Opoe Withof is turned back at the gates of heaven because she has unfinished business on Earth. Door & Kootje have opened another café 't Schaep in Amsterdam. Riek and Arie's expensively furnished house catches fire.
Riek is upset when Greet hires an Egyptian man to help in her wool & linen shop instead of her. Doortje and Lukas are both feeling old and neglected, but for different reasons.
When Lukas' mother pays an unannounced visit, she is pleasantly surprised to find her son living together with Lena and raising a baby boy. Doortje suspects Jacqueline is trying to steal Ko away from her.
Opoe's birthday is coming up and Kootje is confronted his own mortality in more ways than one. When he walks in front of a car driven by a psychiatrist, his friends force the doctor to have a session with Ko.
Arie's long lost and mentally unstable sister Jannie turns up on his burned out doorstep. Riek immediately thinks Jannie wants to get her hands on the inheritance that no longer exists. Lena is baking suspicious cakes for the coffee shop across the street.
When Kootje learns his daughter Ellie is returning to Holland in time for the coronation of Queen Beatrix, he decides to propose to Doortje. But things take a turn for the worse when Ellie ends up squatting in Riek & Arie's house.
Arie blames Ko for the squatters in his house and gets some men together to force them out. Ko puts the wedding on hold. This leads Doortje to move in with Greet & Huipie, who already have Riek and Arie staying with them.