The Cesaronis — Season 1, Episode 7: The Masetti War / Arrivals and Departures

Episode synopsis

Ezio and Stefania argue furiously and involve Giulio and Lucia in their delusions. Meanwhile Marco wins a music competition but is sad because he would like to confess his love to Eva and to complicate matters there is also Cristian, the girl's ex who resurfaces after a long time, and Giulio, who, not understanding the young man's feelings, urges him to forget his stepsister. After years of absence, Augusto Cesaroni, Giulio and Cesare's brother, leaves the United States and returns to Rome. Giulio, who has always believed Augusto to be a rich and powerful former race car driver, has to change his mind. The man, full of debts, has actually shown up only to claim his share of the liquor store. Meanwhile, Rudi blackmails Alice because of his stepsister's affair with a boy.

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
• 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