Henk thinks that Ludo wants to auction off one of Laura's paintings for his own gain and threatens to stop him himself. Nola, Manu, and Max rebel when Nina and Bing refuse to celebrate Christmas with Ludo and Janine. Meanwhile, Nina and Bing try out a "talking stick" during a therapy weekend. Elly doesn't know how to tell her granddaughter Emma that her parents are getting divorced.

Emma asks Elly to come with her to Canada, and Elly wrongly concludes that Henk doesn't want to go with her. Julian and Jessica stand side by side as parents for the first time when Bizou tells them what her boss did to her. Troj is shocked when Luuk is now the one being threatened by creditor Jurre.