The Cesaronis — Season 1, Episode 21: Istruzioni per l'uso

Episode synopsis

Giulio needs to spend more time with his children and, in agreement with Cesare, hires a maid, Daniela. The woman, however, falls in love with him and the innkeeper must try in every way to resist the young woman's assaults. Meanwhile, Alice, to impress a boy, joins the school soccer team coached by Cesare and Lucia returns from America.

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

• E1Betrothed / I Can't See Clearly
• 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