Season 17, episode 161. Alex and Oskar are on a vacation at the East Sea. But Bruno is back on his farm. Astrid fails in making a sauce Hollandaise. In the hospital: Torben passes away unexpected. His fiance Amelie gets company from Carla who is shocked like Amelie who tells her that Torben just died. Carla tells it Ben and Tina. Amelie can't reach her sister Britta. She tries to stay strong and keeps on working. Torben's favorite pig Gertrude suddenly loses appetite. Has this to do with the fitness food that Freddy dumped in the through? Theo, one of Torben's sons, enters the Rosenhaus in a happy mood because he thinks his dad is on a good way to full recovery. Soon he learns that Torben is no more among the living. Theo meets Torben's fiance Amelie; he has the idea that it leaves her cold. They join the Rosenhaus-people in Astrid's eating room. Amelie retreats herself in the bathroom for a while. David agrees with Gunter's suggestion to accept him officially as his son. Thomas new flat screen television is delivered. Gunter hears that his friend Torben passed away. The noisy football match on the new television is no option anymore.
—B. Dijkhoff