The series is about a group of long-time friends in their golden years. But when one of them (Walter Sittler), a renowned scientist and the top contender for the Nobel Prize in Economics, dies unexpectedly, the surviving family members come up with a daring plan: they want to keep their friend's death a secret until the nominations are announced in five days. As a first measure, they cool the bedroom and close the windows so that no flies can get in. However, the undertaking quickly puts the friendship of the bereaved to the test and step by step gets out of control ...