Acclaimed surgeon Paweł Prus prepares for a long-awaited promotion, but his son's near-fatal scrape with a bully threatens everything.

After a failed attempt to confess his actions to Anna, Pawel takes a trip to Lodz to cover his tracks. Later, a visit with Kamila shines new light on Arek's troubled home life.

Pawel exchanges terse words with a patient, sparking a conversation with the Professor. While a suspicious Anna finally confronts her husband, Kamila turns to an unlikely source for advice on her son's predicament.

After a concerned citizen steps in, Kamila realizes that Pawel may be involved in her son's disappearance. Reeling from a seeming betrayal, Arek takes a stand against his captor.