Ambition

Prague. October 1918. The Valenta family moves to a wealthy suburb of the city. It is a new beginning but the sins of their past will haunt them.

In the general post-war misery, the Valenta family also has financial difficulties. Eliska discovers a hidden treasure and an old love tension vibrates between Klara, Jaroslav and Vladimír.

The Valenta family struggles to come to terms with their new house and town. They begin to be haunted by the dark past of the family.

As the Spanish flu kills more people than the whole WWI, even the Valentas are in immediate danger.

Jaroslav is making plans for a family business behind his father. He is also consumed by jealousy and devises a scheme against Vladimir.

Vladimir leaves the family business and sets up a fashion brand with a renowned tailor.

Vladimir aims is to expose the perpetrator of an ancient crime. But a permanent obstacle to his search appears on the scene: it is a police officer.

One of the ladies needs to find a place for an abortion. The only problem is that in this First Republic, abortion is illegal.

The police gather enough evidence against Vacek to charge him with the murder of a security guard. To defend himself, Vacek has documents that compromise the Valenta family.

A wedding is about to change things for the Valentas. Vacek reveals he had the main part of his records of Jaroslav's unfair war deals in the safe and Jaroslav does not know if he will have to go to prison.

Vladimir's fashion company prospers and so does his marriage. Newborn Henry becomes a beacon of their love.

Krystof returns from the USA and brings proof that Lebl never went to America. Instead, Valenta's former coachman arrived in Chicago.

The Zemanek pond is full of investigators. Everyone is shaken, and they are led to believe that Lebl was murdered in the villa after puzzling findings.

District Inspector Mlcoch bites into the case like a bulldog. He reveals to the family what they didn't know about themselves - all the secrets they hid from each other.

The day after the disappearance of Lebl, an insurance company took photographs of the interior of their villa. Do they reveal who killed Lebl, and who cleaned the corpses?

Alois is in prison. He claims that he’d killed Lebl and his motive was greed. Others who have remained at large feel that the danger has not passed.

The family celebrates Henry's birthday, Vladimir's son. However, the apparent pace of life in Prague does not seem to be reaching the farm.

Wladimir believes that he has finally come up with the key that was decisive in committing Lebl's murder. Klara can no longer bear doubts about who actually killed her parents.

Vladimir and Krystof don't trust each other, but they cooperate. They search for new evidence but find themselves in a dead-end again.

The brothers take turns in prison. Jaroslav manages to escape from Polesi. Both Irenka and Eliska are also at risk.