Investigator Yelena Petelina’s son is ill, and the pediatric doctor disappears without a trace. The former head Kharcenko advises a film-investigation about the missing girl who vanished thirty years ago. Two surrogate mothers end up in captivity of a desperate client. In a rented apartment, a nameless infant without documents dies. The new head of Petelina finds the scandal useful; he demands punitive measures against the doctors of the reproductive clinic. The clinic’s acting director hires a lawyer, Gomel’sky, Yelena Petelina’s longtime enemy.
Mysterious events from the past intertwine ominously with today’s crimes.