After the shock of the shooting, Adriana discovers, horrified, that Angèle and Jeff are her new associates. Pressed to get rid of it, she turns to her former mentor, André Vatine. The Rubens must urgently reimburse poker players. They then call on their hacker friend, Lukas, to find out who is behind the robbery.

Adriana reopens Le Ballast, but faces the machinations of Angèle and Jeff who need the restaurant to launder Anton Arinov's money and settle their debt. Stuck by the Russian mafia, they try to find a new patron within the Armenian mafia, through Stella. But Adriana is in no mood to be cooperative.

To make them pay for their prank, Arinov demands an additional tribute of €200,000 from the Rubens and Adriana each week. Inspired by the restaurant's expensive wine list, Jeff and Angèle set up a traffic of fine wines, whose flavors Adriana helps them replicate. But just as their plan is about to bear fruit, a new request from the Russian mobster forces them.