Ivan, continuing to play the role, goes to the science center. His new colleagues Nikolay and Sergey want to investigate the death of Vilensky themselves.
Ivan is looking for the archive of Lavrin, the teacher of Vilensky. The actor's friend Slava, at his request, is signed up as a participant in a medical experiment.
Alisa meets with an antique dealer who is leading the operation to find the "Hearth". Nikolay checks whether Petrenko could have survived the assassination attempt.
After talking to her father, Marina asks Ivan to stay with her. Kristina, Petrenko's daughter, is called from the hospital and asked to identify her mother.