Police District - Season 3

First aired: 9/17/2002 26 episodes

The third season opens with a surprising twist: the arrival of the new Commissioner Giulia Corsi at the Tenth Tuscolano District. She must deal with the legacy of her father, a magistrate murdered a few years earlier, and investigate the murder of Angela Rivalta, Inspector Ardenzi's wife.

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Episodes

1. Minutes counted / Death live

Aired: 9/17/2002

Commissioner Giulia Corsi is assigned to the tenth Tuscolano of Rome. Ardenzi has won the competition to become commissioner. A bank robber escapes due to an unforeseen event on a bus, on which Commissioner Corsi happens to be traveling. A theft is reported and an officer's partner is suspected. Meanwhile, a man's body is discovered in a closed construction site. A recovered video reveals that Angela, Ardenzi's wife, was pushed and did not slip from the ledge.

2. Who killed Angela? / Dangerous games

Aired: 9/24/2002

An Eastern girl who works in a dry cleaner's is raped by her boss. Ardenzi discovers a clue by reviewing the film showing his wife's fall, but unwittingly ruins it. He decides to stay in Rome to investigate. A teenager commits suicide. It is believed that the act was committed because of the sexual violence suffered by the boy at the hands of the owner of an arcade. Ardenzi searches for evidence on the terrace where the tragedy involving his wife occurred.

3. The accident / Lightning kidnapping

Aired: 10/1/2002

Ugo thinks he inherited from a relative. Corsi shoots in vain at a robber, seriously wounding a child playing in the street. Ardenzi tries to trace the owner of the ring worn by the man who pushed Angela. The disciplinary opens an investigation into Corsi's actions, for the wounding of a child during a robbery. A heart patient is kidnapped and a kidnapper tries to get her a drug. Ardenzi traces the goldsmith who created the murderer's ring.

4. Pirates of the road / The courage to speak

Aired: 10/8/2002

A hit-and-run car hits a child friend of Inspector Belli. A "Latin lover" reports that his romantic encounters are on the Internet. The apartment of the goldsmith Leone is uninhabited. It turns out that he is in treatment with Alcoholics Anonymous. A criminal, Masci, demands "pizzo" from Mr. Nobile, the owner of a car dealership. When Nobile goes to the police, the criminal kidnaps his daughter. Vittoria is scammed by a slimming center.

5. Look at me / Imperfect crime

Aired: 10/15/2002

Two thieves use hypnosis to steal from people. Ingargiola discovers that she may have a son she didn't know existed. Ardenzi is offered an apartment to rent. The hospital where Leone is hospitalized for alcoholism is discovered. A lawyer's wife is found dead, and the suspect is the murdered woman's lover. A series of burglaries are reported in a building. Corsi finds the goldsmith who created the ring, but someone has beaten her to it, leaving a trail of perfume.

6. From father to son / Deadly ties

Aired: 10/22/2002

A supermarket is attacked with explosives. Two former employees are traced. Sabina Corsi and her boyfriend accidentally set fire to a classroom while smoking and are suspended from school. Ingargiola solves the mystery of his alleged paternity. An antique dealer is paralyzed during an attack. Corsi sets a trap for the killer. Tiberio has a heart attack while chasing a mugger. Corsi realizes that Carla Monti is implicated in Angela's murder but it will be difficult to frame her.

7. Unusual farewell / Danger of death

Aired: 10/29/2002

A man reports his elderly mother missing, blaming the Filipino couple who lived with her, who instead claim that the lady is on a trip to Venice. Meanwhile, Carla Monti is finalizing a terrible plan. A sick child urgently needs a blood transfusion, but the mother is against it because she is a Jehovah's Witness. The father does not agree with the woman, but she kidnaps the child. Carla Monti succeeds in carrying out her attack.

8. Shot in the heart / Four good guys

Aired: 10/30/2002

The commissioner's office is destroyed by a parcel bomb. Ardenzi, temporarily in command because Corsi is at the bedside of Paolo, who was seriously injured in the explosion, manages to identify the blonde woman who sent the parcel. A group of boys steal valuables and destroy the home of a classmate, who is also a member of the gang. The group forces him to participate in the robbery of the family jewelry store. But he confides in a classmate.

9. Double deception / The eyes of the witness

Aired: 11/5/2002

Corsi has Carla Monti, suspected of having delivered the parcel bomb, followed. A homeless man claims to have been attacked by some Nazi skinheads. Ardenzi meets Francesca and is impressed. He deals with a fire that occurred in a bakery. Something unexpected happened between Luca and Valeria. Two rappers report being scammed in a club. A man who has lost his memory is taken to the police station. Meanwhile, Corsi tries to understand what a particular painting evokes in her.

10. Angela's death / The hostage

Aired: 11/12/2002

Carla Monti is wanted, but they want to take the case away from Corsi because her men are too involved. A woman has problems with loan sharks. Ardenzi dreams of meeting Angela; the vision will allow him to discover important truths. Sabina Corsi, returning from a party at dawn, wanders around the city, with a lost look. Mauretta has the mumps and Ardenzi asks Francesca for help. In a villa, some people are held hostage by thieves determined to break into the vault.

11. Drug trafficking (part one) / Drug trafficking (part two)

Aired: 11/19/2002

Sabina's boyfriend confesses to Giulia Corsi that he bought the pills in a nightclub. The commissioner, to find out who put his sister's life at risk, has some officers pretend to be drug dealers. They try to capture a drug trafficker who passes himself off as a merchant and lives on a yacht. Vittoria is depressed because the judge has taken away her custody of her son. Luca and Valeria guard the clinic where Professor Monti resides.

12. Blackmail on the set / White homicide

Aired: 11/26/2002

During the filming of a fiction, the protagonist suffers real threats. Belli is sad about the end of his relationship with Germana. Ingargiola is anxious about his debut. Ugo solves the case of a tailor whose clothes were stolen. A young Romanian woman reports her husband missing. He worked illegally in construction and is found dead. It turns out that the fugitive Monti brothers may be in a villa that belonged to their family.

13. Sweet dreams / Until the last breath

Aired: 12/3/2002

In the neighborhood, many elderly people are drugged and robbed in their homes. Ardenzi helps a teacher at his daughter's kindergarten. Vittoria receives the greatest gift of her life. Daniele and Sabina intend to skip school, but someone has listened to them. The fateful day arrives for Belli and Germana and Ardenzi goes to the jewelry store to pick up the wedding rings. But the jeweler has made a mistake. Sabina is kidnapped. Belli and Libero manage to locate the area where the girl is.

14. Pericolo di morte

Aired: 10/29/2002

A sick child urgently needs a blood transfusion, but the mother is against it because she is a Jehovah's Witness. The father does not agree with the woman, but she kidnaps the child. Carla Monti succeeds in carrying out her attack.

15. Colpiti al cuore

Aired: 10/30/2002

16. Quattro bravi ragazzi

Aired: 10/30/2002

A group of boys steal valuables and destroy the home of a classmate, who is also a member of the gang. The group forces him to participate in the robbery of the family jewelry store. But he confides in a classmate.

17. Doppio inganno

Aired: 11/5/2002

18. Gli occhi del testimone

Aired: 11/5/2002

Something unexpected happened between Luca and Valeria. Two rappers report being scammed in a club. A man who has lost his memory is taken to the police station. Meanwhile, Corsi tries to understand what a particular painting evokes in her.

19. La morte di Angela

Aired: 11/12/2002

20. L'ostaggio

Aired: 11/12/2002

Sabina Corsi, returning from a party at dawn, wanders around the city, with a lost look. Mauretta has the mumps and Ardenzi asks Francesca for help. In a villa, some people are held hostage by thieves determined to break into the vault.

21. Narcotraffico - prima parte

Aired: 11/19/2002

Sabina's boyfriend confesses to Giulia Corsi that he bought the pills in a nightclub. The commissioner, to find out who put his sister's life at risk, has some officers pretend to be drug dealers.

22. Narcotraffico - seconda parte

Aired: 11/19/2002

They try to capture a drug trafficker who passes himself off as a merchant and lives on a yacht. Vittoria is depressed because the judge has taken away her custody of her son. Luca and Valeria guard the clinic where Professor Monti resides.

23. Ricatto sul set

Aired: 11/26/2002

24. Omicidio bianco

Aired: 11/26/2002

A young Romanian woman reports her husband missing. He worked illegally in construction and is found dead. It turns out that the fugitive Monti brothers may be in a villa that belonged to their family.

25. Sogni d'oro

Aired: 12/3/2002

26. Fino all'ultimo respiro

Aired: 12/3/2002

The fateful day arrives for Belli and Germana and Ardenzi goes to the jewelry store to pick up the wedding rings. But the jeweler has made a mistake. Sabina is kidnapped. Belli and Libero manage to locate the area where the girl is.