1987, six miserable years later of political exacerbation. Imprisoned at Hoheneck as traitor, Julia Hausmann lost Martin’s baby and he is made to believe she escaped to Hamburg, hence sells his car to former police partner Peter Gorlitz, who took him in at home now he’s a discredited carpenter, to pay for an illegal way out. Falk Kupfer blackmails Dunja Hausmann to Stasi informant threatening to treat Julia even worse, even convincing her Martin had returned to his daughter’s mother. Hans Kupfer lost his job to Falk, posted as instructor in the ministry’s Potsdam-Eiche security troops college, his wife Marlene is a bitter shadow. Falk’s marriage became a shambles, Vera was transferred to a children’s home. Their pride and joy Roman finally wins gold as gymnast, but the doping wrecked his health. Hans risks his neck to find out the secret program, treating professor Holz concludes he needs a kidney transplant, but after testing other kin, only Martin may be a matching donor, is told the truth about Julia but bitterly refuses out of grudge against sadistic Falk.