When you pull your oars back in the boat, you stop rowing and sometimes this means you are giving up. Italians have an expression for this: Tirare i remi in barca. Marika explains this and other expressions using nautical terms.

The assembly takes place and everyone votes. Then there are discussions about other matters. Michele goes back to his room where he gets a visit.

Nora goes to a climbing gym with Roberto. Meanwhile, Iside is trying to fit Emebet with a suitable wedding gown that will hide her growing belly. Manrico is still courting Melody with Dino's ghost-written messages.

The guys finish their game and the winning team gets the tickets to the concert, as agreed. Later, Joy and Alice get together to talk about the day's events.

Those of the old guard are saying negative things about Michele and so his friend, Cardinal Del Monte is advising him to frequent wealthy art connoisseurs instead. He meets up with Costanza and they talk about love.

The ancient via Priula leads us to the mountains where we visit a herbal laboratory, in which flowers and plants are transformed into beauty products using historical recipes.

Camilla and Martina think back to lunch at the restaurant to figure out when the loden jackets would have gotten swapped by mistake. Meanwhile, the lady downstairs is sure she heard a gunshot coming from Martina's apartment and arrives with a police officer.

Grandma and granddaughter prepare a traditional dish from Basilicata, called la ciambotta, a kind of stew with vegetables, and sometimes meat. Valentina serves it to her parents that evening. The next day, Imma and Diana talk about the parliamentarian, Lombardi.

A woman (from the Veneto region) in the building remembered something she thought might be important. The police questioned Teresa's husband again. Palma asks Ottavia for help finding an apartment.

This episode begins with the funeral of a patient, in the hospital chapel.

Italia's peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides, so the topic of the sea creeps into the conversation easily. Marika explains some expressions inspired by the sea and the nautical world.

Unexpectedly, just about everyone shows up for the assembly, where there is to be a vote to Michele as part of the group or not.

Nora goes to see Emebet at work to show her the rings. Emebet's cousin, Felek, is there, too, having arrived from Milan. Emebet's colleagues bring her a wedding gift, but it's too big for Nora's tiny car. Felek helps out.

It's time to go bowling. Team "The Best" is clearly better and more experienced, and the JAMS kids are having a rough time of it. Joy and Alice try to bolster their friends' morale, and encourage them to work together as a team.

Michele hears that one of his paintings is in the home of the notary, who is not a friend. He wants to understand how that could have happened.