A new investigator Valery appears in the department - a fellow student and ex-lover of Vika. Valery and Sokolovsky go to the hospital, where they brought the owner of a private transport company. The case is not as simple as it seems at first glance. The methods of work of Major and Valery are very different. Pryanikov concludes that Igor's version is more convincing and gives him carte blanche.

A wounded girl, screaming for help, runs out of the car, followed by a taxi driver. The girl cannot be saved. All the evidence points to the driver: in his car, the investigation finds the purse of the murdered woman and the instrument of crime - a bloody knife. There is no doubt that it is time to close the case, however, the motivation of the alleged criminal seems very unconvincing to Zheka Averyanov. Together with Sokolovsky, he decides to take a closer look at the surroundings of the murdered woman.

Horse thieves sneak into the stables at night. Their path is blocked by an autistic girl who is stabbed, but miraculously survives. It is extremely difficult to get evidence from her. Valery intends to find out information at any cost, Vika asks him to stop. Despite the obviousness of the evidence, none of the investigators can even imagine how close the accomplice of the robbers is from them.