The Ferrywoman. Valley of Dreams

Construction of the Dream Valley cottage community is nearly complete. Maxim Miloradovich brings Nadya to his newly built house and proposes marriage. Nadya's ex-husband, Lev, is being released on parole but can't find work in the city. He's considering moving to Moscow to try his luck there. Lev and Nadya's son, Kostya, has been waiting for his father to return from prison for two years and is now upset that he's leaving again. Max's ex-wife, Elena, brings their daughter, Polina, to Izluchinsk. But soon, Mayor Polyakov announces that Dream Valley is to be demolished.

A fire breaks out in Dream Valley. Nadya sees her son's bicycle near one of the burning houses. Max rushes into the flames... Dream Valley burns completely. Foreman Denis Mitrofanov dies in the fire. Sonya Khlynova, with severe burns, is between life and death. Investigator Novikov suspects that Max may have set the fire, with a motive: to collect money from the insurance company.

Sonya is in critical condition, and her husband, Yegor, is constantly by her side. Max has been arrested on arson charges. Lawyer Olshansky arrives in Izluchinsk to defend Max. Nadya intends to pay Max's bail by taking money from the safe at the Valley of Dreams sales office, but Elena stops her. It turns out that Elena once gave this money to Max and is now unwilling to lose it. Nadya decides to find the necessary sum herself...

At the hospital, Nadya and Yegor receive shocking news: Sonya has died. The doctor treating her believes she committed suicide. Nadya doesn't believe Sonya committed suicide. Kostya is preparing for Polina's birthday and asks his father for help. The brothers of the deceased foreman, Viktor and Pavel, come to Yegor and propose joining forces to put Max away so he can't escape justice.

Max appears at the wake and unexpectedly confesses to the arson. Yegor points a gun at him. Nadya doesn't believe her husband's guilt. After Miloradovich's confession, Olshansky will no longer defend him: Max has refused a lawyer. Max asks Elena to take Polina out of Izluchinsk and send her abroad.

Nadya thinks she's found the real arsonist. But neither Novikov, nor Olshansky, nor Max believe her and are unwilling to do anything. Nadya has five days to find the culprit before her husband is jailed. Meanwhile, Viktor and Pavel lock Polina and Kostya in the garage.