When Kathrin Bahro once again plays babysitter for the neighbors, a thief breaks into the house. Kathrin confronts the intruder, who escapes after a brief struggle. What remains is the dead child. Thanks to Kathrin's drawing skills, the perpetrator is quickly caught. Nine years later, the convict takes part in a Ministry of Justice project - ankle cuffs with acoustic signals are supposed to put the criminal in his place - and has only one thought: revenge...

A confusion makes the loving, slightly chaotic family man Christoph come to the conclusion that he has only a few months to live. Full of panic, the control freak decides to make provision for the time after his death: He is determined to find a suitable man for his soon to be widowed wife Friederike. However, the search for a worthy successor is more difficult than expected.