Zhilin notices that his photo has been used as a sample for a tombstone and decides to confiscate everything. Turkina and the criminalist try to reconcile after a major quarrel. And Verba Makarov assigns Makarov to investigate a case of unusual theft.

Because of Makarov's joke, the whole department thinks that an inspection is coming to the ROVD. Turkina gets stuck in an elevator with a criminal with only circumstantial evidence, and Turkina has two hours to extract a confession. Verba continues her search for a soulmate with the help of Popova and a dating app.