The authorities charge Michèle with book theft and embezzlement and she claims to be innocent. The scandal is front page news, drawing a crowd to the library. Christiane's affair with the retired library director heats up and she demands he leave his wife and marry her. Bruno and Michèle's relationship intensifies. Steve has a crush on Michèle's daughter Cynthia and gets into a fistfight with Cynthia's musician boyfriend Franck.
—sparklefish