Berlin-trained Dr. Jan Baumann has a medical practice on Capri (Italy). Habitual patient Katharina Steinmann systematically refuses to have cardiac surgery. That changes when her daughter Maria turns up, sort of fleeing for her grim husband Rüdiger Steinmann. Doc Jan also gets suspicious about fat Rolf Martinek, who acts very scared and is vague about his medical history in the clinic, run by Jan's local friend.

German chef Paul Hoffmann happily moved to Provence with his well-adapted pre-teen son David and wife Stefanie, whose medical practice keeps them afloat until he finally opens his own restaurant. Alas, an accidental concussion suddenly, but probably temporarily, blocks Paul's vital taste and smelling sense. Stefanie's handsome German apprentice Michael's handyman skills boost the practice and his love-life. David's riding lessons put him in contact with old Markus, who is to reveal a medical secret and a family dysfunction.

Widowed Dr. Martin Roth runs a medical practice on Tenerife since many years. His adult son Tobias, an avid, studly surfer, overcomes Martin's new bride Tatjana's daughter Nadine Bramstedt's objections to the union, ultimately forging one of their own. Meanwhile however manipulative rich bitch Evelyn Stein has arrived, who illegally found out her donor came came from Tobias's ma and claims Martin as 'her husband'.