Otilia tries to get Aurland away from the gloomy reading, and Kitty gets Weyse up in the red field. And then the hotel's best-kept secret is revealed.

Amanda has to give up the hotel if she and Frida are to have a future with Uwe. Weyse has given the theater a shock, and Madsen gets his deal with Seerup.

Ellinor Seerup's hotel plans take hold, and everyone directs their anger at Madsen. Weyse fears failure and tries to get out of the agreement with the theater.

The hotel has been taken over by strangers who want to completely change it. Is it a sign that an era has come to an end, or should one make one last attempt to save the place?

Madsen is expecting a visit from Seerup and his distinguished wife. Mrs. Frigh and Mrs. Madsen help Mrs. Weyse with the mailbox, and then a guest from the past moves in.

Amanda is pressured by the hotel's suppliers, and Weyse is pulled over for a plan he has forgotten all about. And then Mrs. Ellinor Seerup gets off wrongly.

Madsen returns with Seerup determined to hold on to the rich Danish-American long enough to land a deal. Helene gets to work with her mailbox.

Seerup wants to preserve the hotel as it is, but he has forgotten something. Madsen and Weyse get an offer from Ødegaard Andersen, and Otilia receives a letter from her priest.

Summer 1946. Guests and employees are back at the hotel. Madsen meets a wealthy Danish-American and immediately sees the chance for profit. Weyse is lured into a trap by the theater, but his wife has no time to help him. And Amanda misses her beloved Uwe, whom she has not been allowed to see for a year.