Veenstra, director of Hermes, is freed from prison by Scylla and unit 13 decides to shadow Hermes employee Elly. Ruard Talsma discovers Paul Rieding is on the payment bill of Scylla under the name Chiffon, he tries to discover what it means. Meanwhile Paul dies in hospital.

Scylla-employee Stef Suurbier is being interrogated, but says nothing, because he is being blackmailed. Rebecca seems to have leaked information to Bilderdijk, but doesn't get fired. Under hypnoses she remembers the names on the secret list of employment agency Hermes, with which the unit tracks down the name of Scylla headman Louis Gerlach. A dealer is ordered to give Josien Rieding some special pills.