During the orchestra rehearsal, a player makes a mistake and Marioni, the conductor, doesn't hesitate to press the point, in his usual cruel manner, that an orchestra is not a democracy.

Imma is still worried about her husband ending up in the hospital when, back at work, Diana has bad news for her. Imma remembers her appointment with Don Mariano, but that's not the worst of it.

Imma had been dreaming and wakes up to a call from Don Mariano who wants to see her, urgently. But she has another emergency to deal with first.

Imma appears to be on the psychiatrist's couch, describing a dream, but the situation becomes more and more bizarre and we don't really know what's real and what isn't.

Pietro goes to his saxophone teacher's house to help her with a technical problem. At home, Imma gets an important phone call that has nothing to do with the case she just solved.

Calenzano finishes telling his story and Calogiuri takes him away. Stacchio's teacher stops by Imma's office with a pupil, Nicolas, who has a story of his own to tell.

In front of Imma, Calogiuri, and Diana, Calenzano describes every detail of when he went to Stella's apartment to see her. He's distraught, as he relives the experience.

Calenzano felt the need to tell Imma and Calogiuri some details about his childhood in Switzerland so that they would be able to understand what had happened between him and Stella.

With Francesco Calenzano, whose nickname is Franco, Imma reminisces, in a friendly way, about the summers when they were younger and about the music they would listen to, notably, E ti vengo a cercare (I'll come looking for you).

Imma clears up some more questions with Eufemia Abate about the person Stella was smiling at in the photograph.She has that person summoned for some questioning.

De Nardis ends up confessing to how things went. He is held responsible for both Stella's and Eustacchio's deaths. Imma is still perplexed, however.

Imma and Calogiuri enter the cave where the footing is uneven and the two are thrown together. The police have found the boy and De Nardis is called into headquarters for more questioning.

As sometimes happens, something Pietro says, even in an intimate moment, reminds Imma of some detail in the case. Off she goes with Calogiuri to try for some new leads.

Imma manages to interview Stacchio's father, who is not exactly forthcoming. Back home, Imma gets complaints about her cooking and they listen to the news report about the missing boy.

Leaving school, Valentina and her friend meet up with a certain Samuel who has a little present for Valentina. Imma and Calogiuri see Stacchio's friends and ask them some questions, with the pretext that Calogiuri had lost his dog.