A new challenge for the perinatal center is the announcement of the birth of the "jubilee" one hundred thousandth baby with a prize of three million rubles. The information leak turns the expectation of childbirth into a competition between the three main contenders. Kaverin, with the help of Yelagina, plays out a play with the appearance of the vice-mayor's wife as the main contender in order to pacify passions and persuade women in labor to reach an amicable agreement. Zharova gives Gleb an expensive car and reveals to Yelagina that she was once his fiancee.Kaverin's professional focus is Kamila Vlasova, a pregnant woman with epilepsy driven to despair by her domineering mother-in-law Tamara. He manages to prevent the tragedy and push the women to reconciliation...

Zharova's ex-husband disputes the terms of the divorce and leaves her without a livelihood. Her attempts to attract sponsors in the person of Kaverin's influential patient, Larisa Odintsovo, are failing. Zharova makes Kaverin an offer to start all over again in Moscow, but receives a decisive and final refusal. A day full of shocks ends with good news for Kaverin...

On his day off, Kaverin saves the life of football player Kravets, who was vacationing with his wife at a SPA hotel, diagnosing him with a rare allergy to cold. The couple share their plans for a second child with Kaverin and Yelagina and agree to an offer to help pay for surrogate motherhood for another couple suffering from infertility due to genetic incompatibility. Zharova finally falls under the influence of Bragin. He suggests that she use her position to enrich herself illegally at the expense of wealthy patients, hinting at eliminating people who interfere with this, including Kaverin.