Season 16, episode 1. Hilli 'Hildegard' Pollmann comes to inspect the Rosenhaus before she moves in tomorrow. Bit by bit she learns to know her house mates. Frank, her husband, arrives surprisingly the next day. Hilli and Frank get a high buying offer for their car company 'Autohaus Pollmann'. Leonie just learned that Sybille is her grandaunt and immediately asks for a family discount on the LKM-ceramic price. She wants to open her candy store next week but her friend Laurenz thinks that is extremely soon. He discovers that Leonie's mother Hilli doesn't know of her ambitious plan. Sybille narrates towards Leonie and Gregor about the old feud between her and her brother Manfred. Leonie means that it is time for reconciliation. The firm needs a new designer as well as a new marketing manager. Gregor reluctantly accepts his mother Sybille as personnel advisor. Christian enjoys his new job as employer of a carpenter firm. Sad Anna tells Eliane and Christian that professor Maibaum has led her down which means that she is unemployed now. Christian advises her to take legal steps. When Torben informs her that the juristic base is too weak Anna gets an offer for a lucrative job abroad. But what about her relationship with Christian? Eliane means that in Thailand they also need carpenters. Christian accidentally hears the news via Torben. Tina surprises busy Torben with a visit. He urgently needs a new office and discovers that the LKM is ready to sell Salzmarkt 15 for a good price. Torben spontaneously decides to visit farmer Tina and finds her on the road with a broken tractor. Merle hesitates to hire former prisoner Luke. She is speechless when he suddenly shows up in her garden store.
—B. Dijkhoff