Peter Löwander comes home from the preparedness and has a jewish refugee with him, Suzanne Goldstein. Helga, the head of the family, dissaproves but remains silent. Nina's and Calle's roads are crossed once again. Gustaf covers up the restaurants catastrophal economi and shallow dealings, but the brother, Peter, starts to understand that something is wrong.

Stockholm 1946. Nina and Erik are celebrating their engagement with a crayfish party in the archipelago. Calle becomes involuntary responsible for the food. Gustaf reveals Suzanne's secret to Peter. Gustaf fires Maggan because of her involvement in the labour union and Helga gets on a collision course with Nina's future mother-in-law.

Ninas addiction has got disastrous consequences. The fight between Gustaf and Peter about the domination of the restaurant drives with dirty means. Ester takes a bigger room in Peters life. Maggan candidates to chairman in the labour union, but has strong forces against herself. Calle's work at Djurgårdskällaren takes a dramatical turn.