Domenico gets an impromptu chance to sing in Italian for a French audience, and it goes well. Not well enough, however, and he is still depressed and feeling uninspired.

Imma buys a dress to replace the one with a stain. Calogiuri has some new information about the victim. Meanwhile, the chief prosecutor gets a disturbing email.

Dafne's father prowls around the house at night with a flashlight. She doesn't get it. She likes running water, which he doesn't get. They are each trying to deal with their grief.

In Paris, Mimmo and Franca are having a rough time getting by. But that doesn't stop Mimmo from wanting to have a good time. They don't agree on the right path to take.

Tataranni and Calogiuri talk to the owners of the dairy farm where the victim's limb had been found. On the way back, Calogiuri gets a good idea.

Dafne is at a party with her friend Viola, and a guy asks her to dance.

Mimmo begins telling about his honeymoon, which was very short and simple and included his friends Riccardo and Rosi. A flashback takes us to the Modugno living room in Rome, where they all watch a little black and white TV where the famous presenter Mike Bongiorno is hosting a game show. Conversation turns to work and they talk about the future.

Imma chases down her mother who is very mixed up about where she lives. She goes to the morgue to talk to the coroner about the new body part that was found.

Dafne takes her lunch break with her new co-worker Camilla and learns a little more about her. At the hairdresser, Dafne gets a phone call from Viola.

Mimmo is describing the moment in which he and Franca take their relationship to another level and when he also finds the rhyme he'd been looking for in the song he'd been writing. Later, during the recording session of Vecchio frac, he finds out the censors have been at work and want him to change the lyrics.

Imma is finally home, ready to have something to eat and discusses this on the phone with her husband. But then he urges her to turn on the local news station, quick.

Dafne and her father are starting to settle in at home. He did some grocery shopping and is fixing dinner. She told him about her day at work.

Domenico hears some tragic news on the radio and it inspires him to express his grief in a song: Vecchio frac (old tuxedo), which later became a hit. He shares his mourning and memories with Franca.

Imma and Calogiuri go to see a woman who had her finger cut off. Calogiuri offers to take Imma back to Metaponto.

Dafne goes back to work, is greeted by her co-workers, and strikes up a conversation with someone new.