Matteo and other friends show up at Barbara's house, but she hasn't returned yet, so they talk a bit with her mother about the concert without revealing what happened to her daughter. Barbara doesn't take the visit well and asks her friends to leave.

Barbara is aware that she is making all sorts of mistakes, but she counts Domenico as being outside her "diary of errors." All this is expressed in a song she sings.

From the audience, with Sara, Marioni watches the rehearsal led by Maestro Fiore. He doesn't seem to think much of Fiore's method. At the end of the rehearsal, Matteo's uncle is waiting for him outside to take him to his therapy appointment.

Clelia and Roberto, Rosario's foster parents, discuss the possibility of arranging a meeting between him and his biological mother. Matteo's uncle tries to calm him down and help him feel less alone after his mother's death.

Preparations are underway for the big concert with maestro Fiore. Domenico accompanies Matteo to choose a special jacket while Clelia says she's excited to see Rosario all dressed up.

It's the evening of the concert, and everyone is nervous, not only the musicians. While the final preparations are in full swing, Barbara shows up, Maestro Fiore has some bizarre ideas for motivating his orchestra members, and Matteo makes a surprising move.

Before the concert, Maestro Fiore has another strange idea for the members of the orchestra. Matteo is nervous, and Domenico gives him some advice. Barbara confronts her mother.

Barbara tells her mother some of the things she has been holding back. It's also time for Matteo to play his solo.

The concert isn't over yet but Daniele's boyfriend wants to leave since Matteo has already played.

The concert is over and maestro Fiore feels betrayed by the orchestra members. Almost everyone has moved on, but Marioni manages to stop Robbo, entrusting him with the task of relaying his words to the others.

Ending this episode, Rosario's parents tell him his birth mother wants to meet him. Marioni relives an important moment from his past.

Barbara and her mother appear decidedly more serene, and Barbara seems ready to start over. Meanwhile, at Rosario's house, his parents try to reassure him in anticipation of the meeting with his birth mother.

Irene becomes furious with Luca when she discovers that he is obsessively following and controlling Marco, while she does busy work in a shop to distract herself from her own thoughts. Meanwhile, Barbara arrives at the new school and Sara goes to the school director with a particular request.

Maria Inglese, an Italo-German artist, sings a famous song by Lucio Dalla, dedicated to the Neapolitan opera singer Enrico Caruso. Even though the song uses ti voglio bene, the generally less romantic version of "I love you," it was likely meant romantically here, as Caruso had fallen in love with and married a younger woman shortly before his death.

Massimiliano is a musician, and together with his friend Stefano, and the mascot Cuba, he's trying to introduce the group to record labels. In addition to talking about his dream, he talks about Garbatella, the neighborhood where he was born, and which he wants never to leave.