The year is 1953. The trial period at Fredenslund is over and the candidates are now first-year students. Erik is still struggling to obey hospital rules and Anna begins to put her energy into establishing a sorority to protest the low priority given to patient care. Meanwhile, Bjørn has been assigned to patients who require special attention and who challenge his faith. When Nina returns from the hospital ship Jutlandia and Bent asks for a divorce, he loses focus on both research and his patients. Margrethe is confronted with her own priorities, balancing her roles as a mother and Matron when her daughter asks for help. And love begins to bloom for Lis ...
