Epigraph: "Danish pigs are healthy — they're bursting with penicillin." - Danish artist Mikael Witte, 1978 When Birgitte's English boyfriend Jeremy is taken ill at a restaurant, the New Democrats are able to manipulate the resulting media coverage into a debate with Svend-Age over animal welfare and safety in the Danish pork industry. The end result is a crack in the governing coalition and public recognition of the new party by Hesselboe. Katrina uses her pig farmer brother as a source of information, but when this becomes public they become estranged. Torben defies Alex over the use of graphic images in the story, risking his job but earning appreciation from Pia. Katrina and Kasper clash, ostensibly over child care issues but actually over her awareness of his promiscuity.