Matteo arrives late for class and is told, to sit next to Sara who begins asking him questions. It turns out she is almost blind. After the lesson, Matteo meets some of his classmates.

A teacher reads a passage from one of Shakespeare's sonnets and asks the class to interpret it. Matteo speaks up. Here is the original English: "Mark how one string, sweet husband to another,
Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;
Resembling sire and child and happy mother,
Who, all in one, one pleasing note do sing:
Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,
Sings this to thee: 'Thou single wilt prove none."

Matteo is having a violin lesson when Marioni passes by in the hall and hears him. Matteo's lesson ends early and he is about to learn more about the orchestra conductor everyone thinks of as il bastardo (the bastard).

Marioni puts Matteo to the test, asking him to play first violin in the Brahms symphony, together with the entire orchestra. Later, Domenico tells him about someone who had crumbled under Marioni's harsh treatment.

A colleague of Marioni's chides him for having treated Matteo as he did. He tries to justify his actions, and then goes to have a word with Rosario, a percussion student.

Matteo is at home with his uncle, doing a tricky jigsaw puzzle and ready for dinner. Even though it is clear to Matteo that his uncle is gay, his uncle is very uncomfortable talking about it. Matteo lets his uncle know that there is a girl he likes.

Barbara is practicing piano in the presence of her mother, who tries to encourage her. Little by little Barbara manages to focus on the music, and perhaps not only the music. Another pianist is playing the same piece in a music store. He might be there because he has no piano at home.

La ladra (The Thief) is a television series starring Veronica Pivetti, who plays Eva Marsiglia, a high level chef. But that's not all she does!

A man walks into the restaurant Il Frutto Proibito (Forbidden Fruit) sure that Eva will hire him as a cook, but before she can even think about it, she gets called away to take care of a situation with her son, Lorenzo...

A very exacting client and a very special dessert are the stars of this segment. Don't miss it!

As Spada gets ready to drive away with his fiancée, he gets accosted by a woman, who clearly knows him, and who needs money for her little girl. Someone ends up on the roof, ready to jump, and of course, Eva can't just stand by and watch.

Eva proves to be a woman of action, courage, and kindness.

While celebrating Andreina, the pharmacist's birthday, some interesting facts come out.

It's a busy night. Eva thinks her son is sleeping, and talks to him, but he's wide awake and still full of adrenalin. Then she gets a surprise visit!

Valeria spills her story to Eva, who decides to try and help her.