Sinitskaya uses the evidence as a gift for her young man. Makarov instructs Popova to track down a gang of auto forgers, and Turkina invites Kurenkov home for dinner and asks Verba to help, as she herself cannot cook at all.

Popova learns that the organization where Verba's husband works is full of ex-criminals who have taken the path of correction. She finds out their data in order to arrest someone. An old friend comes to visit Zhilin, and Sinitskaya is forced to pretend to be his new wife.