Tanya Larin is unexpectedly summoned by the authorities and hands over an order for a new apartment. Vanya continues to drink. At parents he meets the journalist Veronika and starts a fleeting novel. This offends Tanya. Meanwhile, Elka and Rafalovich decide to finally get married. At the birthday of Paul appears Tanya Zakharzhevskaya. She is firmly committed to her goal: to marry Pavel.