The unsuccessful toy salesman Jakob meets his childhood sweetheart Marie again after years. He is still in love, and due to a misunderstanding, Marie believes that Jakob is a successful photographer. As he realizes that Marie has a completely different view of the successful Jakob, he begins to tell one white lie after another. With the help of his work colleague and his friend, he weaves a web of lies, but in doing so he becomes increasingly distant from himself.

Bill Cameron necesita con urgencia el doctorado para mejorar su situación laboral, así que decide contratar a un escritor en la sombra para que le redacte la tesis. Lo que no sabe es que el elegido, Desmond Foster, es un buen amigo de Owen Blyton, la expareja de su esposa Rose. Owen sigue enamorado de Rose y decide vengarse de Bill por robársela, así que idea un plan con Desmond para hundirle.

Anton Schneider says goodbye to his wife Luise in tears and dies. Schneider was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis and was diagnosed by neurologist Dr. Hoffer medically treated. Luise Schneider reports the doctor and accuses him of incorrect treatment of her husband, which ultimately led to his death. The mandate against Dr. Hoffer takes over Dominique Kuster, who entrusts her employee Thomas Borchert with the investigation.

A life of little Maria who lives in a foster family breaks after a sudden appearance of her mother Melanie who was absent for five years...