Ragnar and Folke are upset about the reporting about their village in the local radio show.

Ragnar and Folke are upset about the reporting about their village in the local radio show.

The year is 1926 and Valter Liljefors has passed away. Valter's daughter Rut is very disappointed when she realizes that there is no money to inherit. The only thing of value is the house, and her mother Elsa lives there. However, the will states that if Elsa remarries, the house will go to Rut, who immediately begins looking for a suitable candidate. The plot also includes a shady priest, a sluggish valet, Götaland's most annoying brat, a naive stepsister, an unknown man and a refreshed Danish couplet singer.

The year is 1949 and we are back at Matilda and Nils-Erik's farm. Their son Lennart and his wife Rakel are planning to take over the farm after his parents.

The miserable and lazy farmer Nils-Erik likes it that his wife Matilda rules and dictates, but cannot come to terms with the fact that she constantly falls for the flattery of their neighbor Valdemar. Their son Lennart has inherited the mother's touchiness and the father's laziness and feels like a failure. Then Nils-Erik gets an idea! But is it wise to involve the local postman Dag-Otto in his plans?

The year is 1949 and we are back at Matilda and Nils-Erik's farm. Their son Lennart and his wife Rakel are planning to take over the farm after his parents.

The miserable and lazy farmer Nils-Erik likes it that his wife Matilda rules and dictates, but cannot come to terms with the fact that she constantly falls for the flattery of their neighbor Valdemar. Their son Lennart has inherited the mother's touchiness and the father's laziness and feels like a failure. Then Nils-Erik gets an idea! But is it wise to involve the local postman Dag-Otto in his plans?

Lisa is in middle age and married to Bertil. Yesterday she celebrated a step up in his career with the girls at the hotel in town. In which "happened" Lisa to have a hot love meeting with a younger man in the hotel's spa area. Meanwhile, Lisa's sister is on the way to proudly show off her new found young man. He was also staying at the hotel last night. Was it him? The friend and closest neighbor, Gerd, a gray, miserable and unemployed, single girl, wondering where Lisa stubbornly went yesterday? Panic begins to spread, the sister is coming. What should Lisa do? Does Bertil suspect anything? Will Gerd back her up or is she up to something else?

"Bäst före?!" is a monologue about getting older and how fast the years pass by.

"Bäst före?!" is a monologue about getting older and how fast the years pass by.