The Octopus

  • : 1984
  • : 48
  • : 9
  • Rai 1
  • 20
  • Crime Drama Mystery Romance Thriller

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2x1
Paola
Episode overview
12, 1986
Police Inspector Cattani fights a losing battle to save his loved daughter's sanity, after what she suffered (see "La Piovra", original mini-series). He loses her, and his only trusted magistrate in the fight against The Octopus.
2x2
Friends in Common
Episode overview
13, 1986
Cattani 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, against thugs who are friends of his worst enemy. .. show full overview
2x3
Return to Rome
Episode overview
19, 1986
Cattani's love life is as confused as his behaviour; he sleeps with the enemy, and is recruited to ITALA, the cultural association for the study of the ancestral popular traditions of Italy, The Octopus by another name.
2x4
Vengeance
Episode overview
20, 1986
It leaves an acrid taste in Cattani's mouth, as he loses yet another important ally, and severes his ties with the beautiful Contessa, when he wakes up fire in enemy ground.
2x5
Criminal Ambition
Episode overview
26, 1986
Cattani's major achievement so far leaves him without friends in Rome; his former teacher explains between whiskeys how easy it is for an intelligent man to fall into criminal ambition.
2x6
Destiny
Episode overview
27, 1986
Cattani's takes one year leave without pay from his desk job at the Intelligence Services, and then destiny presents him with a couple of revenge opportunities against the tandem of .. show full overview

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