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The Best Episodes of The Octopus

Every episode of The Octopus ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Octopus!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Octopus Season 4 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.8/10(83 votes)

    #1 - Episode 6

    S4:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Octopus Season 4 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.5/10(70 votes)

    #2 - Episode 3

    S4:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Octopus Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    #3 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Octopus Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    #4 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    Cattani tries to settle the score with his enemies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 6 - Destiny
    8.4/10(77 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Octopus Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.4/10(78 votes)

    #6 - Episode 1

    S4:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Octopus Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.4/10(69 votes)

    #7 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Octopus Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.3/10(108 votes)

    #8 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Octopus Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.3/10(104 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 1 - Paola
    8.3/10(81 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Octopus Season 3 Episode 1 - Good and Evil
    8.3/10(81 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Octopus Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.3/10(67 votes)

    #12 - Episode 4

    S4:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Octopus Season 5 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.3/10(58 votes)

    #13 - Episode 5

    S5:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Octopus Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.2/10(129 votes)

    #14 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Corrado Cattani replaces the murdered Palermo chief of police Marineo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Octopus Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.2/10(117 votes)

    #15 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 2 - Friends in Common
    8.2/10(80 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 4 - Vengeance
    8.2/10(82 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 5 - Criminal Ambition
    8.2/10(80 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Octopus Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    #19 - 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!"

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Octopus Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #20 - Episode 5

    S4:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Octopus Season 5 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.2/10(58 votes)

    #21 - Episode 3

    S5:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Octopus Season 3 Episode 6 - To the South Again
    8.1/10(73 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Octopus Season 5 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    #23 - Episode 4

    S5:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Octopus Season 6 Episode 3 - The Man of the Letters
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 3 - Return to Rome
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    #25 - Return to Rome

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 6" is the best rated episode of "The Octopus". It scored 8.8/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/20/1989. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 3".