Fabian Plessen, the insufferably hotel heir for whom the pool was reserved as often, drowns in it -probably held down- drugged trough his favorite cocktail. Barman-waiter Martin Lindner confides Florian annoyed all staff and bothered all women, including his girlfriend, chamber maid Yvonne Weiler, who hides having resigned on Fabian's account. Only the heir's estranged, maternally-raised half-sister from an earlier marriage was informed already that their semi-retired father Johann-Philipp Plessen was to move to a third wife in southern France, not even daily manager Jakob Imdahl. *Newbie Sebastian König meanwhile dares neither accept nor refuse the 'fitting upgrades' in his staff car and residence agreed among the brass to please his uncle, while he prefers modest accommodation.