A cold case turns topical again and turns everything upside down, intertwining the lives of several people.

Anna, a young and naive woman, moves to Knutby to become part of the free church congregation as a nanny, which to her seems like a warm and pious community. But soon the idyll that never existed crackles, and manipulation, power games, social exclusion, group pressure, brainwashing, fanaticism and both more and less religiously sanctioned left-wing chatter end in murder and grief.

Born into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.

It is election year in Sweden and the ruling government party DSP is challenged by a decreasing support among their voters. The ambitious press secretary Lisa works for the barely known Ministry of Welfare - who suddenly receives an unexpected request from the party's election general Kaminsky. Suddenly the Minister of Welfare Roxanne becomes the front figure for the entire election campaign.

Lisa and Patrik have patched up their marriage after Patrik's infidelity, but everything turns upside down when they receive a letter from the district court about their divorce papers, which Lisa had forgotten she had filed.

Ingrid and August can’t communicate with each other any longer. They decide to go to an alternative therapy camp in order to save their relationship. But things don’t go as they expected.