After a passionate moment, Paolo finally manages to tell Maura that he is falling in love with her. However, the girl tells him that she is leaving for London and wants to have new experiences.

We are at the final competition, the dessert one, and both the Jams and The Best have a new captain. Joy talks to the doctor about how much she likes cooking but not so much drawing.

After Marioni assigns the orchestra parts to play in front of Fiore, moments of nervousness arise among the students. However, at the conservatory exit, the scene that creates the most tension is an unexpected return.

During the chat with Scaglione, Imma has some doubts while he recounts who he met during his career path. Right after, Imma goes to look for Porzia to see if she can clarify her uncertainties.

In the end, Marzio tells how things went and why he acted that way. Jealousy drove him crazy and he didn't think he was about to have an innocent person condemned.

When Gaetano meets Meg, he tells her that his sister Holly had a relationship with Marinetti. Right after, Torre informs Berardi that Marinetti is dead and some details emerge.

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.

Marioni manages to reach Giacomo to tell him that he's sorry for how things turned out but also to encourage him to move on with his life. Matteo goes to talk to the new psychologist but puts up his defenses by saying that he doesn't talk much.

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.

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.

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.

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.