A confrontational and friendly judge gets in trouble when his wife is trying to arouse his jealousy of her long-term relationship with their mutual friend Chief Klausen. Superintendent and is still convinced that he strives against his life. At the same time the judge's chess friend Lise not stand that he was not hitting on her. All intricacies rubs judge with a serious time hay fever

En konfliktsky og venlig dommer kommer i problemer, da hans kone forsøger at vække hans jalousi over hendes langvarige forhold til deres fælles ven overlæge Klausen. Overlægen og er til gengæld overbevist om, at dommeren stræber ham efter livet. Samtidig vil dommerens skakveninde Lise ikke finde sig i, at han ikke lægger an på hende. Alle forviklingerne smitter dommeren med en alvorlig gang høfeber