"Chief of Police Manara" is an Italian crime drama about an unconventional Sicilian police commissioner working in Tuscany. Luca Manara, played by Guido Caprino, breaks all the rules, while his partner, Inspector Lara Rubino, played by Roberta Giarusso, tries to do things by the book. All kinds of sparks fly between them. The show ran very successfully for two seasons.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Back at her aunt's house, Lara deals with Giulia when she comes back, and hashes things over with her aunt in the morning. Meanwhile Manara is once again moving his desk around, while discussing both the case and Giulia Chiamparani with Toscani, who's curious as to why Giulia disappeared so quickly.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Marcuccio is in the hospital, and as planned, zia Caterina goes to see him. But all he will come out with are lines from one of Leopardi's poems. Meanwhile Romei is anxious to have the letters he considers his own, but things aren't so simple.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani isn't thrilled with organizing the birthday party for the guy who "stole" his job, and is complaining to his wife. She steers the conversation around to their love life. The party gets cut short because Luca has a flash of genius, and figures out the case based on what Toscani says in his toast. He leaves for the hospital with two detectives and barely has time to acknowledge Lara when she walks in late to the party.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara has it all figured out, and questions his suspect, who reconstructs the murder for him. Toscani, on the other hand, has ended up in the hospital, and becomes a hero in the eyes of the Questore, who never quite seems to appreciate Manara's efforts, and sees only his faults.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Everyone is happy that Marcuccio ended up safely at Caterina's house, and he's now ready to go home to his mother. But what about Luca's birthday? What about Lara? Tune in for the final part of this episode.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're at the beginning of a new episode, featuring a strange catch by some fishermen, and the disappearance of a precious jewel from the local Etruscan museum.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara starts investigating the unusual catch, and later he and Lara try to talk. But there's also the museum theft to take care of.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Inspectors Rubino and Sardi go to the Etruscan museum to investigate the theft of the Green Ray. They have a few moments for girl talk and ice cream.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The cadaver on the autopsy table doesn't stop Ginevra from wanting to give the commissioner more than just a report. Lara and Serena are at the docks where they see someone they're not supposed to see, and meet someone from Lara's past.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The investigation proceeds, Lara receives some red roses at work, to the consternation of Manara, and Aunt Caterina does her part as well.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
New suspects and witnesses start turning up in one of the cases being investigated, thanks to Lara's aunt.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In both cases under investigation, it's been discovered that witnesses have been withholding information from the police.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca go to the boat to verify Ms. Brumelt's change of alibi, and they come across Massimo who works there. You can easily imagine Manara's expression... but he then gets a call about some rotten fish in a van, and a surprise.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara manage to get a boat from Massimo to chase down the fishing boat they want a paint sample from. But of course things are never so simple. Luca loves the danger, and feels like Steve McQueen, but Lara is scared out of her wits, and sparks fly between them.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara get saved by none other than Massimo, with the help of Nicasto and his boat. Later however, at headquarters, they find out that Nicasto is not what he seems! There's more investigating to do.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Sardi and Rubino find some interesting and relevant records on Nicasto. Lara tries to make sense of it all, and her aunt, unwittingly gives her an important tip. And where is Luca all this time???
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara is all excited about something she found out, but when she goes looking for Luca, she gets an unexpected and unpleasant surprise. Catching herself, she "gets over it" and the two of them start in on a late night search. All they need is a warrant.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca try to follow protocol, but when that doesn't work, they barge ahead with their investigation, and get into an extremely dangerous situation. Fortunately for everyone, Lara doesn't lose her cool...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This episode comes to a close with a pizza party at sunset among Lara's colleagues. Certain people are able to see a beautiful green ray in that sunset, making the famous legend come true.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara is all excited about going home to Catania for a week of vacation, but do we really believe that he'll be allowed to leave?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara isn't happy about his boss's decision, but there's no time to sit and complain. If he can't take time off, no one can (and that includes Lara who's on a boat with Massimo)!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The police find the missing jeep and filmmaker, but what initially looks like an accident has some strange aspects about it.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Zia Caterina might have found herself a gardener/handyman, and Luca and Lara locate the reels of film left by the film maker.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara go to question the tanner. He's not as forthcoming as they would have liked, but Luca, true to his nature, breaks the rules once again.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There are irregularities in this case, and as both Manara and Rubino know, that's where you look!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
At police headquarters, a suspect gets questioned, but Manara isn't totally convinced. When conversation between Luca and Lara starts getting personal, Toscani walks in...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It may not come as a surprise that Toscani, after hours of ruining his eyes looking at the footage, does indeed find something strange. Unwittingly, and indirectly, he also saves the life of the Cine Service owner.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
So much excitement in just a few moments! Lara and Luca let their true feelings get the better of them, and...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
After the fire everyone gathers in the commissioner's office, to discuss the situation. When Lara and Luca get left alone, they try to sort out what happened...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara question the tanner, and find out some interesting facts about Calcaterra, the gardener, but are no closer to solving the crime. The victim's wife shares her worries with Luca, and Lara and her aunt hear some strange noises in the garden.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're getting very close to solving the case! The night is a long one for Lara and Luca, what with questioning Calcaterra and going on a search for evidence.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The truth comes out, and, even though Sianelli is dead, he's able to say something important through pictures.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
At the beach party there's a chain reaction (as the title of this episode implies), but this time no dead bodies are involved.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Here we go with a new episode! Lara's enjoying some time off with Massimo, but do we really think it can last? Because, naturalmente, there's a new case to solve.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Personal relations between Luca and Lara may be tenuous, but where work is concerned, they're a great team.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara find Sally at the supermarket and question her. Ginevra explains the results of the autopsy to Luca, but there's still plenty of mystery surrounding this case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's a meeting to report new information on the case, and Luca asks a very unusual favor of Lara. You won't want to miss the scene.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani obtains some precious information, but as usual, he's not so quick on the draw to know how important it is. His wife, Sardi, has gotten handy with the software to crack the cell phone. Lara and Luca will be going to two different and unusual places of entertainment in the evening: Luca to a country music motorcycle joint, and Lara to the circus.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca, posing as a John Wayne type, goes to the country music bar, and meets up, quite unexpectedly, with someone he had just met the day before.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Let the show begin! We're at the circus, and the ringmaster looks familiar to one of the women in the audience. Meanwhile, Manara has un unexpected encounter as he leaves the nightspot.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A pleasant evening at the circus gets interrupted when Lara gets a phone call and rushes off to the hospital.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara keeps her promise to the doctor, but in the process falls victim to some gossip among her colleagues at headquarters.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Melanie, the pretty bartender comes to headquarters with information. She flirts unabashedly with Manara. Lara and her aunt recount the circus show for Manara and a possibly very important detail crops up by chance.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Rubino and Sardi go to visit Marianna at the circus grounds, and Manara has an unpleasant encounter with the motorcyclist's father.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's lots going on in this puntata (episode). Luca is in trouble (again) with his boss, but sidesteps him because they're getting closer and closer to solving the case. Seeing Lara walk into the Tuxedo "incognito" has quite an effect on everyone, from bikers to colleagues, to boyfriends!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The scene is set at the Tuxedo, but no one's ready for the one person to show up who could ruin everything.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
For one reason or another, nobody gets much sleep after the evening at the Tuxedo, but Manara is in his boss's office bright and early to report in person.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca interrogates Stefano, and has Sally come in as well. Who's telling the truth, and who's hiding something?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara's aunt shows up at headquarters with some bizarre news, and also makes some very simple but crucial observations about the famous wedding dress. Luca and Lara leap into action!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The case gets solved, but not exactly in the way we expect it to. Lara is finally free to take her vacation days!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara is finally on the boat with Massimo, but is she really happy to be there? Her indifference is working its magic on Luca, whereas poor Ginevra doesn't even know the meaning of fare l'indifferente (playing hard to get). And thus concludes this episode!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Here we are at the beginning of a new episode. Lara has been on the boat with Massimo, but now she's got to get right back to work, because someone seems to have fallen off a horse!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
A buttero is an Italian working cowboy from the Maremma part of Tuscany. And one was just found—morto (dead)!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Things don't add up regarding the buttero, and Brigadiere, Lara's aunt's dog, has gone missing.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Lara is in quite a quandary about the roses. She's got some tough decisions to make! Meanwhile Toscani and Manara get up to speed on the investigation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Lara confesses her doubts about Massimo to Sardi, while Manara, who is in a foul mood, gives some advice to his commissioner friend about how to behave with Ginevra on their upcoming date.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Massimo doesn't give up! Lara's at a loss for words, but then Luca and Lara go off to question a chronic complaint filer.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Belleggia is a tough nut to crack in the interrogation room, and Toscani has a rough time. As usual, Caterina is friendly with people involved in the murder, this time making friends with the widow of the victim.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Lara finally makes a decision and acts on it. That doesn't make it any easier, though.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Lara is having trouble dealing with her feelings, but her aunt distracts her with some information concerning the deceased.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Lara and Luca bring in a suspect, but something in his expression makes them wonder about his guilt. Lara's aunt keeps looking for Brigadiere.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicily
The red soil found in Contini's clothes is looking more and more important. Sergio ends up being helpful to the investigation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
The dinner for four is having trouble getting off the ground, and not everyone is thrilled with the situation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Lara and Luca are left on their own at the trattoria. They overdo it a bit with the wine, and... The next day, Lara's aunt has to help out once again.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
For some strange reason, Luca isn't so eager to sign the forms Sergio procures for him. Lara's aunt arrives with some important news.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Everything concerning the case becomes clear. There are no happy faces.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Episode 8 comes to a close as Sergio shows up with all the paperwork ready for the job "swap." All Luca has to do is sign!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Here we go with an exciting new episode! There are both joys and sorrows in this first segment.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The case has just begun and we've already found the murderer. Too easy!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca are trying to get more information about Bianciardi and about the girl who suffers from memory loss. On a romantic level, Lara isn't making things easy for Luca! It is interesting to notice that in Italian, the terms "Dottore" (abbr. Dott.) and Dottoressa (abbr. Dott.ssa) can also be used for people who have undergraduate degrees or no degree at all. They are used as a formal and obsequious title. It is difficult to find an equivalent in English and many people simplify the title by using Ms./Mrs./Miss. or using no term at all.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Federica remembers some "insignificant" details, and Lara discovers a highly significant detail.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca, as usual, has a run-in with his boss about the case, and then has a run-in with the bank director whose answers are anything but helpful.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Some left-handed patients have been found, and the questioning begins.
*To understand captions 40 and 41 more fully, see this vocabulary insight.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A left-handed suspect turns up, and has a bad temper to boot. Luca offers Lara a ride home on his motorcycle...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Finally there's a bit of action.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The "murderer" comes in for questioning, and Manara asks him some questions point-blank. Meanwhile Lara's aunt goes to the bank for a new ATM card (called Bancomat in Italian), and learns something interesting pertinent to the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca finally gets to talk to Ridolfi, but the bank director is quite adept at dodging questions. Lara's aunt has been a bit more successful in getting information.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Progress is being made on all fronts!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Dreams can become nightmares when we go too far.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara has an interesting conversation with his boss, another, a bit embarrassing, with his colleagues, and still another (even more embarrassing) with Lara, which brings us to the end of this episode.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
And we're off and running with a new episode. This time Manara's sister shows up with a nickname for him he'd rather forget...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian Tuscan
A very strangely arranged dead body has been found, and meanwhile Luca's sister, Teresa, has been busy in Luca's office. And did anyone remember Barbagalli's scooter? Hm.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian Tuscan
Putting the victim's picture in the newspaper has borne fruit. We start matching faces with names.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian Tuscan
Lara and Luca go to question an old woman who knew the victim. Meanwhile, Teresa is getting to know Lara and her aunt.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian Tuscan
Everyone is trying to figure out how Giada Mercuri ended up on an air mattress in the swamp. Meanwhile, at the cemetery, new strange things are happening!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian Tuscan
Luca's sister has found an apartment for him. Meanwhile, zia Caterina goes to see the old lady.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Once again Caterina sees something that starts a chain reaction of questioning down at police headquarters.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian Tuscan
Things are certainly changing for Luca, with a new house and leaving Ada's hotel. And something is going on with Rosmini, too. There's also new information about the coffin for two.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicily Tuscan
Lara is busy, so Luca takes Quattroni along with him to the crime scene in order to imagine what might have happened there. Lara's aunt goes to the book fair.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicily Tuscan
The truth comes out, and many of the mysteries are revealed.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicily Tuscan
The case has been solved. But emotions are running strong for the women in Luca's life. Each has her own joys or sorrows to come to terms with.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicily Tuscan
We're at the end of an episode, the case has been solved, but things don't get tied up quite as neatly as everyone hoped.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Everyone is in shock after the big surprise. Lara's heart is broken, and Luca is pretty desperate, too. Still, they are professionals, and someone has died in a fire, so like it or not, they are thrown together.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's lots of tension between Luca and Lara, plus Luca can't quite believe he is going to be a father.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca question the people close to Spada, but they are no closer to having a lead. And they don't get much closer to talking over their personal troubles, either.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Talk about frustrating! Why does Luca keep putting his foot in his mouth? And this time it's a whopper!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara's zia Caterina goes to the Spada's mineral water plant, taking Brigadiere with her.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're all curious to see what Ginevra and Lara have to say to each other when they meet. Meanwhile, Marco Rovetti is nowhere to be found.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Now you get to see what an Ape actually is. Ape actually means "bee," and this Ape is a tiny three-wheeled, low-horsepowered mini-pickup truck, very popular in agricultural environments throughout Italy, made by Piaggio. You don't need the same license as for driving a car because it doesn't go very fast at all. But the vehicle works hard and is usually as busy as a bee.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara's father turns up and has some perspective on her situation with Luca.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara has a good friend to whom he can speak frankly. Lara's father leaves on the bus. The Spada family gets questioned, but let go almost immediately. Has Luca figured something out?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Some hidden truths are coming out in various sectors.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Two important mysteries get solved in this episode.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This episode has been full of equivoci (misunderstandings, mix-ups), and this final segment is no exception. But we haven't seen the last of Manara!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Manara makes an important and unexpected announcement to his colleagues, but gets interrupted by some disturbing news about the town psychic.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
On this last day of Luca's service, everyone is working hard to get to the core of the case.
Lara is trying to pretend things are normal.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca is about to pack his bags, but there are still some suspects to question. And Lara has some questions for Luca, too.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Interrogating the wife of one's boss might be cause for some nervousness, but Manara seems to enjoy it. And Luca also has some news, which slips out very casually.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca's mind is going full speed ahead, and this leads him to invite Lara and her aunt to the movies. The outing ends up revealing an extremely delicate and awkward situation, but an important one for the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
What would the police do without Lara's aunt Caterina? She knows just where to look to get precious information about the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In this segment, we see a flashback to Iolanda's murder. She was an honest woman through and through. And it looks like Manara confirms his resignation, now that the case has been solved.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It's time for Luca to say goodbye to his colleagues and friends. It's a sad moment for everyone.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There are plenty of people—women, actually— to send Luca off on his bus, but he keeps looking around for a certain someone to show up...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We get a taste of what life is like at police headquarters without Luca. We also see that Lara learned some bad habits from Luca, going off on her own on a hunch.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The tension is almost unbearable for everyone. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Emotions are running high in this segment and we're hoping that Lara gets found, and that she's alive.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A beach party concludes this episode, and season. Love is in the air!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
By popular request, Manara is back with some new adventures. Everything is in place for a joyous celebration, with wedding bells, but is it too good to be true?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca go into work mode automatically, to try and solve this new, upsetting case, but they each have private, unhappy thoughts that keep turning around.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara are doing the best they can to work on the case despite their inner turmoil. Luca's sister wants to help him, but there's a limit to what she can do.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Ada provides Luca with some welcome company, food, and gossip. Ginevra communicates the cause of death, while Luca and Lara toss around a couple of different possible hypotheses surrounding the motorcyclist.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani, Lara, and Luca are working on the case, but Toscani is clearly distracted. Luca tries to get some information from Gabriele's rival.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca have been skirting the marriage issue, but they do finally talk about it, albeit briefly. Meanwhile, they get some new information about the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Rubino and Sardi go to question Elena, Gabriele's ex-girlfriend, while Manara questions Elena's current boyfriend.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca confides in Toscani who is, however, not very encouraging on the subject of marriage. Lara calls with some information, and Luca goes back to question Lupo.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca's charm works like a charm and he's able to obtain the information he needs from the woman in the motorcycle shop.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's some girl talk between Lara and Sardi, Luca is not a great dinner guest, and Buttafuoco and Barbagallo make an interesting discovery.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca questions Lupo, and figures out how to find out for sure who murdered Gabriele, but as usual, he's immune to warnings about how dangerous it will be.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
As expected Manara's boss doesn't give him permission to infiltrate the race. Do you think that will stop him?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The race ends, and Manara discovers what he came to find out. He also discovers that Lara is a very capable cop.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The truth surfaces, and we see a flashback of the fatal event. It's a painful moment for everyone involved.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Even though the case has been solved, Luca gets yelled at by Casadio. To understand their parting words, there's an idiomatic expression to learn. Chi va con lo zoppo impara a zoppicare (He who goes around with a lame person learns to limp). A similar expression in English is "bad company brings bad habits."
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A romantic moment gets rudely interrupted by another murder. But do Luca and Lara have the same idea about living together?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It's a busy day for the police. A prime witness ends up in the emergency room at the hospital, and there have been three burglaries, one after another.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Not much information is cropping up from the investigation, but Lara has an unusual meeting with Casadio.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca is acting a little strange and Ginevra doesn't help things. Meanwhile, there has been some mysterious activity over at the nursery.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara is doing some thinking, and confides in Sardi. Meanwhile, there is a definite lead in the case about the burglarized villas.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara has a hard time resisting Luca's charms. Sardi and Toscani don't seem to be on the same wavelength. But somehow, they are getting closer to having some interesting information, if not concrete evidence.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The case is discussed at the dinner table among Lara, Luca and Aunt Caterina. As usual, Caterina knows a lot about the people involved. She also gives Lara some advice.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca finds out some important information from the housekeeper, and he also finds out, quite by accident, about Lara's course in Milan.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani knows he's doing a good job, but is frustrated because Manara doesn't ever acknowledge it. Meanwhile, Luca must have an idea since he goes prancing around the office. In fact, he knows exactly what he's doing.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In this episode, we have the straw that breaks the camel's back as far as Lara is concerned. Toscani has a good moment.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In the case, the sad truth comes out. Luca and Lara are both very somber for their own reasons. The only happy person seems to be Toscani who discovered traces of blood on the cane.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We've come to the moment of truth for Luca and Lara. Neither of them is happy, but they both know, deep down, that it's the right thing to do.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's a departure, for sure. Lara gets on that big blue bus and says goodbye, but there is an arrival, too.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Ada brings coffee to the room where the new guest is staying. But it's Ada who gets a rude awakening.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There is some very unusual and disturbing news waiting for the team of investigators.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara goes to question the neighbors. When he goes to see the chief to talk about the case, he gets a little surprise.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara gets to run the case, and the new inspector arrives to welcomes that range from very warm to very icy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Interviewing the husband of the deceased was uncomfortable, since there were delicate questions to ask. Back at headquarters, Luca learns whether or not it was his hair on the pillow, and Marta has some insights that make the others roll their eyes.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Marta goes for a ride on Luca's motorcycle as they look for a mysterious South American barman. Ginevra meets Marta and seems to like her a lot.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lara isn't around, but her presence is felt by everyone, in different ways. And they all want to know how Luca is feeling about it, but he's a closed book and just focuses on the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca Manara and Marta Rivera are both curious about each other. But Marta has better luck. Manara and Toscani go to see the victim's husband, who learns some things about his wife he hadn't been aware of.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Officers Barbagallo and Buttafuoco get some good evidence, but Manara doesn't quite appreciate their guessing-game humor. He goes to question the new suspect.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Little by little some of the suspects are being eliminated, but the situation is far from clear.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
With Lara gone, Luca seems to want to make up for lost time, and flirts unabashedly with all the women he comes into contact with. Fortunately, he also gets down to work, and has a man to man talk with one of the suspects.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Marta proves herself to be smart and intuitive. This leads to a new perspective on the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The team figures out how the crime happened, and Manara has to reveal his more compassionate, sensitive side to bring this investigation to an end.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Inspector Rivera is very much appreciated at Police Headquarters, and so is Manara, but for different reasons and by different people.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This new episode takes place in the world of beauty contests. Manara seems slightly distracted in both his dreamworld and the real world.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani has some news about who was on the jury. All the contestants in the Miss Maremma contest come to police headquarters for questioning.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There are various mysteries to be solved, but Luca seems preoccupied with the mystery surrounding the new inspector.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The cause of death has been discovered, but that's about all. Manara talks to the members of the Miss Maremma jury.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
While Toscani is investigating Rivera, Luca questions a contestant who gives him some interesting new information.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Another suspect gets questioned, and then Toscani gets questioned by Manara, on a totally different matter.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Caterina meet up by chance and and are chatting when Caterina's phone rings. Later, Luca and Marta meet up at Ada's and talk about the case, but not only.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca is able to talk to Giulia's father, and then with Giulia herself. He also talks to the people from the newspaper. Marta receives a mysterious phone call.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Tension rises between Marta and Manara. Then Manara gets stopped by the police. It's just routine, but there's a glitch.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca gets himself into an embarrassing situation with Marta. But he somehow wriggles out of it with an undercover assignment for her.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara's team decides the best way to find out what's going on with Righini and Parri is to go to the post-contest party that evening.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The team is at its best this time. And someone who is usually in the sidelines steps in with prontezza (quick reflexes) and brings this case to a climax.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Giulia Parri and Righini, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, come in to police headquarters to clear up a couple of things, but then Manara has one of his famous moments of great intuition.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara wraps things up, and he does it with kindness. But later, he gets an unexpected visit.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca has an embarrassing moment, and worrying, too. But there is a new case to distract him from his problems. This time, a deep sea diver is found dead.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara's fumbling with his computer had some potentially disastrous consequences. Meanwhile, the report from forensics is in, and Luca goes to question Giusi — without Rivera.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca questions some potential witnesses and suspects. He also takes his personal problem to someone who might have the necessary expertise to help him solve it.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Thanks to Rosmini, Manara gets rid of his symptoms, but not the problem itself. Toscani is under a lot of pressure from his very pregnant wife.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
The big question is: Why did Mineo spend so much money on deep diving equipment he couldn't afford?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's lots going on at police headquarters. Even Caterina shows up at just the right moment.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Everyone is a bit tense for one reason or another. Marta and Luca discuss Miss Vasto, Sardi is having a rough time in her last days of pregnancy, and consequently so is Toscani. But the team is ready to move in on a suspect.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The police are armed, in position, and ready to move. Their mark shows up, and the money is on the table. Then things get dicey.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Marta learn that the amphorae were never actually found. Luca enlists the help of Giusy Vasto to try and find them while trying to get more information from her. Marta isn't thrilled about this.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Giusi go diving for the amphorae. Rivera forgets her place and tells Luca what she thinks.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani and Sardi seem to be getting along better. At police headquarters, some very interesting news crops up, and Luca realizes what he has to do.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Things are hopping. Luca and Toscani go out to the scuba diving test in a speedboat. Rivera, left alone at police headquarters, has to take matters into her own hands when she answers Toscani's phone.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca questions young Guglielmo and gets the answers he needs. He is less satisfied with the conversation with Giusi Vasto. Rivera listens to it all.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's a new member of the Toscani family, Sardi apologizes to Marta for her behavior, and Ada confides in Luca about a discovery she has made.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There is reason for celebrating the end of the case and the return of the amphorae. But Manara gets some more information about inspector Rivera and has a hard time letting things go.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This new episode starts off with a bang (pun intended). We also get a glimpse of what home life is like, now that Sardi has brought her baby home from the hospital.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The investigation has begun. The girl who was shot is still alive. Luca apologizes to Marta, and Marta gets a mysterious phone call. Toscani has a hard time staying awake.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara and Toscani go to the cheese factory. They don't find the answers they are looking for, but think someone there wants to talk. Marta asks for a little time off to go to her appointment.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We still don't know much about Marta Rivera's mysterious appointment, just that it was with the chief. A worker from the cheese factory shows up at the police station to give her statement.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara goes to see Casadio, asking for something he knows will be refused to him. He is actually in search of information on Rivera's earlier visit there. Buttafuoco and Barbagallo seem to think there is going to be a surprise party, since an assortment of cheeses was delivered to the police station.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca goes to see signora Martini in the hospital. When he gets back to the police station there is a secret ballot going on. Caterina shows up at the end.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Caterina talks to Luca in his office. Toscani brings a fax that looks more like a newspaper or a bed sheet, it's so long. Luca hatches a plan that involves Ada, Toscani, and himself. Ada's new guest seems to like her!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara and Toscani go on a secret mission. Luca takes a lot of risks, but gets some important information. Toscani catches up on some much-needed sleep.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
After his night trying to outwit the dogs, Manara is not thrilled with Toscani. Ada gets flowers, and Marta gets a phone call.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Some officers slept through the night, others didn't, and this creates some tension at the police station. The mysterious truck driver is identified, and the analysis results of the milk used by the Soleri company to make cheese have come in.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The police squad goes to the Dairy to arrest Mister Soleri, and Manara hunts down Ivan Iordan.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Marta question the Bulgarian. Laura Martini suddenly remembers what happened to her on the night of the shooting. The report from ballistics comes through.
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