Piet buries his wife Agneta with whom he has been under the roof with for forty years and now hopes to finally be able to enjoy life. He leaves Harderwijk and moves in with his son Erik and his wife Catharina in Amsterdam.
Piet hopes to inherit a lot of money from his wife Agneta, but unfortunately she has donated everything to the Dolfinarium. Now Piet has to look for work and Cath proposes to work for Erik.
Fred, a friend of Piet's, moves in with his daughter, but is not allowed to take his dog Lady with him. Piet would like to take care of the dog, but Cath and Erik don't allow it.
Cath is suffering from prenatal depression and on top of that, Erik has to persuade an old flame to take part in a promotion by going out to dinner with her.