A well-tended garden, friendly neighbors and a small house in a new housing estate on the outskirts of Berlin. Police officer Joachim (Matthias Koeberlin) lives in this idyll with his wife Olivia (Jule Ronstedt) and son Carsten (Leopold Schill). But appearances are deceptive, for the marriage is at an end, and the relationship between Joachim and Olivia has long since grown cool and distant. A career woman from head to toe, Olivia rarely takes time out of work for her husband and their son. While she sees herself as the family's breadwinner, Olivia only has a weary smile for Joachim's career planning. In her eyes, his work as a police officer is nothing more than a small pastime, and his upcoming exam to become a chief inspector is not worth mentioning. Joachim looks for emotional support from her in vain.