After their night together Esther and Gunter have breakfast. They agree to keep work and private separated. Esther offers Carla to pay 50% of the loss Carla has due to the canceled dinner. Thomas finds out Gunter and Esther have a relation. The fracking firm stops the work on the heather because else the state reports the firm to the police. Naumann is not amused because the firm is a big financier for his election campaign.