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The graduation ceremony of their son Max is actually no longer a big excitement for Sabine and Bernd Schröder - after all, they have already successfully brought two older sons through high school. Nonetheless, when the youngest offspring moves out, a new chapter in life begins: They finally have plenty of time for each other and for common dreams. At least that's the beautiful theory. In reality it looks different with the Schröders: Bernd spends even more time in his electronics company, while Sabine doesn't know what to do with herself without children. The dream trip to Rio? Maybe later. The great frustration soon spreads. All attempts at romance by the lonely couple backfires in a hilarious way. Instead of harmony there is quarrel and chaos. Sabine and Bernd have to face a sobering truth: unnoticed by the hustle and bustle of the family, they have drifted apart. Where the offspring once provided common ground, there is suddenly a yawning emptiness. The fact that other couples feel the same way after their children have moved out gives little consolation. And while Bernd continues to bury his head in the sand and hopes for the success of the "sit out" principle, Sabine gets serious. She gives Bernd an ultimatum. Because one thing is clear to them: just continuing like this is out of the question.

"You were somewhere together?" The high school graduate Marie asks her parents sarcastically when they talk about an appointment together. In fact, Tanja and Matthias Winter - she a lively career woman, he a somewhat sloppy ex-teacher and househusband - haven't had much in common for a long time. Nevertheless, both are equally astonished that Marie does not want to study, but instead wants to train as an automotive mechatronics technician in Berlin. Tanja soon also has a big surprise: Immediately after Marie's move to the capital, she informs her husband that she also wants to pack her bags. For them, marriage is over. Matthias no longer understands the world. But all of it is of no use: Tanja has already found a new apartment and soon a sensitive lover in her young colleague Sebastian. In the midst of this turbulence, Marie reveals to her completely perplexed parents that she actually loves women. Matthias fights for his wife, but with his clumsy attempts to recapture him, he looks like a teenager who is injured in his pride. Only when he learns to look ahead, gets to know the down-to-earth vet Andrea and can give the boy next door valuable help for his math exams, does the turbulent round of love affairs and surprises calm down. Or so it seems.

Anna Schudt has to re-track her life as "Frau Busche" at the end of the trilogy "Parents at home". The single parent finally wants a partner again after her son moves out - and unsuspectingly plunges another woman into a marital crisis. Christina Große, in the first two films as a psychotherapist in the role of a pointed observer, now finds herself in turbulence like "Die Schöders" and "Die Winters". With surprising twists, this family comedy tells the third variant of life after the children, this time with a blended family as the starting point. The television film keeps a fine balance between clever observations and fast-paced humor. "A third of them will soon register for marriage therapy," comments couple therapist Dr. Merz with regard to the proud parents at their children's graduation party. Katrin Busche doesn't have to fear a marital crisis: she and Daniel have long been divorced. He started a new family while they were raising their son, Eric. In return, Daniel gave her the right to live in his idyllic town house. But now the high school graduate Eric is moving to Copenhagen to study - and Daniel is demanding the house back. He wants to sell it because his new family has children and he needs the money. However, Katrin doesn't even think about leaving the field. The physiotherapist has enough to do with the upcoming opening of her own practice and also has to take care of her increasingly forgetful father. One ray of hope is the sympathetic lawyer Stefan, who is interested in Katrin. However, he is still married and does not seem to be playing with open cards. In this tricky situation, Eric suddenly comes to visit his girlfriend Mia and surprises his parents with a "happy" message: Mia is pregnant. Soon Katrin doesn't know where her head is because of the construction sites - until her collar finally bursts.