Episode 1
In south-west Germany in 1951, the American military finds a new home in the town of Kaltenstein, which proves to be a blessing for the mayor and his daughter, but a curse for a farming family.
Episode 2
Freedom spreads throughout Kaltenstein; Marie starts working at the army base and finds herself falling for George, who deals with racist hostility from his peers; Erika takes advantage of her new liberation.
Episode 3
Trouble brews when the mayor's son Siegfried, who was thought lost during the war, unexpectedly returns and is ready to marry his fiancé Marie.
Episode 4
Prostitution and moral decay alarm the priest and the mayor's wife; Erika faces a difficult decision; Marie rejects George and plans to marry Siegfried.
Episode 5
Marie distances herself from Erika, choosing to be with George and go her own way; Erika deals with news from the doctor; Mayor Strumm's dark past comes to light.
Episode 6
Marie and George's friends on the base fight to prove his innocence, but Marie starts to have doubts; Siegfried and Erika take over their father's business when he's discredited.
