Today's big question revolves around TV personalities and how they got their start in the business. Caterina gets the jolt, like a gong, on that line of questioning. Later, Ilaria draws a blank on Giacomo Leopardi's poem, “The Lonely Sparrow.”

Eva and Gina go to see the medium to check out the situation. In the meantime, Lorenzo gets his "new" motor scooter and another nice surprise.

Daniela explains three situations in which the remote past may be used and gives us examples of each situation. But don't worry, this tense is not mandatory and Daniela suggests the passato prossimo (present perfect) as a valid alternative. Note: The passato prossimo is constructed like the English present perfect tense (with a helping verb and past participle), but is used more like the English past simple.

Thanks to Rosmini, Manara gets rid of his symptoms, but not the problem itself. Toscani is under a lot of pressure from his very pregnant wife.

Anna and Marika are hard at work with their mortar and pestle, making some delicious pesto. As they work, they give us some extra information about their new tool.

The contestants are having major problems with historical chronology, and Carlo Conti is frankly a bit shocked.

After meeting up with Samantha, the girls are determined to help in the best way they know how. While discussing things, they get a surprise visit from the Commissioner.

Daniela explains how to conjugate the remote past of the verbs avere (to have) and prendere (to take).

Luca questions some potential witnesses and suspects. He also takes his personal problem to someone who might have the necessary expertise to help him solve it.

Contestants give true or false answers to questions that are all over the board, and sometimes amusing.

Eva starts investigating this sorcerer/medium. At work, she overhears Dante on the phone with Daniela, and her jealousy is quite apparent to her friends. She denies it, of course.

Manara's fumbling with his computer had some potentially disastrous consequences. Meanwhile, the report from forensics is in, and Luca goes to question Giusi — without Rivera.

Marika and Anna go through the list of ingredients needed to make a Ligurian specialty — pasta with pesto sauce.

Nicola is unsure on several pairings, but Francesco Paolo knows his stuff.

Eva meets up with Samantha by chance at the gym and hears an unpleasant story. She offers to help in some way.