Alice and Ivan go to the costume shop to choose something for him. Stefano and Max happen to see them together and wonder about it.

Alice is still worried about Joy and talks to Stefano and Max about it, but they don't see things the same way. They're thinking about the party, as is Ivan, who catches up with Alice at a certain point. He may want to abandon his usual ghost costume.

Relations between Alice and Joy have become strained, but soon it will be Halloween, and everyone is thinking about what to dress up as.

It's time for the students to read their essays about living in another time. But Joy refuses. Nobody can figure her out.

As we suspected, Melissa used the bathroom as an excuse to talk to Stefano. Joy is at home, but tells her mother everything is fine. Alice shows up and the focus of the conversation goes to Alice and Max.

Joy stays home from school, complaining of a headache. At school, Alice and Stefano are wondering why Joy didn't come to school and they get caught by the teacher.

On her way home, Joy runs into Michelino who has had a problem with his bike. He suggests going to see their lawyer friend so he can read the comic books.

It's time for the rice ball contest and tensions are high. Later, the JAMS kids are at the library, trying to figure out in what epoch they would like to live.

In class, the students get a homework assignment. But all the kids are focused on the cooking contest where they will have to make rice balls, called arancini.

After a recap of the previous episode, Alice goes on to tell us about how euphoric and invincible the members of JAMS felt after the concert and after winning the cooking contest. But she hints at something more sinister.

The principal and the teacher taste the four dishes and decide on the grades.

The cooking contest begins. Joy isn't quite her usually buoyant self, however. The kids on team "the Best" have already planned on cheating.

Max and Alice have a conversation and it is clear that she is trying to tell him something without coming out and saying it. Joy goes home and her mother asks her where she has been.

Joy meets up with Michelino, Max's little brother, the mascot of the group. Soon after, Ettore, the attorney, happens by.

In class, the teacher notices the excitement in the air and takes pity on his students. Later on at the bistro, the JAMS make the dish Stefano had suggested. Davide leaves them to clean up.