S1.E3 ∙ SOVA 3

As if transformed, Clemens Filzhofer returns from a holiday in Cuba that his children gave him for his seventieth birthday. The widower brought the reason for his new zest for life with him: spirited Esperanza. He tells his astonished family that they want to get married soon. No talk of retirement and old age - Clemens is starting his second spring. Son Peter and daughter Martina are not very enthusiastic about this. He finally wants to take over the company, she doesn't want to be almost the same age as her father's wife. Secretly, relatives and acquaintances had expected that he would lead Agnes, who had remained unmarried, in front of the altar. After all, the best friend of the deceased mother has long been part of the family. Although she is also close to Clemens' heart, he only has eyes for Esperanza. In record time, the shrewd doer sets the course for the dream wedding that his children want to prevent. They do not trust the bride's intentions and fear for the family property. While Clemens generously gives gifts, Esperanza thinks a lot about her own family, which previously lived on her income as a tour guide in Havana. While on the phone with someone in Cuba, granddaughter Sabrina overhears something that could fit her father's hunch. The teenager herself also has a secret that she hasn't been able to tell until now.

A brick salesman and an ex male-exotic-dancer trained in the martial arts argue on sex, religion, life on other planets, Hitler, Samuel Beckett, a severely injured dog, and early childhood behavior in a family style Mexican restaurant in the South.

Kitty Kelly, her brother Barney, and Mrs. Kelly are neighbors of Rosie Feinbaum and her mother, who live over the delicatessen of Moses Ginsburg on New York's East Side. Rosie is in love with young Morris Rosen, a hospital intern; Kitty loves Officer Pat Sullivan. With a gang, Barney attempts to hold up Ginsburg, and Officer Pat, pursuing the gang, wounds Barney in the shoulder. Although Kitty pleads with him, Pat places duty above love and takes Barney to a waiting ambulance. En route to the hospital, Kitty is comforted by Morris; Pat and Rosie, believing the other two to be on intimate terms, team up together. Mrs. Kelly is infuriated, and a dispute with the Feinbaums develops into a neighborhood battle. Pat withdraws from the alderman race to assure Barney's parole, the boy sets out to get revenge, and Ginsburg's shop is set afire during a battle; Morris saves Rosie, and Pat saves Kitty. The original lovers are united, along with Ginsburg and Mrs. Feinbaum.

Rosemary's family want her to go into a home while they are away, but instead she takes a trip to Paris and embarks on an unexpected adventure with a lively but troubled young boy.