After a restless night, Reiner's doorbell rings. In front of it stands Morten de Sarg, which is actually his death. To his amazement, he is unable to let Reiner die; instead, the doorbell rings again. Sophia has a date with her ex-boyfriend for his mother Lore's birthday. Together they set out on a journey that ultimately leads them to Reiner's seven-year-old son Johnny, whom he hasn't seen for ages - all under the strict supervision of God and Archangel Michaela.
Hamburg, Germany, summer 1988. A young bank employee embezzles a large amount of money using an ingenious technique and flees to Australia, from where he phones his girlfriend to tell her what he has done so easily; but her reaction is not what he naively expected.