In Sicily, at one time, horses would work in the sulfur mines and slowly become blind. The story is told through a Sicilian ballad, sung by Domenico Modugno. Mimì's mother sits with him as he prepared his bags, but she struggles to understand why he would want to leave. See complete lyrics (in Sicilian) here.

Perhaps as an apology, Ugo makes some sketches for the wedding on ice. The wedding couple practices at the rink, but there is a visitor. Dino and Melody have a moment, but his mother may not be so thrilled about that.

Renzo is playing soccer and wants to take the penalty kick. Virginia goes to meet her former husband's ex-wife and son. Gaetano and Bettina are spending their lunch hour together, but he seems a bit distracted.

Lorenzo and Dante meet up at the park and commiserate a bit. Dante asks Lorenzo for a favor.

Are you ready for the passive voice? In many ways, the Italian passive works as it does in English. If we have a subject, a transitive verb and a direct object, we can form either an active phrase or a passive one. But there are some rules, and Daniela sets out to explain them.

Marino and Giuditta tell us how they ended up getting Covid, and what their symptoms were.

Orazio confides in his psychiatrist friend and confesses to his present feelings about his wife and women in general. They stop off to see a patient of Giovanni's.

The Taviani brothers talk about how color and images can be more important than the story itself. There are clips from interviews with them when they were much younger, and the director of photography contributes some thoughts, as well. The movie featured in this segment is Good Morning, Babylon from 1987.

Parking is a problem in medieval hilltop towns and cities (especially those attractive to tourists), so one solution is to build an elevator to get from parking further down the hill, up to the center of town. But, you never know what you are going to find when excavating. In Assisi, they certainly hit the jackpot, right in the center of town: A roman domus.

Domenico asks his cousin for some money to go to Rome, and goes to see the town priest to see if he can get a ride. But there is an emergency, and his priorities have to shift.

Ugo has no interest in learning to ice skate, and Nora is not a big help. Back at the villa, Melody brings Dino some coffee as he works, and he asks her for a favor.

Camilla goes to lunch at Virginia's house (quite a house) and they talk about Virginia's personal situation. Then there's a phone call.

Eva, pretending to be originally from Athens, meets up with Cusimano, and they agree on terms. Later, she makes a visit to the group home. At the restaurant, the girls try to think of a way to save the home, but come up empty.

Marika introduces a mini-series devoted to the story of a family that has decided to share their Covid-19 experience.

Orazio had a bad night, and now he is having a bad day, from problems at the office to a strange visit to the doctor with Anna, to a postponed dinner date with a friend.

The directors talk about the important role the sea played in their films. Another element that played an important part was color, used to express feelings and situations.

We're in Assisi, where, during some excavations, a domus was discovered. It's clear it belonged to a wealthy family because of the richness of the wall and floor decorations, and might even have been the home of the poet Propertius.

Domenico tells his story to the audience, and to us, as he takes us back to when he was a youth. There was one movie theater in town, and he was always there.

The stickers Nora placed all around the arena paid off, at least from her point of view. Ugo isn't so sure. There's a new job for them, but Ugo is conflicted because he still has something to tell Nora.

Camilla is happy to see her old classmate and they make plans to get together, but Camilla forgets about a promise she had made to Renzo.

Max explains some details of the heist he's planning, and Eva knows all the right questions to ask. Later, Eva discovers some curious "coincidences."

Daniela gives us various examples of how to close a formal letter as well as the complimentary closing that precedes the signature. As you will see, these are quite different from the ones in English letters. We then recap the parts of a formal letter.

The police question Orazio and naturally, the pig's foot is at the center of attention.

The Taviani brothers talk about how their movie Under the Sign of Scorpio was received at the Venice film festival, and about their location scouting for the film.