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The Best Episodes of Father Matteo

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Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Father Matteo Season 12 Episode 3 - Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain, Part 1
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain, Part 1

    S12:E3

    No description available

    Director:Raffaele Androsiglio
    Writer:Francesco Arlanch

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  2. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 3 - The Courage to Speak
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Courage to Speak

    S1:E3

    Don Matteo's help is needed by a young woman, whose family is in financial distress and being blackmailed. The citizens, surprised about their priest's meetings with this beautiful woman, start to spread rumours.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Anna Samueli

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  3. Father Matteo Season 3 Episode 4 - The Hostage
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Hostage

    S3:E4

    The young woman Petra (Jacqueline Lustig), on the run from police after supposedly committing a crime, takes Don Matteo hostage. While the police and Don Matteo's 'family' attempt to free him, our protagonist cooks up a plan: In order to escape and to uncover the truth, he tries to become an accomplice to his kidnapper.

    Director:Andrea Barzini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  4. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 1 - The Foreign Man
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Foreign Man

    S1:E1

    In the series premiere, parish priest Don Matteo investigates a young man's apparent suicide.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Domenico Saverni, Carlo Mazzotta, Alessandro Bencivenni

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  5. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 2 - Trivial Operation
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Trivial Operation

    S1:E2

    The murder of a doctor is investigated.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella

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  6. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 4 - Anna
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Anna

    S1:E4

    Don Matteo investigates a drug ring that attacked an undercover police officer.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Francesca Panzarella

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  7. Father Matteo Season 3 Episode 2 - Never Too Late in Love
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Never Too Late in Love

    S3:E2

    The stables of an equestrian center catch fire. Suspicion falls on the old horse groom first, who has a motive to harm his employer. The employer, owner of the stables, might have a motive too - to collect insurance money. With Don Matteo's help and the aid of little boy Simone, the police uncovers the truth.

    Director:Leone Pompucci
    Writer:Francesca Melandri

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  8. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 5 - The Scorpion's Strategy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Scorpion's Strategy

    S1:E5

    An inmate is killed in jail. Suspicion falls on a prisoner who claims to be not guilty, although his fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. A scorpion fight, organized by the citizens, points Don Matteo in the right direction.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  9. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    No description available

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Paola Catella

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  10. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 7 - The Antique Rose
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Antique Rose

    S1:E7

    Don Matteo is asked for help: Unfaithful wife Annalisa wants to save her marriage. Soon after this conversation she is found dead, her husband becomes main suspect. Don Matteo finds out that someone observed the victim.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  11. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 8 - The Little Angel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Little Angel

    S1:E8

    No description available

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Domenico Saverni, Alessandro Bencivenni

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  12. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 9 - Awaiting Trial
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Awaiting Trial

    S1:E9

    Police officers find Don Matteo, gun in hand, next to a dead body. What happened? During a fight with the killer, the weapon was pushed in the priest's hands while the real murderer escaped. Imprisoned Don Matteo starts to investigate.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Domenico Saverni, Alessandro Bencivenni

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  13. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 10 - Blackmail
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Blackmail

    S1:E10

    A well known entrepreneur is being blackmailed. Suspicion falls on a landlord who had differences with him before. While Don Matteo aids police investigations, the entrepreneur's son is poisoned...

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  14. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 11 - The Actor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Actor

    S1:E11

    A film team comes to town. An actor is killed on the set - the gun was loaded with real bullets! The person responsible for the props seems to have a motive...

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella

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  15. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 12 - Drunk
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Drunk

    S1:E12

    An accident occurs during a bus ride. The driver seems to be responsible, tests reveal that he had alcohol in his system. Rumours start to spread in town about the rivalry of two bus enterprises...

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  16. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 13 - Academic Crime
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Academic Crime

    S1:E13

    Another homicide in town: An employee of the research center is found dead. A fellow worker is suspected to have committed the crime, but Don Matteo's investigations point in a different direction.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Luca Manfredi

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  17. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 14 - Ageless Love
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Ageless Love

    S1:E14

    Don Matteo prepares for a funeral when he finds out that the man, who passed away in an old people's home, didn't die a natural death. Suspicion falls on the victim's son's girlfriend, who offers to anonymously pay for the funeral.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  18. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 15 - The Fire of the Passion
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Fire of the Passion

    S1:E15

    Mr. Morabito has an affair. He buys a rare diamond as a gift for his lover and hides it from his wife - in an inconspicuous container. Mrs. Morabito gives this container - not knowing what really is inside - to Don Matteo, who plans to host a charity event.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  19. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 16 - The Bad Apple
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Bad Apple

    S1:E16

    A police officer who investigates a drug ring - incognito - is obviously discovered and violently punished by the gang. Don Matteo helps investigations.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella

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  20. Father Matteo Season 2 Episode 1 - The Poisoned Apple
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Poisoned Apple

    S2:E1

    Many of the town's citizens suffer from food poisoning. Police officers investigate and find out that the cause are poisoned apples sold by the Di Giacomos, a family of farmers. After some interrogations by Captain Anceschi, it seems that the family is not responsible for the case after all. Don Matteo's investigations lead him to a seasonal worker Di Giacomo's who seems to have motive.

    Director:Leone Pompucci
    Writer:Francesca Melandri

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  21. Father Matteo Season 2 Episode 2 - Branded Skin
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Branded Skin

    S2:E2

    A young soccer player dies of a drug overdose. Was it an accident or murder? The first person suspected by police officers is the owner of a tattoo shop who was in trouble with drug abuse before. The woman denies to be involved and Don Matteo tries to convince the police.

    Director:Leone Pompucci
    Writer:Francesca Melandri

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  22. Father Matteo Season 2 Episode 3 - Heart of Ice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Heart of Ice

    S2:E3

    Nino Coronna is found in a garden of a villa, next to a corpse. The victim is the owner of the house, Giulia Chimenti's husband. Nino seems to be guilty and is immediately accused of homicide. Maresciallo Cecchini has to investigate alone because Captain Anceschi is a 'special friend' of Giulia. When Anceschi seems to be involved in the homicide, Don Matteo and Cecchini have to uncover the truth.

    Director:Leone Pompucci
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  23. Father Matteo Season 2 Episode 4 - The Magician
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Magician

    S2:E4

    Monica, who believes to have cancer, meets the healer and magician Kaspar, who has a reputation of taking advantage of people in distress. After several healing sessions with Kaspar, Monica's medical condition improves. It's a miracle - and attracts many people to Kaspar's 'practice'. Police officers question Kaspar, but only Don Matteo's help leads them on the right track

    Director:Andrea Barzini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  24. Father Matteo Season 2 Episode 5 - Five Lobsters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Five Lobsters

    S2:E5

    A famous chef is killed. Police suspect the Bagnetti brothers, who were evicted by the chef and therefore have a motive. Gerolamo, a homeless man and witness of the homicide accuses Mordelli, another famous chef. Don Matteo thinks that the police in on the wrong track.

    Director:Andrea Barzini
    Writer:Duccio Camerini

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  25. Father Matteo Season 2 Episode 6 - Honest Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Honest Man

    S2:E6

    Maresciallo Cecchini is suspected to be a drug dealer! He supposedly only keeps his position as police officer to cover up his life of crime. Don Matteo and Captain Anceschi have to prove their friend's innocence.

    Director:Leone Pompucci
    Writer:Duccio Camerini

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Best Episodes Summary

"Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain, Part 1" is the best rated episode of "Father Matteo". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Raffaele Androsiglio and written by Francesco Arlanch, it aired on 1/16/2020. This episode scored 2.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Courage to Speak".