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Gerd - father of three children by three different women and owner of a small craft business - has made a firm promise to his partner Michaela: When their daughter Laura comes to school, he will take care of her and Michaela can go back to her job as a nurse. Only if he takes on this task and proves himself to be a mature, responsible househusband from the day he starts school, will she finally accept his marriage proposal - that's the deal. A time of great challenges is not only beginning for Gerd: his buddies Mark, Timo and Andreas also have children for whom it is the first day of school. From now on, gentlemen must prove that they are able to take care of their children as their mothers would. Gerd tries bravely within the scope of his possibilities and even sells his small company, but the project still starts - to put it mildly - only to a limited extent. To make matters worse, Michaela suddenly doesn't want to know anything about a wedding and suddenly his second youngest daughter Nele is on the mat. Although she doesn't have the best relationship with her father and Michaela, she urgently needs help: She is pregnant - and that at 17 .

In the first years of his daughter Anna's life, Mark proved himself to be a true picture book father and househusband. Now, after starting school, he is initially daring to return to work for half a day, but at the same time he will continue to look after the offspring, because his wife Judith is just getting off to a flying start as a doctor in the hospital. Unfortunately, Mark finds himself at the wrong end of the company's food chain with his old employer and under the authority of the boss, Mrs. Winter, who takes a lot of getting used to, who does not really show understanding for Mark's life situation and the associated working hours. It doesn't take long and he feels the same way as many working women: The double burden worries him, the necessary recognition is missing. When he doesn't take care of the children entrusted to him on a school trip because he also has to take care of his job at the same time, Tom, one of his friend Timo's two sons, suddenly disappears. The boy is found again, but the matter affected both him and the class teacher Ms. Reiberg very much. The tension discharges in a kiss that makes Mark feel guilty. His wife Judith, however, also gives him cause for jealousy .

Timo is in his late twenties, a former Bundesliga player and has fallen deep. Since he missed a missed penalty in a cup game, he is considered the "shame of Altona". After countless escapades, he finished his professional career. He now earns his money as a bouncer in a bar. Much worse than the professional crash, however, is his family situation: His ex-wife Nicki now lives with Robert, his ex-manager. He only sees their three children, Tom, Luis and Baby Lilly, three days a week. But things could get worse: Nicki claims the children's right to determine their residence and is ready to go to court with Robert. A disaster for Timo, who almost blossoms as a dad. Now he has to prove that he has his life under control and can take responsibility. He receives mental support from his father-buddies Gerd, Mark and Andreas, although the relationship with Gerd is a little strained: The woman Timo fell in love with turns out to be his eldest daughter Lucy. Nothing against the crashed professional footballer, fine guy, but as a friend of your own daughter who is still studying .

Andreas finds it difficult to come to terms with the fact that Stella, his husband Christian's niece, is becoming more and more independent at the age of seven. Stella has lived with the two men since her mother's early death. Andreas looked after her lovingly every day, which is why he has never worked, despite having completed an engineering degree. And now, as a full-time father, should he no longer be in demand and find an employer that his vita doesn't put off? Difficult. His father Herbert has never made a secret of the fact that he doesn't believe in his son's life model. The fact that the grumpy pensioner was kicked out of the door by his wife Liselotte after more than 30 years of marriage and is now moving in with Andreas and Christian of all places, harbors potential for conflict. To make matters worse, all of a sudden Stella's previously unknown father Samuel turns up and wants to take on more responsibility for his daughter than Andreas and Christian would like. The rather unconventional support of his friends Gerd, Mark and Timo unfortunately only proves to be of limited help to Andreas. Meanwhile, his sister Judith, married to Mark, is reaching her limits just like her husband when trying to reconcile family and work. The conclusions that both of them draw from this realization are quite radical.