Zhilin is trying to find out who Makarov slept with. The conflict between Turkina and the criminalist's mother reaches a new level. Salamatin tries to attract the media to the work of the ROVD and personally deals with one of the cases, using all the resources.

The duty officer and Sinitskaya begin to feel sympathy for each other. Turkina and the criminalist argue about whether to have children. The argument is resolved after the criminalist spends the day with Verba's son and Turkina investigates a theft at a children's club.