The Cesaronis — Season 1, Episode 5: The Gifted / All the President's Men

Episode synopsis

Rudi takes part in a psychological test and the result, to everyone's surprise, is that the boy is a genius. Giulio, enthusiastic, does everything to satisfy his son's needs and stimulate his intelligence. Alice, suspicious, discovers that the Leonardo da Vinci of Garbatella copied the answers. Lucia convinces Rudi to confess and the father's punishment is not long in coming. Marco seems increasingly strange and it is now clear to everyone that he is in love. However, no one suspects that the lucky girl is Eva. Meanwhile, Sergio shows up at the Cesaroni house and, on the verge of being named Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Republic, he would like to take advantage of the opportunity to embarrass Giulio and win Lucia back.

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
• 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