The Octopus

1. S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1March 11, 1984 9.0Corrado Cattani replaces the murdered Palermo chief of police Marineo.
2. S01E02Episode 2March 6, 1989 9.0Cattani discovers what happened the night Marineo was murdered, but the information is dangerous.
3. S01E03Episode 3March 12, 1989 8.5Cattani focuses his investigation on rich business men, while his private life is getting more and more difficult.
4. S01E04Episode 4March 13, 1989 8.5Cattani sets a trap for some of the key mafia players, resulting in the kidnapping of his only daughter.
5. S01E05Episode 5March 19, 1989 8.5Cattani hides the truth about his daughters disappearance from his wife and colleagues while at the same time fighting opposition in his wor
6. S01E06Episode 6March 19, 1984 8.5Cattani tries to settle the score with his enemies.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01PaolaJanuary 12, 1986 7.5Police Inspector Cattani fights a losing battle to save his loved daughter's sanity, after what she suffered (see "La Piovra", original mini
2. S02E02Season's bestFriends in CommonJanuary 13, 1986 8.0Cattani is approached by the Number 2 of his best friend in Rome to conspire against him, and ends up fighting for his life in prison, again
3. S02E03Return to RomeJanuary 19, 1986 8.0Cattani's love life is as confused as his behaviour; he sleeps with the enemy, and is recruited to ITALA, the cultural association for the s
4. S02E04VengeanceJanuary 20, 1986 7.5It leaves an acrid taste in Cattani's mouth, as he loses yet another important ally, and severes his ties with the beautiful Contessa, when
5. S02E05Criminal AmbitionJanuary 26, 1986 8.0Cattani's major achievement so far leaves him without friends in Rome; his former teacher explains between whiskeys how easy it is for an in
6. S02E06DestinyJanuary 27, 1986 8.0Cattani's takes one year leave without pay from his desk job at the Intelligence Services, and then destiny presents him with a couple of re

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Season's bestGood and EvilApril 5, 1987 8.0After the mafia killed his family, and a number of people who trusted him, Cattani sees a couple of criminals condemned to light sentences o
2. S03E02No EscapeApril 6, 1987 8.0Cattani uses a TV interview to reveal he found out about one of The Octopus telephone numbers. That is enough to spread havoc in the crimina
3. S03E03Thirsting for VengeanceApril 12, 1987 8.0Cattani falls in love with Giulia, but his inquest does not go far, until Giulia's father dies, and her grandfather takes hold of the family
4. S03E04RefugeApril 13, 1987 8.0The Antinari bank is backing the illegal arms deal, trusted friends and servants may not be what they seem, and Cattani is undecided between
5. S03E05MassacreApril 19, 1987 8.0Anna Antinari gets hold of documents that are essential for the arms deal, and trusts her life and that of her child daughter Greta to the g
6. S03E06To the South AgainApril 20, 1987 8.0Cattani meets Giulia again at her mother's funeral, and research and luck bring him up North to Rome, in order to discover the way to the So
7. S03E07Episode 7April 13, 1987 8.0Giulia reconciles with her grandfather Nicola, and her second meeting with chief inspector Corrado Cattani is yet a probe for his loyalty to

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Season's bestEpisode 1March 5, 1989 8.0
2. S04E02Episode 2March 6, 1989 8.0
3. S04E03Episode 3March 12, 1989 8.0
4. S04E04Episode 4March 13, 1989 8.0
5. S04E05Episode 5March 19, 1989 8.0
6. S04E06Episode 6March 20, 1989 8.0

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Episode 1August 14, 1990 8.0Judge Silvia Conti and Davide Licata are in a quest for vengeance against the Mafia.
2. S05E02Episode 2August 15, 1990—
3. S05E03Episode 3August 21, 1990—
4. S05E04Episode 4August 22, 1990—
5. S05E05Episode 5August 28, 1990—

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01The Killing AttemptNovember 30, 1992—Police detective Davide Licata survives badly wounded, so much so that his personal and love life will be affected.
2. S06E02The CoreDecember 6, 1992—Licata is tempted by the General directing the Government's "nucleous of operations and investigations (NOI)", a secret service built to do
3. S06E03The Man of the LettersDecember 7, 1992—The hideout of Tani Cariddi in deep Africa becomes known - and again, the retired detective and the retired criminal must come to grips with
4. S06E04The TrapDecember 13, 1992—Not one but several traps are set from both sides of the law.
5. S06E05Codename: WestDecember 14, 1992—A desperate chase is given by The Core and two countries magistrates to catch the new drug lords that are aiming at deluging drugs into Euro
6. S06E06A Secret is RevealedDecember 20, 1992—The detective exposes and destroys the man who secretively had taken the place of the octopus's head - but the crime will not stop, because

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Return to SicilyMarch 5, 1995—Several characters return to the little town where, years ago, the police commissary Cattani was set up and murdered by the Mafia.
2. S07E02The Barrottii GangMarch 6, 1995—Sara and Biagio, her brother, create an extortion gang, named after the village's suburbs where they live. They are taking the "business" ou
3. S07E03Look Out for SaverioMarch 12, 1995—Saverio comes home to reunite with Nuzzio against the higher powers of the Mafia, but these are alert and after him, after torturing his mis
4. S07E04The InquestMarch 13, 1995—The local television channel, owned by Olga Camastra, puts the blame of her husband's death on Silvia Conti's harsh interrogation of the old
5. S07E05The Killing AttemptMarch 19, 1995—Silvia is blamed for another strange death, the young commissary Breda is sent away to his hometown far north - something he had requested b
6. S07E06The SentenceMarch 20, 1995—The killing attempt worked almost to perfection, and more blood runs in the streets. Silvia Conti's life is spared due to the intervention o

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01Episode 1October 5, 1997—
2. S08E02Episode 2October 6, 1997—

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01Episode 1March 9, 1998—
2. S09E02Episode 2March 16, 1998—

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01Episode 1January 10, 2001 8.0
2. S10E02Episode 2January 17, 2001 8.0

Season 10 ranked & reviewed