The atmosphere at the police station is gloomy as the end of the year approaches and the closure of Pizzofalcone is imminent. Lojacono and Di Nardo are out investigating a theft case in an apartment.

After the failed love test, Paolo leaves the hospital and starts getting serious with Maura. When their baby girl is born, however, he is forced to ask his family for help, but they impose a condition.

Maestro Marioni listens to Domenico and Barbara play and doesn't spare harsh treatment towards the girl. Despite her friends being supportive of her, Barbara decides to go home to study instead of going out after rehearsal.

After being discharged from the hospital, Pisanelli goes to the pharmacy to get the medicine prescribed by the doctor. The pharmacist had noticed that he hadn't been seen for a while and updates him on something he already knew.

Paolo asks Polio for advice on how to convince Maura that he is serious. In the evening, on the beach with his friends, Paolo prepares to prove to Maura that he loves her with a test of courage.

Irene tries to convince Luca to leave with her after finding out that he saw Giacomo in front of the school. Meanwhile, the kids continue with their concert rehearsals.

After Meg's confession, Gaetano and Camilla go to dinner to discuss the conclusion of the case. While talking, Gaetano asks Camilla something but at that moment she receives an emergency phone call from home and rushes away without answering.

Laura and Giuseppe are at the restaurant when Laura notices that one of her colleagues is there with a woman who is not his wife. She insists on leaving the restaurant, but at home the argument with Giuseppe, who didn't want to leave, becomes heated.

Paolo goes to meet Maura and when she tells him the important news, he thinks she's joking. Maura, hurt by Paolo's reaction, goes to vent to her friends who, however, have no words of comfort.

New captains, absences, and tensions made the competition quite lively. We're at the dessert voting stage, which will decide who will participate in the final, and the Jams make a video for Joy where they communicate the result.

After the meeting with the doctor, Matteo meets his uncle who invites him for an aperitif. At the venue, they are served by his uncle's ex and Matteo teases him about it.

Gaetano rushes to the hotel to talk to Meg right at the moment when she was leaving. By now it's clear how things went between the two sisters and Meg tells the real reason for the argument.

Aragona finds the courage to tell Irina that he was wrong and that he hasn't seen the movie, hoping they could go to the cinema together, but she has already asked her colleague Gianni. Lojacono stops by to visit Don Michele and then goes out to dinner with Laura.

Three months have passed since Maura left for London and Paolo is consumed by doubts and jealousy. His friends tease him and his mother doesn't pass her on the phone, when he finally answers and it seems she has something important to tell him.

Joy begins to open up with the doctor while the kids are dealing with a race against time at the contest. At the end of the competition, the professor starts giving her grades.