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.

This is not meant to bash vegans. It's just meant to be funny. Italian, with its masculine and feminine nouns lends itself to giving objects, and in this case vegetables, human characteristics. Maurizio Crozza is a comedian. The name he uses — Germidi — is a play on words: Germi (seeds) and soia (soy).

Carlo presents Matteo with a list of countries and asks him whether they're situated in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The incomparable Mina sings a Lucio Battisti - Mogol love song.

Frozen in time. That's what it feels like to our brave ladies. The cuckolded security guard seems to have a never-ending list of betrayals on the part of his girlfriend.

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.

Gianni takes us up to an abandoned villa, and reflects on the tremendous challenges the builder faced.

Ilaria and Matteo are the new contestants. Ilaria is quizzed on a list of Italian male celebrities and has to decide whether they're actors or singers.

The girls get to work. They manage to get into the market, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Luca gets himself into an embarrassing situation with Marta. But he somehow wriggles out of it with an undercover assignment for her.

Pupazzo is the word for "doll," but Federica has transformed it (as she likes to do with words) into pupezza because pezzo means "piece," and as you will see, she uses pieces or scraps to make these dolls. Federica uses these rag/paper dolls as a means for looking deeper inside herself, at the dark as well as the light parts. It is part of a kind of therapy she uses to help others discover hidden areas inside themselves, by means of creative imagination.

Daniela starts her four-part series on the passato remoto [remote or absolute past] verb tense. This tense is broadly used in the south of Italy, and infrequently in the north.

Eva and Dante have words, and their work relationship is on the brink of ending. Brainstorming with the girls brings to Eva's mind a possible hiding place for the gold bricks.

Tension rises between Marta and Manara. Then Manara gets stopped by the police. It's just routine, but there's a glitch.

The Region of the Marches, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, is lesser known than other regions, but there is lots to see here, with its long coastline and jewel-like cities.