Forsthaus Falkenau - Season 19 (2008)

A nightly storm cause great damage in the forest and some houses, notably Leitner's roof. Stefan feels guilty for having spent his savings on a dream-horse, his only indulgence amidst limitless sacrifice for his (step)family. Yet when Jenny finds out, she even 'overrules' his wise handling of 'her' children. Daniel resents being the only family-member being 'called to order' for an evening hanging out with mates. Wolfgang needs an occupation,so Stefan puts him in charge of replace the village may (tree), which task he takes too seriously. The forestry laborers bicker ...

Kümlach is threatened by an epidemic of bark beetles, which could kill off its forest unless it's handled jointly. Even spoiled brat Lisa realizes it's unfair Daniel is the only sibling without a treat, so when his PC breaks down she offers him her piggy-bank, having no use for cash. That convinces step-dad Stefan to offer Dani a deal: he'll pay the rest for help fighting the beetles. Young Ferdinand Sailer gets dad Hans's blessing, at Stefan's recommendation, to fight the beetle for their family, and helps save the whole town.

Küblach is in danger of being infested by rabbits, who could eat the young tree shoots. Stefan hosts the Canadian exchange forester. Instead of his experienced friend Stephen, it's a charming youngster, Tom 'TK' Keller, whose cute looks instantly seduce Stefan's teenage daughter. Tom's 'imagination' wins over the men. Wolfgang blames 'negligent doc' Sonja when Joeph gets mysterious allergic symptoms after visiting both of them.

Stefan vehemently opposes Jenny's intention to seduce the hunky, young adult Canadian exchange forester Tom 'TK' Keller, who never gave her any cause to believe he feels more then courteous friendship for her. The girls meanly gang up against Daniel because he's amused to see the brat (16) feeling haunted for a chance. Stefan realizes first why TK couldn't by interested in Jenny: he's gay. Wolfgang seems the only adult in Kübach who isn't worried the neighboring town wants to steal 'his' may tree as revenge for his triple stunt, but actually he's cunningly prepared ...

Küblach can get a good deal to use expensive forestry equipment, but only if everyone joins in. Only Laura Bergmeister, who inherited her father's farm and stubbornly insists to prove her worth, refuses, the latest of a serious of aberrations from time-honored practices her father wisely adhered to, thus antagonizing everyone, in the end even her lover Ferdinand. Stefan has to make her see reason. He also comes up with a brilliant idea after Sonja, Wolfganga and Marianne fail to convince Joseph he's not ill but suffering from hypochondria.

Daniel entered a raffle to win an mp3 player, but got a 'miniature' piglet, which all three kids want to keep. Stefan must find and catch it, then convince them cute piglets become huge swine. The vicar heads the opposition when the mayor considers a lucrative project for Kublach municipality: a 'rest wood', or cemetery in a forest track, which Stefan must assess. Binder is back from Canada and resuming forestry duty with bis mates.

It has been scorching hot in Küblach for weeks, so even Stefan dives into the pool on the job. Daniel has joined the truants, Steff, Mark and Tobias, who made him drink alcohol and even vandalize public property. Wolfgang needs a cheap birthday gift for Marianne, so Jozef offers to pick up his ancestral right to harvest river clam pearls. When they find the river so low it threatens the mollusks, Wolfgang turns ecologist, but his dam threatens Kreidtmayr's trout farm. Once more, Stefan must pull his step-don and dad back in line and solve the water shortage.

Daniel and Lisa get a surprise visit form their father, Karsten, who wants to take them to his new Greek home a few weeks during the summer holiday. Forgetting to notify Marianne who was to pick them up at school cause an excessive scene and search, but Stefan accepts to help them make up. Sonja felt side-tracked, especially now Stefan allows his daughter Jenny to visit her ma's grave in her natal Canada, but Stefan buys her dream-ring. Wolfgang has started auctioning wood he bough far cheaper from the municipal wood, so people suspect Stefan of nepotism. Stefan ...

During her kids' Greek holiday with dad Karsten, Stefan plans to propose to Sonja. He tells only Marcus, who swears silence but can't deny when his wife Anna guesses, and she spills the beans to Sonja, while both lovers's professional emergencies mess up their romantic evening plans. Meanwhile Stefan's expert eye for maples spots unacceptable foreign breed seedlings. Wolfgang's next scheme is a crazy countryside casino, based on cow droppings.

Stefan mediates when conflicting interests concerning walking and riding requires equipping a new path for horse-rides. He's seduced into enjoying another ride on his ex-horse Tango, but the owner steals a kiss when he gallantly helps her down. Sonja acts viciously jealous, but the real reason delights him. Wolfgang has posted a contact advert for Joseph. The desirable bachelor is not amused when four dubious suitors turn up, complete baffled when the last proves to be his ex Gerlinde, who left him and filed for divorce for years ago, yet insists to honor her motel ...

Stefan teaches the primary school kids about the forest by organizing a treasure hunt. His own kids are back from abroad, Daniel sad to leave his summer lover behind and anxious the baby may be another girl. Wolfgang is ecstatic about the first visit in 20 years from Stefan's godfather, uncle Ludwig, Dr. Mehringer, but can't deal with him suffering from advanced Alzheimer. Pregnant Sonja keeps working with the flu despite fainting, until Ludwig sends her to hospital, where Dr. Lechner diagnoses serious Q-fever, highly contagious but only from sheep. Stefan tirelessly ...

Sonja is back from hospital and found healthy, as well as the baby, whose position in the center of parental attention renders selfish Jenny nastily jealous. Stefan has a hard time convincing the locals to help him collect forest path data for a GPS system to help outsiders such as lumber truckers. Hermann Koller has started smoking his own deer meat for the local Ochsen inn. Shortly after the tasting by forestry colleagues, both get food poisoning, but Sonja and Stefan have a hard time figuring out what the poison is.

Both small animals and shiny objects go missing all over Küblach. Stefan ends up discovering two kind of somewhat excusable thieves, ravens and a would-be-zoo-keeper. Sonja tried long to hide their engagement ring was among the loot, but is even treated to a repeat-proposal. Ferdinand has had it with has impossible to please dad, and leaves the ancestral home. Laura soon accepts to let her lover move in as farm partner. Moritz feels pushed away, but soon discovers his agricultural experience offers alternative options.