The Cesaronis — Season 1, Episode 1: Betrothed / I Can't See Clearly

Episode synopsis

Giulio Cesaroni and Lucia Cudicini, he a widower, she separated, meet again after twenty years in Rome. They realize they still love each other and decide to get married, so Lucia's daughters, Eva and Alice, arrive from Milan and move in with the Cesaronis. Getting to know Marco, Rudi and Mimmo, Giulio's sons, is not easy and things are also complicated by uncle Cesare, Giulio's brother, and his jealousy. Sergio wants Lucia to get back together with him, but after her ex refuses, the ruthless manager goes to Giulio's liquor store and threatens to take away his future wife, daughters and job. Giulio acts on impulse and doesn't hesitate to punch him, so Sergio, with the complicity of a doctor friend, makes the Cesaronis believe he is dying.

About The Cesaronis

Giulio is a widower, struggling to raise three sons, Marco, Rudi, and Mimmo, as best he can. He lives in Rome's working-class Garbatella neighborhood and runs a wine shop with his two brothers. Lucia, meanwhile, comes from Milan's middle-class background; she's divorced and trying to rebuild her life with her two daughters, Eva and Alice. The two meet by chance and recognize each other: they had a fling as teenagers, many years earlier. Yet first love is never forgotten, and so Giulio and Lucia find themselves together again. Their meeting, however, changes not only the lives of a man and a woman, but also those of two families as different as could be. Two families who find themselves living under the same roof without even having had the time to get to know each other well.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The Wedding of the Century / 127 Rustica
• E3The Perfect Father / The Handcuffs of Love
• E4Try Again Cesare / It's Not Jealousy
• E5The Gifted / All the President's Men
• E6Marta / Jokes Aside
• E7The Masetti War / Arrivals and Departures
• E8America's Uncle / Seduced and Abandoned
• E9In the Shadow of the Colosseum / Appearances Can Be Deceiving
• E10Spring / Houston, We've Got a Problem
• E11Instructions for Use / Bad Influences
• E12The Last Chance / Cleaning School
• E13Derby of the Heart / A Sea of Troubles