Fri, Feb 26, 2010
Alex hates Ove, and tries to avoid him. But Alex cannot speak out, so he often ends up in Ove's company nevertheless. In the middle of a quarrel between Alex and Anna the doorbell rings. When Alex opens the door and sees Ove, he gets furious, and shouts to Ove to go away. He screams that Ove is annoying and greedy, and slams the door. Alex's mother Margaretha tells Alex that she wants to become a member of the local golf club, but it will take 22 years, because the queue of applicants is very long. She asks Alex to influence some of his friends in the board to help her become a member immediately. When Fredde informs Alex that Ove is the president of the golf club, Alex realizes that he must reconcile himself with Ove first of all. Ove meets Alex with hostility, but Alex softens him up by inviting him and his wife Anette to dinner. During the dinner the two couples decide to celebrate both Midsummer Eve and New Year's Eve together, although Alex hates the prospect. When Ove is leaving, Alex asks him if he can help Margaretha become a member of the golf club. Ove explains that he cannot, because he is not the president anymore.
Fri, Feb 5, 2010
At an ultrasonic examination Alex and Anna are told that their baby will be delivered on August 4th. When Fredde tells Alex that 20 % of all fathers in Sweden aren't the real fathers of their children, Alex gets worried. He counts 40 weeks backwards from August 4th, and finds out that the baby must have been procreated in the end of November. But in that period Anna spent three weeks in Skåne, making a new movie. Alex finds out that the film contains erotic scenes between Anna and the actor Ola Rapace. Now he is quite sure that Ola Rapace is the real father of his baby. He confides this to Fredde, who cannot resist spreading the news to his wife Mickan. Anna is met with aversion, but cannot understand why. Some days later the midwife corrects herself, and says that the baby will be delivered on August 24th. Alex realizes his mistake, but Anna has hard to forgive him.
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
Alex and Anna have invited Fredde and Mickan to Sunday dinner. Alex has prepared a very special risotto, and worked hard on it, but Fredde dismisses the dish with ironic remarks. He finishes the ensuing discussion by inviting Alex and Anna to lunch the coming Wednesday. Alex is offended by Fredde's ironies, and understands the lunch invitation as a declaration of war. The Wednesday lunch is an artisanal extravagance, although Fredde declares that he prepared it in haste. What he doesn't tell Alex and Anna is that he actually hired a chef for the cooking. Alex is devastated by Fredde's success, and invites Fredde and Mickan to a new dinner, where he shall outmatch Fredde. Mickan invites Anna to follow her to a gym. Anna hates such activities, but is too polite to say no. At the gym she pretends to be an experienced visitor, although she doesn't know what the others are talking about.