Struggle for life

The young Polish scholar Tomasz travel to Norway to collect money from a father he has never met. Arriving in Oslo he comes in contact with a privileged and well-meaning group of citizens in Ulleval Hageby. It is a sympathetic elite that lacks real problems and are good at creating their own.

Tomasz arrives to Ulleval Hageby to collect the money from his father. He gets his first job as a craftsman, and meets the Norwegian middle class. When he is accused of theft, it turns out that he has already gained two friends in Norway.

As punishment for a mistake, Tomasz must steal bikes for Bartosz, but he decides to run away. In Ulleval Hageby, Jorgen and Anitra go to marital therapy.

Tomasz finds a job parking cars at Gardermoen Airport. A tragic accident occurs when he is trying to park some cars. He is fired and does not know what to do. Hugo is at a children's birthday party with his little son and participates in a game of hide-and-seek. He hides so well that no one can find him, and the police must be called.

Tomasz almost freezes to death, but is rescued by Anneli, who wants them to become lovers. Vidkun visits his doctor for an itchy rash. At his work as a dentist, he makes a drilling mistake, faints and taken to the hospital by an ambulance. Line and the kids go to the hospital and learn that it is not certain that Vidkun will survive.

Tomasz receives a tip and seeks a bus driver that might be his father. The man, Yngve is very nice, but Tomasz do not think there is much of a resemblance and wants a DNA test. Vidkun offers a good explanation of his mysterious illness.

Anneli tells Tomasz that she is pregnant while he has become friends with the pleasant Johannessen and gets a new lead in his search for his father. Vidkun moves back home to family after his hospitalization. Mr Kiran goes for a walk with Mrs. Kiran and pushes her and her wheelchair off a steep hill.