The factory begins production on hospital beds instead of bullets; Böcker feels betrayed. Marital infidelity is exposed. Tommy and Angelika return to town; Tommy applies to work at the factory. Ulla re-evaluates her marriage and life after her husband assaults her. A time of reckoning is reached by all. And after embezzlement at the factory, Christl and her daughters have to agree on how to move forward. Selling the factory is their decision.