The Sea Beyond

Filippo and Carmine, who have escaped Edoardo's execution, rush in to prevent Naditza's wedding. Ciro's sister Rosa enters the prison and reveals to Edoardo that Mimmo is a traitor. The girl threatens Carmine, who has returned to the IPM in the meantime. Cardiotrap, who has learned that Gemma has seen Fabio, runs to the boy and is determined to end this relationship once and for all. Love bells ring louder and louder between Kubra and Pino.

Carmine devises a plan with Pino's help to get Pirucchio out of isolation. Filippo senses what's going on and disowns Carmine as a friend to shake him from his revenge intentions. Gemma reads the letter Fabio sent her and struggles with her feelings for him. Filippo and Naditza are further and further apart because the girl has agreed to marry one of his cousins.

Massimo continues his investigation and discovers who is guilty of Nina's murder but in the meantime he has to face a sudden family crisis. Carmine and Filippo try to figure out who the culprit might be while Filippo and Nad seem to be in a good place, but Pino's rash action puts everything in question.

Paola manages to get custody of little Futura. Edo and his family discover that Sasà is in jail for rape and they don't give him a break. Luisa, in order to protect her son, deceives Lino. Kubra, in order to protect Silvia, ends up in solitary confinement and Beppe succeeds in extracting from her shocking confidences. Edoardo's anger grows because Teresa has disappeared. Nad receives a very unwelcome visit in Milan.

The magistrate arranges for Carmine to return to the institute, but the boy does not want his daughter to be a Di Salvo and entrusts her to Nina's mother. His family is at war with the Riccis. Filippo is transferred to Milan where Nad is waiting for him. To say goodbye to him, Beppe organises a concert where Cardio sings the songs he wrote with Gemma. Pino is attracted to Kubra, but the girl is hostile to everyone.

Sasà, a young man from Naples, enters an institution for a crime that is not revealed. He becomes a new target. Naditza is about to leave and Filippo convinces his family to put her up in Milan.

Carmine has returned to the IPM and joins Filippo in solitary confinement. They know what they risk and Carmine wants Filippo to tell the truth and save himself. Filippo does not agree, they will stay together until the end because together they now feel invincible. Ciro organises a revolt to get Carmine and Filippo in solitary confinement and manages to occupy the Institute canteen. Massimo, however, understands Ciro's intentions and rushes to move the two boys from solitary confinement to the ceramics workshop. Ciro takes Paola hostage and threatens to kill her if she doesn't tell him where Carmine and Filippo are hiding. Massimo tries to save her but it is Beppe who gives in and reveals their whereabouts. It's a showdown.

The days pass and for Carmine the situation becomes more and more difficult: he has to kill Massimo or he will pay with his life. Nina and her son are also in danger, Filippo is close to them and promises that they will find a way out. Naditza can't get Filippo out of her mind and feverishly takes up playing, perhaps to feel closer to him and cultivate hope for their love. Edoardo makes it to the finals of the poetry competition and hopes to have his wish granted.

Massimo continues to keep a close eye on Carmine and suspects nothing of the order he has received. He sees himself in him, tells him his story, how sometimes it is difficult to make the right choice because it involves a very high price to pay. Meanwhile Filippo has met his parents in Naples, he has to obey Ciro and put his father's car at the disposal of the young boss' friends.

Edoardo goes out on leave. Filippo gives the razor blade to the director, but Paola can't get him to reveal who he was defending himself against. Ciro learns that it was Filippo who stole the razor blade. Pino wants to teach him a lesson, but Ciro seems to have something else in mind for Chiattillo. Filippo takes Ciro's bait and accepts his protection. Carmine warns him: the friendship that Ciro is offering him is called "belonging" to the "system": one is indebted for every favour received. Carmine is right and in fact Ciro asks Filippo for a test of courage to obtain his protection. In the meantime Gemma enters the feminine world and Viola starts to manipulate her with her manipulative art...

The spotlight is on Viola, an icy girl serving a sentence for murder with the aggravating circumstance of cruelty. The girl is charismatic and Ciro himself suffers from her magnetic charm. Naditza comes into conflict with her and tries to free other inmates from her "yoke". Matron Paola has a new project for the WM: to have the boys participate in recreational activities together with the girls. Commander Massimo is against it while Beppe proposes a music course: Naditza can play but has never studied, Cardiotrap can sing but doesn't know music, Filippo could be a teacher. The first lesson does not go as hoped. To appease Pino's aggression towards him, Filippo does the last thing he should do: he buys him a present. Pino thanks him, but soon the others demand the same treatment and when their requests are not met, trouble begins.

Carmine and Filippo enter the Juvenile Detention Institute. Carmine knows the rules, while Filippo seems to have landed on another planet. He is immediately nicknamed 'o Chiattillo (The Young Master) by the other boys. Ciro, the boss of the convicts, seems intrigued by Chiattillo and in exchange for his services offers him his protection. Meanwhile, Carmine is brutally beaten up by one of Ciro's henchmen, Pino. Commander Massimo doesn't seem to worry too much: when new elements join a group - already complex in itself - there are always aftershocks. It's in these moments that you have to be vigilant without intervening. The headmistress, Paola Vinci, is not of the same opinion and punishes the boys. Filippo, convinced that the magistrate is about to put him under house arrest, refuses Ciro's protection and does not follow his orders. In response, Filippo is subjected to yet another humiliation at the canteen and reacts by offending Ciro and his henchmen.