Despite doctors' unfavorable opinion, Kostas returns to work. Caterina is seeing Fanis, the doctor to whom Kostas owes his life. The case of Koustas' murder turns out to be more complicated than expected.

After Favieros, also the politician Stefanakos kills himself in front of the cameras. For Kostas the "common thread" between the two is their past as political opponents. Only Zisis, a former political prisoner, could help him.