Michele goes back home after his mother dies and there, he spends some time with his childhood friend, Costanza Colonna. He tells her about his plans to go to Rome, the artistic center of the universe.

As he had promised Cloe, Giuseppe continues to look for her little boy, with little success. Some children he treats aren't really ill, they're just not getting enough to eat. Italy enters the war. Some doctors go to the front, others stay behind.

Renzo and Camilla discuss this new development. He is very suspicious and worried. Camilla, as usual, wants to handle things on her own. She goes down to police headquarters the next day.

From the phone records, Imma discovers phone calls received by Bruno but the number doesn't seem to exist. Calogiuri indeed gets a phone call from Paolo in Bari.

The team goes to search Capuano's home and then they go to the club to get more information about him. That leads them to a boxing club.

The bride to be comes to the atelier to choose her wedding dress. Nora tries to prevent the others at the workshop from making the same gaffe she did, but they aren't necessarily familiar with the French word. Ugo shows up too, and tries to talk to Nora.

Michele manages to find a home for his painting, and receives something in exchange. Still at Maestro Simone's workshop, he grows up into a man and ends up trying to defend a young apprentice from being abused as he had been.

As her condition worsens, Cloe tells Giuseppe about the child she had abandoned, and makes him promise to find him.

Non è mai troppo tardi (it's never too late) was a huge success, also in many other countries. Along with youngsters who attended school, older folks managed to learn to read and write, and to get their elementary school certificates, thanks to the TV show.

As she comes out of the police station, Camilla meets up with the "indestructible" guy who had been following her and Dora. He gives her some information, but she is busy calling Gaetano for help and makes him tell her where he is. Both she and the "indestructible" go to that address.

Matarazzo and Calagiuri hit a dead end in their first encounter at the University of Bari. Imma finally gets to consult the files associated with Bruno's disappearance fifteen years prior. Diana asks her for a favor she shouldn't have.

The team hears about a new homicide that likely is connected to the first one, so they have to go back to square one, more or less. The forensics expert wonders why Di Nardo doesn't answer her text messages.

Nora manages to talk to Roberto for a moment to make sure he goes ahead with the divorce. She meets some potential new clients. Ugo is oblivious to these events and is busy buying flowers for Nora.

When Luigi finds out he could actually have had some water before his CT scan, he is totally demoralized. He talks about the different kinds of patients to be found in any hospital.

Michele has a rough time of it in Master Simone's workshop. It's clear, however, that he has talent. A Knight of Malta comes into the workshop to have a look.