We recognize the name of the inspector from Rome. Marta recognizes the face. Later, at the farm hotel, Luca is on cloud nine getting ready for a romantic dinner with Marta, until Ada knocks at the door with some news. She milks it for all it's worth.

The moment has come to discover why Marta was the true target of the attack. And the moment has come for Luca to deal with his unorthodox confiscation of the Bulgarian's gun.

Marta and Luca discuss the latest dead end. But what if Mrs. Martini was not the target at all?

Luca and Marta question the Bulgarian. Laura Martini suddenly remembers what happened to her on the night of the shooting. The report from ballistics comes through.

The police squad goes to the Dairy to arrest Mister Soleri, and Manara hunts down Ivan Iordan.

Some officers slept through the night, others didn't, and this creates some tension at the police station. The mysterious truck driver is identified, and the analysis results of the milk used by the Soleri company to make cheese have come in.

After his night trying to outwit the dogs, Manara is not thrilled with Toscani. Ada gets flowers, and Marta gets a phone call.

Manara and Toscani go on a secret mission. Luca takes a lot of risks, but gets some important information. Toscani catches up on some much-needed sleep.

Caterina talks to Luca in his office. Toscani brings a fax that looks more like a newspaper or a bed sheet, it's so long. Luca hatches a plan that involves Ada, Toscani, and himself. Ada's new guest seems to like her!

Luca goes to see signora Martini in the hospital. When he gets back to the police station there is a secret ballot going on. Caterina shows up at the end.

Manara goes to see Casadio, asking for something he knows will be refused to him. He is actually in search of information on Rivera's earlier visit there. Buttafuoco and Barbagallo seem to think there is going to be a surprise party, since an assortment of cheeses was delivered to the police station.

We still don't know much about Marta Rivera's mysterious appointment, just that it was with the chief. A worker from the cheese factory shows up at the police station to give her statement.

Manara and Toscani go to the cheese factory. They don't find the answers they are looking for, but think someone there wants to talk. Marta asks for a little time off to go to her appointment.

The investigation has begun. The girl who was shot is still alive. Luca apologizes to Marta, and Marta gets a mysterious phone call. Toscani has a hard time staying awake.

This new episode starts off with a bang (pun intended). We also get a glimpse of what home life is like, now that Sardi has brought her baby home from the hospital.

There is reason for celebrating the end of the case and the return of the amphorae. But Manara gets some more information about inspector Rivera and has a hard time letting things go.

There's a new member of the Toscani family, Sardi apologizes to Marta for her behavior, and Ada confides in Luca about a discovery she has made.

Luca questions young Guglielmo and gets the answers he needs. He is less satisfied with the conversation with Giusi Vasto. Rivera listens to it all.

Things are hopping. Luca and Toscani go out to the scuba diving test in a speedboat. Rivera, left alone at police headquarters, has to take matters into her own hands when she answers Toscani's phone.

Toscani and Sardi seem to be getting along better. At police headquarters, some very interesting news crops up, and Luca realizes what he has to do.

Luca and Giusi go diving for the amphorae. Rivera forgets her place and tells Luca what she thinks.

Luca and Marta learn that the amphorae were never actually found. Luca enlists the help of Giusy Vasto to try and find them while trying to get more information from her. Marta isn't thrilled about this.

The police are armed, in position, and ready to move. Their mark shows up, and the money is on the table. Then things get dicey.

Everyone is a bit tense for one reason or another. Marta and Luca discuss Miss Vasto, Sardi is having a rough time in her last days of pregnancy, and consequently so is Toscani. But the team is ready to move in on a suspect.

There's lots going on at police headquarters. Even Caterina shows up at just the right moment.

The big question is: Why did Mineo spend so much money on deep diving equipment he couldn't afford?

Thanks to Rosmini, Manara gets rid of his symptoms, but not the problem itself. Toscani is under a lot of pressure from his very pregnant wife.

Luca questions some potential witnesses and suspects. He also takes his personal problem to someone who might have the necessary expertise to help him solve it.

Manara's fumbling with his computer had some potentially disastrous consequences. Meanwhile, the report from forensics is in, and Luca goes to question Giusi — without Rivera.

Luca has an embarrassing moment, and worrying, too. But there is a new case to distract him from his problems. This time, a deep sea diver is found dead.

Manara wraps things up, and he does it with kindness. But later, he gets an unexpected visit.

Giulia Parri and Righini, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, come in to police headquarters to clear up a couple of things, but then Manara has one of his famous moments of great intuition.

The team is at its best this time. And someone who is usually in the sidelines steps in with prontezza (quick reflexes) and brings this case to a climax.

Manara's team decides the best way to find out what's going on with Righini and Parri is to go to the post-contest party that evening.

Luca gets himself into an embarrassing situation with Marta. But he somehow wriggles out of it with an undercover assignment for her.

Tension rises between Marta and Manara. Then Manara gets stopped by the police. It's just routine, but there's a glitch.

Luca is able to talk to Giulia's father, and then with Giulia herself. He also talks to the people from the newspaper. Marta receives a mysterious phone call.

Luca and Caterina meet up by chance and and are chatting when Caterina's phone rings. Later, Luca and Marta meet up at Ada's and talk about the case, but not only.

Another suspect gets questioned, and then Toscani gets questioned by Manara, on a totally different matter.

While Toscani is investigating Rivera, Luca questions a contestant who gives him some interesting new information.

The cause of death has been discovered, but that's about all. Manara talks to the members of the Miss Maremma jury.

There are various mysteries to be solved, but Luca seems preoccupied with the mystery surrounding the new inspector.

Toscani has some news about who was on the jury. All the contestants in the Miss Maremma contest come to police headquarters for questioning.

This new episode takes place in the world of beauty contests. Manara seems slightly distracted in both his dreamworld and the real world.

Inspector Rivera is very much appreciated at Police Headquarters, and so is Manara, but for different reasons and by different people.

The team figures out how the crime happened, and Manara has to reveal his more compassionate, sensitive side to bring this investigation to an end.

Marta proves herself to be smart and intuitive. This leads to a new perspective on the case.

With Lara gone, Luca seems to want to make up for lost time, and flirts unabashedly with all the women he comes into contact with. Fortunately, he also gets down to work, and has a man to man talk with one of the suspects.

Little by little some of the suspects are being eliminated, but the situation is far from clear.

Officers Barbagallo and Buttafuoco get some good evidence, but Manara doesn't quite appreciate their guessing-game humor. He goes to question the new suspect.

Luca Manara and Marta Rivera are both curious about each other. But Marta has better luck. Manara and Toscani go to see the victim's husband, who learns some things about his wife he hadn't been aware of.

Lara isn't around, but her presence is felt by everyone, in different ways. And they all want to know how Luca is feeling about it, but he's a closed book and just focuses on the case.

Marta goes for a ride on Luca's motorcycle as they look for a mysterious South American barman. Ginevra meets Marta and seems to like her a lot.

Interviewing the husband of the deceased was uncomfortable, since there were delicate questions to ask. Back at headquarters, Luca learns whether or not it was his hair on the pillow, and Marta has some insights that make the others roll their eyes.

Manara gets to run the case, and the new inspector arrives to welcomes that range from very warm to very icy.

Manara goes to question the neighbors. When he goes to see the chief to talk about the case, he gets a little surprise.

There is some very unusual and disturbing news waiting for the team of investigators.

Ada brings coffee to the room where the new guest is staying. But it's Ada who gets a rude awakening.

There's a departure, for sure. Lara gets on that big blue bus and says goodbye, but there is an arrival, too.

We've come to the moment of truth for Luca and Lara. Neither of them is happy, but they both know, deep down, that it's the right thing to do.

In the case, the sad truth comes out. Luca and Lara are both very somber for their own reasons. The only happy person seems to be Toscani who discovered traces of blood on the cane.

In this episode, we have the straw that breaks the camel's back as far as Lara is concerned. Toscani has a good moment.

Toscani knows he's doing a good job, but is frustrated because Manara doesn't ever acknowledge it. Meanwhile, Luca must have an idea since he goes prancing around the office. In fact, he knows exactly what he's doing.

Luca finds out some important information from the housekeeper, and he also finds out, quite by accident, about Lara's course in Milan.

The case is discussed at the dinner table among Lara, Luca and Aunt Caterina. As usual, Caterina knows a lot about the people involved. She also gives Lara some advice.

Lara has a hard time resisting Luca's charms. Sardi and Toscani don't seem to be on the same wavelength. But somehow, they are getting closer to having some interesting information, if not concrete evidence.

Lara is doing some thinking, and confides in Sardi. Meanwhile, there is a definite lead in the case about the burglarized villas.

Luca is acting a little strange and Ginevra doesn't help things. Meanwhile, there has been some mysterious activity over at the nursery.

Not much information is cropping up from the investigation, but Lara has an unusual meeting with Casadio.

It's a busy day for the police. A prime witness ends up in the emergency room at the hospital, and there have been three burglaries, one after another.

A romantic moment gets rudely interrupted by another murder. But do Luca and Lara have the same idea about living together?

Even though the case has been solved, Luca gets yelled at by Casadio. To understand their parting words, there's an idiomatic expression to learn. Chi va con lo zoppo impara a zoppicare (He who goes around with a lame person learns to limp). A similar expression in English is "bad company brings bad habits."

The truth surfaces, and we see a flashback of the fatal event. It's a painful moment for everyone involved.

The race ends, and Manara discovers what he came to find out. He also discovers that Lara is a very capable cop.

As expected Manara's boss doesn't give him permission to infiltrate the race. Do you think that will stop him?

Luca questions Lupo, and figures out how to find out for sure who murdered Gabriele, but as usual, he's immune to warnings about how dangerous it will be.

There's some girl talk between Lara and Sardi, Luca is not a great dinner guest, and Buttafuoco and Barbagallo make an interesting discovery.

Luca's charm works like a charm and he's able to obtain the information he needs from the woman in the motorcycle shop.

Luca confides in Toscani who is, however, not very encouraging on the subject of marriage. Lara calls with some information, and Luca goes back to question Lupo.

Rubino and Sardi go to question Elena, Gabriele's ex-girlfriend, while Manara questions Elena's current boyfriend.

Lara and Luca have been skirting the marriage issue, but they do finally talk about it, albeit briefly. Meanwhile, they get some new information about the case.

Toscani, Lara, and Luca are working on the case, but Toscani is clearly distracted. Luca tries to get some information from Gabriele's rival.

Ada provides Luca with some welcome company, food, and gossip. Ginevra communicates the cause of death, while Luca and Lara toss around a couple of different possible hypotheses surrounding the motorcyclist.

Luca and Lara are doing the best they can to work on the case despite their inner turmoil. Luca's sister wants to help him, but there's a limit to what she can do.

Lara and Luca go into work mode automatically, to try and solve this new, upsetting case, but they each have private, unhappy thoughts that keep turning around.

By popular request, Manara is back with some new adventures. Everything is in place for a joyous celebration, with wedding bells, but is it too good to be true?

A beach party concludes this episode, and season. Love is in the air!

Emotions are running high in this segment and we're hoping that Lara gets found, and that she's alive.

The tension is almost unbearable for everyone. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

We get a taste of what life is like at police headquarters without Luca. We also see that Lara learned some bad habits from Luca, going off on her own on a hunch.

There are plenty of people—women, actually— to send Luca off on his bus, but he keeps looking around for a certain someone to show up...

It's time for Luca to say goodbye to his colleagues and friends. It's a sad moment for everyone.

In this segment, we see a flashback to Iolanda's murder. She was an honest woman through and through. And it looks like Manara confirms his resignation, now that the case has been solved.

What would the police do without Lara's aunt Caterina? She knows just where to look to get precious information about the case.

Luca's mind is going full speed ahead, and this leads him to invite Lara and her aunt to the movies. The outing ends up revealing an extremely delicate and awkward situation, but an important one for the case.

Interrogating the wife of one's boss might be cause for some nervousness, but Manara seems to enjoy it. And Luca also has some news, which slips out very casually.

Luca is about to pack his bags, but there are still some suspects to question. And Lara has some questions for Luca, too.

On this last day of Luca's service, everyone is working hard to get to the core of the case.
Lara is trying to pretend things are normal.

Lara's zia Caterina goes to the Spada's mineral water plant, taking Brigadiere with her.

Manara makes an important and unexpected announcement to his colleagues, but gets interrupted by some disturbing news about the town psychic.

This episode has been full of equivoci (misunderstandings, mix-ups), and this final segment is no exception. But we haven't seen the last of Manara!

Two important mysteries get solved in this episode.

Some hidden truths are coming out in various sectors.

Manara has a good friend to whom he can speak frankly. Lara's father leaves on the bus. The Spada family gets questioned, but let go almost immediately. Has Luca figured something out?

Lara's father turns up and has some perspective on her situation with Luca.

Now you get to see what an Ape actually is. Ape actually means "bee," and this Ape is a tiny three-wheeled, low-horsepowered mini-pickup truck, very popular in agricultural environments throughout Italy, made by Piaggio. You don't need the same license as for driving a car because it doesn't go very fast at all. But the vehicle works hard and is usually as busy as a bee.

We're all curious to see what Ginevra and Lara have to say to each other when they meet. Meanwhile, Marco Rovetti is nowhere to be found.

Talk about frustrating! Why does Luca keep putting his foot in his mouth? And this time it's a whopper!

Lara and Luca question the people close to Spada, but they are no closer to having a lead. And they don't get much closer to talking over their personal troubles, either.

There's lots of tension between Luca and Lara, plus Luca can't quite believe he is going to be a father.

Everyone is in shock after the big surprise. Lara's heart is broken, and Luca is pretty desperate, too. Still, they are professionals, and someone has died in a fire, so like it or not, they are thrown together.

We're at the end of an episode, the case has been solved, but things don't get tied up quite as neatly as everyone hoped.

The case has been solved. But emotions are running strong for the women in Luca's life. Each has her own joys or sorrows to come to terms with.

The truth comes out, and many of the mysteries are revealed.

Lara is busy, so Luca takes Quattroni along with him to the crime scene in order to imagine what might have happened there. Lara's aunt goes to the book fair.

Things are certainly changing for Luca, with a new house and leaving Ada's hotel. And something is going on with Rosmini, too. There's also new information about the coffin for two.

Once again Caterina sees something that starts a chain reaction of questioning down at police headquarters.

Luca's sister has found an apartment for him. Meanwhile, zia Caterina goes to see the old lady.

Everyone is trying to figure out how Giada Mercuri ended up on an air mattress in the swamp. Meanwhile, at the cemetery, new strange things are happening!

Lara and Luca go to question an old woman who knew the victim. Meanwhile, Teresa is getting to know Lara and her aunt.

Putting the victim's picture in the newspaper has borne fruit. We start matching faces with names.

A very strangely arranged dead body has been found, and meanwhile Luca's sister, Teresa, has been busy in Luca's office. And did anyone remember Barbagalli's scooter? Hm.

And we're off and running with a new episode. This time Manara's sister shows up with a nickname for him he'd rather forget...

Manara has an interesting conversation with his boss, another, a bit embarrassing, with his colleagues, and still another (even more embarrassing) with Lara, which brings us to the end of this episode.

Dreams can become nightmares when we go too far.

Progress is being made on all fronts!

Luca finally gets to talk to Ridolfi, but the bank director is quite adept at dodging questions. Lara's aunt has been a bit more successful in getting information.

The "murderer" comes in for questioning, and Manara asks him some questions point-blank. Meanwhile Lara's aunt goes to the bank for a new ATM card (called Bancomat in Italian), and learns something interesting pertinent to the case.

Finally there's a bit of action.

A left-handed suspect turns up, and has a bad temper to boot. Luca offers Lara a ride home on his motorcycle...

Some left-handed patients have been found, and the questioning begins.

*To understand captions 40 and 41 more fully, see this vocabulary insight.

Luca, as usual, has a run-in with his boss about the case, and then has a run-in with the bank director whose answers are anything but helpful.

Federica remembers some "insignificant" details, and Lara discovers a highly significant detail.

Lara and Luca are trying to get more information about Bianciardi and about the girl who suffers from memory loss. On a romantic level, Lara isn't making things easy for Luca! It is interesting to notice that in Italian, the terms "Dottore" (abbr. Dott.) and Dottoressa (abbr. Dott.ssa) can also be used for people who have undergraduate degrees or no degree at all. They are used as a formal and obsequious title. It is difficult to find an equivalent in English and many people simplify the title by using Ms./Mrs./Miss. or using no term at all.

The case has just begun and we've already found the murderer. Too easy!

Here we go with an exciting new episode! There are both joys and sorrows in this first segment.

Episode 8 comes to a close as Sergio shows up with all the paperwork ready for the job "swap." All Luca has to do is sign!

Everything concerning the case becomes clear. There are no happy faces.

For some strange reason, Luca isn't so eager to sign the forms Sergio procures for him. Lara's aunt arrives with some important news.

Lara and Luca are left on their own at the trattoria. They overdo it a bit with the wine, and... The next day, Lara's aunt has to help out once again.

The dinner for four is having trouble getting off the ground, and not everyone is thrilled with the situation.

The red soil found in Contini's clothes is looking more and more important. Sergio ends up being helpful to the investigation.

Lara and Luca bring in a suspect, but something in his expression makes them wonder about his guilt. Lara's aunt keeps looking for Brigadiere.

Lara is having trouble dealing with her feelings, but her aunt distracts her with some information concerning the deceased.

Lara finally makes a decision and acts on it. That doesn't make it any easier, though.

Belleggia is a tough nut to crack in the interrogation room, and Toscani has a rough time. As usual, Caterina is friendly with people involved in the murder, this time making friends with the widow of the victim.

Massimo doesn't give up! Lara's at a loss for words, but then Luca and Lara go off to question a chronic complaint filer.

Lara confesses her doubts about Massimo to Sardi, while Manara, who is in a foul mood, gives some advice to his commissioner friend about how to behave with Ginevra on their upcoming date.

Lara is in quite a quandary about the roses. She's got some tough decisions to make! Meanwhile Toscani and Manara get up to speed on the investigation.

Things don't add up regarding the buttero, and Brigadiere, Lara's aunt's dog, has gone missing.

A buttero is an Italian working cowboy from the Maremma part of Tuscany. And one was just found—morto (dead)!

Here we are at the beginning of a new episode. Lara has been on the boat with Massimo, but now she's got to get right back to work, because someone seems to have fallen off a horse!

Lara is finally on the boat with Massimo, but is she really happy to be there? Her indifference is working its magic on Luca, whereas poor Ginevra doesn't even know the meaning of fare l'indifferente (playing hard to get). And thus concludes this episode!

The case gets solved, but not exactly in the way we expect it to. Lara is finally free to take her vacation days!

Lara's aunt shows up at headquarters with some bizarre news, and also makes some very simple but crucial observations about the famous wedding dress. Luca and Lara leap into action!

Luca interrogates Stefano, and has Sally come in as well. Who's telling the truth, and who's hiding something?

For one reason or another, nobody gets much sleep after the evening at the Tuxedo, but Manara is in his boss's office bright and early to report in person.

The scene is set at the Tuxedo, but no one's ready for the one person to show up who could ruin everything.

There's lots going on in this puntata (episode). Luca is in trouble (again) with his boss, but sidesteps him because they're getting closer and closer to solving the case. Seeing Lara walk into the Tuxedo "incognito" has quite an effect on everyone, from bikers to colleagues, to boyfriends!

Rubino and Sardi go to visit Marianna at the circus grounds, and Manara has an unpleasant encounter with the motorcyclist's father.

Melanie, the pretty bartender comes to headquarters with information. She flirts unabashedly with Manara. Lara and her aunt recount the circus show for Manara and a possibly very important detail crops up by chance.

Lara keeps her promise to the doctor, but in the process falls victim to some gossip among her colleagues at headquarters.