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The Best Episodes of The Octopus Season 2

Every episode of The Octopus Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Octopus Season 2!

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.

Genres:DramaCrime
Networks:Rai 1Rai 2

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Octopus" season 2 is "Paola", rated 8.1/10 from 69 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Paola" aired on 1/12/1986 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Friends in Common".

  • Paola
    8.1/10 69 votes

    #1 - Paola

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/1986

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Friends in Common
    8.1/10 68 votes

    #2 - Friends in Common

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1986

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Return to Rome
    7.8/10 67 votes

    #3 - Return to Rome

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1986

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Vengeance
    8.0/10 69 votes

    #4 - Vengeance

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/1986

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Criminal Ambition
    8.0/10 68 votes

    #5 - Criminal Ambition

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/1986

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Destiny
    8.2/10 64 votes

    #6 - Destiny

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/27/1986

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A