Manolis decides that the moment has come to finally save Rinio from the nets of Fani and her son, who have now set their sights on destroying Agathi as well. He organizes a plan against the "flowers", without however having calculated the outcome. At the same time, and while Andreas and Maria continue their meetings, Maria is once again harassed by the chief security guard Dretakis and decides to finally tell someone the truth about him.

Returning to Crete, Kyritsis finds Maria dying. Once again, as then in Spinalonga, he will have to save her. But he fears that this time he might not succeed. In the meantime, Rinio expresses her love to Manolis for the first time, hoping for a positive response from him. But is Manolis ready to love a woman and change his lonely life? At the same time, Vangelis expresses his love to Katerina and suggests that they go away from Crete together.