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.

Vera Ignatieva, Arkady's wife, dies at a railway crossing in a taxi, her daughter was saved only by a lucky chance. At the construction site of an elite complex in the city center, the body of a man was found suspended from a crane. This is Alexey Avdeev, a lawyer engaged in consumer protection. The medical examiner determines that this is not suicide, as the development director is trying to prove. The investigation is hampered by too contradictory testimonies about the deceased of his wife and friends. Sokolovsky clings to one inconsistency in the testimonies of relatives.