Ilya Teplitsyn is well settled in life. He has everything a young man needs - money, a house, a wife, a mistress. But a black streak found itself, and Ilya took a sip of misfortune to the fullest. The mistress was killed, Teplitsyn was accused of murder and put in jail. The mistress's husband swore that Ilya would not live to see the trial. And he must survive at any cost to prove his innocence. There is only hope for police captain Andrei Sizov, who must find the necessary evidence. But while he is looking, Ilya is being pressed so much that the trial may not take place...