As Nico leaves the airport, he has some bad luck with his suitcase.

Wolfgang is kidnapped by the actual thieves, but manages to cleverly escape. However, the chief superintendent is waiting at his house.

„Nicos Weg“ is a series for German learners. In the first episode, Nico is listening to German lessons when he runs into Emma and her mother.

Paschke realizes that the bag of money is missing and has been mistaken for a bag of toys! He hurries to the church and finds himself getting into a Santa suit...

Christmas preparations are underway, but the police and the bank robbers are still looking for Wolfgang.

Wolfgang brings the bag of money home and learns more about the bank robbery from a television report. Suddenly, the chief of police is standing at the door...

Paschke is fired the morning after his accident, and finds the bag of money as he is removing his things from the company's vehicle.

Paschke is questioned at the police station and then lies to his wife about how his night ended.

After liquor is secretly added to his beer at the bar, Paschke runs off the road on the icy drive home and is caught by the police. Meanwhile, there are no leads as to who the bank robbers may have been.

After Paschke leaves the bank, it is robbed by two men who then proceed to leave what they stole in Paschke's car.

In the final part of the film, Bettina and Jan learn the hard way that many people don't understand or believe in their relationship. However, Andreas still retains positive feelings about Bettina, which gives her some confidence.

Bettina takes Jan to the place where she served her prison sentence. Jan begins to re-consider how he's lived his life both during the GDR and afterwards.

Paschke has some trouble at the bank and we get the impression that he is experiencing some financial problems.

Jan abandons his marriage and moves in with Bettina, but it is not easy to start a new life together.

Wolfgang Paschke stops by the house to say hi to his wife and finds his son in the middle of a snowball fight. Unfortunately, he has to go back out again.