Kaverin organizes Yana's escape from the hospital by ambulance, and now Bragin is blackmailing him, threatening the safety of Yelagina and Marina. He demands that Kaverin hospitalize a wealthy patient, Larisa Odintsovo, in order to gain access to her business. Kaverin's new patient is a pregnant actress who is faking childbirth to avoid a fine. The woman falls under the supervision of traffic police lieutenant Sidorov, who turned out to be her school sweetheart. On the highway, Ageev and Marina are stopped by the police on a tip from Sorokin. Elagina saves the situation.

A former patient of Dobrovolsky's, Zhenya, one of the Siamese twins separated in childhood, is admitted to the perinatal center. She is eight months pregnant and is requesting an early caesarean section. The reason is that her twin sister is dying of cirrhosis of the liver, and Zhenya wants to become a donor for her. The situation puts doctors in a difficult dilemma... Odintsovo goes into labor. Zharova, acting on Bragin's orders, prepares her for a caesarean section. Bragin, using the bugs installed in the clinic, listens to the broadcast from the operating room in real time.