Carmine is suspended between life and death, but Nina doesn't give up, convinced that to have a future you have to create one. Massimo, crushed by a sense of guilt, decides to leave his post as commander and Paola finds herself alone to face the boys.

Sasà, a young man from Naples, enters an institution for a crime that is not revealed. He becomes a new target. Naditza is about to leave and Filippo convinces his family to put her up in Milan.

Naditza leaves and, unbeknownst to her parents, is placed in the care of Filippo's family, while waiting for him to be transferred to Milan. Cardiotrap gets closer and closer to Gemma. Lino is lured by the rich and charming mother of Sasà, the young boy from Naples. Kubra enters the IPM, her mother is African and she is a first generation Italian.

The magistrate arranges for Carmine to return to the institute, but the boy does not want his daughter to be a Di Salvo and entrusts her to Nina's mother. His family is at war with the Riccis. Filippo is transferred to Milan where Nad is waiting for him. To say goodbye to him, Beppe organises a concert where Cardio sings the songs he wrote with Gemma. Pino is attracted to Kubra, but the girl is hostile to everyone.

We discover that in the past Beppe had a relationship with a black girl, Latifah. Kubra takes him back to those days. Nad feels rejected by Filippo. Cardiotrap receives good news: his father has organised his first concert. Massimo resumes his command post to be near Carmine.

Paola manages to get custody of little Futura. Edo and his family discover that Sasà is in jail for rape and they don't give him a break. Luisa, in order to protect her son, deceives Lino. Kubra, in order to protect Silvia, ends up in solitary confinement and Beppe succeeds in extracting from her shocking confidences. Edoardo's anger grows because Teresa has disappeared. Nad receives a very unwelcome visit in Milan.

Massimo, after discovering that Nina's murderer is in the IPM, decides to do his own thing and puts the suspects in solitary confinement to try to discover the truth. Carmine suspects something and is more and more agitated while Filippo has other thoughts: Naditza has returned to the institute and is very angry with him, will he be able to win her back? Meanwhile, Beppe discovers an important truth about his past.

Massimo continues his investigation and discovers who is guilty of Nina's murder but in the meantime he has to face a sudden family crisis. Carmine and Filippo try to figure out who the culprit might be while Filippo and Nad seem to be in a good place, but Pino's rash action puts everything in question.

Carmine realises who the culprit of the murder is and obtains a weapon to kill him while the memory of Nina torments him. Filippo tries to clear things up with Naditza. Edoardo goes on leave for his son's christening, but first he goes to see Teresa, whom he sees in the company of another boy.

Carmine devises a plan with Pino's help to get Pirucchio out of isolation. Filippo senses what's going on and disowns Carmine as a friend to shake him from his revenge intentions. Gemma reads the letter Fabio sent her and struggles with her feelings for him. Filippo and Naditza are further and further apart because the girl has agreed to marry one of his cousins.

Carmine, face to face with Pirucchio, has a crisis of conscience and fails to kill him. In the meantime Massimo discovers that he is not the real culprit. Filippo and Carmine decide to flee using the plan they have organised for Edoardo, but they don't know that Wanda Di Salvo is behind the plan and wants to kill Edoardo. Their lives are now in danger.

Filippo and Carmine, who have escaped Edoardo's execution, rush in to prevent Naditza's wedding. Ciro's sister Rosa enters the prison and reveals to Edoardo that Mimmo is a traitor. The girl threatens Carmine, who has returned to the IPM in the meantime. Cardiotrap, who has learned that Gemma has seen Fabio, runs to the boy and is determined to end this relationship once and for all. Love bells ring louder and louder between Kubra and Pino.