Anton is dead. The news shakes the Rossis. In the course of investigating this death, Tanja notices something suspicious in Anton's barn. She contacts the Italian police. Luca is supposed to translate for her and has to lie. She becomes suspicious of him. At Anton's funeral there is a scandal. Judith slaps Martina Höpke because she blames the mayor and her building project for Anton's death. The Swabian mafia is not unaffected by this scandal. But the mayor brings up even harder guns. And then the Rossis' pizzeria is set on fire.

Tanja's suspicions about Luca are confirmed. Sheriff Höpke suspects his sister, the mayor. He's on the trail of his first major case. The new mafioso is cooperating with the mayor and has found out that his brother has probably disappeared here. He prepares everything to get revenge on the Rossis. Then there is a brilliant showdown at the junkyard: Conti threatens the Rossi brothers with a weapon. Tanja intervenes at the last moment and Sheriff Höpke becomes a hero.