During the school assembly, the principal surprises the students by revealing his rebellious past and ultimately decides to withdraw the controversial circular. Meanwhile, Anna faces a delicate moment in her life and receives an unexpected dinner invitation.

The evening is a huge success, but not everyone is elated. Marioni has come to the conclusion that his daughter's death was his fault, Matteo's uncle has a somewhat disturbing conversation with one of Matteo's schoolmates, and Domenico tries to talk to Barbara.

Faced with evidence, Mrs. Nubila has no choice but to confess her involvement in Lara's pregnancy, and how she and her husband took advantage of the girl.

Valeria Parrella talks about her intense and contradictory bond with Naples and the neighborhood she lives in. The full-time innovative Donna Assunta school overlooks the sea, but faces Nisida, the juvenile detention center. Naples, she says, is not a city you can just live in and ignore, and has become for her an inexhaustible source of literary inspiration.

Author Valeria Parrella talks about the connection between her novel Almarina and various locations within Naples: Nisida (a volcanic islet that houses a juvenile detention center) and Bagnoli (a seaside neighborhood of Naples). What emerges is the portrait of an intense and contradictory city, marked by working-class identity, the sea, and the reality of juvenile prison.