Max and Alice have a conversation and it is clear that she is trying to tell him something without coming out and saying it. Joy goes home and her mother asks her where she has been.

The DA wants results and is impatient. Berardi gives her some good reasons not to be so pessimistic. Torre and Ferrari show up with some fresh reports, and of course, Camilla shows up to tell Berardi about what Viola said.

Elena finally gets to visit Luigi in the hospital and they talk about the situation. She brings him a little video made by Anita, their daughter.

We take a look at the details of Piero's Resurrezione, details we might not notice by looking at the painting as a whole. Why is Christ not dressed in white? Is there something special about the countryside in the background? The answers are fascinating.

It's the first day of school after the summer vacation and Manzi is getting his class together. There are some new kids and they aren't all made to feel welcome by the class. In Italy, in elementary school, at least at that time, it was customary for kids to have the same teacher every year.

Rita Levi Montalcini talks about when she won the Nobel Prize in 1986. Her niece, Piera, tells the story from her point of view, and Paola Tarassi, a research student of hers, tells about studying with her after she had already won the Nobel.

Joy meets up with Michelino, Max's little brother, the mascot of the group. Soon after, Ettore, the attorney, happens by.

While Giulio is in the middle of trying to make a deal on the pillows, Vanessa comes back to the Martini house in search of her glasses and meets up with people she knows and people she doesn't know.

At the funeral for Nic Bianco, his daughter Allegra breaks down and seeks out her professor for comfort. Allegra's best friend Viola didn't come to the funeral, and Camilla goes to see her to find out why.

The nurse is pretty mad at Amed and she says some things. Luigi makes the consideration that it's the nurses who keep the hospital going.

Retouching the painting is a very delicate job, and is done in such a way as to be reversible, and respectful to the original.

Some years have passed since the first episode, and Alberto and Ida's family has grown. Alberto's friend Eugenio shows up one day with a very important gift for the family. Everyone is thrilled except for Alberto. Back at the university, where Alberto had accepted a job, his superior is interrupted in the library by someone looking for Professor Manzi.

Comedian and actor Caterina Guzzanti is a guest at a middle school in Afragola, in the province of Naples, a school named after Rita Levi Montalcini. Guzzanti meets with the students from the theater class for a lesson on the imagination, which has a lot of importance in her work but was also very important to the great researcher from Turin, Montalcini.

In class, the teacher notices the excitement in the air and takes pity on his students. Later on at the bistro, the JAMS make the dish Stefano had suggested. Davide leaves them to clean up.

Nilde, Lele, and Libero have a frank discussion about the whole situation regarding Alberto. Giulio tries to help Libero sell his pillows to Nicola.