The most precious thing is stolen from the Zadovs - their favorite Japanese TV set. The bandits arrange a residence in Traktorenko's apartment and put forward their main demand: find out what ensign Pastushenko did on his 40th birthday.
Vasily and Nina in a red VAZ 2107 come to the dacha to see their comrade battalion commander. With joy, the battalion commander makes Vasiliy chop wood, carry water, dig a well and build a bomb shelter from UFOs.
This time Petya and Zina are resting. They find themselves under the scrutiny of international spies and nearly get themselves into trouble because of microfilm, which poses the threat of a worldwide environmental catastrophe.
Vasily loses the battle for a job to Taras Pastushenko and is fired from the military unit. Then Taras promises to help him and makes him a businessman - the head of the branch selling pig bristles.
Vasiliy, Pyotr Semyonovich and Stepan send Nina, Zina and Lusya on vacation, looking forward to happy weeks without wives. Pyotr Semyonovich solders the coded Stepan through enemas, and a flirtatious girl comes to Vasiliy.
Pyotr Semyonovich is arrested by district police officer Rylov - he takes him for the Bulgarian repeat offender Khrenov and jails him, and the real repeat offender at this time is in Traktorenko's apartment with Pyotr's family.
Zina makes a serious decision to leave Petya and start a new life with her lover Kolya, but begins to doubt her choice when a work colleague comes to Petya.
Nina decides that her sex life with Vasiliy is boring and incomplete and, following the recommendations of the book "Life After 40", she begins to experiment to restore her former passion.
District police officer Rylov helps the manager of the house Apollonov to find a bride. He brings him to a professional matchmaker, where he finds himself a bride in the form of an allergic girl.
Election of a new house manager. Apollonov dreams of staying for a tenth term, but this time he has serious competition - Nina Zadova decisively intends to get this position.
Italian Mario Ambrosi comes to Russia hoping to meet the girl of his dreams. He settles with Stepan, then falls in love with the prostitute Olga, but the poor fellow has yet to get acquainted with Russian "customs".
On New Year's Eve, Zina and Petya try not to quarrel; Tanya is expecting George Clooney to visit; Vasya and Nina go to the kombat's dacha; Pastushenko wanders through the woods in search of the same dacha.