Tobias is in the final stage of his doctoral thesis. He almost misses his big sister Mitzi's birthday. Aspiring young lawyer Tobias is in the middle of his doctoral thesis. He almost missed his sister Mitzi's birthday in the process. He races from the capital to his home village. The party is being held in the home for the disabled where Mitzi has recently moved in. After a danced sun ritual, an unexpected encounter with a dog placenta and a brutal outburst of rage in front of his family, Tobias' professional future as an elite lawyer for European law is at stake.

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

Seizing poisonous snakes or rescuing an environmental activist from a threatened tree—Mainz bailiff Billy Kuckuck handles these tasks with enthusiasm and competence. But cases such as the eviction of 80-year-old Margot Kühlborn, who has to move out of her familiar apartment after 50 years due to a personal use lawsuit, do not shake her so easily.

A disturbed biohacker accomplishes the impossible: he implants a chip with which he can control a rat’s free will via computer command. But when his partner betrays him to profit from their breakthrough, he plunges into moral darkness and soon makes a desperate attempt to escape his own depression.