Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Things are hopping. Luca and Toscani go out to the scuba diving test in a speedboat. Rivera, left alone at police headquarters, has to take matters into her own hands when she answers Toscani's phone.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
We're going to school to learn about The Marches, the only Italian region to have a plural name! Let's find out if Anna has studied this time! Let's see how mean her maestra is today, too.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo introduces us to his teacher assistants, and as its Christmastime, they're wearing Santa-inspired costumes. Alessandra and Massimiliano are the two contestants.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dante has gone too far this time, and Eva lashes out at him about Lorenzo's motor scooter. Words are said, and only Lola barging in with an emergency keeps it from getting out of hand. Meanwhile, Samantha is about to give up on her dream.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Toscani and Sardi seem to be getting along better. At police headquarters, some very interesting news crops up, and Luca realizes what he has to do.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The pop band Zero Assoluto [Absolute Zero] is made up of two Rome musicians, Thomas De Gasperi and Matteo Maffucci. They have frequently performed at the annual Sanremo Festival.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Today Arianna takes us back to Florence. This time we go to a high point on the southern side of the Arno river where we get a view of the whole city in all its splendor.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francescopaolo has to write down a word that links the five guillotine words together. Francescopaolo and his sister have different ideas about the word.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The four ladies go and pay a visit to Ludwig to teach him a lesson. Eva and her son each discover something the other was trying to hide. There's plenty of new vocabulary in this episode, as well as the Italian version of the expression, "Who lives by the sword dies by the sword."
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Giusi go diving for the amphorae. Rivera forgets her place and tells Luca what she thinks.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Arianna takes us down to a beach near Pisa, and explains a bit about how beaches work in many parts of Italy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francescopaolo is at the guillotine stage of the game. This means that for every wrong answer that he gives, his winnings are halved.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
As the girls are approaching the medium's place for the hit, they witness a scene between him and his girlfriend.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Marta learn that the amphorae were never actually found. Luca enlists the help of Giusy Vasto to try and find them while trying to get more information from her. Marta isn't thrilled about this.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
This song by the Milanese band is about trying to keep a romantic relationship going. It has had huge success in Italy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Carlo has a fun anecdote about Dante, the poet's love of eggs, and his prodigious memory. The winner is anointed and both contestants, Francescopaolo and Matteo, have a moment in the limelight.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The ladies are ready, but their respective cellphones keep ringing for one reason or another.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Arianna has a meeting with her boss, Luca, to talk about the increase in printing costs and Marika's role in the issue.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The police are armed, in position, and ready to move. Their mark shows up, and the money is on the table. Then things get dicey.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
A song about cats that helps Italian school children remember that 6 x 7 = 42.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
This beautiful church is worth a stop on the way from Pisa to the seaside. Arianna shares her discovery of it. The ceramic bowls that decorate the church are technically known as “bacini ceramici” in Italian, which could be translated as “ceramic basins.” Art historians who write in English, however, also use the term “bacini” for these tin-glazed works.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francescopaolo and Matteo have reached the part of the game known as the “duel.” They go head-to-head on an array of topics, including a cartoon series and Dante's favorite thing to eat.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva finds some interesting items in a drawer, which allows for a mother-to-son talk. Lola is not a willing partner in the escapade, owing to her problems with Ciccio.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Everyone is a bit tense for one reason or another. Marta and Luca discuss Miss Vasto, Sardi is having a rough time in her last days of pregnancy, and consequently so is Toscani. But the team is ready to move in on a suspect.
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