This crime story is set in the city of Matera in the Basilicata region, where Immacolata (Imma) Tataranni is the deputy prosecutor. She's on vacation at the beach when she finds something odd in the water.

Imma tells her husband about the finger she saw, but he seems skeptical. She is none too happy about her daughter's bathing suit, and also gives the barman a hard time.

Imma goes back to the office, stopping to chat with the cleaning lady as she makes her way upstairs. She meets the new chief prosecutor.

Calogiuri and Imma go to the site, where they are making a movie, to see if there is anything to be learned. Calogiuri gets noticed by the director because of his good looks. Could he make it as actor?

We get a glimpse of Imma as a parent. She is not so convinced about the value of cellphones. And she doesn't get along so well with her mother-in-law, either.

Calogiuri goes to talk to Imma at the beach. His presence doesn't go unnoticed to the young girls. Imma goes to see the new chief prosecutor.

Imma and Calogiuri go to the water park where they talk to the coroner. Calogiuri proves to be pretty smart and earns some praise from Imma.

Imma and Calogiuri go to see a woman who had her finger cut off. Calogiuri offers to take Imma back to Metaponto.

Imma is finally home, ready to have something to eat and discusses this on the phone with her husband. But then he urges her to turn on the local news station, quick.

Imma chases down her mother who is very mixed up about where she lives. She goes to the morgue to talk to the coroner about the new body part that was found.