without knowing she wants to destroy his proof against Kenya Fishing Foundation. Ariane is broken when she finds Carsten with another woman.

Thomas is in love with Kay. She deletes all tax data from his computer. Naomi accidentally takes the backup with her. Vera decides to stay in Lüneburg and kisses Jan. Erika discovers that since she made it up with Stanley, Pete is homesick.

Thomas malfunctions because he is in love with Kay. Erika gives Pete a sail jacket. Vera is very busy on the office so Jan has to cook for the others.

Hannes wants to live with Ariane and Vera in the Rosenhaus. Vera wants to start a bio-store. Pete is astonished when Erika proposes him to start his world tour. When Sönke discovers a strange money transaction Seefeldt has to quit his job.

Merle dreams about marrying Gunter. Vera thinks out a business plan for her bio-store. Ben wants to comfort Britta with a video connection so she can attend the prize distribution. Sönke wants re-socialization money.

Gunter explains Merle why a new marriage is no option for him. Jan declines Vera’s idea for a store without knowing this idea. Ben realizes he can’t be there for his work and for Lilly; he neglects his work. Jule has problems with Lars.

Vera is surprised about the speed her store becomes real. Hannes helps her to pay her debts. Jule and Lars realize they have to work on their marriage. Naomi ruins Merle’s dress and gives the unsuspecting Merle another one.

Naomi convinces Merle to pull out the borrowed dress. She gives her her own dress. Vera accepts Hannes’ money for her store. The flirt between Jan and Vera becomes more intensive. Sönke doubts that Jule’s report will be neutral.

Vera’s store is almost ready. So is Jan’s store. But Jan realizes the store location is wrong. Britta addresses herself to Thomas. Sönke wants to make his position in the church stronger despite of the smear campaign against him.

Vera is disappointed when Jan asks her not to open her bio-store across the road opposite his bio-supermarket. Only Sönke shows himself understandable towards Jule. Is Thomas seasick?

The competition between Vera’s and Jan’s store gives Jan an advantage. Sönke gets municipal permission for his re-socialization plan. Ariane fears to fail the test. Ben makes Lars see that he has to express his opinion more than he did.

Jule is pleased when Lars comes up with the idea to live together but then he disappoints her. Jule feels herself more understood by Sönke. Vera improves the friendship with Merle and Naomi. Carla’s christening-dress is damaged.

Jule wants Lars but how serious was Sönke’s kiss? Vera and Jan compete with their marmalade to get the order from «Drei Könige». Ariane fails her theory exam and can only compensate this with the highest score on her practical exam.

Hannes blames Ariane for letting him belief she succeeded the test. Vera and Jan suppress their feelings for each other. Vera wins the order for «Drei Könige». Thomas chooses an unusual way to say goodbye to family and friends.

Jan and Vera decide to keep work and private separated. Does the relation between Lars and Jule end? Britta suspects Jule of being in love with priest Sönke. Ariane delivers Sönke criminal Marvin for the re-socialization project.

Ariane has it with male until she meets Robin. When Jule wants to discuss their relation Lars declares this theme as done. Jan and Vera still compete each other. Gunter has the same job for Marvin as Sönke has for Robin.

Vera hands out flyers in Jan’s store. Jan copies Vera’s wild herb bread. Ariane is in love with Robin. Hannes asks himself if Ariane is the right one to take over his job. Robin lets Sönke suspect Marvin of theft.

Vera, Merle and Naomi think out a new name for their bread. Vera and Jan make it up with each other. Marvin confesses Sönke he stole the shoe collection. Gunter trains for the jockey tournament. His horse returns on the academy without him.

Merle and Vera seek Gunter and find him unconscious. A CT-scan proofs he has a concussion of the brain. Ariane wants to impress Hannes and doesn’t know she already did that with her fashion drawings. Jan wants to rent an apartment.

Gunter is alarmed after his accident when he discovers he can’t move his legs. Jan doesn’t want Sönke to live with his father any longer because they quarrel all the time. Ben is disappointed when Sonja turns out to be not the ideal mother.

Vera tells Naomi and Merle she doesn’t want a steady relation but she has an eye on Jan. Sönke has the feeling Robin made him look like a fool. Merle wants to declare her love to Gunter.

Jule and Lars prepare their honeymoon trip. Lars has the chance to sell Winter-Invest lucrative when he does it now. Vera is surprised when Jan comes to live in the Rosenhaus. Ben impresses Sonja with Britta’s advice.

Gunter undergoes medical surgery; Merle is worried. Lars wants to postpone the honeymoon trip because the sale of Winter-Invest comes first; Jule is not amused. Naomi sells goods from Torben’s cellar to pay her debtors.

Merle gladly accepts Gunter’s proposal of marriage. Jule and Lars have more and more crises in their marriage. Vera notices Jan seems to avoid her. It turns out he just prepares a present for her.

Vera and Jan have a beautiful night with each other. Jan notices that his turnover drops. Torben is mad when he learns that Naomi has sold the painting. Jule confesses Lars she wants to divorce from him.

Jan’s partner puts pressure on Jan because Vera causes a fall in their turnover. Lars loudly accuses Sönke in «Drei Könige» of the failing of his marriage with Jule. Merle and Gunter organize their wedding. Ariane meets Robin.

Jan’s partner wants to make an end to Vera’s shop. Vera promises Merle to become her witness to her marriage. Ariane produces the bridal outfit. Naomi moves after a quarrel with Torben to the commune. Britta is glad her father visits her.

Vera doesn’t understand why Jan wants to compete her to the limit. Sönke hears from Jule that their kiss doesn’t mean anything but Robin sends a picture of their kiss to the local newspaper. Merle has a son and Vincent is his father.

Sönke and Jule try to limit the consequences of the photo publication in «Heide Echo». Lars drinks alcohol and gets an epileptic attack. Britta’s father wants a dangerous operation against his tumor. Jan and Vera have a quarrel.

Jan offers Vera to take over her store; she can be the acting manager. Sönke asks himself if he can be church leader after the scandal. Jule looks for the perpetrator. Britta is staggered because dad wants to undergo a dangerous operation.

Vera wants to think over Jan’s offer: she can avoid bankruptcy and her love has a chance again. With bluff Robin avoids being suspected of the press scandal. Erika lets a choir sing Merle her favorite song.

Robin is frightened when Ariane drinks the drug and faints. He confesses her Sönke is his half-brother. Gunter and Merle marry. When they leave church Gunter is baffled when a «strange» woman stands for them.

Gunter is baffled: during leaving the church his first wife Benita stands before him. He thought she had died. Lars wants to leave «Berger and Winter»; Ben has to make a difficult decision. Britta’s father decides to quit the brain surgery.

Vera is not amused now Jan has copied her store concept; her turnover is dropping quick. Benita assumes her amnesia causes that she knows nothing about her marriage with Gunter. Lars emigrates with Thomas to Kenia with mixed feelings.

Merle has questions about Benita’s amnesia. The first time Robin and Ariane have sex with each other. Sönke hears Robin tries to get Mertens’ rent allowance; Robin thinks Ariane betrayed him. Torben advices Vera to drop juridical measures.

Gunter has a bad conscious because, to set Merle’s mind at ease, he asked a detective to spy on Benita. Benita discovers that. Vera drops the idea to take juridical measures against Jan. Sönke demands money from Robin.

Ben makes Britta accept that her parents move to Lüneburg. Suddenly her parents make a withdrawal. Benita is hurt by the mistrust of Gunter and Merle. Naomi decides to have Torben as her advisor.

Vera works hard on the new product line of her store. Merle and Gunter want to go on a wedding-trip and want to help Benita. Sönke is glad he can help people like Jenny. Jule helps him. Robin places a new scandal picture in the newspaper.

Vera closes her shop and tells Jan she sees no future for them together. Gunter asks Merle to postpone the wedding-trip. Priest Sönke is suspended. Britta goes to London happily until Ben gets an order from the firm she is fighting against.

Vera demands Jan to disappear out of her life. Merle is disappointed when Gunter postpones their wedding-trip to help is ex-wife Benita. Sönke wants to prove his relation with prostitute Jenny was just for spiritual care.

Jan is hurt after Vera’s rejection. He testifies her his love. Britta and Ben differ opinion about the planned windmill park. Gunter is relieved when Benita’s memory returns partly.

Vera believes Jan loves her but he has hurt her too much. Merle thinks Benita is a threat for her marriage. Robin attacks Claudia when she accuses him of the photo publication.

Gunter offers Vera a half days hotel job but she will see Jan than all the time. After Robin’s mad reaction towards Claudia he hides himself. He tells Jenny, Claudia is his real mother. Gunter thinks Benita isn’t a threat for his marriage.

Benita gets a panic attack when it turns out that Gunter wants more distance. Robin confesses Jenny that Claudia is his mother; direct after birth she gave him away for adoption. Vera thanks Jan. Ben and Britta differ openly in opinion.

When Vera notices that suddenly her bills are being paid she reacts angry towards Jan but it wasn’t him who paid the bills. Benita gives away Naomi her feelings for Gunter. With a lot of difficulties Robin makes Sönke to take him back.

Jan is moved when Vera lets deliver him an excuse letter to his hotel suite. Jule is impressed by the way Sönke arranges the situation with Robin, but she doesn’t want to be his girlfriend. Gunter assures Merle he loves only her.

Gunter is glad Merle accompanies him to the dinner with the Italian undersecretary. Benita tries to seduce him. Vera and Jan approach each other carefully. Jule makes it clear to Sönke she doesn’t want to have a relation with him.

Gunter is overwhelmed by Benita’s profession of love. Merle addresses him because of his strange behavior. Vera and Jan meet each other again. Claudia and Sönke cause Robin’s hate to grow. Ben threatens severe punishment.

After she closes her store Vera has to accept the job at BioMertens. This surprises Jan. Claudia’s laptop malfunctions after the fall. Claudia suspects Robin. Robin catches her searching in his bag.

Robin suspects Claudia to spy on him. She catches a DVD and documents from him, and discovers that Robin is the son she gave away for adoption. Hannes wants Erika to be jury member for the shoe maker handcraft.

Naomi saw Gunter and Benita arm in arm, and told it Merle. Claudia doesn’t know what to do when her child she gave away for adoption, stands for her: Robin. Sönke and Jule suffer because they can’t be together. Johanna is indignant.

Gunter asserts he is not falling in love with Benita again. Merle makes it clear to Benita that Gunter loves her. Claudia fears to lose Sönke. Robin helps Ariane by fiddling.

Vera doesn’t want to accept she is again in love with Jan. Claudia offered Robin money to disappear out of her life forever. When he refuses she blackmails him; he leaves. Ben searches work as an electrician.

Gunter asks Merle to move to him. Merle does that when Erika advices it. Jan moves to the Rosenhaus. Robin expresses his love for Ariane. He and Claudia threaten each other. Hannes, Erika and Johanna look after the mysterious «Cinderella».

Benita and Gunter reminisce old memories but when it comes to a kiss Gunter makes a withdrawal; Benita doesn’t give up. Jan discovers Vera ordered many smoothies. Hannes is disappointed when Ariane doesn’t want to take over the workshop.

When Robin threatens Claudia that he will give away the affair between Sönke and Jule, Claudia demands Jule to leave their son. Benita leaves Lüneburg. Johanna searches financial sources for keeping the old school.

Jan tries to spend a lot of time on the office with Vera. Merle is glad that Benita leaves but Gunter regrets secretly sending his ex-wife away. Johanna keeps searching the antique object of the Magdalena-church.

Mick and Naomi can’t avoid Gunter to find Benita’s bag she «forgot» in the hotel. Claudia reconciles with Sönke and stays in Lüneburg. Johanna and Jule find the antique object and hope it is worth a lot.

Gunter flees confused out of the office after sex with Benita. It is sure he has to confess everything to Merle. Claudia erased the sound recording that could bring Robin in trouble but Robin discovers there is a copy.

Merle is hurt by Gunter’s confession that he cheated her with Benita. Vera convinces her to go further with Gunter when he forgets Benita. Vera is surprised by Jan’s invitation for a music night. Claudia is relieved.

Claudia just finishes the translation before deadline but notices that the result is full of errors. The publisher fires her. Ariane suspects Claudia to be Robin’s mother. Erika and Torben doubt that they will gather money for the school.

Benita can’t bear Gunter’s return. Vera accidentally leaves her home baked bread on Merle’s stand. The next day customers want more. Britta is glad that working with the new chief goes well.

Lorenzo arranges a meeting between Gunter and Benita. Seefeldt searches Sönke’s office for hints for a relation with Jule. When he confronts them on the auction with the relation, Jule kisses Sönke. Britta’s new chief wants to degrade her.

At first Vera rejects Merle’s idea to start a store. Hannes presented his new song on Mick’s party and everybody admired it. Claudia is relieved when Jule and Sönke stand openly behind their relation.

Merle and Gunter try to repair their marriage after Gunter did it with Benita. Jan wants to talk Vera the farm store out of her mind. Sönke and Jule try to save the old school with crowd funding.

Benita and Lorenzo try to manipulate Gunter’s conscience. Ariane tries to take Robin as he is. Vera tries to hide her plans for a farm store but Jan notices the differences in her behavior. Hannes en Erika go Nordic walking.

Benita and Lorenzo try to end the relation of Gunter and Merle. More and more people know about Claudia’s secret pregnancy. Because Vera keeps the foundation of her farm store secret, Jan thinks she has a new lover.

After smart intriguing by Lorenzo Merle is convinced that Gunter wants his ex wife Benita to stay in Lüneburg. Vera likes to make Jan jealous. Robin gets into a tight place when Claudia notifies the police. Hannes’ video is a hit.

Gunter cannot believe Merle has left him. Benita shows that in reality she is with Lorenzo. Jan discovers that Vera is trying to start a farm store. Sönke organizes crowd funding.

Jan is baffled when Vera shows him the farm store. He is not amused when she resigns. Naomi realizes she doesn’t take part in the superannuating scheme. Gunter hopes his marriage gets a last chance. Britta has a problem: her chief is fired.

Gunter accepts the divorce with pain in his heart. Lorenzo is caught kissing Benita. Jan books a room in «Drei Könige» to be alone with Vera. Claudia confesses Jan was the most important man in her live. Is the water in the well polluted?

Jan saw Lorenzo en Benita kissing each other. Merle asks Gunter about her brother Vincent; they feel attracted toward each other. Hannes tries to filter the oil out of the water in the well. He is convinced Jan will be a good band member.

Merle is fed up with her marriage because Gunter and Benita seem to be inseparable. She and Gunter have a quarrel. Hannes is grateful towards Thomas who searches the cause for the oil in the water. Alfred has a financial solution for Naomi.

Torben allows Lorenzo to look for furniture for his house. Torben fears Lorenzo deceived them during the auction. Thomas and Jule want to find out where the environment pollution is coming from. Hannes founds a band with Sönke and Jan.

Thomas is indignant at the exaggerated article in the Heideecho about oil traces in the ground water. The environment inspection finds oil pollution in the garden and demands immediate removal. Merle searches diversion from Gunter.

Jan gives Vera the quince garden when her deliverer can’t supply. Benita finds much money with Lorenzo; can he explain this? Thomas and Jule fear Johanna’s garden has to be ruined for the oil remediation. Gunter wants to be alone.

Jan’s present took Vera by surprise which Jan understands as not thankful. Gunter invites Benita and Lorenzo for dinner. Merle thinks she has lost Gunter. Thomas and Jule are glad Johanna’s garden stays the way it is.

Ariane hopes she can study on the fashion school in Hamburg but is rejected. Jan organizes an internship week on a fashion school in London for her and wins Vera’s heart with this. Alfred and Hannes plan a surprise birthday party for Erika.

Naomi and Lorenzo play a flirt game. Thomas forbids Benita to go with Gunter to the country-seat. Gunter sends Thomas away. Jule and Sönke search for the former owner of the oil polluted parcel. The dispute of Britta and Ben escalates.

Gunter has send Thomas away but both suffer under these conditions. Jule and Thomas are disappointed when they can’t find the one responsible for the oil pollution. Ariane suspects Robin of a raid on a filling station.

Robin wants to escape to Copenhagen with Ariane. Hannes tries to convince Robin to report himself to the police. Thomas and Jule have to tell Johanna about the oil pollution.

Johanna sends Seefeldt away when he wants to buy the Rosenhaus. Alfred discovers the former owner had oil disposal during the production of gear-wheels. Benita asks Gunter if he wants her back. Jule and Torben try to outsmart Lorenzo.

Ariane is mad because Robin doesn’t confess Sönke what he did. Jan says his ex-wife was pregnant from him and he didn’t stop the adoption. Thomas and Alfred discover an heir. Benita manipulates Gunter.

Jan is astonished when he realizes that Robin is the child Claudia once gave free for adoption: his son. Robin doesn’t feel welcome at Jan. When Ariane misses a date with him, he takes part in a dangerous race.

During the illegal race Robin loses power over the car and crashes with Ariane as his co-driver. Vera blames Jan for letting Robin down. Lorenzo gets Torben’s underwriting for a fake buying contract.

Vera blames Jan for the accident of Robin and Ariane. Sönke wants to hit Robin when he hears Robin is out to damage him and his career. Benita wants to ban Merle from the country-seat. Johanna has the sell the Rosenhaus.

Torben calls Lorenzo to account for the deceit. Sönke and Jule base on Lorenzo’s fake proof to report Torben to the police. Johanna elicits Seefeldt a confession. Gunter and Merle don’t dare to divorce. Sönke forgives Robin, not Claudia.

Jan lets Robin’s car be repaired and arranges an internship for him. Vera thinks Jan just buys his father role but doesn’t earn it. Seefeldt confesses but can Johanna get rid of the remediation costs?

Johanna is more than relieved when Seefeldt confesses his guild and takes over the soil remediation. Who is the real buyer? Benita demands from Gunter to have no contact with Merle. Vera and Jan have a quarrel. Claudia has died for Robin.

Benita influences Gunter until he understands that he has to end the marriage with Merle. Torben is baffled when Naomi finds buy proof for the expensive chest of drawers. The family meeting did cost Sönke a lot of labor. It ends negative.

Vera and Jan settle their dispute. Sönke lets his father feel that he sabotaged the family meeting. The church reports Torben to the police because of deceit. Even Naomi doubts Torben’s innocence.

Ben and Britta are back from vacation. On her first working-day Britta has a quarrel with her chief about how to operate Ariane’s hand. Naomi thinks out a revenge plan to rehabilitate Torben. Vera is proud of Jan.

Merle feels herself strong but in the courtroom emotions overpower her. Ariane decides to have her hand operated despite of risks. Torben doesn’t feel much for Naomi’s idea to spy on Lorenzo. Vera suspects Claudia to feel something for Jan.

Thomas and Alfred believe Torben is innocent but Ben en Britta don’t think so; this ends in a quarrel. Robin demands that Sönke stops Jule. Naomi fails in stealing Lorenzo’s money out of the safe. Nevertheless, the money is gone.

Lorenzo is baffled when 120.000 Eur. has disappeared from the hotel safe. He travels to Florence to find the disappeared painting. Claudia is full of envy. When Benita has again a panic attack, Gunter asks her to tell him everything.

Sönke’s family is frightened when they hear from the fight. Sönke loses his conscious due to a blood clot in his head. Ben secludes himself. Gunter writes out a check of 75,000 Eur. Thomas and Alfred think Naomi disguises something.

Naomi searches on her own for proof against Lorenzo. She finds the deceit. Torben burns the evidence. Sönke needs to be operated. Ben feels guilty for his part in Sönke’s condition. Benita is moved when Gunter wants to grow old with her.

Vera doesn’t want Jan’s aggressive son Robin in the Rosenhaus which leads to a conflict with Jan. Britta notices Ben behaves nervous; he evades her questions. Sönke wants Jule to take care of him and not his mother Claudia.

Gunter is in love and Benita feels more for him than she wants. Benita doesn’t share Lorenzo’s vision of their future. She rejects Gunter’s proposal of marriage. Jan is disappointed when Vera accuses him of having a relation with another.

Benita doubts between her old plans with Lorenzo and her new love for Gunter. Jan withdraws the translation job even when Claudia denies having undermined his relation with Vera. Robin is glad Ariane forgives him.

Britta is glad when she is invited to do a reading in New York. She has to talk about it with her chief first but Ben disturbs her plans. Vera encourages Jan to adopt Robin as his son. Naomi is glad Thomas offers her his help.

Naomi and Thomas record Thomas’ talk with a witness via Lorenzo’s cellphone. Naomi disclosures her secret to Lorenzo. Benita looks for the USB-stick in the commune when Gunter and Thomas enter. Will Vera’s party fail?

Benita and Gunter are more and more a perfect couple. Lorenzo addresses Benita because she rejected Gunter’s proposal of marriage. Claudia places herself outside of the group because of her distrust. Torben cannot use the telephone tap.

Jan and Sönke make it that in the hotel it becomes clear that Claudia’s credit card has been blocked. Benita confesses she loves Gunter. The crisis between Ben and Britta escalates. Ben acknowledges he has a problem and needs help.

Benita admits Lorenzo she feels something for him as well as for Gunter. Naomi is enthusiast about Alfred’s romantic idea to give a private concert in «Salto». Jan addresses Claudia about a possible threat to him and Vera.

When Vera is reported to the supervisory authority, Jan accuses Claudia immediately of sabotage. Vera turns out to be innocent. Claudia manipulated the parachute of Jan and Vera. Only Benita can pull Lorenzo out of the juridical problems.

Vera and Jan are surprised when the pilot quits the parachute jump. Claudia informed the pilot in the nick of time. Benita doesn’t remember anything in front of the judge. Seefeld sticks to his verdict despite of a bribe attempt.

Frederic hears Naomi is being threatened by Lorenzo. He postpones his voyage. Claudia flees again for Jan and Vera. Sönke convinces mother to report herself to the police. Merle wants to help Ariane to do something against the rent raise.

Torben and Frederic save Naomi just in time from Lorenzo’s mob. Jan is indignant because Claudia goes scot-free. Jule runs over Claudia with a car. Benita and Gunter are in the seventh heaven and Lorenzo doesn’t like that.

Merle lets Rieke down. Erika successfully intermediates but when Merle discovers that the inherited house has to be renovated, she feels having been fooled. Lorenzo sticks to his demand. Benita realizes she has to tell Gunter the truth.

Gunter is glad Benita accepted his proposal of marriage. During a talk with Sönke he understands with fright that Benita has a secret. Merle makes it clear to Erika that she doesn’t let Rieke fool her.

Gunter is irritated by Sönke’s remark: What does Benita hide for him? Jule suffers too much from her part in Claudia’s death. Ben and Britta quarrel all the time. Merle hears from Rieke how heartless her father was.

Because Jule feels guilty about the accident. She goes on distance from Sönke. Gunter makes up the municipal amount to buy the painting back. Lorenzo refuses to leave the city.

Gunter wants to marry Benita but hears she met Lorenzo again. Sönke finds it hard to accept the separation from Jule. Britta doesn’t want to keep Ben on distance any longer but now Ben keeps her on distance.

Gunter doubts to marry Benita tomorrow because she lied to him about her relation with Lorenzo. Vera is not surprised Jan doesn’t want to be on Claudia’s funeral. Hannes returns from Bhutan.

Sönke is relieved when Jan and also Jule appear on Claudia’s funeral. Sönke’s funeral oration results in a charge against God. Benita has to accept that Gunter cancels their marriage.

Sönke loses his faith in God after Claudia’s death. After talking with Ben he sees he still can help people. Gunter realizes he loves Benita. They decide to marry each other. Ariane wants to lure more customers by doing things different.

Merle places Benita out of the nursery and accuses Rieke who knew about Benita’s evil plan. Benita blabs Torben that Lorenzo wants to thrust the church a falsified painting. Jule fears to have to express her opinion about the accident.

Gunter places Lorenzo out of the hotel. Lorenzo wants to kill him for 3 million Eur. Jan decides to live in Lüneburg. Sönke tells the general editor about Jule’s accident. The editor takes away her report. Robin is stolen an old timer.

Benita is frightened when Lorenzo wants to kill Gunter to get the three million Eur. For the sake of appearances he agrees with her suggestion to wait a month for reflection. Jule is angry with Sönke. Jan and Vera have a quarrel.

Lorenzo wants to poison Gunter during Rieke’s wine tasting. Vera wants to start a biological garden with Jan but Jan hesitates. Vera finds a parcel at Lorenzo and suspects the falsified painting in it. Mick wants time for reflection.

Sönke has lost is faith in God. Jule has a trauma caused by the accident in which Sönke’s mother lost her life. Benita saves Gunter from drinking the poisoned wine. When she works against Lorenzo, she knows also her life is in danger.

Ariane succeeds in lowering the raise of the rent. She starts a shoe production. Rosi raises the rent again and desires Hannes more and more. Rieke has a quarrel with Mick constantly. Bali: Mick traces Benita’s past.

Vera and Merle want to proof that Lorenzo chanced the original with a falsified painting but Lorenzo catches them. He steels Benita’s pistol. Benita fears the loss of Gunter’s life. Ben and Britta feel attracted towards each other.

Lorenzo locked Vera and Merle in the cellar. Jan and Gunter can’t reach them and their worries grow. During a scuffle a shot sounds: Merle has been hit. Thomas is convinced that the lake is poisoned.

Jan and Gunter are indignant when they hear that Vera and Merle keep an eye on Lorenzo to reveal his deceit. Merle has lost much blood and becomes unconscious. Jule takes part in group therapy for Sönke.

The hospital has an insufficient buffer of Merle’s rare blood type. Fortunately Gunter’s blood rescues Merle. Lorenzo asks Benita after the false pass so he can disappear to Uruguay. Jule hallucinates: she sees Claudia.

Jule feels guilty about Claudia’s death and desperately deletes her report. She commits plagiarism but that is discovered. Lorenzo drinks the poisoned Champaign. Benita lets his corpse sink in the lake.

Benita acts as if everything is OK but through Mick Gunter gets a photo with Benita and Lorenzo. Vera and Jan are disappointed when they selling of the land is finally canceled. Jule has to admit she committed plagiarism.

Merle leaves the hospital for work but becomes unwell in Gunter’s arms. Benita asserts that the one on the photo is Lorenzo’s ex but Gunter still has his doubts. Ariane is surprised when her father Rainer visits her on her birthday.

Vera talks so much with Rainer that Jan wants to send him out of the house. Gunter offers Merle against Benita’s will to help him with the garden show. Rieke advices Merle to keep Gunter on distance. Benita’s intrigue against Mick fails.

Jan is not happy when Rainer offers Vera to live in the Rosenhaus but he denies to be jealous. Rainer is impressed by Ariane’s special shoe design. Benita confesses having caused an allergic reaction with a customer.

Torben hears the falsifiers have been caught but there is no indication that the handwriting is not real. Gunter puts more and more trust in Benita despite of the Bali photos. Vera founds Rainer to have become modest.

Rainer helps Ariane with the renovation. Jan confronts Rainer with an article that says Rainer was in jail. Benita is alarmed when Mick tells her he sees what her plan is. Seefeldt falls for Torben’s bluff and confirms the falsification.

Jan tells Vera that her ex Rainer has to go to jail soon. Ariane’s understanding for her father Rainer disappears when he doesn’t care about the suicide of one of his victims. Mick has trouble in the hotel. Robin receives strange calls.

Rieke helps Mick with a love menu for special guests. Ariane had it with Rainer. Vera sends Rainer out of the house. Sönke still wrestles with the death of his mother. Hannes’ wild garden doesn’t help neighbor Erika.

Erika is glad Hannes and Robin decide to sell their garden goods but the next day it turns out that guests of the selling event have ruined Erika’s garden. Mick plays his affair with Rieke down. Vera evicts Rainer.

Rieke wants to couple Merle with Rainer but when she lures Rainer to the nursery-garden, something goes wrong. Thanks to Robin’s failed sale event it looks like Erika’s chance to win is gone. Ariane still is angry with Rainer.

Rainer is broke and has to live with Vera and Jan. Jan is angry and offers Rainer to move into the assisted living. Erika is surprised that the game commission comes to her without previous notice. Jan gives Robin’s car part trade a chance.

Sönke gets full acknowledgment now he has found the painting. But Crescenzia Lombardi accuses him of deceit. On their first date Merle and Rainer come each other near. Because of the removal Benita puts pressure on Gunter.

Soon it becomes clear Lorenzo cheated the church with the sale of the painting. Crescenzia claims the painting is hers. Thomas informs the environmental service that farmer Denhaake is the sinner. Robin shrinks from starting a company.

Gunter is jealous when he sees Merle with Rainer, which confuses him. When Benita urges him to it, he decides to go to Sardinia. Jan and Vera are surprised that Gunter offers them to buy his country-seat. Robin starts a trade in car parts.

Mick still thinks Benita is in league with Lorenzo. Torben, Mick, Rieke and Crescenzia search in Lorenzo’s bank statements. Vera and Jan want to buy the country-seat from Gunter. The friendship between Thomas and Gunter is damaged.

Benita can take away Mick’s suspicion of murder but not his distrust. Gunter hesitates selling the country-seat. Merle advices him to leave Lüneburg. Mick avoids Rieke. He makes her clear he loves Annett.

Rieke is surprised when Mick doesn’t want her to tell Annett about their one-night-stand. Soon it becomes clear what Annett wants from Mick. Benita turns out to know Annett. Jule reacts disappointed in Sönke. Thomas raises an objection.

Mick is surprised when Annett does him a proposal. Rieke dissuades it. He thanks her with a kiss. Benita makes a picture of the kiss. Ariane presents her fashion collection to the press. Jule wants to be the mouthpiece of the town-hall.

The head of the municipal service for environment assures Jule to treat her fair but in reality he wants to use her to put pressure on Thomas. Britta is glad she got medic apparatuses for the poor-relief board.

Benita makes Gunter believe that Mick made Annett’s father ready to take over «Drei Könige» as soon as Gunter is on Sardinia. Mick confesses he had sex with Rieke. Britta discovers her seemingly drunken chief wants to do a bypass operation.

Benita’s intrigue succeeds: Annett betrays her lover Mick. But Gunter withdraws Mick’s discharge. Robin is disappointed when Ariane doesn’t want to go with him to England. Britta doubts to report her alcoholic chief to the management.

Ariane decides to go with Robin to Crawley, England, but Robin already canceled the earl. When Thomas tries to find the number of her doctor, he is almost surprised by Benita. Jan and Vera are back after Jan sold his supermarket chain.

Thomas discovers an expert report about the water, is fake. Jule is threatened and Sönke wants her to withdraw herself. Britta discovers her chief lost his driver’s license. Gunter doubts to go to Sardinia.

Ben and his family start to shop a lot but then it turns out that Ben doesn’t get the big order. Gunter waits impatiently for Benita’s disease file. Santiago blackmails Benita. Robin doesn’t tell Ariane he has to race cars for his new job.

Gunter still fears Benita was as Sophia Magnani the lover of Lorenzo. Thanks to Alfred’s help at the latest moment Mick becomes «Barkeeper of the year». Rieke and Mick have sex.

Merle hopes Torben can reduce Rainer’s sentence. When Benita dumps Lorenzo’s travel bag in the lake, she fears Gunter could have seen her. Ariane is sad because she had a quarrel with Robin.

Rainer does Merle a proposal of marriage but Merle doesn’t feel that much for him. The buyer of Jan’s store hasn’t enough money. Jule suspects more abuses at the town-hall. Thomas refuses a job at the environment service.

After the separation from Merle Rainer develops fear to end-up in prison. He tries his luck with Jan’s money on the stock exchange. Gunter’s trust in Benita cracks. He is not to know Mick and Rieke are a pair.

Thomas prepares his polar expedition with enthusiasm. Benita blackmails Rainer who gambles with Jan’s money at the stock exchange. Mick and Rieke see their business trip canceled because Gunter discovered they are a pair.

Rainer gambles with Jan’s money and loses; Jan is mad. When Benita wants a day without Gunter to sell her yacht; he pretends his cooperation. Thomas refuses the job at the environment service first but starts to doubt about his decision.

Gunter hides in the community. Benita thinks she is save. Rainer is in despair because he disappointed Ariane. Because of Rainer’s deceit Vera and Jan don’t want to buy the country-seat anymore. Thomas becomes an environmental agent.

Benita talks herself out in front of Gunter who becomes suspicious. Ariane suffers from the fact that her father did Vera and Jan out of one million Eur. Rainer promises her to report himself to the police but in fact he hides himself.

Rainer puts pressure on Benita to make her motivate Gunter to sell the country-seat to Jan. Gunter doubts Benita. Merle convinces him to try a new start with Benita on Sardinia. Thomas persuades the mayor for a dive inspection in the lake.

Benita’s attempt to put pressure on Gunter fails. Mick gives Rieke a wine cooler but it doesn’t function. Ben saves the wine by repairing the cooler in time. Britta suggests Ben to nominate for the Heather Pair 2013 contest.

Thomas and Jule think Johanna has enough flight experience after a scenic flight but Johanna wants to have a flight-certificate. Gunter refuses to sell the country-seat to Vera and Jan. Benita fears Lorenzo’s corpse will be found.

Benita fears Gunter could surprise her any moment. Lorenzo’s corpse is found. Jan and Vera are glad they still can buy the country-seat. Torben interrupts the quarrel between Rieke and Mick. Ariane has production problems for the fair.

Gunter suspects Benita of having murdered Lorenzo. Thomas can’t avoid Jule to see Lorenzo’s corpse. Jule remembers she once run over Sönke’s mother Claudia. The management wants fences in the allotment garden.

Benita denies to have anything to do with Lorenzo’s dead but when Gunter surprises her hiding her third earring Benita confesses her guilt. Jule swallows pills to keep on working hard. Johanna trains for her flight-certificate.

Benita tells Gunter that Lorenzo died as the result of an accident. It goes wrong when Merle wants to talk about it with Gunter. Thomas understands his mother Johanna wants to have her flight-certificate before it is too late.

After a fierce quarrel Benita offers Gunter not to go to Sardinia but to stay with him in Lüneburg. Jule has to defend the new highway but in fact she is against it. Despite that she throws away her pills.

Mick surprises Rieke with a bottle of wine. She cooks for him. When Mick wants to give her his home key she leaves in a hurry. Benita gets mad when Gunter wants to live in the hotel. Rieke kisses Torben not knowing Carla comes home.

Gunter doubts: can he believe Benita and does she really love him? Carla is back and wants to celebrate with Torben their first wedding day but she surprises him when he kisses Rieke. Jule panics when her sedative pills fall in the drain.

Gunter wants to divorce from Benita and is astonished to hear Benita had a double life. Carla and Torben don’t understand each other. Hannes and Erika hear the allotment garden has to make place for the highway.

Britta worries about Jule and refuses to give her the pharmaceuticals. Jule surprises Sönke who searches secretly in her bag. Benita can’t deny that she lived in luxury as Sophia on Lorenzo’s side. She disappoints Gunter.

When Gunter discovers Benita’s double life he grabs her arms. Benita provokes him to act aggressive. Rieke wants to prepare the menu for Carla’s wedding if Carla hires her when the menu is a success.

Gunter demands that Benita is gone when he returns from Brittany but Benita stays. Jule confesses Sönke she stole Britta’s recipes. Carla and Torben start to realize that a relation on distance is impossible for them.

After they return from their vacation Jan and Vera want to the start as biological farmers. They do not know yet that an highway is planned on their parcel. Hannes is surprised when Uschi visits him. Erika doesn’t like it. Benita is alone.

Merle suspects Benita of having murdered Lorenzo. She informs Mick and Rieke about it. Benita hears that Gunter is in Brittany. Jan wants to sell the farm. Jule ordered pills through the Internet.

Desperate Sönke decides to break off with Jule. Benita is not given Gunter’s address but she finds it on his computer. Jan finds a possible buyer for the parcel but Vera doesn’t want to sell: buyer is not informed about the planned highway.

Merle has a bad feeling about it that Benita has found out Gunter’s stay in Brittany. Sönke wants via the divorce force Jule to deal with her addiction by herself. Vera searches the area for protected animal and plant species.

Hannes feels overcharged by Uschi which satisfies Erika. Despite that, when Uschi wants him to go with her to Malaga, he packs his bags. Gunter’s friends try in vain to contact him and to warn him for Benita.

When the Italian police doesn’t take the suspect against Benita serious, Merle and Vera decide to go to Gunter’s villa themselves to warn him. Jule starts her therapy. Unlike Britta Ben wants to win the Heather Pair contest.

Merle and Vera reach the villa just in time to safe Gunter’s life. Hannes sees his romantic idea of Spain being disappointing in reality. Ole and Lisa win the Heather Pair contest but Lisa withdraws herself.

Thomas and Jan try to catch Gunter after he hears from his marriage and Benita’s suicide. Vera and Jan realize the planned highway makes a bio certificate impossible for them. Britta and Ben are not amused to become Heather Pair 2013.

Gunter doesn’t want to sell back the country-seat Jan and Vera offer him; he wants to sell «Drei Könige». Uschi wants Hannes to come with her now or keep away forever. Ole discovers that Lotte lied to him. Jule wants to work on her trauma.

Hannes risks the chance to go with Uschi to Andalusia. They come not far because they differ too much from each other. Gunter finds a buyer for the country-seat of Jan and Vera. Lotte wants to stay the night with Brian.

Vera accepts gladly Jan’s proposal. They find a buyer for the country-seat. Alfred returns from New York as the winner of the World Cocktail Contest. Jule wants to get rid of Sönke even after his proposal of marriage.

Alfred becomes unwell and is brought to the hospital; Britta diagnoses a lung infection. When Mick thinks Rieke is on her way to New York she stands for his door: Mick is more important to her. Vera and Jan decide to sell the country-seat.

Vera and Jan are glad Gunter buys the country-seat back for the full 1.7 million Eur. Now they can buy the vineyard. Jule wants to start a campaign against addiction and confesses her pill addiction. Alfred lies in the hospital.

When the wedding preparations start to become too much for Vera she and Jan decide to keep it small. Trouble between Lisa and Lotte. Lotte gets advanced money from Erika for her laptop. Despite his illness Alfons works too hard.

Jan and Vera decide to marry in small circle but secretly both plan a big wedding party. Ole accuses Lisa of freezing Lotte out; pregnant Lisa feels stitches in her belly. Alfred wants to die. Torben flies with Rieke to Copenhagen.

Johanna decides to fly away with Alfred to the horses he wants to see in reality. Rieke and Torben return successfully from Copenhagen. When Hannes lets his tongue run away with him Vera knows that Jan is planning a wedding party.

Alfred returns from the flight to the horses. He and Johanna don’t speak about it. Vera and Jan stop their secret party preparations but realize they will have nothing this way. Torben keeps Rieke on distance; Rieke searches Mick’s help.

Vera and Jan laugh when they find out both have quited the party preparation for each other. Sönke, Gunter and Merle help them with the preparation. Torben is happy because Carla is back. Mick asks Rieke if she has an affair with Torben.

When Vera wants to give up the search for a white wedding dress Erika finds the dress of her mother. Merle and Gunter come closer to each other during dancing and finally kiss. Ole is skeptical about the reconciliation of Brian and Lotte.

Vera and Jan have a great wedding party with family and friends. They start a new life on the borders of the Mosel. Torben is glad that Carla is back but he can’t forget Rieke. Inge fears that Ole needs help.