Rauchensteiner gets lucky. Even a wedding is coming up. For security reasons, Kralicek organizes a doppelganger for the new patriarch Jakob.
Until the last, Jakob is searching for a liver. Zeno escapes his execution. Barbara gives Canitz incriminating material against Rauchensteiner.
Rauchensteiner is nearing his end. Zeno is not doing much better. Canitz puts pressure on the mayor of Vienna. Barbara wants to divorce Brunner.
In his delirium, Rauchensteiner sees ghosts from his past. Jakob's girlfriend is thrown into prison. Brunner tries to save his marriage with Barbara.
Zeno looses in the Club of an underworld boss more than he owns. Rauchensteiner's condition worsens. Jakob and his sister rediscover their love.
Rauchensteiner's right hand can't hide his double-life anymore. The transplantation designee Tscheppe threatens to go public against Rauchensteiner.