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An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
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- 01
Episode 1Corrado Cattani replaces the murdered Palermo chief of police Marineo. - 02
Episode 2Cattani discovers what happened the night Marineo was murdered, but the information is dangerous. - 03
Episode 3Cattani focuses his investigation on rich business men, while his private life is getting more and more difficult.
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Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01
Season's bestEpisode 1March 11, 1984Corrado Cattani replaces the murdered Palermo chief of police Marineo. - S01E02
Episode 2March 6, 1989Cattani discovers what happened the night Marineo was murdered, but the information is dangerous. - S01E03
Episode 3March 12, 1989Cattani focuses his investigation on rich business men, while his private life is getting more and more difficult. - S01E04
Episode 4March 13, 1989Cattani sets a trap for some of the key mafia players, resulting in the kidnapping of his only daughter. - S01E05
Episode 5March 19, 1989Cattani hides the truth about his daughters disappearance from his wife and colleagues while at the same time fighting opposition in his wor - S01E06
Episode 6March 19, 1984Cattani tries to settle the score with his enemies.
Season02
- S02E01
PaolaJanuary 12, 1986Police Inspector Cattani fights a losing battle to save his loved daughter's sanity, after what she suffered (see "La Piovra", original mini - S02E02
Season's bestFriends in CommonJanuary 13, 1986Cattani 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 - S02E03
Return to RomeJanuary 19, 1986Cattani'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 - S02E04
VengeanceJanuary 20, 1986It leaves an acrid taste in Cattani's mouth, as he loses yet another important ally, and severes his ties with the beautiful Contessa, when - S02E05
Criminal AmbitionJanuary 26, 1986Cattani's major achievement so far leaves him without friends in Rome; his former teacher explains between whiskeys how easy it is for an in - S02E06
DestinyJanuary 27, 1986Cattani'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
Season03
- S03E01
Season's bestGood and EvilApril 5, 1987After the mafia killed his family, and a number of people who trusted him, Cattani sees a couple of criminals condemned to light sentences o - S03E02
No EscapeApril 6, 1987Cattani 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 - S03E03
Thirsting for VengeanceApril 12, 1987Cattani 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 - S03E04
RefugeApril 13, 1987The Antinari bank is backing the illegal arms deal, trusted friends and servants may not be what they seem, and Cattani is undecided between - S03E05
MassacreApril 19, 1987Anna 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 - S03E06
To the South AgainApril 20, 1987Cattani 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 - S03E07
Episode 7April 13, 1987Giulia reconciles with her grandfather Nicola, and her second meeting with chief inspector Corrado Cattani is yet a probe for his loyalty to
Season04
Season05
Season06
- S06E01
The Killing AttemptNovember 30, 1992—Police detective Davide Licata survives badly wounded, so much so that his personal and love life will be affected. - S06E02
The 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 - S06E03
The 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 - S06E04
The TrapDecember 13, 1992—Not one but several traps are set from both sides of the law. - S06E05
Codename: 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 - S06E06
A 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
Season07
- S07E01
Return 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. - S07E02
The 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 - S07E03
Look 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 - S07E04
The 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 - S07E05
The 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 - S07E06
The 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
Season08
Season09
Season10
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