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Christian is in Jerusalem to disperse August's ashes while, back home, Johannes gets in trouble with the hierarchy in the church.

In Denmark, 2017, the Krogh family have been priests for more than 250 years. Johannes, the current head of the family, is headed for the absolute top as the Bishop of Copenhagen.

Johannes realizes that his methods don't fit in to the Bishop's plans, creating friction in his relationship with Elisabeth. In the Middle East, August is struggling to find his place among the deployed soldiers, resulting in catastrophic consequences.

Elisabeth pays a visit to a clairvouyant in the hope of establishing contact with August. At the same time, she tenaciously tries to get Johannes to talk about August.

A completely changed August returns home to Copenhagen - to the great bewilderment of his family, who don't understand what's going on. It isn't until the press get wind of what happened in the Middle East and an avalanche starts rolling that August confides in his father. Johannes is fighting against the bishop, who wants to optimize the operation of churches in Copenhagen by closing down those with the lowest number of visitors - including a church in Johannes' very own parish.

Christian visits Amira in an attempt at atonement, only to discover that she has left Mark. August gradually starts returning to his old self, but he isn't yet emotionally able to resume their attempts at establishing the family that he and Emilie have previously so fervently wanted. And his formerly unconditional faith in God is still wavering. Johannes is still getting the cold shoulder from Elisabeth, and while he struggles to keep himself, as well as his church and staff on the right track, she gradually withdraws more and more from him - and closer and closer to Liv, the young Norwegian woman.

The disastrous Easter lunch results in considerable changes in the inner circle surrounding Johannes. August's attempts to help a young confirmand backfire and result in a severe warning from the bishop. This makes August consider whether or not he's even fit for the Danish national church. Christian tries to make peace with Mark, but Mark is unforgiving - and this has an effect on Christian's relationship with Amira. They still collaborate on the book project, however. Elisabeth and Liv go traveling together, which makes the verger Svend really try to pull Johannes together. When Elisabeth and Liv return to the rectory, Johannes forces Elisabeth to choose between him and Liv - but things don't work out the way Johannes had hoped. Johannes descends into a black hole so deep that he ends up at the hospital at death's door - and for the first time in ages, the family gathers around him.

Christian returns home from Nepal with a completely changed outlook on life; an outlook that he sets down in writing. Johannes desperately tries to reclaim Elisabeth's love and respect, but she's finding it difficult to forgive him.