Professor Brinkmann, who is attending a medical congress, and Sister Christa, who is on vacation, meet on Sylt. Meanwhile, Elena Bach suffers a serious car accident.
Country doctor Dr Marker suspects appendicitis in student Imo Lindemann. Professor Brinkmann and his son Udo examine the boy for a more precise diagnosis.
Professor Dr. Theobald Egenheuer has been in the spotlight for years - as an honorable politician and irreproachable moral theologian. On the deathbed, plagued by guilty conscience, he confesses his sins.
High school graduate Franziska is taken to the Black Forest Clinic with minor injuries. She is about to give birth. She does not want to marry Stefan, the father of her child.
Twelve-year-old Willi is brutally beaten by Pesch, his mother's lover, but is afraid not to admit it. His teacher arranges for him to be examined at the clinic.