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!

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.

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

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.

The police take Tonino back to the beach club where Martina and Corinne are taking down the beach umbrellas. The season's over. Alessio is watching and thinking.

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

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.

Tonino locks himself in with Saverio, holding him hostage, and threatening Saverio's father, the councilman.

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.

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.

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

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.

As luck would have it, the town councilman, for whom the whole party was created, isn't coming. Alessio and Martina have some time to themselves...

In the eyes of Manara's boss, Giulia is the heroine, having recovered the letters, and Manara is a failure for having let the murderer escape from under his nose. Now Giulia's work is finished and she's just about ready to go back to Rome, but she still has some unfinished business... business she doesn't want Lara's help with.

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...