It's never too late to start living.
Surgeon Henry Johnsen starts a secret battle to find a cure for an incurable brain tumor he was diagnosed with. As he struggles to maintain his usual superiority over his patients and colleagues, is it finally time to come clean?
Henry works as a senior physician at Odda Hospital, but will soon start his dream job at a larger hospital in Bergen. A new Danish doctor is to take over his job in Odda and friction arises between them.
Henry wants to find a way to recover without anyone else knowing that he is struggling. He steals another patient's identity. This way he can prescribe medication for himself and find out what is wrong with him.
In Ola's basement, Henry starts experiments on himself. At the hospital, Henry is to perform a complicated operation, but experiences severe tremors. Is he able to do his job?
While Henry is in Bergen, he receives a phone call from the hospital in Odda. A pregnant woman has suffered heavy bleeding, and he and Agnes have to get back at record speed. Can they save the woman and her child?
In Odda, there is a demonstration against the closure of the emergency room at the hospital. Henry gives up and has other things to think about. Agnes and Henry have a confrontation in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
Alternative medicine goes against everything Henry stands for. But what other options does he have? He travels to an alternative treatment center abroad and experiences a rare moment of total honesty.
Henry seeks out the village's lings for help with the tremors. Agnes tricks Henry into going on a summit trip in exchange for the answer to "Riddle Samuelsen". There he tells Agnes that he is sick.
A bus carrying children from the school band has driven off the road in the mountains. Several children are seriously injured and are being taken to the emergency room, including Pernille's daughter Jenny. Henry offers to help, but is he healthy enough?
