Nina and her colleague Daniel ask Mirko whether he has contacted the criminal investigation department as promised. Harry Möller tells her colleague about the date she went on the previous evening, and Hannes overhears his chief officer, Frau Küppers, with whom he is secretly in love, talking about her dreams...

All's well that ends well! Rosa admits to having made up everything in order to get her father's attention, which means Henning can be reinstated; meanwhile, Lothar finally cracks his case.

The autumn is short-lived in Vorarlberg, and soon the mountain landscape is blanketed in snow. The ibexes are provided with feeding stations to ensure that they survive the winter.