Makarov escorts a dangerous criminal out of the village, but Zhilin believes that the trip can rest and fish. Turkina proves to the criminalist that she is a man of principle, and Sinitskaya and Popova save Verba from a relationship with an "idiot".

Vyazemsky challenges Makarov to a hand-to-hand duel in the presence of the entire department. Verba investigates the theft of her son's sneakers at school. Popova loses a cartridge from her pistol, and the duty officer helps her with the search.