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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 Worst Episode
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    The Octopus Season 6 Episode 1 - The Killing Attempt
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    #1 - The Killing Attempt

    S6:E1

    Police detective Davide Licata survives badly wounded, so much so that his personal and love life will be affected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Octopus Season 6 Episode 2 - The Core
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    #2 - The Core

    S6:E2

    Licata is tempted by the General directing the Government's "nucleous of operations and investigations (NOI)", a secret service built to do the dirty anti-crime jobs that the police can't do.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Octopus Season 6 Episode 3 - The Man of the Letters
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    #3 - 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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  4. The Octopus Season 6 Episode 4 - The Trap
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    #4 - The Trap

    S6:E4

    Not one but several traps are set from both sides of the law.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Octopus Season 6 Episode 5 - Codename: West
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    #5 - Codename: West

    S6:E5

    A desperate chase is given by The Core and two countries magistrates to catch the new drug lords that are aiming at deluging drugs into Europe's Eastern countries from a former Nazi concentration camp in the West.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Octopus Season 6 Episode 6 - A Secret is Revealed
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    #6 - A Secret is Revealed

    S6:E6

    The detective exposes and destroys the man who secretively had taken the place of the octopus's head - but the crime will not stop, because the criminal's son escapes with enough power to restart it all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Octopus Season 7 Episode 1 - Return to Sicily
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    #7 - Return to Sicily

    S7:E1

    Several characters return to the little town where, years ago, the police commissary Cattani was set up and murdered by the Mafia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Octopus Season 7 Episode 2 - The Barrottii Gang
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    #8 - The Barrottii Gang

    S7:E2

    Sara and Biagio, her brother, create an extortion gang, named after the village's suburbs where they live. They are taking the "business" out of Nuzzio's hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Octopus Season 7 Episode 3 - Look Out for Saverio
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    #9 - Look Out for Saverio

    S7:E3

    Saverio comes home to reunite with Nuzzio against the higher powers of the Mafia, but these are alert and after him, after torturing his mistress in St. Petersburg. Also after him, is his wife, still under the protection of Oleg, Saverio's bodyguard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Octopus Season 7 Episode 4 - The Inquest
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    #10 - The Inquest

    S7:E4

    The local television channel, owned by Olga Camastra, puts the blame of her husband's death on Silvia Conti's harsh interrogation of the old man. Saverio's ascension to power seems unstoppable: he masters over Nuzzio with his superior intelligence, and helps him escape an ambush; the Barrotti gang is massacred by Nuzzio's men; and he breaks and enters into the countess's palace, frightening her, and demanding the names list.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Octopus Season 7 Episode 5 - The Killing Attempt
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    #11 - The Killing Attempt

    S7:E5

    Silvia is blamed for another strange death, the young commissary Breda is sent away to his hometown far north - something he had requested before he was into this case - and their only witness, Sara, is pressed by a police inspector and the new prosecutor to deny her earlier testimony.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Octopus Season 7 Episode 6 - The Sentence
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    #12 - The Sentence

    S7:E6

    The killing attempt worked almost to perfection, and more blood runs in the streets. Silvia Conti's life is spared due to the intervention of Oleg, Saverio's bodyguard, who decided against Nuzzio's opinion that she would be more valuable to them alive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Octopus Season 8 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #13 - Episode 1

    S8:E1

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    Director:Giacomo Battiato
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Octopus Season 8 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #14 - Episode 2

    S8:E2

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    Director:Giacomo Battiato
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Octopus Season 9 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #15 - Episode 1

    S9:E1

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    Director:Giacomo Battiato
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Octopus Season 9 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #16 - Episode 2

    S9:E2

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    Director:Giacomo Battiato
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Octopus Season 10 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #17 - Episode 2

    S10:E2

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    Director:Luigi Perelli
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Octopus Season 10 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.4/10(317 votes)

    #18 - Episode 1

    S10:E1

    No description available

    Director:Luigi Perelli
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 1 - Paola
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 4 - Vengeance
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. The Octopus Season 5 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.6/10(72 votes)

    #21 - Episode 1

    S5:E1

    Judge Silvia Conti and Davide Licata are in a quest for vengeance against the Mafia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Octopus Season 3 Episode 2 - No Escape
    7.9/10(77 votes)

    #22 - No Escape

    S3:E2

    Cattani uses a TV interview to reveal he found out about one of The Octopus telephone numbers. That is enough to spread havoc in the criminal rang, but the mafia leaves the American investigators no escape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 2 - Friends in Common
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 3 - Return to Rome
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. The Octopus Season 2 Episode 5 - Criminal Ambition
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Killing Attempt" is the worst rated episode of "The Octopus". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/30/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Core".