Agatha is starting out in her career when she’s given the opportunity to move from sports reporting to investigative journalism at an ultraconservative news portal. In rural Hessen, she investigates the story of a missing girl. Eager to make a name for herself, she pressures the victim’s relatives into making emotional statements — and underestimates the dubious practices of the tabloid media.

The story follows friends Hedi (Valerie Stoll), Fritzi (Lia von Blarer), Harry (Joel Basman) and Georg (Damian Thüne). Hedi is a sales assistant in the warehouse owned by Fritzi's father. During a robbery at the KaDeWe, the two meet and fall in love. Despite considerable social resistance, as well as their families’ disapproval, the two very different young women start a relationship. Another unusual alliance is formed when Harry (Joel Basman), the older brother of Fritzi, who is a war veteran and comes back to take over the warehouse, has to confront young clerk Georg (Damian Thüne), in whom Harry's strict father has placed his trust.