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

Minivip tells his doctor of getting stuck in an elevator, a fear many of us share. It is surprising that Italy, about the size of Arizona, has as many elevators as the US.

Rome's many bridges are the focus of this video, including the Ponte Rotto, which dates back to ancient Rome. Only part of the Ponte Rotto is still standing and this is why it is called rotto or broken. Rivers are masculine in Italian, and ancient Roman statues portray River Gods as recumbent elderly men with long beards.

Manuela and Paolo are trying to get ready for getting approval for adoption from Social Services. They get to know each other better in the process, and Natoli shows his true colors, too.

Marika's lesson is on transitive verbs, or verbs that take direct objects, known as complemento oggetto in Italian.

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.

Camilla's normal family dinner with her husband and daughter gets interrupted by an unexpected guest.

Monopoly, the board game invented in the US in 1903, is used to explain monetary policies and Italy's current financial woes.

Giuseppe Pitrè received his degree in medicine in 1865. His patients, among Palermo's poorest, provided him with a wealth of ethnographic material.

In today's lesson on the conditional tense, Daniela covers the verbs: tenere [to keep], venire [to come], and sentire [to feel], among others. Modal verbs, as in volere [to want, would like] in the conditional are also discussed.

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.

Minivip gets real close to saving a circus lady but is hindered by trained circus fleas.

We visit the cemetery where the English poets are buried, and learn about the relationship between the Tiber River and the city of Rome.

Paolo is feeling helpless and discouraged about everything, but Manuela won't give up as easily.