Episode 1

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.