Middle-aged cake manufacturer Niels is on the verge of a breakdown as his factory is on the brink of bankruptcy. His wife Else tries to save the factory by calling home their daughter June and her husband Jonny, who propose a comprehensive modernization focused on the production of healthy cakes. Niels cannot cope with this modernization process and instead falls head over heels in love with the factory's new cleaning lady, Zeinab.

When a homeless Romani boy is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and Department Q are tasked with finding the connection.

In a desperate attempt to cure his midlife crisis, MARTIN has fled his family to live high up in the Norwegian mountains. Hunting and gathering like his ancestors did thousands of years ago.

Denmark, in the near future. One year after a major bomb attack in Copenhagen, political radicalization has intensified and ethnic tensions are increasing. As next year's parliamentary elections approach, in which nationalist leader Martin Nordahl hopes for a landslide victory, Zakaria becomes involved in a radical organization, where he befriends Ali.