With their youngest son Max’s graduation over, Sabine and Bernd find themselves alone with one another. But this new stage of life comes with teething challenges: both have their own dreams and they will have to compromise for one another.

The Winters family undergoes an upheaval when Marie, the daughter, relocates to Berlin. Tanja plans on divorcing Matthias, leaving him with a wounded pride. He fights to save his marriage but fails, until he rediscovers a new perspective in life.

After her son leaves for college, Katrin, a single mother, finds love again. However, her happiness is fleeting as challenges implode in her life. Her father has an accident, her ex-husband tries to repossess the house and her son unexpectedly returns home.