Ever the optimist, Schotty still believes that everything will turn out all right. Certainly, the suspense goes on until the very end!

Merle delivers the speech she has prepared for Schotty, which he finds deeply moving, and the two of them end up in each other's arms.

Everything has to be sustainable nowadays, but so many claims of "sustainability" are nothing more than greenwashing. Greenwashing is only about looking green, selling products, and easing the conscious of the consumer, but not about actually working to protect the environment.

The next person Schotty encounters is Merle, the love of his life. They talk about their relationship and mutual regret about having so little time together, but she seems to know something he doesn't.

The situation is getting more and more bizarre and Schotty is starting to feel uneasy about it all. He just wants to get away.

Schotti's patience is wearing thin. How much more of this nonsense should he be expected to put up with? And what is going on, anyway?

Schotty is still waiting to start work and watching the TV in the lobby to pass the time. Meanwhile, strange things seem to be going on all around him, with many familiar faces.

The longer Schotty has to wait to start his cleaning assignment, the weirder this office block seems to get. We also learn how the victim died: It was death by chandelier.

Schotty turns up at a huge office building for his next cleaning job, but the employee at the reception does not make things easy.

Despite the friends' arguing, the last part of the episode culminates in a creative outburst that unites them in the most beautiful way.

The philosophical discussion on the subject of felt furniture pads continues, and finally we begin to understand what Didi's objection to them is really all about.

The discussion about felt pads continues, and now it's time for Frido's contribution. To the others' surprise, he becomes rather philosophical.

In this part, we find out how the story of Merle and the felt furniture pads ends, and also that Frido is about to have a colonoscopy—Didi has a word or two things to say on the matter.

Schotty tells Didi a touching story about the role felt furniture pads once played in his love life.

For this heute-show segment, Lutz van der Horst asks people whether they are already heating their homes despite the energy crisis. He then realizes that if he is going to judge them for wanting to stay warm, he will need to show that he can handle the cold.