Luigi complains that all he hears doctors and nurses say is, un passo alla volta (one step at a time). He would love a little optimism and reassurance.

Luigi has another conversation with Zamagna, but isn't sure if it is really him. Luigi is not out of the woods yet.

Doctor Rapisarda seems to want to be elsewhere other than making his rounds. Peppe Silvestri is about to be operated on. Luigi is asked how things are going now that the tube has been removed.

Peppe comes out of the operating room where all seems to have gone well. Luigi has a fever and the doctors are discussing the possible causes and what to do about it. Meanwhile Luigi feels he has to try to get out of bed, to prove to his body that he can.

Amed is worried that the replacement chaplain will come and start talking, and never stop. He'll "press play" and tell stories ad nauseam. But on the good side, Luigi's fever is going down, even though he doesn't feel great.

Elena tries to keep Luigi from getting too depressed about his situation. He then gets a taste of what his roommates had been telling him about the friar.

Father Costa just wants to be left alone and chases Friar Marcello away. Luigi finally has his catheter and drainage removed.

Luigi spends the night tossing and turning. In the morning, a nurse comes to get him for the CT scan, but then he has to wait and wait.

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.

If Italian food culture is so famous the world over, Luigi wonders why it should be so bad in Italian hospitals.

Amed is convinced that the girl who had promised special food, a while back, was a figment of their imagination. He goes so far as to call the nurse to see if she remembers the girl.

Amed is obsessed with the idea of eating the right kind of food to fight cancer, but he goes a little too far.

Amed predicts Luigi's future, and Luigi has some visions. This segment reveals the meaning of the title of the show.

Luigi talks about getting old. Marcello talks about missing his restaurant and the work he loves.

Luigi tells us the fourth thing that demonstrates that a man has gotten old.