In an attempt to kill himself, Mario jumps out of the window, ending up in the emergency room with a contusion. While Michele tries to break free from Iolde's advances, Riccardo calls to say that Menicucci has arrived.

Silvia talks about how she finds candidates for the restaurant kitchen from the central kitchen, which prepares the meals for the inmates. The restaurant workers are impacted positively because it means they have a real job, with a paycheck, including social security, which can look good on a resume.

Imma presents herself to Scaglione and tells him everything she knows: what she has discovered and what she suspects about the contaminated lands and Don Mariano's death. She doesn't have proof of what she's saying yet, but she has no intention of stopping.

To evade inspections, Michele suggests that Riccardo bribe a health department official with a thousand Euros and have him call ARPA to block the soil inspection at the Nido. Riccardo, although uncomfortable, goes to the health department offices.

The pastry chef of the restaurant "In Galera" tells us about how important his role makes him feel. What he likes most is preparing cakes and cookies for family visits.

Imma searches for information about the earthquake of the 1980s and among old newspaper articles, Antonio Scaglione's name appears. She decides to go visit him.

While the workers are digging, they find a metal plate that's hiding something and it turns out that Mario actually knew about it and feels guilty. Before proceeding to remove the metal plate, they need to obtain a special tool but the important thing is for nobody else to know what's happening.

The owner, Silvia, recounts that during the restaurant's first year, the New York Times discovered the place and that's when she realized it was the first of its kind in the entire world. She also tells the story of how the chef, Davide, was hired.

Vitali interrupts his meeting when Romaniello shows up at the office and makes a suggestion for getting rid of some dead weight in the department.

Being a waiter in this unique restaurant is a special experience, from putting on the uniform to serving all kinds of customers.

Imma talks about personal things with Samuele and when she returns to the office, Diana updates her on what she has discovered and found about the case.

Davide is still talking about the fact that char is a trout and that people need to understand that freshwater fish is as good as seafood. Meanwhile, Mrs. Silvia is planning a trip to Opera (near Milan) where there is an important prison.

According to Imma, Don Mariano had convinced Iannuzzi to tell her about the trips he had made to bury toxic waste. Samuele and Valentina have a conversation about the cooking course he has been invited to participate in. Samuel also gets something off his chest with Deputy Prosecutor Tataranni.

Finally Max manages to get Alice into the Bistro where the surprise party had been organized. After the party, Max meets up with Michelino who mentions the cake left at the lawyer's house.

Davide is discussing the menus with Silvia and Riccardo, who is the one who pays the bills, evidently. Davide had a little mix up with his fish orders, but is coming clean about it.