Kaverin's new patient is Irina Demidova, a fitness instructor with intestinal obstruction during pregnancy. The situation is complicated by the fact that Demidova is hiding from her husband, classmate Kaverin, the secret of her past life. The operation involves a huge risk. Zharova volunteers to operate, but at a critical moment loses her composure, and Kaverin has to take responsibility for himself. Zharova and Bragin continue to plot, involving the builder Ageev in them...

Zharova's ex-husband disputes the terms of the divorce and leaves her without a livelihood. Her attempts to attract sponsors in the person of Kaverin's influential patient, Larisa Odintsovo, are failing. Zharova makes Kaverin an offer to start all over again in Moscow, but receives a decisive and final refusal. A day full of shocks ends with good news for Kaverin...