Lona confronts Elling about his sudden wealth, and Elling admits that he has accepted a bribe and is now being blackmailed. At first Lona is furious, but she eventually calms down and offers to help.

In the second part of this classic fairy tale, Hans manages to achieve complete happiness through additional trading.

Meier confronts Elling with the fact that their conversations have been recorded and that he can only prevent his career from being ruined if he hands over the investigation file to her.

Elling seems to notice that something is going on between Lona and Sören Jasper. When Elling visits the forensic pathologist, he learns something there that changes everything.

"Hans im Glück" is a German fairy tale with the underlying message that possessions cannot bring true contentment.

When Elling arrives at the campsite in Marnow, he is surprised that Lona and Sören Jasper are already on first-name terms. Elling says that, in his opinion, there is nothing suspicious about Beck's presence at the campsite, which Lona finds puzzling.

Elling meets with the mysterious stranger at a restaurant, where he learns more about Beck's abuse of children. She hands him an envelope containing 20,000 euros, so he now finds himself in a moral dilemma...