Autumn 1945: The trial of Daniel Larcher begins, and Antoine returns to begin a new life with Geneviève.

Suzanne and Loriot try to teach Gustave the values of his father; Heinrich Müller appears in Villeneuve to testify.

Bériot has been defeated by his own party; the communists want to win the next elections and set up Marcel as a hero.

Jeannine pushes Raymond to run for mayor of Villeneuve, but the arrival of an anonymous letter complicates things.

Judgment day arrives for Daniel Larcher and Servier; Marchetti's sentence is carried out.

A bloody accident at the sawmill sets off a political firestorm.

Lucienne confronts Bériot about a German soldier he claims to have killed during the war.

Hortense's worsening condition compels Daniel to take drastic action.

In 1945, Gustave's past comes back to haunt him.

The opening of Hortense's exhibition is rocked by protests.

Lucienne and Bériot say their final goodbyes.