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The Best Episodes of The Octopus

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The Best Episodes of The Octopus

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...
  1. 8.7/10(78 votes)

    #1 - Episode 6

    S4:E6

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  2. 8.4/10(76 votes)

    #2 - Episode 1

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  3. 8.4/10(67 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

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  4. 8.3/10(98 votes)

    #4 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    Cattani tries to settle the score with his enemies.

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  5. 8.3/10(71 votes)

    #5 - Destiny

    S2:E6

    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 corrupt politicians and mafia expatriates, again at heavy personal cost.

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  6. 8.3/10(66 votes)

    #6 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

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  8. 8.3/10(55 votes)

    #7 - Episode 5

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  9. 8.2/10(122 votes)

    #8 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Corrado Cattani replaces the murdered Palermo chief of police Marineo.

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  10. 8.2/10(100 votes)

    #9 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Cattani sets a trap for some of the key mafia players, resulting in the kidnapping of his only daughter.

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  11. 8.2/10(98 votes)

    #10 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    Cattani hides the truth about his daughters disappearance from his wife and colleagues while at the same time fighting opposition in his work place.

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  12. 8.2/10(76 votes)

    #11 - Good and Evil

    S3:E1

    After the mafia killed his family, and a number of people who trusted him, Cattani sees a couple of criminals condemned to light sentences only. A DEA team brings him back from the mountain retreat with good monks, to the evil world of a drugs-for-arms deal. Solace comes in the form of new affections for a banker's daughters, who look like his lost wife and daughter.

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  13. 8.2/10(65 votes)

    #12 - Episode 4

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  14. 8.2/10(54 votes)

    #13 - Episode 3

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  15. 8.1/10(111 votes)

    #14 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Cattani discovers what happened the night Marineo was murdered, but the information is dangerous.

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  16. 8.1/10(102 votes)

    #15 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Cattani focuses his investigation on rich business men, while his private life is getting more and more difficult.

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  17. 8.1/10(76 votes)

    #16 - Paola

    S2:E1

    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.

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  18. 8.1/10(75 votes)

    #17 - Friends in Common

    S2:E2

    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. Cattani must swallow his pride, and recurs to the lustful Contessa who has other friends in common.

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  19. 8.1/10(77 votes)

    #18 - Vengeance

    S2:E4

    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.

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  20. 8.1/10(62 votes)

    #19 - Episode 5

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  21. 8.1/10(51 votes)

    #20 - Episode 4

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  22. 8.1/10(36 votes)

    #21 - The Man of the Letters

    S6:E3

    The hideout of Tani Cariddi in deep Africa becomes known - and again, the retired detective and the retired criminal must come to grips with violent action in Europe.

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  23. 8.0/10(75 votes)

    #22 - Criminal Ambition

    S2:E5

    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.

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  24. 8.0/10(69 votes)

    #23 - To the South Again

    S3:E6

    Cattani 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 South again, from where a ship will depart with an illegal arms cargo.

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  25. 8.0/10(72 votes)

    #24 - Episode 7

    S3:E7

    Giulia reconciles with her grandfather Nicola, and her second meeting with chief inspector Corrado Cattani is yet a probe for his loyalty to duty. One man ends a life of power tragically; the other hangs desperately to life because, as Giulia says, "He lost; and quite a lot!"

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  26. 8.0/10(51 votes)

    #25 - Episode 2

    S5:E2

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 6" is the best rated episode of "The Octopus". It scored 8.7/10 based on 78 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/20/1989. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 1".