in the early morning sissener suggests the two go driving blindfolded. the stunt goes surprisingly well, but as sissener pulls over the car, he dies. odd is now left with responsibility for sissener's dog and with an urgency to live life to the fullest. he makes his way up to the holmenkollen ski jump, where he sees a vision of his mother as a young woman, doing the jump. he comes to a decision and starts to do the ski jump. odd, for the first time no longer wearing his railwayman's jacket, rides the train to bergen, where svea is happily waiting for him on the platform.